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Union Olimpija
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President Dusan Mitic
Address Celovska cesta 25, 1000 Ljubljana - Slovenia
Tel. +386 1 234 88 00
Fax +386 1 234 88 18
Arena TIVOLI ARENA
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2009-2010 Games
Regular Season
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L,
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at Maccabi Electra
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85 - 65
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L,
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vs Maroussi BC
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75 - 81
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L,
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vs Caja Laboral
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76 - 82
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L,
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at CSKA Moscow
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79 - 69
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W,
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vs Lottomatica Roma
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87 - 70
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L,
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vs Maccabi Electra
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65 - 82
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L,
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at Maroussi BC
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74 - 62
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L,
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at Caja Laboral
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62 - 53
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L,
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vs CSKA Moscow
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77 - 80
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L,
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at Lottomatica Roma
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69 - 48
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Roster
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RADOJEVIC, DEJAN
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Serbia
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Center
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2.09
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1989
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5
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SUTULOVIC, MILORAD
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Montenegro
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Guard
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1.98
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1990
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6
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ILIEVSKI, VLADO
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FYROM
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Guard
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1.88
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1980
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7
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BECIROVIC, SANI
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Slovenia
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Guard
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1.95
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1981
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8
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KLOBUCAR, JAKA
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Slovenia
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Guard
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1.98
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1987
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9
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BAVCIC, EDIN
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Bosnia - Herzegovina
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Forward
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2.10
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1984
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10
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DJORDJEVIC, DUSAN
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Serbia
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Guard
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1.93
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1983
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11
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KIKOWSKI, PAWEL
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Poland
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Guard
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1.93
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1986
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12
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ALEKSANDROV, NEMANJA
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Serbia
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Center
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2.10
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1987
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13
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VIDMAR, GASPER
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Slovenia
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Center
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2.10
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1987
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14
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MILLAGE, CURTIS
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USA
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Guard
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1.85
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1981
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15
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SLOKAR, UROS
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Slovenia
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Center
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2.10
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1983
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21
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GOLUBOVIC, VLADIMIR
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Serbia
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Center
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2.12
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1986
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31
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OZBOLT, SASO
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Slovenia
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Guard
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1.91
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1981
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44
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WALSH, MATT
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USA
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Forward
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1.99
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1982
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The Club
A classic Euroleague club looking to bounce back from some lean years, Union Olimpija aims to make a splash as we enter a new decade. Olimpija has won 15 Slovenian League titles since the competition started in 1992 and despite the obstacles of hailing from a small market, the club has mastered ways to make and keep the club among the very best in European basketball. Olimpija won the Slovenian League and Cup double for the second consecutive season last year, proving it remains the team to beat in its country. Olimpija as usual battled against the best teams in Europe, but its 2-8 record at the end of the Euroleague regular season plus a disappointing 2008-09 Adriatic League performance was not the best possible for a team that has been traditionally more than capable of knocking out even the most powerful opponents. That reputation goes back to when Olimpija dominated one of the world's emerging basketball hotbeds with six Yugoslavian League titles between 1957 and 1970. A new era began with Slovenia's independence, when Olimpija's dominance took on another meaning, namely 10 consecutive years of winning both the league and cup trophies in Slovenia. During that run, in 1993-94, Olimpija struck international gold by winning the Saporta Cup, then made its way to the Euroleague Final Four of 1997. Dusan Hauptman and Roman Horvat were Olimpija's heroes back in 1994, when the team beat Tau 91-81 in the Saporta Cup final in Laussane, Switzerland. Then players like Arriel McDonald, Marko Milic, Vladimir Stepania, Darren Henrie and Marko Tusek helped Olimpija advance to the 1997 Final Four before losing to eventual champion Olympiacos. Since then, Olimpija has stood toe-to-toe with the best clubs in Europe, shocking several of them each season and coming within a victory of the Final Four in 2003. Over the years, the club has managed to land and develop young, promising players ready to become European basketball stars, including Sani Becirovic, Sarunas Jasikevicius, Roberts Stelmahers and Yotam Halperin. Its domestic success, including winning the Adriatic League title in 2002, has continued all along. In 2006, Olimpija won its 13th Slovenian League title in 15 years and it was one win away from advancing to the Euroleague Basketball Top 16 for the second consecutive season. The following year, a rain of injuries and some financial problems limited Olimpija's chances as it lost both the Slovenian League and Cup finals. That drought lasted one year, however, and in the past two seasons Olimpija returned to domestic glory and proceeded to develop a young core of rising stars that the ambitious management and a legion of diehard fans in Ljubljana hope will come together to restore this proud franchise to its rightful place among the best teams in Europe.
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Cup of Cups
1994 |
Adriatic League
2002 |
SBA - Central European League
1993, 1994 |
Slovenian National League
1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2007-08 |
Slovenian National Cup
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 |
Yugoslav National League
1956-67, 1958-59, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1965-66, 1969-70 |
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