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Nickname
  
Panteri (Panthers)

Location
  
Belgrade, Serbia

Arena
  
Železnik Hall

Dissolved
  
2015

Team colors
  
Red and White

Founded
  
1975

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History
  
KK ILR Železnik, Belgrade (1975–1986) Club disbanded (1986–1991) KK FMP Železnik, Belgrade (1991–2003) KK Reflex, Belgrade (2003–2005) KK FMP, Belgrade (2005–2011) KK Crvena zvezda Beograd, Belgrade (agreement with KK Crvena zvezda, Belgrade) (2011–2015) KK ILR, Belgrade (2015)

Championships
  
2 ABA League 4 National Cups

KK FMP (Serbian Cyrillic: KK ФMП) is a former Serbian basketball club from Belgrade. The club played its home games at the 3,000 capacity Železnik Hall. KK FMP has won the regional ABA League twice, in the 2003–04 and 2005–06 seasons.

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1970s

The club was established under the name KK ILR Železnik in 1975 on the joint initiative of Ivo Lola Ribar machine factory and Železnik local community administrative board. Initially, the club was part of the Ivo Lola Ribar Sports Society, which, in addition to basketball, also fielded teams in football, handball, volleyball, boxing, bowling, archery, and chess.

During its modest beginnings, the club competed in the Belgrade municipal league (Belgrade zone), playing its home games on the outdoor concrete court belonging to Braća Jerković primary school. Since the municipal league ran in the spring-summer period, ILR Železnik also entered the Belgrade municipal winter league in order to maintain the fitness level until the start of the next season.

The new club was well-received by Železnik residents who often packed the small home court. Over time, as interest in basketball grew throughout the community, the club started developing a youth system by adding various age categories.

1980s

In the 1980s, Železnik's senior squad starting posting notable results as the club progressed from the lower leagues.

By the mid-1980s, they made it to Serbian provincial league. However, with promotion to the higher level of competition, the operating costs also started rising. Unable to cover the costs of renting a basketball hall in which to compete, ILR Železnik effectively folded in 1986 as basketball activities ceased.

1990s

The club was essentially dormant until 1991 when it got reestablished under the name KK FMP Železnik on the initiative of the Fabrika metalnih proizvoda (metal products factory), which became the club's owner. Almost immediately, the reestablished club continued where it had left-off in 1986. Following a season in the Second Serbian Provincial League, the club gained a promotion to the First Provincial League.

For the 1994–95 season, FMP made it to the Second Federal League in FR Yugoslavia, the second highest level of competition in the country. In a memorable season they won top spot with only four league losses, winning promotion to the top Yugoslav league.

Celebrating their 20th anniversary, Železnik began the 1995–96 season in the country's highest level of basketball competition. The club finished the regular season in third place, gaining entry into Yugoslav Basketball League where they managed to avoid relegation, finishing in ninth place.

2010s

FMP played in the final of the 2011 Radivoj Korać Cup against Partizan, where they lost 77–73. In the next few years, FMP did not have much success in domestic competititons.

In August 2011, the club has reached a five-year agreement with KK Crvena zvezda after which the club used Crvena zvezda's name, emblem, and colors in that period. The agreement stipulates that all the club's results within the specified period (including trophies) will be attributed to the Crvena zvezda. After this period, the contract stipulated that Crvena zvezda will continue where the FMP has left off.

In July 2015 Crvena zvezda became financially consolidate, so it was agreed that the application of provisions of contracts a year before it is stipulated by the contract. In the meantime, the KK Radnički Basket changed its name to KK FMP Beograd with headquarters at the address where the "original" FMP was based. The club used the same team colors and partially modified logo, while "the original" FMP has changed its name to KK ILR, but outside senior club's competitions.

National

Serbia and Montenegro League

  • Runners-up (3) – 1997, 1998, 2003
  • Serbia and Montenegro Cup

  • Winners (1) – 1997
  • Radivoj Korać Cup

  • Winners (3) – 2003, 2005, 2007
  • Runners-up (3) – 2004, 2010, 2011
  • Regional

    Adriatic League

  • Winners (2) – 2004, 2006
  • Runners-up (1) – 2007
  • Coaching history

  • Momir Milatović
  • Miodrag Baletić (2001 – 2002)
  • Aco Petrović (February 22, 2011 – June 10, 2011)
  • Boško Đokić (March 19, 2010 – February 22, 2011)
  • Vlade Đurović (October 28, 2009 – March 17, 2010)
  • Slobodan Klipa (July 2009 – October 28, 2009)
  • Milovan Stepandić (Dec. 10, 2008 – May 10, 2009)
  • Slobodan Klipa
  • Vlada Vukoičić (2005 – January, 2008)
  • Boško Đokić
  • Vlade Đurović
  • Aco Petrović (1998 – 2003)
  • References

    KK FMP Wikipedia