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KK Kansai Helios Domžale

basketball club

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ648572 ↗
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Košarkarski klub Domžale (English: Basketball Club Domžale), also commonly known as Kansai Helios Domžale due to sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball club based in Domžale, Slovenia. The club competes in the Slovenian First League, the top tier of Slovenian basketball. They have won the Slovenian championship in the 2006–07 and 2015–16 seasons. Since 1981, their main sponsor has been the chemical company Helios. Their home arena is Domžale Sports Hall with a capacity for 2,500 spectators.

History

In August 2014, the team changed its name from KK Helios Domžale to Helios Suns.

Players

Current roster

Head coaches

The following is a list of head coaches since 2005:

Memi Bečirović, July 2005 – June 2007

Zoran Martič, June 2007 – June 2008

Rade Mijanović, June 2008 – December 2008

Radovan Trifunović, December 2008 – February 2010

Ivan Sunara, February 2010 – May 2010

Radovan Trifunović, June 2010 – June 2011

Zmago Sagadin, June 2011 – May 2014

Gregor Hafnar, June 2014 – January 2015

Gašper Okorn, January 2015 – December 2015

Jakša Vulić, December 2015 – January 2017

Dejan Čikić, January 2017 – May 2017

Jovan Beader, May 2017 – November 2018

Dejan Jakara, November 2018 – June 2023

Damjan Novaković, July 2023 – June 2024

Jure Močnik, June 2024 – present

Honours

Domestic

Slovenian First League

Winners: 2006–07, 2015–16

Runners-up: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24

Slovenian Cup

Winners: 2007

Runners-up: 2008, 2011, 2013, 2022, 2023

Slovenian Supercup

Runners-up: 2007, 2008, 2016, 2022, 2023

Regional

ABA League Second Division

Runners-up: 2022–23

Alpe Adria Cup

Winners: 2015–16

Runners-up: 2016–17

European matches

All results (home and away) list Kansai Helios Domžale's score tally first.

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