The fact that BC Reflex can boast the second trophy of its 28-year history after so fine a 2002-03 season shows there is some justice at work in basketball. Though founded in 1975, FMP Zeleznik is a young team, having landed in the first division only in 1997. Already, the club was rightly considered one the best in Serbia at developing new talent. The heart and soul of the team from suburban Belgrade is Ratko Radovanovic, one of the best European centers during the 1970's and 1980's. Zeleznik didn't wait long to seize its first trophy opportunity in the big time, winning the Yugoslav cup in its first season, 1997. It then became a regular qualifier for the Korac and Saporta Cup competitions. But there were no other big successes until last season, when Zeleznik was arguably one of the best teams in Europe during a few months. First, Zeleznik posted the top record in the ULEB Cup regular season, 9-1, even beating eventual champ Pamesa Valencia in their group. At the same time, Zeleznik shot to the head of the YUBA League standings at home, staying there for most of the season. And during that same great stretch, Zeleznik rose up and won its second national cup. Despite great efforts, however, that was to be its only trophy. One bad game in the ULEB Cup quarterfinals against DKV Joventut of Spain ended the dream of a European crown. Then, its run to the domestic playoff finals ended on the wrong end of a sweep against Partizan. Zeleznik's talents attracted attention from big clubs on two continents, but its fans can rest assured that more great young players, and more trophy possibilities, are always on the way.

TROPHY CASE:

Goodyear League
2004, 2006

National Cup of S&MN
1997, 2003, 2005

 

2005/06		overall		FG2			FG3			FT			Rebs					Blck		Foul
		Pts	%	M	A	%	M	A	%	M	A	%	D	O	Ass	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	Val
1	Hemofarm	75	40.0	20	41	48.8	4	19	21.1	23	29	79.3	19	10	9	16	9	1	0	30	30	79
2	@Olimpija	82	49.2	22	32	68.8	7	27	25.9	17	21	81.0	9	12	11	8	11	0	1	18	20	78
3	Zvezda	72	35.0	18	37	48.6	3	23	13.0	27	37	73.0	24	8	5	16	10	3	2	35	38	70
4	@Cibona	66	45.1	17	32	53.1	6	19	31.6	14	24	58.3	26	10	11	7	21	3	4	22	23	61
5	Vojvodina	85	70.5	27	33	81.8	4	11	36.4	19	26	73.1	16	1	12	14	13	2	4	23	27	97
6	@Široki	85	55.4	21	35	60.0	10	21	47.6	13	19	68.4	23	5	12	9	8	3	0	23	15	90
7	Slovan	72	58.7	23	36	63.9	4	10	40.0	14	23	60.9	17	8	9	11	19	5	6	26	24	67
8	@Helios	64	40.4	17	28	60.7	2	19	10.5	24	32	75.0	21	5	6	11	15	3	0	26	28	61
9	Partizan	71	46.8	15	28	53.6	7	19	36.8	20	33	60.6	19	7	13	8	19	5	2	32	27	59
10	@Zagreb	83	49.1	21	40	52.5	6	15	40.0	23	29	79.3	24	9	11	10	14	1	3	24	27	90
11	Bosna	74	48.4	27	46	58.7	4	18	22.2	8	13	61.5	20	8	9	13	15	2	3	23	21	68
12	@Zadar	85	54.4	26	40	65.0	5	17	29.4	18	21	85.7	25	6	19	7	14	1	2	30	21	89
13	Laško	90	58.5	35	52	67.3	3	13	23.1	11	14	78.6	26	10	21	8	14	2	1	27	18	103
14	@Hemofarm	84	53.4	24	34	70.6	7	24	29.2	15	21	71.4	20	6	15	7	9	3	1	25	24	91
15	Olimpija	82	58.3	16	32	50.0	12	16	75.0	14	19	73.7	18	8	11	11	19	4	5	18	21	88
16	@Zvezda	57	32.7	16	39	41.0	2	16	12.5	19	24	79.2	22	11	9	13	19	1	2	27	25	48
17	Cibona	86	52.5	20	37	54.1	11	22	50.0	13	19	68.4	24	5	15	8	12	2	3	23	22	90
18	@Vojvodina	76	46.7	23	41	56.1	5	19	26.3	15	19	78.9	19	7	12	11	17	2	3	22	20	69
19	Široki	88	46.0	19	36	52.8	10	27	37.0	20	24	83.3	26	6	16	4	14	0	2	28	26	84
20	@Slovan	79	53.2	21	32	65.6	4	15	26.7	25	32	78.1	14	6	12	6	15	4	2	27	26	74
21	Helios	92	57.7	18	28	64.3	12	24	50.0	20	25	80.0	13	4	16	12	8	5	1	16	22	112
22	@Partizan	77	49.1	20	34	58.8	7	21	33.3	16	28	57.1	23	5	19	12	13	1	1	26	24	81
23	Zagreb	74	36.9	22	45	48.9	2	20	10.0	24	33	72.7	17	15	4	16	12	5	1	27	30	71
24	@Bosna	77	57.7	26	39	66.7	4	13	30.8	13	19	68.4	21	4	14	10	14	2	1	27	24	82
25	Zadar	84	43.1	22	46	47.8	6	19	31.6	22	30	73.3	23	7	15	9	9	5	5	27	27	84
26	@Laško	94	59.6	24	36	66.7	10	21	47.6	16	19	84.2	18	3	12	17	12	2	4	33	21	92
27	Vojvodina	95	58.5	25	35	71.4	6	18	33.3	27	37	73.0	15	6	13	10	8	3	2	32	33	101
28	@Zvezda	103	60.0	19	29	65.5	14	26	53.8	23	30	76.7	22	6	16	8	10	4	1	25	26	120
29	@Partizan	73	44.4	20	30	66.7	4	24	16.7	21	30	70.0	20	6	12	10	15	4	5	24	29	71
29	21:8 Total	2325	50.0	624	1053		181	556		534	730		584	204	359	302	388	78	67	746	719	2370
	Average	80.2	50.0	59.3			32.6			73.2			20.1	7.0	12.4	10.4	13.4	2.7	2.3	25.7	24.8	81.7
	Season max	103	70.5	81.8%			75.0%			85.7%			26	15	21	17	21	5	6	35	38	120

