KK Mega Vizura

KK Mega Vizura
Leagues	Basketball League of Serbia
Founded	1998
History	KK Avala Ada (1998–2005) KK Mega Basket (2005–2009) KK Mega Vizura (2009–present)
Arena	SC Vizura
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Team colors	Yellow and Blue
President	Goran Sanjević
Head coach	Vlada Vukoičić
Championships	None
Website	beobasket.net
Uniforms
Home Away

KK Mega Vizura (Serbian Cyrillic: КК Мега Визура) is a professional basketball club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club currently participates in the Basketball League of Serbia. Since 2004 the club is controlled by prominent Serbian sports agent Miško Ražnatović and his BeoBasket sports agency.

In 2009, KK Vizura merged into the club to form KK Mega Vizura.

History

KK Avala Ada was established on 23 December 1998 by a group of basketball enthusiasts, all employed at Avala Ada packaging factory. The club played in the lower ranks, functioning as part of Avala Ada sports society that was formed at the same time.

In the summer of 1999, the club won the City of Belgrade regional league (the so-called summer league), thus qualifying for the Serbian Second League (fourth-tier competition in the basketball pyramid). Playing the 1999-00 season in the Second League, the club set an ambitious goal of gaining promotion on its first try and succeeded.

The 2000-01 season was played in the Serbian First League, finishing third and barely missing the promotion. The following 2001-02 season, Avala Ada finished third again. In the 2002-03, the club again missed promotion based on the league standing, but managed to qualify to federal First B League through playoffs in Novi Bečej, beating KK Vrbas and KK Zeta.

Playing its first season, 2003–04, in the federal rank in First B League (Serbian group), Avala Ada finished third thus missing promotion to top league.

Before the start of 2004-05, the most significant development in club's short history occurred - it was taken over by BeoBasket sports agency led by Miško Ražnatović. After that, at the end of the 2004–05 season, they have qualified for the highest competition level in the country. In December 2005, the club changed it name to KK Mega Basket. At the same time the club signed sponsorship agreement with bakery company Ishrana A.D. Smederevo, and in the period from 2005 to 2007, the club officially named Mega Ishrana. Later, also for sponsorship reasons, the club was called Mega Aqua Monta in the 2007–08 season, and Mega Hypo Leasing in the 2008–09 season.

In August 2009, before the start of the 2009–10 season, another city club called KK Vizura merged into KK Mega Hypo Leasing, and the club was renamed KK Mega Vizura.

Sponsorship naming

The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

• Mega Ishrana (2005–2007)
• Mega Aqua Monta (2007–2008)
• Mega Hypo Leasing (2008–2009)

Notable players

• Tadija Dragićević
• Branko Milisavljević
• Ivan Paunić
• Milovan Raković
• Jovo Stanojević

External links

• Official website