KK Zadar, Zadar

Beginnings

People in Zadar are extremely proud on their basketball tradition and in accordance with the saying that »God created the human, while Zadar created basketball«, it might be true, that the very beginnings of basketball game in Croatia, if not the entire former Yugoslavia happened in this Dalmatian town, where everyone is poisoned with the love for basketball and knows everything about basketball.

Glory Days

The most successful era was no doubt the ten years span between 1965 and 1975, when Zadar won as many as five Yugoslavian Championship trophies under the leadership of legends names Krešimir Čosić and Giuseppe Giergia as well as one Yugoslavian national cup trophy. One thing that their fans are extremely proud of from the modern history, is also the ABA League trophy from 2003, when Zadar was better than famous Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv in the final of Final Four tournament in Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana.

Club Information

Obala Kralja Tomislava 1, 23000 Zadar, Croatia
k.k.zadar@zd.t-com.hr
+385 23 212 441
+385 23 212 882
+385 23 213 338

Administration

President:Dino Martinović
General Manager:

Venue

Dvorana Krešimir Ćosić
Splitska 1, 23000 Zadar, Croatia SHOW MAP

Trophy Case

Goodyear League

2003

Croatian National Championship

2005, 2008, 2021

Croatian National Cup

1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2020, 2021

Yugoslavian National Championship

1965, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1986

Yugoslavian National Cup

1970

Club Transfers

Players left Season 2022/23

Tomislav Buljan
Ante Beljan
Filip Paponja
Justin Carter
Pavle Marčinkovic
Dominik Mavra (Split)
Martin Junaković
Domagoj Vuković
Aleksandar Bursać
Trevor Thompson
Diante Baldwin
Duje Brala
Antonio Jordano

Players arrived Season 2022/23

Diante Baldwin (Borac Banja Luka)
Marko Ramljak (Spars Ilidža)
Arijan Lakić (Spars Ilidža)

Leon Šantelj (Helios Suns)
Karlo Žganec (Split)
Sani Čampara (Split)
Luka Božić (ŠirokI)
Juan Davis (MZT Skopje Aerodrom)

Team Roster

# Name Position Height Date of Birth Nationality
3 Juan Davis Power Forward 203 15.08.1996 USA
6 Krševan Klarica Forward 200 10.11.2003 HRV
7 Antonio Sikirić Forward 196 27.10.2003 HRV
8 Jurica Zagoršak Shooting Guard 197 14.01.2005 HRV
9 Karlo Žganec Power Forward 206 25.07.1995 HRV
12 Sani Čampara Guard 190 03.03.1999 BIH
13 Maksim Matulina Guard 189 25.11.2003 HRV
17 Ivan Njegovan Center 210 18.09.2004 HRV
19 Arijan Lakić Guard 197 20.01.2000 SRB
24 Dario Drežnjak Forward 204 24.03.1998 HRV
29 Luka Božić Forward 200 29.04.1996 HRV
46 Marko Ramljak Forward 201 14.03.1993 HRV
55 Leon Šantelj Power Forward 205 25.04.1995 SVN
Danijel Jusup Coach

