OK Niš

OK NišFull name| Odbojkaški Klub Niš

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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
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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

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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

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Number  | Name  | Position  | Height (cm)  | Year of Birth

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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

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Club's web page: http://oknis.co.rs/