- KD Slovan
Infobox Basketball club
name=KK Geoplin Slovan
nickname=
logo=Geoplin slovan logo.jpg
location=Ljubljana ,
Slovenia
color2=red
color1=white
president=Borut Razdevšek
coach=Aleksander Sekulić
arena=Dvorana Kodeljevo
website=http://www.slovanbasket.com/
colors=Red and white
founded=1951
leagues=UPC Telemach League ,NLB League
history=KK Geoplin Slovan or KD Slovan (in Slovenian: "Košarkarsko društvo Slovan)" is a professional
basketball team fromSlovenia .History
A beginning of the club is dating back to 1951 when Stane Urek suggested a formation of a basketball club Poljane (KK Poljane) at one of
Ljubljana high schools. The club got its official right to play in April same year. After just two days they organised their first tournament at which they invited teams Rudar (Trbovlje ) andKrka (Novo mesto ) - both playing in first national league.That was the start of the club which played in all leagues in formerYugoslavia and has been ever since Slovenian independency one of the best Slovenian teams. KK Poljane was club's first name and they changed it many times after February 1953.They were also recognized as KK Krim, KK Slavija, KK Odred and finally KD Slovan - the name they have had until today. They have only added the official sponsor in their name - Geoplin Slovan. After having played for more than 20 years on the basketball court in
High school Poljane , they moved to sport centre Slovan in Kodeljevo where they have been playing ever since.Current Squad
"As of August 2007"
Coach: flagicon|Slovenia
Aleksander Sekulić Notable successes
*Runners up in Slovenian First League in2004-05 and 2005-06 (behind Union Olimpija).
Notable players
Most notable players in the recent years were:
*Uroš Slokar
*Jaka Lakovič
*Sašo Ožbolt
*Miha Zupan
*Gašper Vidmar
*Emir Preldžič
*Goran Dragić .External links
*sl icon [http://www.slovanbasket.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.adriaticbasket.com/klubovi.php?id=11 Official club information in English]
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