KK Vršac
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| Nickname | The Pharmacists |
| Leagues | KLS |
| Founded | 1946 |
| History |
KK Jedinstvo 1946–1959 KK Mladost 1959–1967 KK Inex Brixol 1967–1977 KK Agropanonija 1977–1981 KK Vršac 1981–1989 KK Inex 1989–1992 KK Hemofarm 1992–2012 KK Vršac 2012–present |
| Arena |
Millennium Center (capacity: 4.400) |
| Location | Vršac, Serbia |
| Team colors | Maroon, White |
| President |
 Predrag Kanački |
| Head coach |
Vladimir Đokić
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| Championships |
1 Adriatic League (2005) |
| Website | kkvrsac.rs |
Košarkaški Klub Vršac (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашки клуб Вршац; English: Vršac Basketball Club) is a professional basketball club from Vršac, Serbia. The club participates in the Basketball League of Serbia. Their home arena is the Millennium Center, with a capacity of 4.400.
Over the years, the club competed under different names, mostly after sponsor companies, carrying for an extended period of time the name of pharmaceutical company Hemofarm.
The club was founded in 1946 under the name KK Jedinstvo. From 1959 to 1967, the club competed under the name KK Mladost, when the name got changed to KK Inex Brixol due to sponsorship reasons. In the 1968–69 season, they won first place in the Vojvodina lower-league. In 1977, the club changed its name again, this time to KK Agropanonija. Four years later, in 1981, they again became champions of Vojvodina, which has won them the right to participate in the First B League, where they competed under the name KK Vršac. In 1989, Inex Hemofarm became principal sponsor and club changed its name to KK Inex.
Under the sponsorship of the Hemofarm Group since 1992, the club went from average participants of the lower leagues in Vojvodina to one of the leading clubs in the country. In the first season under the name of KK Hemofarm, they competed in the First League of Vojvodina and from year to year, went a step forward. In the 1995–96 season, team was led by Marin Sedlaček, a young and ambitious professional, who led the team to the higher league.
Hemofarm's top league status was achieved in the 1997–98 season, under the guidance of coach Slobodan Lukić. The first season among the elite kept their survival, but the following season, 1999–2000, they finished fourth in the standings, providing a first participation in Europe – in the Korać Cup. As newcomers to the competition, the 2000–01 season, led by coach Željko Lukajić, they reached the finals, where they were stopped by Spain's Unicaja Málaga, which was headed by Božidar Maljković. That same year, the team's quality was confirmed with placement at the National Cup final tournament, which was organized in Vršac for the first time, at the opening of the Millennium Center.
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