1946 KK Crvena zvezda season

Crvena zvezda
1946 season
Chairman	Mirko Aksentijević
Head coach	Nebojša Popović
Serbian League	Qualified
Yugoslav League	Champions^[1]
Scoring leader	Popović 9.3
Biggest win	vs Makedonija 78–10
Biggest defeat	vs Partizan 21–24
1947 →
All statistics correct as of July 30, 2017.

The 1946 season is the Crvena zvezda inaugural season in the existence of the club. The team played in the Yugoslav Basketball League.

Overview

Players

Squad information

Crvena zvezda roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.
		Balubdžić, Tihomir
		Banjac, Vladimir
G		Dimić, Ivan	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
G	10	Gec, Aleksandar	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
		Jovanović, Rade
SF	12	Kalember, Srđan	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
		Meštrović, Relja
	8	Popović, Nebojša (C)
C	15	Stanković, Borislav
G	14	Stefanović, Miodrag	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
G	9	Stojković, Vasilije	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Head coach

Nebojša Popović

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Source^[2]^[3]

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Belgrade Championship	Matchday 1	Qualified	1 June 1946	23 June 1946
Serbian State League	Matchday 1	Qualified	16 August 1946	18 August 1946
Yugoslav Federal League	Matchday 1	Champions	3 September 1946	8 September 1946

Source: Competitions

Overview

Source^[2]^[4]

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Win %
Belgrade Championship	5	5	0	0	296	60	+236	100.00
Serbian State League	3	3	0	0	100	41	+59	100.00
Yugoslav Federal League	7	6	0	1	305	107	+198	085.71
Total	15	14	0	1	701	208	+493	093.33

Last updated: July 30, 2017
Source: Competitions

Belgrade Championship

Crvena zvezda v Kosmaj Mladenovac

1 June 1946 1	Crvena zvezda	118–4	Kosmaj Mladenovac	Belgrade

Crvena zvezda v Metalac Beograd

8 June 1946 2	Crvena zvezda	38–21	Metalac Beograd	Belgrade

Crvena zvezda v Vračar

15 June 1946 3	Crvena zvezda	81–11	Vračar	Belgrade

Crvena zvezda v Student

22 June 1946 4	Crvena zvezda	39–24	Student	Belgrade

Crvena zvezda v Botip

23 June 1946 5	Crvena zvezda	20–0	Botip	Belgrade

Serbian State League

League table

Pos	Teams	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Champion or relegation
1.	Crvena zvezda	6	3	3	0	100	41	Qualified for Yugoslav League
2.	Metalac	4	3	2	1	166	145	Qualified for Yugoslav League
3.	Metohija	1	3	1	2	45	80
4.	Omladinac	0	3	0	3	32	110

Source: OKK Beograd

Win Loss

Matches

Crvena zvezda v Metohija

16 August 1946 1	Crvena zvezda	45–22	Metohija	Belgrade

Crvena zvezda v Omladinac

17 August 1946 2	Crvena zvezda	39–8	Omladinac	Belgrade

Crvena zvezda v Metalac

18 August 1946 3	Crvena zvezda	16–11	Metalac	Belgrade

			Pts: Mioljub Denić 4

Yugoslav League

League table

Pos	Teams	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Champion or relegation
1.	Crvena zvezda	12	7	6	1	305	107	Champion
2.	Zadar	10	7	5	2	166	145
3.	Egység Novi Sad	10	7	5	2	186	194
4.	Partizan	8	7	4	3	211	106
5.	Slavija Zagreb	8	7	4	3	142	126

Source: Yugoslav First Basketball League Archive, OKK Beograd

Win Loss

Matches

Crvena zvezda v Makedonija

3 September 1946 1	Crvena zvezda	78–10	Makedonija	Belgrade

				Arena: Kalemegdan Court

Crvena zvezda v Egység Novi Sad

4 September 1946 2	Crvena zvezda	61–17	Egység Novi Sad	Belgrade

				Arena: Kalemegdan Court

Crvena zvezda v Slavija Zagreb

4 September 1946 3	Crvena zvezda	26–18	Slavija Zagreb	Belgrade

				Arena: Kalemegdan Court

Crvena zvezda v Zadar

6 September 1946 4	Crvena zvezda	41–9	Zadar	Belgrade

				Arena: Kalemegdan Court

Crvena zvezda v Partizan

6 September 1946 5	Crvena zvezda	21–24	Partizan	Belgrade
	Scoring by half: 9–10, 12–14
	Pts: Vasilije Stojković 7	Boxscore		Arena: Kalemegdan Court Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Stevica Čolović

Crvena zvezda v Svoboda

8 September 1946 6	Crvena zvezda	44–12	Svoboda	Belgrade

				Arena: Kalemegdan Court

Crvena zvezda v Metalac

7 September 1946 7	Crvena zvezda	34–17	Metalac	Belgrade

			Pts: Ratko Kašanin 8	Arena: Kalemegdan Court

Source: KK Crvena zvezda History

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played
PPG	Points per game

*	Led the league

Player	GP	PPG
Tihomir Balubdžić	7	1.3
Vladimir Banjac	7	0.9
Ivan Dimić	7	0.9
Aleksandar Gec	7	6.3
Rade Jovanović	7	1.7
Srđan Kalember	7	6.4
Relja Mešterović	7	1.4
Nebojša Popović	7	9.3
Borislav Stanković	7	7.0
Miodrag Stefanović	7	3.4
Vasilije Stojković	7	4.9

Source: Crvena zvezda

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