{{Update|date=October 2024}}{{short description|Basketball club in Sombor, Serbia}} {{Infobox basketball club | name = SBC Sombor | color1 = #ffc43c | color2 = #372976 | color3 = #ffc43c | logo = | logo_size = | nickname = | leagues = [[Basketball League of Serbia]] | founded = {{Start date and age|2002|||df=y}} | history = '''KK SO Koš'''<br>2002–2017<br>'''KK Joker'''<br>2017–2026<br>'''KK Sombor BC'''<br>2026–present | arena = Mostonga Hall | capacity = 1,400 | location = [[Sombor]], [[Serbia]] | colors = Yellow, purple<br/>{{color box|#ffc43c}} {{color box|#372976}} | affiliation = | president = | coach = | championships = | website = }}
'''Košarkaški klub Sombor Basketball City''', previously referred to as '''KK Joker''', is a men's professional [[basketball]] [[sports club|club]] based in [[Sombor]], [[Vojvodina]], [[Serbia]]. They are currently competing in the [[Serbian basketball league system|top-level]] [[Basketball League of Serbia]]. The club took its name from Serbian three-time [[NBA Most Valuable Player Award|NBA MVP]] [[Nikola Jokić]], nicknamed "[the] Joker".
== History == Founded in 2002 as '''KK SO Koš''' in [[Sombor]], the club changed its name to KK Joker after the nickname of Serbian [[NBA All Star]] player [[Nikola Jokić]] who started his playing career with the club.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ekskluzivno: Posle dve decenije čuveni internacionalni košarkaški trener Miša Popadić ponovo u Somboru, sa nadama KK Joker |url=https://www.noviradiosombor.com/sport/item/2007-posle-dve-decenije-cuveni-internacionalni-kosarkaski-tremer-misa-popadic-ponovo-u-somboru-sa-nadama-kk-joker |website=noviradiosombor.com |access-date=9 January 2022 |archive-date=23 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123171723/https://www.noviradiosombor.com/sport/item/2007-posle-dve-decenije-cuveni-internacionalni-kosarkaski-tremer-misa-popadic-ponovo-u-somboru-sa-nadama-kk-joker |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jokić, dika Sombora! |url=https://www.rtv.rs/sr_lat/sport/kosarka/jokic-dika-sombora!_1247584.html |website=rtv.rs |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> In 2018, the club held the inaugural Joker Basketball Camp in Sombor.<ref>{{cite web |title=KK Joker i Nikola Jokić organizuju besplatan kamp za mlade košarkaše |url=https://www.nasemesto.rs/2018/07/09/kk-joker-i-nikola-jokic-organizuju-besplatan-kamp-za-mlade-kosarkase/ |website=nasemesto.rs |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref>
In the [[2019–20 Basketball Cup of Serbia|2019–20 Cup of Serbia]] quarterfinals, the club lost to [[KK Sloboda Užice|Sloboda Užice]].<ref>{{cite web |title=3 December 2019, Joker 71–91 Sloboda |url=https://livestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/KSS/1462821/bs.html |website=livestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref>
In November 2021, the team qualified for the [[2021–22 Basketball Cup of Serbia|2021–22 Cup of Serbia]], following an 81–80 win over [[KK Spartak Subotica|Spartak Subotica]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Džoker slavio protiv drugoligaša |url=https://www.soinfo.org/vesti/vest/25858/dzoker-slavio-protiv-drugoligasa/ |website=soinfo.org |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=KK JOKER I KK VOJVODINA OSTVARILI PLASMAN U KUP KSS U SEZONI 2021/2022 |url=https://ksv.rs/2021/11/18/kk-joker-i-kk-vojvodina-ostvarili-plasman-u-kup-kss/ |website=ksv.rs |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref>
== Players == {{main|Category:KK Joker players}} * [[Zoran Krstanović]] * [[Nikola Jokić]]
== Head coaches == {{main|Category:KK Joker coaches}} {{Expand list|date=January 2021}} * {{flagicon|SRB}} Isidor Rudić (2019–2021) * {{flagicon|SRB}} Nebojša Vagić (2021–present)
==Trophies and awards== ===Trophies=== * '''[[First Regional Basketball League (Serbia)|First Regional League, North Division]]''' ([[Serbian basketball league system|3rd-tier]]) ** '''Winners (1)''': 2021–22
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website|https://kkjoker.com/}} * [https://www.srbijasport.net/club/10931-joker/results Profile] at srbijasport.net {{in lang|sr}} * [https://www.srbijasport.net/club/5654-so-kos/results SO Koš Profile] at srbijasport.net * [https://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Serbia/KK-Joker-Sombor/15476?Page=5 Profile] at [[eurobasket.com]]
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