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OK Niš

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OK Niš
Full nameOdbojkaški Klub Niš
Founded1972
GroundSC Čair
(Capacity: 4,000)
ChairmanSerbia Milan Pešić
ManagerSerbia Dragan Svetozarević
LeagueWiener Staditsche Superliga
2019/20202
WebsiteClub home page
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Volleyball club Niš (Serbian: Odbojkaški klub Niš), is a professional volleyball team based in Niš, Serbia. It plays in the Serbian volley league.

History

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Volleyball club Niš (OK Niš) is a successor team of a former volleyball club Student Niš. The club was founded on 24.06.1972. and during that time, the team was a competitor of lower Serbian leagues. Games and practices were conducted at the basketball club Radnički outdoor court, until 1973, when "22. December" Hall was opened.

In the season 1975-1976, volleyball club Niš (volleyball club Student, at the time) won title of 2nd league East champion, and played in promotion play-offs with the winner of the 2nd league South, Rabotnički Skopje. Student won that play-off game with 3-1, and was promoted into the 1st league of Yugoslavia. It was the club's biggest achievement until promotion to Wiener Staditsche Superliga in 2014-2015 season.

Club name was officially changed in 1997.

2015-2016 squad

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Number Name Position Height (cm) Year of Birth
2 Serbia Andrej Rakić Setter 187 1997.
3 Serbia Aleksandar Pejčić Setter 190 1990.
5 Serbia Strahinja Kuburović Setter 197 1988.
6 Serbia Ivan Perović Outside Hitter 193 1991.
8 Serbia Nemanja Jelić Outside Hitter 195 1996.
10 Serbia Milan Stamenković Opposite 195 1995.
11 Serbia Milan Stojković Middle Blocker 204 1989.
12 Serbia Milan Kostadinović Libero 186 1990.
13 Serbia Predrag Pržić Opposite 194 1987.
15 Serbia Milan Mijalković Middle Blocker 202 1985.
16 Serbia Nemanja Opaćič Outside Hitter 197 1991.
17 North Macedonia Darko Angelovski Libero 180 1994.
18 Serbia Aleksandar Ilić Middle Blocker 190 1993.
19 Serbia Dušan Jović Outside Hitter 190 1997.
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Club's web page: http://oknis.co.rs/