KK Crvena zvezda (youth)


Juniori KK Crvena zvezda are the under-18 and under-19 team of Serbian men's professional basketball club Crvena zvezda. They play in the RODA Junior Basketball League of Serbia and the Junior Adriatic League. They have won Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament.
Some of the most notable home-grown players of Crvena zvezda are Zoran Slavnić, a member of the 50 greatest players in the history of FIBA international basketball, as selected in 1991, then Igor Rakočević – the three-time EuroLeague Top Scorer, Peja Stojaković – the NBA All-Star player and FIBA EuroBasket MVP, as well as Vladimir Cvetković and Dragan Kapičić.
Further notable home-grown players include Goran Rakočević, Ivan Sarjanović, Žarko Koprivica, Slobodan Nikolić, Predrag Bogosavljev, Boban Janković, Mirko Milićević, Branislav Prelević, Aleksandar Trifunović, Nebojša Ilić, Saša Obradović, Rastko Cvetković, Nikola Jestratijević, Miloš Vujanić, Vladimir Radmanović, Milutin Aleksić, Milko Bjelica, Luka Bogdanović, Tadija Dragićević, Nemanja Nedović and Marko Gudurić.
Aleksandar Đorđević, Dejan Koturović, Marko Jarić and Vladimir Micov were also members of the Crvena zvezda's youth selections but they haven't played a single game for the first team.

History

In 2014, Crvena zvezda captured its first Euroleague Basketball Nike International Junior Tournament title by beating Real Madrid 55-42 in the final Sunday at Mediolanim Forum in Milan. The team was coached by Stevan Mijović and featured Stefan Kenić, Jovan Anđelković, Danilo Ostojić, Vojislav Stojanović, Nikola Rakićević, Bratislav Jerković, Aleksa Radanov, David Miladinović, Marko Radovanović, Boriša Simanić, Aleksandar Aranitović, Stefan Lazarević.
In the 2014–15 Euroleague NGT season Finals, Crvena zvezda got defeated Real Madrid with 70–73. The team was coached by Slobodan Klipa and featured Ivan Ćorović, Nemanja Kapetanović, Aleksandar Aranitović, Vojislav Stojanović, Aleksa Radanov, Stefan Kenić, Jovan Drljača, David Miladinović, Nikola Popović, Boriša Simanić, Nikola Rakićević, and Matija Radović.
In the 2015–16 Euroleague NGT season Finals, Crvena zvezda got defeated FC Barcelona Lassa with 82–90. The team was coached by Branko Maksimović and featured Petar Rebić, Aleksa Uskoković, Ivan Ćorović, Milan Radaković, Uroš Ilić, Stefan Momirov, Srećko Gašić, Boriša Simanić, Aleksa Radanov, Matija Radović, Stefan Đorđević and Vladimir Kovačević. Boriša Simanić won the MVP Finals Award.

Honours and achievements

Club

Current U19 roster

Current U16 roster

Notable coaches