A classic among European basketball clubs Cibona was founded in 1946 as BC Sloboda, the Croatian word for freedom. The club became known as Lokomotiva in 1950 and kept that name until November 1975, when the food corporation Cibona became the sponsor. The golden age of the club came soon after, between 1980 and 1987, when two world basketball legends Krešimir Čosić and Dražen Petrović led Cibona to a total of 14 trophies, most precious among them the European club titles for 1985 and 1986. Few teams anywhere can match the success that Cibona had with the late Petrović, backed by his brother Aleksandar and players like Mihovil Nakić, Zoran Čutura, Franjo Arapović and Danko Cvjetičanin. Cibona established itself also as a regular participant in the Euroleague and more or less reigns the domestic scene since the Croatian independency although it still lacks the big success in the NLB League after playing two finals played so far: in 2004 and 2009.

TROPHY CASE:

Euroleague
1985, 1986

European Cup Winners Cup
1982, 1987

Korač Cup
1972

Croatian National Championship
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010

Croatian National Cup
1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2009

Yugoslavian National Championship
1982, 1984, 1985

Yugoslavian National Cup
1969, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988