2019–20 KK Cedevita Olimpija season

The 2019–20 season was the inaugural season of KK Cedevita Olimpija. The club competed in the Slovenian League, the Adriatic League and the EuroCup.

Cedevita Olimpija has lost two cup finals during the season, the 2019 Adriatic Supercup and the 2020 Slovenian Cup. The Slovenian League and the Adriatic League seasons were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Overview
On 13 June 2019, the management boards of Cedevita and Olimpija have confirmed the appointment of Davor Užbinec as a general manager and Sani Bečirović as a sports director. On 8 July, it's announced that the first club's coach is Croatian coach Slaven Rimac, while the first player is Slovenian player Edo Murić. The Petrol Olimpija players from the 2018–19 season, Marko Simonović, Issuf Sanon, Petar Vujačić and David Kralj joined the club in July. The Cedevita Zagreb players in the previous season, Filip Krušlin, Andrija Stipanović, as well as Murić, joined the club in July.

Newly signed forward Marko Simonović was a member of the Serbia national team at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China. On 11 September, guard Jaka Blažič was named the first team captain.

On 28 September 2019, Cedevita Olimpija lost to Partizan NIS in the 2019 ABA Supercup final in Zagreb, Croatia.

Season cancellation
On 12 March 2020, ABA League Assembly suspended the remainder of the 2019–20 season "until further notice" following the coronavirus pandemic. The club still remains to play one game until the end of the regular season and to reach the 2020 playoffs. On the same day, the Basketball Federation of Slovenia suspended the remainder of the 2020 Championship Group season due to the same reason. Prior to the Slovenian league suspension, the club played two games. On 20 March, the Basketball Federation cancelled its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 27 May, the ABA League Assembly cancelled the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Players with multiple nationalities

 * Ivan Marinković
 * 🇧🇦 Andrija Stipanović

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Technical Staff
On 27 January 2020, Cedevita Olimpija and coach Slaven Rimac have agreed on terminating their contract on mutual consent. On the same day, Cedevita Olimpija appointed a Slovenian coach Jurica Golemac as the new head coach. In January, an assistant coach Marko Maravič and a conditioning coach Slaven Hlupić left the staff. Filip Ujaković was named the new conditioning coach in January.

Uniform

 * Supplier: Adidas
 * Main sponsor: Cedevita / Petrol
 * Back sponsor: Triglav, Spar
 * Shorts sponsor: Union

Pre-season and friendlies
Cedevita Olimpija played eight pre-season friendly games. They played at the 2019 Mirza Delibašić Memorial together with Budućnost VOLI (Montenegro), Gaziantep (Turkey), and U Cluj-Napoca (Romania) from 6–7 September in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Cedevita Olimpija won the 15th Mirza Delibašić Memorial.


 * Notes
 * MDM Mirza Delibašić Memorial
 * DIT Desio International Tournament

Slovenian League
The club will join the League in the second part of the 2019–20 season.

Adriatic Supercup
The 2019 Adriatic Supercup was the 3rd season of the Adriatic cup tournament which was held in September 2019 in Zagreb, Croatia. Cedevita Olimpija lost to Partizan NIS in the final.

Slovenian Cup
The 2020 Slovenian Cup is the 29th season of the national cup tournament. The club joined the Cup in the quarterfinals.

Adriatic League

 * MVP of the Round

Club Supporters

 * MVP of the Month

Head coaches records
Updated: 2020-3-10