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

Serbian National Cup
2007

National Cup of S&MN
1997, 2003, 2005

 

2006/07		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	Zvezda	95	53.7	24	39	61.5	5	15	33.3	32	52	61.5	33	3	13	8	12	2	2	31	38	102
2	@Split	81	46.9	22	44	50.0	8	20	40.0	13	19	68.4	18	8	14	12	10	4	3	18	22	88
3	Bosna	87	56.6	24	34	70.6	6	19	31.6	21	27	77.8	20	5	15	15	10	2	1	22	25	107
4	Zagreb	75	50.0	15	30	50.0	11	22	50.0	12	19	63.2	17	8	11	17	17	1	1	22	23	79
5	@Slovan	68	37.2	14	30	46.7	2	13	15.4	34	44	77.3	27	9	7	4	17	1	3	22	34	71
6	Budućnost	88	53.7	21	34	61.8	8	20	40.0	22	33	66.7	19	8	13	11	10	0	4	30	26	85
7	Partizan	81	49.0	18	29	62.1	7	22	31.8	24	36	66.7	24	6	11	15	17	2	1	33	27	77
8	Široki	85	49.1	18	30	60.0	8	23	34.8	25	34	73.5	12	6	16	16	13	4	2	23	29	94
9	@Zadar	67	39.1	24	47	51.1	3	22	13.6	10	12	83.3	13	14	14	16	14	1	3	27	21	58
10	Hemofarm	85	50.9	23	40	57.5	6	17	35.3	21	26	80.8	16	11	9	12	15	5	3	31	23	79
11	@Cibona	72	35.0	16	34	47.1	5	26	19.2	25	37	67.6	17	17	14	11	11	2	1	26	27	71
12	Olimpija	112	50.7	28	45	62.2	8	26	30.8	32	41	78.0	21	6	12	15	11	2	5	33	33	108
13	@Helios	96	42.9	19	41	46.3	5	15	33.3	43	49	87.8	20	11	8	11	15	1	2	30	41	103
14	@Zvezda	90	40.7	12	31	38.7	12	28	42.9	30	36	83.3	24	10	12	6	17	0	2	33	30	79
15	Split	93	57.4	33	49	67.3	6	19	31.6	9	12	75.0	16	7	14	14	7	1	1	19	20	106
16	@Bosna	91	67.4	22	32	68.8	9	14	64.3	20	22	90.9	22	2	21	4	13	2	1	25	24	110
17	@Zagreb	82	59.6	25	31	80.6	6	21	28.6	14	19	73.7	21	5	10	12	15	1	3	22	21	86
18	Slovan	108	60.0	33	49	67.3	6	16	37.5	24	34	70.6	18	5	14	11	5	3	0	25	25	118
19	@Budućnost	85	54.9	25	39	64.1	3	12	25.0	26	34	76.5	16	9	6	12	16	2	3	28	31	83
20	@Partizan	89	43.5	17	41	41.5	10	21	47.6	25	32	78.1	18	8	10	12	7	1	7	29	26	79
21	@Široki	82	60.0	22	30	73.3	5	15	33.3	23	31	74.2	27	3	16	7	14	4	3	20	20	96
22	Zadar	105	58.1	22	36	61.1	14	26	53.8	19	26	73.1	22	6	25	12	10	6	4	26	22	125
23	@Hemofarm	96	51.7	24	43	55.8	7	17	41.2	27	35	77.1	18	9	17	9	13	1	2	29	33	102
24	Cibona	81	47.1	18	30	60.0	6	21	28.6	27	37	73.0	13	7	10	11	11	1	1	23	33	84
25	@Olimpija	77	45.5	19	38	50.0	6	17	35.3	21	26	80.8	29	6	8	9	15	1	1	26	24	77
26	Helios	85	53.8	16	31	51.6	12	21	57.1	17	21	81.0	14	8	16	14	17	2	2	20	22	94
27	Hemofarm	77	50.0	18	31	58.1	5	15	33.3	26	38	68.4	19	3	13	14	16	2	0	31	30	76
28	@Hemofarm	87	46.3	15	28	53.6	10	26	38.5	27	37	73.0	18	15	14	9	14	2	2	24	30	96
30	Partizan	83	47.2	14	23	60.9	11	30	36.7	22	26	84.6	12	8	15	7	10	9	1	22	26	95
31	@Partizan	82	45.1	15	27	55.6	8	24	33.3	28	39	71.8	18	10	10	16	17	6	4	46	31	67
30	23:7 Total	2585	50.0	616	1066		218	603		699	934		582	233	388	342	389	71	68	796	817	2695
	Average	86.2	50.0	57.8			36.2			74.8			19.4	7.8	12.9	11.4	13.0	2.4	2.3	26.5	27.2	89.8
	Season max	112	67.4	80.6%			64.3%			90.9%			33	17	25	17	17	9	7	46	41	125

2006/07				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	Teodosić, M.	30	540:00	239	45.6	35	56	62.5	33	93	35.5	70	90	77.8	43	7	71	27	43	2	1	86	76	234
5	Cvetković, B.	26	643:45	357	47.8	71	119	59.7	29	90	32.2	128	166	77.1	61	9	28	39	41	1	14	66	123	350
6	Đerasimović, M.	24	284:45	95	56.9	26	37	70.3	7	21	33.3	22	31	71.0	19	8	14	15	15	0	2	31	26	95
7	Erceg, Z.	30	793:30	382	50.2	88	145	60.7	38	106	35.8	92	123	74.8	100	29	25	42	43	10	12	96	111	392
8	Žigeranović, I.	23	178:15	52	57.1	20	35	57.1	0	0	0	12	23	52.2	18	15	5	6	8	10	1	44	22	49
9	Labović, D.	28	527:00	265	48.6	70	136	51.5	20	49	40.8	65	84	77.4	61	37	23	36	36	10	8	81	70	263
10	Popović, S.	28	354:15	91	39.0	22	51	43.1	10	31	32.3	17	25	68.0	37	8	7	12	16	3	5	47	20	52
11	Krstović, B.	27	735:00	269	57.1	64	96	66.7	33	74	44.6	42	52	80.8	66	23	49	50	41	6	5	72	59	321
12	Mičić, Đ.	25	350:45	90	48.3	22	41	53.7	6	17	35.3	28	36	77.8	14	2	17	26	25	0	4	47	45	80
14	Protić, N.	13	115:45	27	37.0	7	16	43.8	3	11	27.3	4	6	66.7	4	2	7	9	8	0	1	21	10	10
15	Pantić, M.	7	111:45	59	60.5	23	38	60.5	0	0	0	13	22	59.1	14	6	7	6	10	2	2	21	28	65
18	Todorović, I.	18	207:15	78	54.8	22	41	53.7	1	1	100.0	31	45	68.9	18	18	2	8	14	2	1	30	33	81
19	Rašić, A.	27	716:00	307	46.4	59	99	59.6	30	93	32.3	99	118	83.9	48	11	111	37	59	1	4	63	103	370
20	Savanović, D.	6	144:45	84	50.9	20	39	51.3	8	16	50.0	20	27	74.1	20	13	8	12	12	0	6	8	24	101
21	Samardžiski, P.	28	425:00	186	57.4	66	115	57.4	0	0	0	54	84	64.3	58	44	12	16	18	24	2	80	65	226
22	Pavlović, A.	4	16:00	2	33.3	1	2	50.0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	1
44	Čović, F.	1	06:15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100.0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5

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;