Football team
Cibona Zagreb
Club · Croatia · Premijer liga
«The Wolves»
Cibona began in April 1946 as the basketball section of the Sloboda sports society, one of several works clubs formed in Zagreb in the years after the war. It changed hands and names more than once in its early years, carrying the labels SD Zagreb, Vihor, Polet and Lokomotiva before food-industry sponsors gave it the name Cibona in 1975, a nod to the Latin *cibus bonus*, good food. The nickname Vukovi, the Wolves, has a plainer source: the club's old home court at Tuškanac.
Dražen Petrović joined in 1984, and the following year Cibona beat Real Madrid 87–78 in the European Champions Cup final in Athens, Petrović scoring 36 points. They retained the title in 1986 against Žalgiris Kaunas in Budapest, and added the Saporta Cup and the European Super Cup either side of those finals. Petrović's number 10 has not been worn since.
Domestically the club has barely loosened its grip on the Croatian league, with 21 titles including the 2025–26 championship, and its academy has kept sending players into the NBA, among them Dario Šarić and Ivica Zubac.
Cibona's oldest rivalry runs against Split, the two sides' meetings known in Croatia simply as the Croatian Derby; Zadar is counted as a rival too, though with less of the edge that Split carries.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 31 Oct | Premijer liga |
Split KK
A
|
93:81 | W |
| 30 Oct | ABA League |
Igokea
H
|
69:89 | L |
| 25 Oct | Premijer liga |
KK Cedevita Junior
H
|
98:67 | W |
| 23 Oct | ABA League |
KK Krka Novo Mesto
H
|
99:84 | W |
| 20 Oct | Champions League |
Legia
H
|
77:95 | L |
| 16 Oct | ABA League |
Borac Čačak
H
|
94:95 | L |
Standing
ABA LeagueGroup stage · ABA Liga 26/27, Group A
| # | Team | M | W | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 |
 Slovan Bratislava
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 347:352 | 0 |
| 7 |
 FMP Beograd
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 322:330 | 0 |
| 8 |
 Cibona Zagreb
|
4 | 1 | 3 | 351:358 | 0 |
| 9 |
Igokea
|
4 | 1 | 3 | 341:357 | 0 |
| 10 |
KK Krka Novo Mesto
|
4 | 0 | 4 | 302:352 | 0 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 409| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 409 | 214 | 195 |
| Scored | 33581 | 17884 | 15697 |
| Conceded | 32210 | 16644 | 15566 |
| Average per match | 82.1 | 83.6 | 80.5 |
| Conceded per game | 78.8 | 77.8 | 79.8 |
| Difference | +1371 | +1240 | +131 |
Fixtures of Cibona Zagreb
-
31 Oct
Split KK
A
93:81
W
-
30 Oct
Igokea
H
69:89
L
-
25 Oct
KK Cedevita Junior
H
98:67
W
-
23 Oct
KK Krka Novo Mesto
H
99:84
W
-
20 Oct
Legia
H
77:95
L
-
16 Oct
Borac Čačak
H
94:95
L
-
14 Oct
Skrljevo
A
96:89
W
-
12 Oct
Slovan Bratislava
H
82:90
L
Honours of Cibona Zagreb
- Croatian League 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2022, 2026 21
- Croatian Cup 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2013, 2022, 2023 9
- Yugoslav League 1982, 1984, 1985 3
- FIBA European Champions Cup 1985, 1986 2
- FIBA Saporta Cup 1982, 1987 2
- ABA League 2014 1
- European Super Cup 1987 1
- FIBA Korać Cup 1972 1