2019–20 KK Cedevita Olimpija season


The 2019–20 KK Cedevita Olimpija season was the inaugural season for the club. The club has been playing in the Slovenian League, the Adriatic League and the EuroCup.
Cedevita Olimpija has lost two cup finals during the season, in the 2019 Adriatic Supercup and the 2020 Slovenian Cup. The Slovenian League and Adriatic League seasons were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Overview

On 13 June 2019, management boards of Cedevita and Olimpija have confirmed the appointment of Davor Užbinec as a general manager and Sani Bečirović as a sports director. On 8 July, it's announced that the first club's coach is Croatian coach Slaven Rimac, while the first player is Slovenian player Edo Murić. The Petrol Olimpija players in the 2018–19 season, Marko Simonović, Issuf Sanon, Petar Vujačić and David Kralj joined the club in July. The Cedevita Zagreb players in the previous season, Filip Krušlin, Andrija Stipanović, as well as Murić, joined the club in July.
Newly signed forward Marko Simonović was a member of the Serbia national team at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China. On 11 September, guard Jaka Blažič was named the first team captain.
On 28 September 2019, Cedevita Olimpija lost to Partizan NIS in the 2019 ABA Supercup final in Zagreb, Croatia.

Season cancelation

On 12 March 2020, ABA League Assembly suspended the remainder of the 2019–20 season "until further notice" following the coronavirus pandemic. The club still remains to play one game until the end of the regular season and to reach the 2020 playoffs. On the same day, the Basketball Federation of Slovenia suspended the remainder of the 2020 Championship Group season due to the same reason. Prior to the Slovenian league suspension, the clup played two games. On 20 March, the Basketball Federation canceled definitely its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 27 May, the ABA League Assembly canceled definitely the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Players

Squad information


Players with multiple nationalities

Transactions

Players In

Players Out

Club

Technical Staff

On 27 January 2020, Cedevita Olimpija and coach Slaven Rimac have agreed on terminating their contract on mutual consent. On the same day, Cedevita Olimpija appointed a Slovenian coach Jurica Golemac as the new head coach. In January, an assistant coach Marko Maravič and a conditioning coach Slaven Hlupić left the staff. Filip Ujaković was named the new conditioning coach in January.
PositionStaff member
General Manager Davor Užbinec
Technical director Krešimir Novosel
Sports Director Sani Bečirovič
Team Manager Matko Jovanović
Head Coach Jurica Golemac
Assistant Coaches Teo Čizmić
Assistant Coaches Dragiša Drobnjak
Conditioning Coach Filip Ujaković
Physiotherapist Rok Žagar
Physiotherapist Borut Černilogar
Physician Oskar Zupanc

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Uniform

  • Supplier: Adidas
  • Main sponsor: Cedevita / Petrol
  • Back sponsor: Triglav, Spar
  • Shorts sponsor: Union

    Pre-season and friendlies

Cedevita Olimpija played eight friendly games. They will play at the 2019 Mirza Delibašić Memorial together with Budućnost VOLI, Gaziantep, and U Cluj-Napoca from 6–7 September in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Cedevita Olimpija won the 15th Mirza Delibašić Memorial.
;Notes
  • MDM Mirza Delibašić Memorial
  • DIT Desio International Tournament

    Competitions

Overall

Overview

Slovenian League

The club will join the League in the second part of the 2019–20 season.

Championship group

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Adriatic League

Regular season

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

EuroCup

Regular season

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Adriatic Supercup

The 2019 Adriatic Supercup was the 3rd season of the Adriatic cup tournament which was held in September 2019 in Zagreb, Croatia. Cedevita Olimpija lost to Partizan NIS in the final.

Slovenian Cup

The 2020 Slovenian Cup is the 29th season of the national cup tournament. The club joined the Cup in the quarterfinals.

Individual awards

Adriatic League

;MVP of the Round
RoundPlayer
3 Jaka Blažič38
12 Jaka Blažič 48
18 Jaka Blažič 32

Club Supporters

;MVP of the Month

Statistics

Slovenian League

Adriatic League

EuroCup

ABA Super Cup

Slovenian Cup

Head coaches records

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