Cedevita Olimpija and Head Coach Zvezdan Mitrović Extended Cooperation Until 2028

Cedevita Olimpija and the head coach of the senior team, Zvezdan Mitrović, have reached an agreement on a contract extension. The Montenegrin expert, who joined the Ljubljana club before the start of the 2024/25 season, will remain in the Slovenian capital at least until the conclusion of the 2027/28 season. During their time together, coach Mitrović, with his knowledge, energy, and leadership, along with the other members of the professional staff, has made a significant contribution to the team’s development. At the same time, he has established a culture of competitiveness, discipline, and unity that is felt by the players, fans, and the wider sporting public.

“The decision was actually very natural. As a coach, I have very good working conditions here. It’s a healthy and encouraging environment—from the club management and the president all the way to the bus driver. Excellent chemistry has developed among us. We have achieved a great result, and at the same time I feel good in Ljubljana and Slovenia in my private life as well. I feel a sense of belonging and see room for progress and development, which we are working on systematically,” said Zvezdan Mitrović after signing the agreement.

Under Mitrović’s leadership, Cedevita Olimpija won the Slovenian triple crown in the 2024/25 season and reached the EuroCup and ABA League Quarterfinals. In the 2025/26 season, the senior team has so far won the Slovenian Super Cup and Slovenian Cup, secured a EuroCup Playoff berth for the second consecutive season, and currently sits among the top eight teams in the AdmiralBet ABA League after the first part of the season.

Before joining Cedevita Olimpija, Zvezdan Mitrović worked at Galatasaray in Turkey. Prior to that, he coached Monaco, ASVEL, Budućnost, and Khimik, among others. In 2021, he won the EuroCup title with Monaco, and he can also boast national championship titles in France and Ukraine. He won the French championship in 2019 with ASVEL, and the Ukrainian championship in 2009 with Kryvbas. In 2021, he was also named EuroCup Coach of the Year.

Between 2017 and 2019, he served for the first time as head coach of the Montenegro men’s national team. Basketball fans in Slovenia could also watch him on the Montenegro bench at EuroBasket 2013, where he served as an assistant coach. In 2025, Mitrović once again became head coach of the Montenegrin national team.

Mitrović began his coaching career in 1992 as head coach of Pikadili, and in 1995 he moved to Budućnost as an assistant coach. He stayed there until 2000, then coached Mogren for one season, and returned to Podgorica in 2001 as head coach. Between 2002 and 2007, and again in the 2012/13 season, he coached Khimik; between 2007 and 2011 he coached Kryvbas, and in the 2011/12 season Budivelnyk. This was followed by a short stint with Azovmash, after which he first took over Monaco in 2015, staying until 2018. That same year he became head coach of ASVEL, and in 2020 he returned to Monaco. In the 2023/24 season, he coached Galatasaray until the end of January 2024, and before the start of the 2024/25 season he became the head coach of Cedevita Olimpija.

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Cedevita Olimpija in glavni trener Zvezdan Mitrović podaljšala sodelovanje do leta 2028

Košarkarski klub Cedevita Olimpija je naznanil, da sta se klub in glavni trener Zvezdan Mitrović dogovorila za podaljšanje pogodbe, ki bo sodelovanje utrdila vse do konca sezone 2027/28.

Cedevita Olimpija in glavni trener članske zasedbe Cedevite Olimpije Zvezdan Mitrović sta se dogovorila za podaljšanje pogodbe. Črnogorski strokovnjak, ki se je ljubljanskemu klubu pridružil pred začetkom tekmovalne sezone 2024/25 bo v slovenski prestolnici ostal vsaj do zaključka tekmovalne sezone 2027/28. V obdobju skupnega delovanja je trener Mitrović s svojim znanjem, energijo in vodstvom skupaj s preostalimi člani strokovnega štaba članskega kolektiva pomembno prispeval k razvoju ekipe, obenem pa vzpostavil kulturo tekmovalnosti, discipline in povezanosti, ki jo čutijo tako igralci kot navijači in širša športna javnost.

“Odločitev je bila pravzaprav zelo naravna. Kot trener imam tukaj zelo dobre pogoje za delo. Gre za zdravo in spodbudno okolje – od vodstva kluba in predsednika pa vse do voznika avtobusa. Med nami se je ustvarila odlična kemija. Za nami je lep rezultat, hkrati pa se v Ljubljani in Sloveniji počutim dobro tudi zasebno. Čutim pripadnost ter vidim prostor za napredek in razvoj, s katerim se sistematično ukvarjamo,” je ob sklenitvi dogovora povedal Zvezdan Mitrović.

Pod vodstvom Mitrovića je Cedevita Olimpija v tekmovalni sezoni 2024/25 osvojila trojno slovensko krono, prebila pa se je do četrtfinala EuroCupa in AdmiralBet Lige ABA. V tekmovalni sezoni 2025/26 je zaenkrat članska zasedba osvojila naslov superpokalnega in pokalnega prvaka, si v Evropskem pokalu še drugo sezono zapored zagotovila nastop v končnici, v Ligi ABA pa nastop med najboljšimi osmimi moštvi po prvem delu sezone.

Zvezdan Mitrović je pred prihodom v Cedevito Olimpijo deloval v turškem Galatasarayu, pred tem pa med drugim vodil Monaco, Asvel, Budućnost in Khimik. Leta 2021 je z Monacom osvojil naslov prvaka Evropskega pokala, pohvali pa se lahko tudi z naslovi državnega prvaka Francije in Ukrajine. Naslov francoskega državnega prvaka je osvojil leta 2019 z Asvelom, naslov ukrajinskega državnega prvaka pa leta 2009 s Kryvbasom. Leta 2021 je bil izbran tudi za najboljšega trenerja v EuroCupu.

Med letoma 2017 in 2019 je bil prvič selektor črnogorske moške članske reprezentance, ljubitelji košarke v Sloveniji pa so ga na klopi Črne Gore lahko spremljali tudi na EuroBasketu 2013, kjer je bil pomočnik selektorja. Z letom 2025 je Mitrović znova postal selektor črnogorske reprezentance.

Svojo trenersko kariero je Mitrović začel leta 1992 na klopi Pikadilija, leta 1995 pa se je kot pomočnik glavnega trenerja preselil k Budućnosti. Tam se je zadržal do leta 2000, nato eno sezono vodil Mogren, leta 2001 pa se je v Podgorico vrnil kot glavni trener. Med letoma 2002 in 2007 in v sezoni 2012/12 je vodil Khimik, med letoma 2007 in 2011 Kryvbas, v sezoni 2011/12 pa Budivelnyk. Sledilo je kratko obdobje pri Azovmashu, nato pa se je leta 2015 prvič usedel na klop Monaca, kjer je v prvem obdobju ostal do leta 2018. Istega leta je nato prevzel Asvel, leta 2020 pa se je vrnil v Monako. V sezoni 2023/24 je do konca januarja 2024 vodil Galatasaray, pred začetkom tekmovalne sezone 2024/25 pa je postal glavni trener Cedevite Olimpije.