2005/06				overall		FG2			FG3			FT			Rebs					Blck		Foul
		GP	Min	Pts	%	M	A	%	M	A	%	M	A	%	D	O	Ass	St	To	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv	Val
4	Vasić, N.	29	655:45	266	51.1	57	84	67.9	38	102	37.3	38	52	73.1	25	9	63	31	61	0	2	58	51	219
5	Cvetković, B.	29	716:15	280	50.6	63	95	66.3	23	75	30.7	85	105	81.0	63	14	30	40	34	2	10	81	89	289
7	Erceg, Z.	8	101:45	46	51.6	14	21	66.7	2	10	20.0	12	19	63.2	10	8	2	4	5	3	1	11	21	55
8	Jorović, B.	24	591:15	224	42.0	42	83	50.6	29	86	33.7	53	72	73.6	79	14	37	47	31	3	1	77	80	258
9	Ilić, M.	29	551:15	244	59.0	98	164	59.8	0	2	0.0	48	69	69.6	96	32	17	25	28	45	6	81	66	321
10	Popović, S.	20	182:15	49	53.8	16	25	64.0	5	14	35.7	2	4	50.0	19	4	3	8	11	0	4	27	7	28
11	Krstović, B.	29	382:45	108	51.9	39	54	72.2	3	27	11.1	21	36	58.3	30	10	22	29	21	5	2	63	27	91
13	Pupović, M.	11	91:30	42	42.9	11	25	44.0	4	10	40.0	8	13	61.5	9	5	3	2	2	0	3	12	10	29
13	Radinović, V.	10	95:30	21	40.0	6	15	40.0	0	0	0	9	14	64.3	9	5	2	6	9	0	0	14	18	24
14	Marinović, M.	29	801:15	361	42.5	64	119	53.8	44	135	32.6	101	130	77.7	53	15	89	41	66	2	12	88	127	347
15	Pantić, M.	14	186:15	84	54.0	34	63	54.0	0	0	0	16	16	100.0	22	13	6	3	16	1	2	35	26	73
16	Raduljica, M.	2	15:15	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	3	0	-1
18	Todorović, I.	25	184:45	70	57.8	26	44	59.1	0	1	0.0	18	30	60.0	25	11	4	10	12	5	3	29	22	72
19	Rašić, A.	28	437:15	129	44.0	25	45	55.6	15	46	32.6	34	40	85.0	29	10	48	17	34	2	1	61	50	132
20	Savanović, D.	29	675:30	343	54.6	107	181	59.1	18	48	37.5	75	101	74.3	90	39	29	35	48	4	17	81	100	364
21	Samardžiski, P.	14	156:30	56	63.6	21	33	63.6	0	0	0	14	29	48.3	23	14	3	4	8	6	2	25	25	69

FG2, FG3 - Field Goals; FT - Free Throws; Min - Minutes; Pts - Points; M - Made; A - Attempted; Blck - Blocks; Fv - in Favoure of; Ag - Against; Foul - Foul; Cm - Committed; Rv - Received; Rebs - Rebounds; D - Defensive; O - Offensive; Ass - Assists; St - Steals; To - Turnover; Val - rank Value;