OK Niš
| Full name | Odbojkaški Klub Niš | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1972 | ||
| Ground | SC Čair (Capacity: 4,000) | ||
| Chairman |  Milan Pešić | ||
| Manager | Dragan Svetozarević | ||
| League | Wiener Staditsche Superliga | ||
| 2019/2020 | 2 | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]| Number | Name | Position | Height (cm) | Year of Birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Andrej Rakić
|
Setter | 187 | 1997. |
| 3 | Aleksandar Pejčić
|
Setter | 190 | 1990. |
| 5 | Strahinja Kuburović
|
Setter | 197 | 1988. |
| 6 | Ivan Perović
|
Outside Hitter | 193 | 1991. |
| 8 | Nemanja Jelić
|
Outside Hitter | 195 | 1996. |
| 10 | Milan Stamenković
|
Opposite | 195 | 1995. |
| 11 | Milan Stojković
|
Middle Blocker | 204 | 1989. |
| 12 | Milan Kostadinović
|
Libero | 186 | 1990. |
| 13 | Predrag Pržić
|
Opposite | 194 | 1987. |
| 15 | Milan Mijalković
|
Middle Blocker | 202 | 1985. |
| 16 | Nemanja Opaćič
|
Outside Hitter | 197 | 1991. |
| 17 |  Darko Angelovski
|
Libero | 180 | 1994. |
| 18 | Aleksandar Ilić
|
Middle Blocker | 190 | 1993. |
| 19 | Dušan Jović
|
Outside Hitter | 190 | 1997. |
External links
[edit]Club's web page: http://oknis.co.rs/