Helios Suns

The Helios Suns are a men's professional basketball club based in Domžale, Slovenia. The Helios Suns currently participates in the Premier A Slovenian League. They have won the national league in the 2006–07 and 2015–16 seasons. Since 1981, their main sponsor is local chemical company Helios.[1]

Helios Suns
Leagues	Slovenian League
Founded	1949 (1949)
Arena	Komunalni center Hall
Capacity	2,500
Location	Domžale, Slovenia
Team colors	Blue, Orange, White
Main sponsor	Helios d.o.o
President	David Kubala
Head coach	Dejan Jakara
Championships	2 Slovenian Leagues 1 Slovenian Cup 1 Alpe Adria Cup
Website	helios-suns.si
Home Away

History

In August 2014, the team was renamed from KK Helios Domžale to Helios Suns.[2]

Arena

Their home ground is Komunalni center Hall in Domžale.

Honours

League

• Slovenian First League:

Winners (2): 2006–07, 2015–16

Runners-up (2): 2007–08, 2008–09

Cup

• Slovenian Cup:

Winners (1): 2007

Runners-up (3): 2008, 2011, 2013

• Slovenian Supercup:

Runners-up (3): 2007, 2008, 2016

Regional

• Alpe Adria Cup:

Winners (1): 2015–16

Runners-up (1): 2016–17

Players

Current roster

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

Helios Suns roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 0 Konjević, Davor 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1990-12-18)18 December 1990 C 1 Šikanić, Uroš 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 18 – (2001-12-16)16 December 2001 G 4 Radovčić, Krešimir 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – (1997-04-19)19 April 1997 SG 5 Maček, Jan 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2001-04-23)23 April 2001 PF 6 Prepelič, Bine 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 19 – (2001-08-05)5 August 2001 G 7 Pelko, Jure 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 30 – (1990-05-17)17 May 1990 G 9 Bratec, Aljaž 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 22 – (1998-05-31)31 May 1998 F 10 Oman, Urban 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (1998-12-02)2 December 1998 PF 12 Šantelj, Leon 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1995-04-25)25 April 1995 G 13 Kralj, David 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 21 – (1999-01-25)25 January 1999 PF 14 Knežević, Sreten 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1994-02-15)15 February 1994 F 21 Mahkovic, Blaž 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – (1990-03-21)21 March 1990 SG 22 Hirschmann, Adrian 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 20 – (2000-02-02)2 February 2000 C 32 Florveus, John 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 29 – (1990-10-10)10 October 1990 F 51 Strel, Jakob 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 19 – (2000-08-22)22 August 2000 F/C –– Morina, Gëzim 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1992-12-12)12 December 1992	Head coach Dejan Jakara Assistant coach(es) Grega Nachbar Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 14 July 2020

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	John Florveus	Sreten Knežević
PF	Blaž Mahkovic	Leon Šantelj	Bine Prepelič	Uroš Šikanić
SF	Davor Konjević	Urban Oman	Jakob Strel
SG	Jure Pelko	David Kralj	Adrian Hirschmann
PG	Krešimir Radovčić	Aljaž Bratec	Jan Maček

Head coaches

The following is a list of head coaches since 2005:

• Memi Bečirović, July 2005–June 2007
• Zoran Martič, June 2007–June 2008
• Rade Mijanović, June 2008–December 2008
• Radovan Trifunović, December 2008–February 2010
• Ivan Sunara, February 2010–May 2010
• Radovan Trifunović, June 2010–June 2011
• Zmago Sagadin, June 2011–May 2014
• Gregor Hafnar, June 2014–January 2015
• Gašper Okorn, January 2015–December 2015
• Jakša Vulić, December 2015–January 2017
• Dejan Čikić, January 2017–May 2017
• Jovan Beader, May 2017–November 2018
• Dejan Jakara, November 2018–present

European matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
1992–93	Korać Cup	1st Round	Hiefenech Telekurs	95–68	108–77
		2nd Round	Avtodor	55–69	85–87
1993–94	Korać Cup	1st Round	Leuven ABB	84–84	78–89
1994–95	Korać Cup	1st Round	USK Erpet Praha	77–100	75–106
1997–98	Korać Cup	Group Stage (Group M)	Maccabi Rishon	67–74	72–91
			Aeroporti	60–71	52–80
			Vojvodina	65–68	73–78
1998–99	Korać Cup	1st Round	Sloboda Dita	64–70	68–75
2010–11	EuroChallenge	Qualifying	BK Prostějov	62–70	69–84
2015–16	FIBA Europe Cup	Group Stage (Group I)	Ventspils	72–81	62–67
			Pieno žvaigždės	71–80	77–86
			PGE Turów	50–58	97–86
2016–17	Champions League	Group Stage (Group A)	Monaco	59–63	55–59
			Banvit	53–60	56–74
			ČEZ Nymburk	57–67	55–85
			Aris	54–62	54–72
			Fraport Skyliners	56–61	62–72
			Ironi Nahariya	60–69	61–76
			Bakken Bears	78–59	74–68

References

1. "Zgodovina" [History] (in Slovenian). Helios Suns. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
2. S.J. (20 August 2014). "Nov veter v Domžalah prinesel novo ime: Helios Suns" [New club name: Helios Suns] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 20 August 2014.

External links

• Official website (in Slovene)