In the history of European basketball, only two clubs can say they have stood tall over the whole continent as champion for three straight seasons. One was the first-ever champion, ASK Riga of present-day Latvia. The other is Split of Croatia. As the only modern club to win a three-peat - as it did at the 1989, 1990 and 1991 Final Fours - the team then known as Jugoplastika and Pop 84 remains a mythical European king. And in 2002-03, one of the legendary players who made that miracle happen returned to lead Split into a new and triumphant era. Since the start of the Croatian League in 1992, no team had been able to dethrone mighty Cibona through 11 successive seasons. No team, that is, until Split swept to the title last spring. It was the reaffirmation of a mighty tradition that stretched well before the European three-peat so well-known outside Croatia, or the four Yugoslav leagues and two Yugoslav cups won almost simultaneously in the late 1980s. Way back in 1972, in fact, Jugoplastika had been on the cusp of a European crown but lost in the final by a single point to the mightiest power of the era, Ignis Varese of Italy. During that decade, Jugoplastika made its name, winning two Yugoslav league titles, three national cup crowns and a pair of Korac Cups, in 1976 and 1977. The taste for consecutive titles was being cultivated even then. After the great successes of 1989-1991, Split did not sleep. It put together a string of three Croatian Cup victories from 1992 to 1994 and tacked on a fourth in 1997. But a league crown was elusive until last season, when legend Dino Radja returned to help complete the effort. Radja then retired to become president of the club, assuring that the name Split will never be far from a discussion of the greatest European teams ever.

TROPHY CASE:

Euroleague
1989, 1990, 1991

Korač Cup
1976, 1977

Croatian National Championship
2003

Croatian National Cup
1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2004

Yugoslavian National Championship
1971, 1977, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991

Yugoslavian National Cup
1972, 1974, 1977, 1990, 1991

 

2004/05		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	@Bosna	70	46.9	18	33	54.5	5	16	31.3	19	28	67.9	17	6	3	7	13	1	0	25	0	31
2	Reflex	72	41.8	16	30	53.3	7	25	28.0	19	24	79.2	17	8	12	11	8	4	2	22	18	73
3	@Zadar	56	37.3	17	43	39.5	5	16	31.3	7	9	77.8	22	7	5	7	19	1	6	20	19	33
4	Laško	77	46.6	20	43	46.5	7	15	46.7	16	19	84.2	9	25	9	11	22	3	1	23	23	77
5	@Budućnost	64	43.4	16	33	48.5	7	20	35.0	11	15	73.3	14	8	3	8	7	3	5	26	19	47
6	@Zvezda	75	47.1	17	34	50.0	7	17	41.2	20	31	64.5	12	7	4	16	14	3	2	27	25	61
7	@Olimpija	82	50.9	18	31	58.1	9	22	40.9	19	21	90.5	14	8	13	2	13	3	1	18	19	81
8	Cibona	61	34.4	13	31	41.9	9	33	27.3	8	10	80.0	22	8	12	11	11	1	3	21	17	53
9	@Široki	71	42.1	17	36	47.2	7	21	33.3	16	19	84.2	19	2	5	5	10	2	0	25	24	57
10	@Šibenka	83	51.8	25	42	59.5	4	14	28.6	21	24	87.5	13	9	5	9	8	3	2	22	23	83
11	Slovan	67	39.3	21	40	52.5	3	21	14.3	16	25	64.0	17	12	7	7	7	3	1	20	26	65
12	@Hemofarm	76	48.3	26	45	57.8	3	15	20.0	15	21	71.4	18	8	11	6	9	2	2	23	22	72
13	Partizan	78	49.1	22	37	59.5	5	18	27.8	19	35	54.3	17	13	9	8	19	3	0	24	30	71
14	@Helios	88	52.5	24	39	61.5	8	22	36.4	16	21	76.2	25	10	8	8	14	4	1	21	24	97
15	Zagreb	78	50.0	23	40	57.5	6	18	33.3	14	18	77.8	13	7	15	14	10	7	2	20	20	89
16	Bosna	78	41.9	20	44	45.5	6	18	33.3	20	23	87.0	20	9	12	5	16	2	5	23	25	68
17	@Reflex	76	39.6	14	24	58.3	5	24	20.8	33	44	75.0	19	7	9	9	14	0	3	25	32	70
18	Zadar	68	36.2	19	48	39.6	6	21	28.6	12	18	66.7	21	15	10	7	15	2	4	20	18	52
19	@Laško	68	47.9	18	30	60.0	5	18	27.8	17	25	68.0	16	11	5	4	21	3	5	15	27	60
20	Budućnost	89	58.2	28	43	65.1	4	12	33.3	21	33	63.6	21	12	10	11	9	2	5	24	26	98
21	Zvezda	70	42.9	19	35	54.3	8	28	28.6	8	11	72.7	21	11	9	8	18	3	2	27	20	56
22	Olimpija	85	47.1	24	45	53.3	9	25	36.0	10	15	66.7	17	6	13	12	12	0	2	28	22	71
23	@Cibona	76	45.9	17	30	56.7	11	31	35.5	9	10	90.0	20	9	14	7	15	2	0	27	0	52
24	Široki	89	46.6	17	29	58.6	10	29	34.5	25	38	65.8	20	8	14	6	4	2	3	25	31	94
25	Šibenka	91	51.7	17	24	70.8	14	36	38.9	15	15	100.0	14	3	14	16	10	0	1	22	19	95
26	@Slovan	76	55.8	23	31	74.2	6	21	28.6	12	14	85.7	16	3	2	3	12	1	0	26	18	56
27	Hemofarm	74	36.8	16	35	45.7	9	33	27.3	15	20	75.0	21	10	10	11	8	3	2	16	20	75
28	@Partizan	89	52.9	13	25	52.0	14	26	53.8	21	25	84.0	13	3	13	11	15	0	1	24	20	81
29	Helios	87	55.4	23	35	65.7	8	21	38.1	17	21	81.0	17	5	13	13	18	3	2	22	21	88
30	@Zagreb	70	45.2	16	36	44.4	12	26	46.2	2	9	22.2	26	9	10	4	10	4	3	20	16	65
30	6:24 Total	2284	45.9	577	1071		219	662		473	641		531	259	279	257	381	70	66	681	624	2071
	Average	76.1	45.9	53.9			33.1			73.8			17.7	8.6	9.3	8.6	12.7	2.3	2.2	22.7	20.8	69.0
	Season max	91	58.2	74.2%			53.8%			100.0%			26	25	15	16	22	7	6	28	32	98

