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{{short description|Bosnian basketball club}}
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| name = Sloboda Tuzla
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| logo = Sloboda Tuzla.png
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| leagues = [[Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|1946}}
| history = '''KK Sloboda'''<br />(1946–2011)<br />'''OKK Sloboda'''<br />(2011–present)
| arena = SKPC Mejdan
| capacity = 4,900
| location = [[Tuzla]], Bosnia and Herzegovina
| colors = Red and black<br />{{color box|#ed1d24}} {{color box|#373435}}
| president = Aid Berbić
| vice-presidents =
| coach = Nedim Džemić
| championships = '''2''' [[Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina|National League]]<br>'''5''' [[Basketball Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina|National Cup]]
| website = {{URL|http://sloboda.ba/}}
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{{Sloboda Tuzla sections}}
'''Omladinski košarkaški klub Sloboda''', ({{trans|Sloboda Youth Basketball Club}}), commonly referred to as '''Sloboda Tuzla''', is a men's professional [[basketball]] [[Sports club|club]] based in [[Tuzla]], Bosnia and Herzegovina. They are currently competing in the [[Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina]].
The club was founded in as '''KK Sloboda'''. Since 2011, the club has been competing under the legal name '''OKK Sloboda'''. The club is a part of the [[RSD Sloboda Tuzla|Sloboda multi-sports club]]. The Sloboda won 2 [[Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina|National League]] championships. They have played two different national league systems since 1946, including the [[First Federal Basketball League|Yugoslav Federal League]] system (1946–1992) and the Bosnian league system (1992 onward). They have also won 5 [[Basketball Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina|National Cup]] titles.
A [[FIBA Hall of Fame]] member [[Mirza Delibašić]] played for the club from 1968 to 1972. The club is sponsored by Meridianbet.<ref name=" ">{{cite web | last= | first= | title= Regionalni lider u razvoju sporta: Kompanija Meridianbet najveći sponzor klubova i Saveza!| website=Novosti| date=4 February 2024 | url=https://www.novosti.rs/sport/fudbal/1329145/regionalni-lider-razvoju-sporta-kompanija-meridianbet-najveci-sponzor-klubova-saveza| access-date=29 May 2024}}</ref>
== History ==
===Background===
KK Sloboda, commonly referred to as '''Sloboda Dita''', was a men's professional [[basketball]] [[Sports club|club]] based in [[Tuzla]], Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club was formed in 1946 and played its home games at Mejdan Sports Center. The club was shut down in September 2011 due to debts of 3.5 million [[Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark|KM]].
Sloboda finished 5th in the inaugural [[2001–02 ABA Goodyear League|2001–02 Adriatic League]] session.
===Renamed and re-organized===
OKK Sloboda was founded in 2009 as a youth department of KK Sloboda. After the original club ceased operations in 2011, the new club—under the name of OKK Sloboda Tuzla (OKK Sloboda)—started to compete as they entered the A2 League (3rd-tier) for the 2011–12 season. They went on to win the 2012 A2 League championship and were subsequently promoted to the [[A1 Liga (Bosnia and Herzegovina)|A1 Liga]] (2nd-tier) for the 2012–13 season. Sloboda finished second in the 2012–13 season with a record of 18-4 and went on to lose in the championship-deciding game to the first seeded [[OKK Spars Sarajevo]] by 10 points.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130627202903/http://www.eurobasket.com/Bosnia/basketball-Division-II_2012-2013.asp Division II: Season 2012-2013]</ref>
In 2013, the club was promoted to the [[Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] for the 2013–14 season, returning to the top division for the first time since the 2010–11 season. For their return season to the Bosnian first league, Sloboda signed rookie head coach [[Damir Mulaomerović]]. He helped lead them to a fourth-place finish and subsequently earned himself a contract extension for the [[2014–15 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina|2014–15 season]].
In July 2019, the club got a [[Wild card (sports)|wild card]] for the [[ABA League Second Division|Second Adriatic League]] to play in the [[2019–20 ABA League Second Division|2019–20 season]].<ref>{{cite web |title=OKK Sloboda is the last participant of ABA League 2 in 2019/20 season |url=https://druga.aba-liga.com/news.php?id=42111 |website=druga.aba-liga.com |access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
== Home arena ==
The club plays its home games at SKPC Mejdan in Tuzla. Mejdan has two halls, one small and one big, with most games being played in the bigger hall that has a seating capacity of 4,900, while the smaller one has a seating capacity of 800 for basketball matches.
