OKK Spars

Spars
Spars
Leagues	Bosnian League; ABA League
Founded	2005; 20 years ago
History	OKK Spars; 2005–2019; KK Spars Realway; 2019–2020; OKK Spars; 2021–present
Arena	Arena Hills
Location	Bosnia and Herzegovina; Sarajevo (2005–2022); Ilidža (2022–present)
Team colors	Blue and white;
President	Nihad Selimović
Head coach	Miodrag Kadija
Championships	1 A1 League (2013); 1 Bosnian Cup (2020)
Website	kkspars.com

Omladinski košarkaški klub Spars, commonly referred to as OKK Spars or Spars Sarajevo, is a men's professional basketball club based in Ilidža, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club competes in the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the ABA League Second Division.

The club is owned and run by Nihad Selimović and few others.^[1]^[2]

History

The club was founded in 2005 as OKK Spars and competed in lower-ranking divisions until joining 2nd-tier A1 League in the 2011–12 season. After winning the A1 League in the 2012–13 season, they were promoted to the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the 2013–14 season.

In December 2019, the club was merged with Realway, and changed its name to KK Spars Realway.^[3]^[4] However, on 31 December 2020, Spars and Realway parted their ways and the club changed its name back to OKK Spars.^[5]^[6]

Sponsorship naming

Spars has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship.

Spars Ilidža: 2022–present

Logos

2020
2005–2019, 2021–present

Home arenas

Novo Sarajevo Sports Hall, also known as the Grbavica Sports Hall (2019–2022)
Arena Hills (2022–present)

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Spars Ilidža roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
SF	3	Burch-Manning, Trey	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	29 – (1995-09-21)21 September 1995
PF	4	Durnik, Urban	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	27 – (1997-06-19)19 June 1997
SG	5	Vraneš, Miloš	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	29 – (1995-04-25)25 April 1995
G	7	Mustapić, Jakov	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	30 – (1994-08-22)22 August 1994
SG	8	Hasandić, Almir	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	34 – (1990-10-19)19 October 1990
PG	9	Vrbica, Mašan	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	30 – (1994-06-14)14 June 1994
G	10	Abell, Remy	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	32 – (1992-08-17)17 August 1992
C	11	Polutak, Imran	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	28 – (1996-07-09)9 July 1996
C	13	Livadić, Reuf	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	24 – (2000-06-20)20 June 2000
F	14	Buza, Nedim	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	24 – (2000-05-10)10 May 2000
G	20	Butorac, Dino	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	34 – (1990-10-08)8 October 1990
PG	28	Gatarić, Aleksa	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	22 – (2002-04-19)19 April 2002