2004/05				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	Novosel, K.	22	350:38	56	41.5	8	15	53.3	9	26	34.6	13	16	81.3	9	1	26	11	19	0	3	35	15	34
5	Oršulić, H.	29	728:35	190	45.1	59	103	57.3	15	61	24.6	27	40	67.5	74	40	13	30	16	18	6	76	44	208
6	Bilić, A.	15	151:15	18	33.3	3	8	37.5	3	10	30.0	3	4	75.0	2	1	6	9	10	0	0	15	11	9
7	Kedžo, M.	19	297:51	148	42.3	46	102	45.1	6	21	28.6	38	49	77.6	41	16	3	4	31	2	5	51	39	84
8	Kartelo, I.	3	22:00	16	100.0	5	5	100.0	0	0	0	6	10	60.0	2	3	0	1	3	0	1	5	6	15
9	Rančić, D.	24	788:00	362	42.2	60	111	54.1	56	164	34.1	74	85	87.1	29	12	47	42	54	3	3	60	75	283
10	Brečić, M.	4	24:00	10	33.3	1	3	33.3	1	3	33.3	5	8	62.5	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	5	4	5
10	Ukić, R.	26	918:49	481	44.2	109	202	54.0	41	137	29.9	140	164	85.4	55	17	113	49	72	2	7	68	159	516
11	Pašalić, D.	21	644:47	301	48.1	90	170	52.9	25	69	36.2	46	56	82.1	72	53	11	20	35	11	16	67	66	282
12	Vučica, J.	16	191:03	45	47.4	11	17	64.7	7	21	33.3	2	2	100.0	6	1	7	9	7	1	3	23	6	22
14	Kaštropil, F.	28	603:50	187	58.2	78	134	58.2	0	0	0	31	87	35.6	101	56	5	26	45	23	10	95	84	220
15	Perić, H.	18	395:53	165	45.2	42	81	51.9	10	34	29.4	51	65	78.5	51	17	15	22	36	6	8	60	54	149
21	Radan, A.	14	62:21	16	66.7	6	9	66.7	0	0	0	4	4	100.0	4	3	0	2	8	2	0	19	2	-1
24	Oliver, J.	8	274:20	122	50.6	18	28	64.3	26	59	44.1	8	9	88.9	16	2	10	13	13	1	0	16	12	103
31	Grgurević, A.	8	255:24	85	44.3	20	43	46.5	11	27	40.7	12	22	54.5	52	19	13	9	13	1	3	30	26	110
32	Han, M.	2	10:00	7	75.0	2	3	66.7	1	1	100.0	0	1	0.0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	3
33	Siriščević, I.	2	18:30	2	33.3	1	1	100.0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
44	Bjegovic, D.	3	33:45	16	66.7	6	6	100.0	0	3	0.0	4	4	100.0	0	2	4	1	2	0	0	2	2	18
55	Ivić, M.	23	228:59	57	37.0	12	30	40.0	8	24	33.3	9	14	64.3	14	13	1	8	14	0	1	48	17	8

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;