2020–21 KK Cedevita Olimpija season

The 2020–21 KK Cedevita Olimpija season will be the 2nd season for the club. The club is scheduled to play in the Slovenian League, the Adriatic League, and the EuroCup season.

Main article: KK Cedevita Olimpija

Cedevita Olimpija

2020–21 season
Chairman	Tomaž Berločnik
Head coach	Jurica Golemac
Arena	Arena Stožice Tivoli Hall
Slovenian League	Scheduled
Adriatic League	Scheduled
EuroCup	Scheduled
Adriatic Supercup	Canceled
Slovenian Cup	Scheduled
Slovenian Super Cup	Scheduled
Home Away
All statistics correct as of May 30, 2020.

Overview

The ABA League Assembly and the Basketball Federation of Slovenia canceled definitely their respective competitions for the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2] On 1 July 2020, forward Mikael Hopkins signed a two-year contract extension.[3]

Players

Squad information

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

Cedevita Olimpija roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G/F 11 Blažič, Jaka (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1992-12-27)27 December 1992 G/F 15 Brown, Rion 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1991-03-09)9 March 1991 C 27 Dimec, Žiga 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 27 – (1993-02-20)20 February 1993 PG 7 Duščak, Dan 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 18 – (2002-07-02)2 July 2002 SF 20 Hodžić, Alen 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 28 – (1992-08-11)11 August 1992 PF 5 Hopkins, Mikael 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1993-06-23)23 June 1993 C 29 Marinković, Ivan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 26 – (1993-11-27)27 November 1993 C 9 Mathiang, Mangok 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 27 – (1992-10-08)8 October 1992 SF 8 Murić, Edo 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1991-11-27)27 November 1991 G 3 Perry, Kendrick 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 27 – (1992-12-23)23 December 1992 SF 1 Radović, Rok 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 19 – (2001-02-04)4 February 2001 SG 4 Sytnikov, Egor 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 18 – (2002-05-20)20 May 2002 PG 10 Ukić, Roko Leni 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 35 – (1984-12-05)5 December 1984	Head coach Jurica Golemac Assistant coach(es) Teo Čizmić Jan Šentjurc Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 12, 2020

Players with multiple nationalities

• Ivan Marinković
• Mangok Mathiang

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Mangok Mathiang	Ivan Marinković	Žiga Dimec
PF	Mikael Hopkins
SF	Edo Murić	Rion Brown	Rok Radović
SG	Jaka Blažič	Alen Hodžić	Egor Sytnikov
PG	Kendrick Perry	Roko Leni Ukić	Dan Duščak

Transactions

Players In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from		Type	Ends	Date	Source
	SG		Aleksa Gatarić	18	Cedevita Junior		Transfer	Undisclosed	15 May 2020	[4]
3	PG		Kendrick Perry	27	Mega Bemax		End of contract	2021	23 May 2020	[5]
20	SF		Alen Hodžić	27	Koper Primorska		Parted ways	2022	29 May 2020	[6]
27	C		Žiga Dimec	27	Koper Primorska		Parted ways	2022	1 June 2020	[7]
19	SF		Marko Simonović	34	Unicaja Malaga		Loan return	2021	23 June 2020
7	PG		Dan Duščak	18	Real Madrid B		First pro contract	2024	3 July 2020	[8]
9	C		Mangok Mathiang	27	Bahçeşehir Koleji		End of contract	2021	10 July 2020	[9]
10	PG		Roko Leni Ukić	35	Antibes Sharks		End of contract	2021	17 July 2020	[10]
4	SG		Egor Sytnikov	18	Youth system		First pro contract	2024	1 August 2020	[11]
15	G/F		Rion Brown	28	Tofaş		End of contract	2021	7 August 2020	[12]

Players Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to		Type	Date	Source
2	G/F		Filip Krušlin	31	Dinamo Sassari		Parted ways	12 April 2020	[13]
33	C		Maik Zirbes	30	Shabab Al Ahli		Parted ways	12 April 2020	[13]
13	C		Andrija Stipanović	33	U-BT Cluj-Napoca		Parted ways	12 April 2020	[13]
6	PG		Dominic Artis	26	Kolossos Rodou		Parted ways	13 April 2020	[14]
21	PG		Domen Bratož	27	Free agent		Parted ways	13 April 2020	[14]
—	SG		Aleksa Gatarić	18	Cedevita Junior		Loan	15 May 2020	[4]
9	SG		Mirko Mulalić	32	Free agent		Parted ways	28 May 2020	[15]
17	PF		Saša Zagorac	36	Retired		Parted ways	28 May 2020	[15]
4	PF		Martin Krampelj	25	Free agent		Parted ways	28 May 2020	[15]
10	PG		Codi Miller-McIntyre	25	Partizan NIS		End of contract	30 May 2020	[16][17]
7	SG		Petar Vujačić	20	Rogaška		Parted ways	16 June 2020	[18]
19	SF		Marko Simonović	34	Crvena Zvezda		Parted ways	23 June 2020	[19]
30	G		Issuf Sanon	20	Free agent		Parted ways	27 July 2020	[20]

Club

Technical Staff

In August 2020, Jan Šentjurc joined the coaching staff as an assistant coach, while Dragiša Drobnjak left.[21]

The following is the technical staff of Cedevita Olimpija for the 2020–21 season.

