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Košarkaški klub Crvena zvezda (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашки клуб Црвена звезда, English: Red Star Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Crvena zvezda or simply Crvena zvezda, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia, the major part of the Red Star multi-sports club. KK Crvena zvezda is a part of the Adriatic Basketball Association and competes in the ABA League, the EuroLeague and in the Basketball League of Serbia. The Crvena zvezda squads have won 18 National League championships, including in 10-in-a-row sequence. They have played three different National League since 1945, including Yugoslav First Federal League (1945–1992), First League of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006) and Serbian League (2006 onward). They have also won 9 National Cup titles, 3 Adriatic League Championships, and one FIBA Saporta Cup. The team play domestic home matches in the Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, and the EuroLeague home matches in Štark Arena. Zvezda's supporters are known as Delije. Some of the club's star players over the years have included: Aleksandar Gec, Nebojša Popović, Aleksandar Nikolić, Borislav Stanković, Srđan Kalember, Ratomir Vićentić, Sreten Dragojlović, Vladimir Cvetković, Ljubodrag Simonović, Zoran Slavnić, Dragan Kapičić, Dragiša Vučinić, Žarko Koprivica, Rajko Žižić, Slobodan Nikolić, Predrag Bogosavljev, Zoran Radović, Boban Janković, Saša Obradović, Nebojša Ilić, Aleksandar Trifunović, Milenko Topić, Zlatko Bolić, Igor Rakočević, Milan Gurović, Nemanja Bjelica, Boban Marjanović, Stefan Jović and Marko Simonović.