KK Sloboda Užice, Užice

Beginnings

The beginnings of the club date back in the 1949, when a group of high-school kids became interested in basketball. They quickly played two friendly games and in the 1950 there was the first tournament organized in Titovo Užice. The same year there were two teams established – one in the cities Gymnast society and the other in the Sports Society Partizan. Later, the Gymnast society has formed the Sports Society Sloboda and in the 1953 the Sloboda Basketball Club was founded.

Glory Days

Sloboda Užice enjoyed its glory moments in the 188/89 season, when it has participated in the top-tier Yugoslavian Federal League. They have competed against teams such as Partizan, Crvena zvezda, Jugoplastika, Cibona, Olimpija and many others and took the 11th place. After the break up of former Yugoslavia, the club continued to play in the top-tier of the Yugoslavian national championship and took the 7th place in the 1991/92 season, but was relegated a season afterwards. In the modern club’s history, its peak is for sure the participation in the ABA League 2 in the 2020/21 season.