Position	Staff member
General Manager	Davor Užbinec
Technical director	Krešimir Novosel
Sports Director	Sani Bečirovič
Team Manager	Matko Jovanović
Head Coach	Jurica Golemac
Assistant Coaches	Teo Čizmić
	Jan Šentjurc
Conditioning Coach	Filip Ujaković
Physiotherapist	Rok Žagar
	Borut Černilogar
Physician	Oskar Zupanc

Source: Coaches & Staff

Uniform

• Supplier: Adidas
• Main sponsor: Cedevita / Petrol
• Back sponsor: Triglav, Spar
• Shorts sponsor: Union

Home

Away

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Loss

Cibona v Cedevita Olimpija

24 August 2020 1	Cibona	vs.	Cedevita Olimpija	Zagreb
		Report		Arena: Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall

Bayern Munich v Cedevita Olimpija

27 August 2020 2	Bayern Munich	vs.	Cedevita Olimpija	Munich
		Report		Arena: Audi Dome

Ratiopharm Ulm v Cedevita Olimpija

29 August 2020 3	Ratiopharm Ulm	vs.	Cedevita Olimpija	Ulm
		Report		Arena: Ratiopharm Arena

Cedevita Olimpija v ERA Nymburk

2 September 2020 4	Cedevita Olimpija	vs.	ERA Nymburk	Ljubljana
		Report		Arena: Arena Stožice

Cedevita Olimpija v Bayern Munich

9 September 2020 5	Cedevita Olimpija	vs.	Bayern Munich	Ljubljana
		Report		Arena: Arena Stožice

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Slovenian League	Matchday 1	TBD	February 2021
Adriatic League	Matchday 1	TBD	September 19, 2020	May 2021
EuroCup	Matchday 1	TBD	September 30, 2020
Adriatic Supercup	Never started	Canceled	None
Slovenian Cup	Quarterfinals 1	TBD	February 2021
Slovenian Supercup	Final	TBD	September 17, 2020

Updated to match played July 10, 2020
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Win %
Slovenian League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Adriatic League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EuroCup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Adriatic Super Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Slovenian Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Slovenian Supercup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: July 10, 2020

Source: Competitions

Slovenian League

Main article: 2020–21 Slovenian Basketball League

The club will join the League in the second part of the 2020–21 season.

Adriatic League

Main article: 2020–21 ABA League First Division

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Borac Čačak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to the playoffs
2	Budućnost VOLI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Cedevita Olimpija	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Cibona	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Crvena zvezda mts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on September 19, 2020. Source: ABA League

Results summary

Overall						Home					Away
Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: June 24, 2020.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground
Result
Position

Last updated: June 24, 2020.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.

  Win   Loss

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EuroCup

Main article: 2020–21 EuroCup Basketball

Regular season

Main article: Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Promitheas	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Top 16
2	Herbalife Gran Canaria	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Dolomiti Energia Trento	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Cedevita Olimpija	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Frutti Extra Bursaspor	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Nanterre 92	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 30 September 2020. Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Results summary

Overall						Home					Away
Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD	W	L	PF	PA	PD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: July 12, 2020.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground
Result
Position

Last updated: July 12, 2020.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.

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Adriatic Supercup

Main article: 2020 ABA Super Cup

The 2020 ABA Super Cup was scheduled to be the 4th tournament of the ABA Super Cup. On 29 June 2020, the ABA League Assembly canceled the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[22]

It would have been played between 20 and 23 September 2020 in Podgorica, Montenegro.[23]

Slovenian Cup

The 2021 Slovenian Cup will be the 30th season of the national cup tournament. The club will join the tournament in the quarterfinals.

Slovenian Supercup

The 2020 Slovenian Supercup will be the 17th season of the Supercup tournament. It will be the club's first apperience in the Supercup.[24]

  Win   Loss

Koper Primorska v Cedevita Olimpija

17 September 2020 Final	Koper Primorska	vs.	Cedevita Olimpija

References

1. "Conclusions of the ABA League j.t.d. Assembly". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
2. "Tekmovanja v sezoni 2019/2020 pod okriljem Košarkarske zveze Slovenije zaključena". kzs.si. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
3. "Mikael Hopkins two more seasons at Cedevita Olimpija". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
4. "Aleksa Gatarić s Cedevito Olimpijo podpisal prvo profesionalno pogodbo". Retrieved 18 May 2020.
5. "Kendrick Perry joins Cedevita Olimpija". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
6. "Alen Hodžić moves to Ljubljana". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
7. "Golden Žiga Dimec joins Cedevita Olimpija". cedevita.olimpija.com. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
8. "The talented Dan Duščak is coming to Ljubljana". cedevita.olimpija.com. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
9. "Mathiang is the newest Dragon!". cedevita.olimpija.com. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
10. "Roko Leni Ukić moves to Cedevita Olimpija". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
11. "First professional deal for Egor Sytnikov". cedevita.olimpija.com. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
12. "Rion Brown is the new Cedevita Olimpija reinforcement". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
13. "Cedevita Olimpija sporazumno prekinila pogodbe s Krušlinom, Stipanovićem in Zirbesom". Retrieved 15 May 2020.
14. "Sporazumna prekinitev pogodb z Bratožem in Artisom". cedevita.olimpija.com. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
15. "Sporazumna prekinitev pogodb z Mulalićem, Zagorcem in Krampljem". cedevita.olimpija.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
16. "Športni direktor Bečirović strnil misli po zaključku sezone 2019/20". cedevita.olimpija.com. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
17. "Codi Miller-McIntyre is the new Partizan NIS reinforcement". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
18. "3,4 Šport: S Sanijem Bečirovićem o prihodnosti Cedevite Olimpije". /www.sport-tv.si. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
19. "Zaključek skupne poti z Markom Simonovićem". cedevita.olimpija.com. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
20. "Zaključek skupne poti z Markom Simonovićem". sportando.basketball. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
21. "Dragons back in Stožice". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
22. "Conclusions of the ABA League j.t.d. Assembly". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
23. "ABA League j.t.d. Assembly selected new Management". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
24. "SUPERPOKAL SLOVENIJE". kzs.si. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Cedevita Olimpija at kzs.si