Yugoslav Army (basketball team)

Yugoslav Army
Leagues	Yugoslav First Basketball League
Founded	1944
Dissolved	1946
Location	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Team colors	Blue, White, Red
Head coach	Ratko Vlahović (last)
Ownership	Yugoslav People's Army
Championships	1 Championship

Yugoslav Army (Serbian: Југословенска армија, romanized: Jugoslovenska armija) was a men's basketball selection based in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. It was the basketball section of the Sports Association of the Central House of the Yugoslav Army. The Yugoslav Army later founded KK Partizan and most of the players moved to the new club.

Team won the first Yugoslav Basketball League in 1945 against state selections of the Yugoslav states.^[1]

Yugoslav Army basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Alagić, Strahinja Dekleva, Lučano Kostić, Pavle 9 Kovačević, Zlatko C 4 Marjanović, Mirko 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 15 Munćan, Božidar F Nikolić, Aleksandar 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Pikoli, Atilio Tijanić, Ratko Vlahović, Ratko	Head coach Ratko Vlahović (player-coach) Legend (C) Team captain Injured

  Win   Loss

• Yugoslav League: (1)
  • 1945

The Yugoslav Army established Partizan on 4 October 1945. Marjanović, Kovačević, Munćan, Nikolić, Alagić, Kostić and Vlahović played for Partizan during the 1946 season.^[2]