KK Bosco

{{short description|Croatian basketball club}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox basketball club | name = Bosco | nickname = | logo = | image_size = | leagues = [[HT Premijer liga]] | founded = 1992; 29 years ago | history = | owner = | arena = [[Trnsko|Boško Božić-Pepsi Sports Hall]]<br/>(Capacity: 2,500) | location = [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]] | colors = Blue and White | president = Ivan Marijanović | gm = | manager = | coach = Matija Brkljačić | captain = | sponsor = | championships = | website = {{URL|http://kkbosco.hr/}} | h_body = 223389 | h_pattern_b = | h_shorts = 223389 | h_pattern_s = | a_body = white | a_pattern_b = | a_shorts = | a_pattern_s = }} '''Košarkaški klub Bosco''' ({{langx|en|Bosco Basketball Club}}), commonly referred to as '''KK Bosco Zagreb''', '''KK Bosco''' or simply '''Bosco''', is a Croatian professional [[basketball]] club based in [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sofascore.com/team/basketball/kk-bosco-zagreb/300561 | title=KK Bosco Zegreb |website=SofaScore |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref> The club competes in the [[HT Premijer liga]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=KK Bosco Roster, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Depth Charts|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/international/league/14/Croatian-A-1-Liga/team/1992/KK-Bosco-Zagreb|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=16 June 2020|website=basketball.realgm.com}}</ref>

==History== {{unreferenced section|date=June 2020}} The club was founded in 1992. The club administration adopted the statute of the society on 12 January 2002. The founding assembly was held on 22 April 2002 and the City Office for General Affairs of the [[Zagreb|City of Zagreb]] approved the statute on 18 October the same year.<ref>{{Cite web|title=KK Bosco Zagreb Rosters - RealGM|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/international/league/14/Croatian-A-1-Liga/team/1992/KK-Bosco-Zagreb/rosters/2019|access-date=27 June 2020|website=basketball.realgm.com}}</ref>

In April 2019, after one season playing in the first-tier [[HT Premijer liga]], the club was relegated to the second tier [[Croatian First Basketball League|Prva Muška Liga]].

== Activities == The club practices volleyball, mini-table, table tennis, all merged into the Sports Association SALOM,<ref> {{cite web|title=About the club|url=https://kkbosco.hr/o-klubu/|accessdate=2020-06-24|publisher=BOSCO Basketball Club}} </ref> which has organized the international games of the youths three times.

The club's sports hall is located at the Matija Gubec elementary school in the Knežija neighbourhood. Club selections have competed in various Croatian league championships.

The club has many professional basketball and junior league<ref>{{Cite web|title=Google Translate|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=hr&sp=nmt4&u=https://www.zeneimediji.hr/djevojcice-u-kosarci-danas-su-sve-rjede-no-ipak-ima-klubova-koji-se-trude-popularizirati-ovaj-sport-medu-svom-djecom/|access-date=2020-06-16|website=translate.google.com}}</ref> basketball players. To be mentioned are [[Ivan Velić]] (former [[Cibona]] head coach), [[Bariša Krasić]] (Cibona assistant coach), Dražen Dizdar (full professor at KIF), Damir Knjaz (full professor at KIF and formerly KIF Dean), Željko Birkić (Chief of the [[Zadar County]] Sports Committee), Vinko Batinić (director of [[HKK Široki]]) and [[Davor Bernardić]] (former president of the [[Social Democratic Party of Croatia]]), while some still play basketball at the top level: [[Andrija Stipanović]], Mladen Primorac, Marin Pehar, [[Karlo Žganec]], etc.

==Notable coaches== * {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ivica Burić]]

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==External links== * [https://kkbosco.hr/ KK Bosco website] {{A-1 Liga}}

[[Category:1992 establishments in Croatia]] [[Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1992]] [[Category:Basketball teams in Croatia|Bosco]] [[Category:Sports clubs and teams in Zagreb]]