== Players ==
{{main|Category:OKK Sloboda Tuzla players}}
=== Current roster ===
<section begin=roster />{{Basketball roster nationality note}}
{{Basketball roster header | team=Sloboda Tuzla |wt=n}}
<!-- list of players -->
{{player3 | num = 4 | nat = CRO | first = Jakov   | last = Mustapić     |pos = SG|m = 1.92| kgs =  | year = 1994 | month = 8 | date = 22}}
{{player3 | num = 5 | nat = BIH | first = Adi     | last = Alikadić     | pos = PG | m = 1.90 | kgs = | year = 1999 | month = 6  | date = 13}}
{{player3 | num = 6 | nat = BIH | first = Jasmin  | last = Jakupović    | pos = SF | m = 1.96 | kgs = | year =1997 | month =4 | date =1 }}
{{player3 | num = 7 | nat = BIH | first = Haris   | last = Andelija     | pos = G  | m = 1.85 | kgs = | year =2000 | month =9 | date =16}}
{{player3 | num = 8 | nat = USA | first = Darell  | last = Davis Jr.    | pos = SG | m = 1.98 | kgs = | year =1996 | month = 5 | date=09 | dab=basketball}}
{{player3 | num = 9 | nat = MNE | first = Bogdan  | last = Bojić        | pos = SF | m = 2.01 | kgs = | year =1999 | month = 03 | date = 3 }}
{{player3 | num = 10| nat = SRB | first = Milan   | last = Munižaba     | pos = SF | m = 1.98 | kgs = | year =1998 | month = 2 | date = 10}}
{{player3 | num = 11| nat = BIH | first = Emir    | last = Krajinić     | pos = C  | m = 2.08 | kgs = | year =2002 | month =5 | date =9 }}
{{player3 | num = 13| nat = BIH | first = Nedim   | last = Omerović     | pos = PF | m = 2.04 | kgs = | year =2000 | month =8 | date =10}}
{{player3 | num =  | nat = RUS | first = Pavel | last = Lobarev| pos = G | m = 1.93 | kgs =  | year = 1997| month = 10 | date =5}}
<!-- end list of players -->
{{Basketball roster footer
| head_coach =
* {{player||BIH|[[Nedim Džemić]]}}
| asst_coach =
* {{player||BIH|Adnan Žunić}}
| physio =
<!--* {{player||BIH|Elvir Bijedić}}
* {{player||BIH|Azur Mehanović}}-->
| str_cond =
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| roster_url = http://sloboda.ba/prvi-tim-2/
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| accessdate = {{dts|2021|1|14}}
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}}<section end=roster />
==Coaches==
{{Expand list|date=September 2019}}
;KK Sloboda (1946–2011)
{{main|Category:KK Sloboda Tuzla coaches}}
* {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Marijan Novović]] (1975–1977)
* {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Vlade Đurović]] (1978–1982)
* {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Borislav Džaković]] (1984–1987)
* {{flagicon|YUG}} Mihajlo Vuković (1989–1990)
* {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Borislav Džaković]] (1990–1992)
* {{flagicon|SCG}} [[Velimir Gašić]] (2001–2003)
* {{flagicon|SCG}} [[Borislav Džaković]] (2003–2006)
* {{flagicon|BIH}} Senad Muminović (2008–2010)
;OKK Sloboda (2011–present)
{{main|Category:OKK Sloboda Tuzla coaches}}
* {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Damir Mulaomerović]] (2013–2015)
* {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Velimir Gašić]] (2016–2017)
* {{flagicon|BIH}} Eldar Kavgić (2017–2018)
* {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Ivan Velić]] (2018)
* {{flagicon|BIH}} Josip Pandža (2018–2019)
* {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Damir Mulaomerović]] (2019–2021)
* {{flagicon|BIH}} Nedim Džemić (2021–present)
==Trophies ==
*'''[[Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina Championship]]'''
**'''Winner (2)''': 1993–94, 1995–96
*'''[[Basketball Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup]]'''
**'''Winner (5)''': 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001
*'''[[A1 Liga (Bosnia and Herzegovina)|Bosnian A1 League]]''' (2nd-tier)
**'''Winner (7)''': 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02
*'''Bosnian A2 League''' (3rd-tier)
**'''Winner (1)''': 2012–13<sup>[[#OKK|OKK]]</sup>
;Notes
{{anchor|OKK}}<sup>OKK</sup> Won by OKK Sloboda
==Notable players==
;KK Sloboda
*{{flagicon|Bosnia}}{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Asım Pars]]
*{{flagicon|Bosnia}}{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Mirza Begić]]
*{{flagicon|Bosnia}}{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Nedim Dal]]
*{{flagicon|Bosnia}} [[Mirza Delibašić]]
*{{flagicon|Bosnia}} [[Jasmin Hukić]]
*{{flagicon|Bosnia}} [[Zlatko Jovanović]]
*{{flagicon|Bosnia}} [[Elmedin Kikanović]]
*{{flagicon|Serbia}}{{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Mileta Lisica]]
*{{flagicon|Bosnia}}{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Damir Mršić]]
*{{flagicon|Bosnia}}{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Damir Mulaomerović]]
*{{flagicon|Bosnia}}{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Dalibor Peršić]]
*{{flagicon|Bosnia}} [[Mirza Teletović]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
*[http://sloboda.ba/ Official website]
*[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/OKK_Sloboda_Tuzla/670 Team profile] at Eurobasket.com
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