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| Leagues | UPC Telemach League, Euroleague, Adriatic League | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1946 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Arena | Dvorana Tivoli (capacity 5,500) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Ljubljana, Slovenia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Team colors | Green and white | |||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Jure Jež | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Memi Bečirović | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Championships | None | |||||||||||||||||||||
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KK Union Olimpija is a basketball team from Slovenia. The club was established in 1946 as a part of a larger sport club Svoboda (Freedom). Later it changed names quite a few times, from Enotnost (1947-1954) (Unity) to AŠK Olimpija (1955-1976), Brest Olimpija (1977-1978), Iskra Olimpija (1979-1982), Smelt Olimpija (1984, 1986-1996), and finally, Union Olimpija (1997-now). The last four names all include names of the main sponsors of the team. The team played in Tabor gymnasium at the beginning, but moved to Dvorana Tivoli sports arena in 1965. Arena has 4,050 seats. Euroleague matches are played in bigger hall - Ledena dvorana Tivoli (5,500).
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Current Squad
- As of November 2007
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) |
| 4 |   Saša Dončić |
SF | 2.01 |
| 5 | Boris Gorenc |
SG | 1.95 |
| 6 |  Chris Booker |
PF/C | 2.08 |
| 7 | Jan Močnik |
PG | 1.74 |
| 8 | Mirko Mulalič |
SG | 1.93 |
| 9 | Goran Dragić |
PG/SG | 1.92 |
| 11 |  Hasan Rizvić |
C | 2.10 |
| 12 | Marko Milič (C) |
PF/SF | 1.99 |
| 13 | Jasmin Hukić |
SF/PF | 2.02 |
| 15 | Mirza Begić |
C | 2.20 |
| 20 |  Maurice Bailey |
PG | 1.83 |
| 23 | Luke Anderson |
SG/SF | 1.98 |
| 24 | Miha Zupan |
PF/C | 2.04 |
| 30 | Ronell Taylor |
SG/SF | 1.93 |
| 31 | Sašo Ožbolt |
SG | 1.91 |
Coach: Memi Bečirović
Notable successes
- Champions of Slovenian League: 1992–1999, 2001–20002, 2004–2006
- Champions of Slovenian National Cup: 1992–1995, 1997–2003, 2005–2006
- Champions of Slovenian SuperCup: 2003, 2004, 2007
- Champions of former Yugoslavian basketball league: 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1970
- Champions of Adriatic League: 2001/2002
- Champions of Cup Winners' Cup: 1993/1994
- 3rd place in Euroleague: 1996/1997
Notable Slovenian players
- Ivo Daneu
- Jaka Daneu
- Borut Bassin
- Dušan Hauptman
- Peter Vilfan
- Jurij Zdovc
- Aljoša Žorga
- Sani Bečirovič
- Marko Milič
- Boris Gorenc
- Boštjan Nachbar
- Radoslav Nesterovič
- Primož Brezec
- Marko Tušek
- Beno Udrih
- Slavko Kotnik
Notable foreign players
- Radisav Čurčić
Vinko Jelovac
Šarūnas Jasikevičius
Vlado Ilievski
Yotam Halperin
Jiří Welsch
Vladimir Stepania- Manuchar Markoishvili
- Ariel McDonald
- Vladimir Boisa
Soumaila Samake- Walter Berry
- Ivica Jurković
- Jasmin Hukić
- Emilio Kovačić
- Mindaugas Žukauskas
Roberts Štelmahers- Marino Baždarić
Ender Arslan
Vasili Nosov- Jurica Golemac
- Marjan Kraljević
External links
- (Slovenian) Official site
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