Club Statistics

Show Data for

Game Stats

overall FG2 FG3 FT Rebs Blck Foul
Pts % M A % M A % M A % D O T Ass St To Fv Ag Cm Rv Val
1 Zadar-SC Derby W 96 50 24 39 61.5 10 29 34.5 18 24 75 28 11 39 22 8 10 1 1 17 25 123
2 Mornar-Zadar L 91 47 18 31 58.1 13 35 37.1 16 23 69.6 23 8 31 20 0 10 1 7 24 26 86
3 Zadar-Mega W 96 44.1 17 29 58.6 13 39 33.3 23 32 71.9 27 9 36 21 6 11 1 1 22 29 108
4 Borac-Zadar W 93 43.7 19 33 57.6 12 38 31.6 19 24 79.2 35 9 44 19 7 19 3 2 25 27 102
5 Zadar-Split L 74 42.6 20 31 64.5 6 30 20 16 18 88.9 23 6 29 17 3 14 1 1 19 23 76
6 C. zvezda-Zadar W 98 49.3 19 32 59.4 14 35 40 18 26 69.2 23 12 35 24 5 12 0 0 18 26 116
7 Zadar-Budućnost L 103 46.8 15 30 50 14 32 43.8 31 38 81.6 20 5 25 18 9 13 3 3 18 31 115
8 C. Olimpija-Zadar L 79 40.9 19 32 59.4 8 34 23.5 17 24 70.8 23 9 32 15 8 11 1 2 17 23 82
9 Zadar-FMP Soccerbet W 103 55.4 17 31 54.8 14 25 56 27 32 84.4 22 8 30 17 4 11 3 6 20 28 118
10 Igokea m:tel-Zadar W 84 40 18 34 52.9 10 36 27.8 18 21 85.7 29 13 42 18 5 14 2 3 19 21 91
11 Zadar-MZT Skopje W 98 55.2 20 31 64.5 12 27 44.4 22 31 71 28 11 39 23 5 15 2 2 17 25 123
12 Zadar-Cibona L 68 37.7 17 28 60.7 6 33 18.2 16 21 76.2 27 7 34 16 7 12 2 1 20 27 78
13 Partizan-Zadar L 77 37.3 17 44 38.6 8 23 34.8 19 21 90.5 15 15 30 20 4 16 2 5 18 22 72
14 SC Derby-Zadar L 100 49.3 24 38 63.2 11 33 33.3 19 25 76 36 7 43 19 5 18 0 7 28 28 100
15 Zadar-Mornar W 97 51.5 22 34 64.7 13 34 38.2 14 18 77.8 27 6 33 26 8 7 2 2 20 18 118
16 Mega-Zadar L 77 40.6 15 37 40.5 11 27 40.7 14 16 87.5 24 9 33 17 2 12 2 6 20 23 76
17 Zadar-Borac W 85 42.4 18 32 56.3 10 34 29.4 19 25 76 29 11 40 20 6 9 6 2 22 23 103
18 Split-Zadar L 85 47.6 20 35 57.1 10 28 35.7 15 17 88.2 23 7 30 20 2 13 4 0 19 24 98
19 Zadar-C. zvezda L 76 45.6 19 34 55.9 7 23 30.4 17 22 77.3 18 7 25 11 7 11 0 1 18 22 75
20 Budućnost-Zadar L 68 37.7 14 28 50 6 25 24 22 28 78.6 27 5 32 19 4 14 3 3 17 23 76
21 Zadar-C. Olimpija W 81 40.6 15 31 48.4 11 33 33.3 18 20 90 25 11 36 19 8 11 4 1 23 22 95
22 FMP Soccerbet-Zadar L 87 48.9 16 25 64 7 22 31.8 34 42 81 18 8 26 17 4 23 4 3 22 34 92
23 Zadar-Igokea m:tel L 67 35.2 13 26 50 6 28 21.4 23 29 79.3 28 7 35 19 5 16 3 0 22 25 75
24 MZT Skopje - Zadar
25 Cibona - Zadar
26 Zadar - Partizan
Average: 86.2 44.8 18.1 32.4 55.8 10.1 30.6 33 19.8 25.1 78.9 25.1 8.7 33.9 19 5.3 13.1 2.2 2.6 20.2 25 95.6
T:23 Total: 1983 44.8 416 745 55.8 232 703 33 455 577 78.9 578 201 779 437 122 302 50 59 465 575 2198

Player Stats

overall FG2 FG3 FT Rebs Blck Foul
GP Min Pts % M A % M A % M A % D O T Ass St To Fv Ag Cm Rv +/- Val
Božić L. 22 815 496 52.8 135 226 59.7 23 73 31.5 157 185 84.9 151 59 210 136 17 88 4 22 43 169 34 710
Čampara S. 21 209 69 35.8 13 26 50 11 41 26.8 10 12 83.3 11 2 13 16 3 20 0 3 25 11 -44 19
Davis J. 23 469 175 45.3 36 59 61 27 80 33.8 22 30 73.3 62 29 91 13 10 21 10 3 59 32 3 164
Drežnjak D. 23 614 342 45.5 64 110 58.2 42 123 34.1 88 121 72.7 90 20 110 43 16 41 7 12 76 123 -29 352
Jordano A. 19 534 273 41 29 56 51.8 57 154 37 44 50 88 31 3 34 45 9 26 0 5 42 48 19 206
Klarica K. 9 22 8 30 1 6 16.7 2 4 50 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 -26 -1
Lakić A. 23 455 128 38.9 27 52 51.9 15 56 26.8 29 36 80.6 40 15 55 57 14 23 4 2 50 40 31 150
Matulina M. 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -1
Njegovan I. 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -7 1
Ramljak M. 23 673 226 47.2 58 107 54.2 19 56 33.9 53 75 70.7 89 34 123 58 17 28 5 8 53 64 -37 296
Šantelj L. 20 171 68 49 14 21 66.7 11 30 36.7 7 10 70 20 5 25 9 5 13 0 0 31 12 -34 46
Sikirić A. 9 23 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 50 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 4 1 -17 -4
Zagoršak J. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Žganec K. 22 556 197 39.5 39 80 48.8 25 82 30.5 44 56 78.6 81 32 113 58 30 39 18 4 78 75 30 260

FG2, FG3 - Field Goals

M - Made

Ag - Against

Rebs - Rebounds

St - Steals

FT - Free Throws

A - Attempted

Foul - Foul

D - Defensive

To - Turnover

Min - Minutes

Blck - Blocks

Cm - Committed

O - Offensive

Val - Index Value

Pts - Points

Fv - in Favoure of

Rv - Received

Ass - Assists

W - Won, L - Lost

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