Košarkaški klub Napredak is a professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 club from Kruševac

Kruševac

Kruševac is a city and municipality, and the administrative center of the Rasina District, in central Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the municipality has a population of 127,429, while the town has 57,627....

, Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

. The club currently plays in the Serbian League

Naša Sinalko Liga

-Champions:* 2006–07 to present: Basketball League of Serbia-Championship winning teams:* Including titles in SFR Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia-Euroleague:-Eurocup:Ex. European Cup Winner's Cup, Saporta Cup...

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History

The year 1946 was the beginning of basketball history in Kruševac. The first basketball game was played between students of Physical Education Kruševac and Red Star

KK Crvena zvezda

Košarkaški klub Crvena zvezda is a professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. Its name Crvena zvezda means Red Star and it's part of the Red Star Belgrade sports society ....

. In 1965, the OKK Kruševac was formed, and already next year, played the first international match against Italian, "Pistoia".
In 1975, the OKK now as Napredak, after winning against the "Student" from Niš, with a score of 64:53, goes to second division where they took 7th place at the end of season.
For the first time, in the highest rank, Napredak competed in 1994. Unfortunately, at the end of the championship they finished as 29th, from 32 teams, and returned to the second division. Finally, in 2005 Napredak returned to the first league, now significantly changed compared to the 1994.

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...	Nenad Šulović	Slaven Čupković
PF Power forward (basketball) Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...	Petar Beader	Saša Mihajlović
SF Small forward The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...	Marko Pužić	Vojkan Milinčić	Uroš Stevović
SG Shooting guard The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...	Slobodan Pejović	Luka Milojević
PG Point guard Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...	Perica Mitić	Aleksandar Lekić	Marko Marinković

External links

• Official Website of Serbian Basketball League