KK Sloboda Užice
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| Nickname | The Ere | ||
| Leagues | Basketball League of Serbia B | ||
| Founded | 1950 | ||
| History |
KK Sloboda 1950–1962 KK Sevojno 1962–1972 KK Raketa 1972–1976 KK Prvi partizan 1976–1991 KK Užice 1991–2001 KK Forma Play Off 2001–2004 KK Gradina 2004–2006 KK Sloboda 2006–present |
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| Arena |
Veliki Park Sports Hall (capacity: 2,200) |
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| Location | Užice, Serbia | ||
| Team colors | Red and Black |
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| President |
 Miroslav Radošević
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| Head coach |
 Mladen Šekularac
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Košarkaški klub Sloboda Užice (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашки клуб Слобода Ужице) is a professional basketball club from Užice, Serbia. The club currently participates in the Basketball League of Serbia. The Sloboda Užice play their home games at the Veliki Park Sports Hall which can hold about 2,200 spectators.
The story began in November 1949 when a group of high school students become interested in basketball. Soon they played two friendly matches, and in January 1950 the first basketball tournament was held in Titovo Užice. Same year two basketball sections were formed, one at the City gymnastic society, and the other at the Sports Association "First partizan". Later on, the basketball players from the City gymnastics society moved to the Sports Association "Sloboda" to form a new basketball section. Also, female team was formed then. In 1953 basketball section has grown into a Basketball club Sloboda.
The sudden rise of the Basketball club Sloboda begins in 1957. In January 1958, on the traditional basketball tournament organized by the Red Star Belgrade, the Sloboda players showed a great perspective. Also, the first time since its inception the club participated in the Basketball Cup of Yugoslavia. Basketball club Sloboda since then has been constantly in the 3rd tier of Yugoslav basketball competition - Serbian basketball league.
In 1962 under the patronage of the Copper Mill Sevojno, basketball club changed its name to BC Sevojno. In 1972 the club changed its name to BC Rocket, after moving to Sport Society "Rocket". Four years later, in 1976 the club changed name in BC First partizan, which was maintained until 1991. The club's greatest success was the participation in the Yugoslav First League in season 1988–89. Playing along with the great basketball clubs such as the Partizan Belgrade, Red Star Belgrade, Jugoplastika Split, Cibona Zagreb, Olimpija Ljubljana and many, the club has achieved 11th place.
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