1951–1955: Formation and early years

The club was founded in 1951 as a member of the University Sports Society Bosna (Bosnian: Univerzitetsko sportsko društvo Bosna). The club's first chairman and coach was doctor Nedžad Brkić, with the roster composed mostly of students enrolled in the University of Sarajevo.^[2] The first four years of the club's existence were spent in the lower-tier Sarajevo city league, which the team went on to win in 1955, earning a promotion to the SR Bosnia and Herzegovina league. The team roster in these early years included the likes of Brkić, Marušić, Takač, Bise, Bjelica, Cindrić, Bilić, Đurasković, Fetahagić, Uzelac, Džapa, Pilav, Hofbauer, Lovrenović, Beganović and Dimitrijević.^[2]

1955–1972: Attempting to reach top-tier Yugoslav First League

For the next 17 years the club competed in the regional SR Bosnia and Herzegovina league, steadily building a team with which it could enter the Yugoslav First League.

On 28 April 1972 a decisive win against cross-town rivals KK Željezničar Sarajevo would promote the club to the top-tier of Yugoslav basketball where it would compete for the next 20 years.^[3] The architect of the club's historic triumf and later European glory was charismatic young coach Bogdan Tanjević. The players that managed to achieve the promotion to the top national league were Jovo Terzić, Mirsad Milavić, Zdravko Čečur, Milan Pavlić, Aleksandar Nadaždin, Dumić, Bruno Soče, Žarko Varajić, Slobodan Pejović, Svetislav Pešić, Rođeni Krvavac, and Anto Đogić.^[3]

1972–1984: The glory years

The future European championship winning roster was completed with the arrival of legendary Mirza Delibašić in 1972. The first 6 seasons in the Yugoslav First League represented a coming of age process, with the team eventually going on to win its first title in 1978, led by star players Ratko Radovanović, Žarko Varajić and Mirza Delibašić. A year later KK Bosna became the first team, aside from CSKA Moscow, to win the European championship without a single foreign player on its roster. Namely, on April 5, 1979 the team, led by the late Delibašić and game MVP Varajić, defeated Italian Powerhouse Emerson Varese 96:93.^[4] The club started its EuroLeague season in the Quarterfinal group stage, finishing first in its group. Once in the Semifinals, the side sent a message to contenders by edging the defending champions Real Madrid 114:109 in overtime, in Sarajevo. KK Bosna would eventually win all of its home games and would advance to the title game by edging Greek side Olympiacos 83–88, in Piraeus. Bosna's opponent in the final would either be Emerson Varese or Real Madrid, who faced each other off in the final game of the round. The Italian side beat Madrid 82:83. The aforementioned game will be remembered for Prada's misses: Namely, Luis Maria Prada famously missed 3 consecutive free throws with no time on the clock, forever changing European basketball history. Once in the title game, KK Bosna downed mighty Emerson Varese 96:93 in front of 15,000 fans in the Palais des Sports, Grenoble, France. Varajić led the team in scoring with 45 points, while Delibašić followed with 30. The former is still the record holder for most points in a Euroleague final.^[5] Radovanović added 10 more points, while Americans Bob Morse and Charlie Yelverton scored 30 and 27 points respectively for Varese.^[6] In the next four seasons KK Bosna would go on to win two more Yugoslav championships (1979-80; 1982-83), as well as a silver medal in the 1980 FIBA Intercontinental Cup, which it hosted. A second Yugoslav Cup triumf followed a year later.^[7]

1984–1992: Pre-war years

After nearly a decade of continuous success, most of the star players transferred abroad in the mid-1980s. Namely, Delibašić, Varajić, Radovanović, Đogić along with coach Bogdan Tanjević who took over Juventus Caserta moved to foreign clubs. As a result, the club management decided to transfer members of its talented youth department to the senior team, along with bringing in a handful of new players from other Yugoslav clubs. Nenad Marković, Gordan Firić, Samir Avdić and others all came in through the youth ranks but their time in the club was cut short by the start of the Bosnian War.

1992–1997: Hardest of times

With the start of the Bosnian War in 1992 competitive basketball was halted in the newly independent country for nearly four years. A talented generation on the verge of success was forced to transfer to foreign sides, and in doing so the club was forced to fight for bare survival. The side's star prospect, Nenad Marković, joined Italian side Stefanel Trieste, while the likes of Avdić, Firić and others left to Spain, Italy and Turkey. In 1993, under the helm of legendary Ante Djogic and his assistant Mladen Jojic, a talented group of youngsters, who stayed in Sarajevo under the siege, was selected and which continued with trainings and competition organized in difficult war environment. Those youngsters, aged btw. 15 and 19, were: Konakovic, Moratic, Bradic, Tihic, Mirkovic, Dzafo, Isakovic, brothers Damir Vukotic and Vedran Vukotic, Brankovic, Tinjak. At the end of the 1997–98 season, a play-off for the national title was organized. KK Bosna lost 2–1 to HKK Široki in the final series. A year later the maroon-whites, brandishing a roster that included Mirković, Terzić, Subašić, Konaković, Kurtagić, Halimić, Lerić, Isaković, Bukva, Džuho and Radović, coached by former European championship-winning team member, Sabit Hadžić won the national title after a play-off victory.

Famous members

The club remembrance has gathered all players, coach Tanjević, assistant coaches Prodanović, Krehić, first club's coach Halilović and all the club members who helped Bosna achieve a great success, such as the winning of the European title. Unfortunately, two key members of Bosna championship team are not alive anymore. Mirza Delibašić and Sabahudin Bilalović have died, but they will be remembered by the club and fans forever. Many great players and coaches from the region joined the remembrance in memory to one great generation of Bosna players and their accomplishments.

2014–present: Change of name

In October 2014, the club decided to continue under the new name, Bosna Royal.^[8][9]

Current roster

Bosna Royal roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age CG 4 Caruthers, Dontay 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 28 – (1995-06-23)23 June 1995 SF 6 Likić, Emir 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 19 – (2004-12-01)1 December 2004 CG 7 Jovanović, Luka 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1996-07-16)16 July 1996 PG 8 Bučuk, Emin 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 18 – (2005-08-07)7 August 2005 SF 10 Ilić, Vojin 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (2000-08-09)9 August 2000 PF/C 14 Božović, Milivoje 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 38 – (1985-12-15)15 December 1985 SF 17 Ćurevac, Haris 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1996-02-23)23 February 1996 CG 18 Pašalić, Muhamed (C) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 36 – (1987-08-27)27 August 1987 SG 23 Mašić, Ali 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – (2000-03-09)9 March 2000 SF 24 Verlašević, Faris 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1998-05-23)23 May 1998 C 27 Džafić, Elmir 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 18 – (2005-09-06)6 September 2005 PF 31 Zubac, Jure 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1995-03-15)15 March 1995 SG 33 Lynch-Daniels, Oliver 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (1998-02-17)17 February 1998 PF 34 Hadžifejzović, Sead 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 34 – (1989-04-03)3 April 1989	Head coach Aleksandar Damjanović Assistant coach(es) Dino Kosovac Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Domestic competitions

• Bosnia and Herzegovina League

Winners (4): 1998–99, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08

• Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Winners (3): 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10

Former domestic competitions

• Yugoslav League (defunct)

Winners (3): 1977–78, 1979–80, 1982–83

Runners-up (1): 1976–77

• Yugoslav Cup (defunct)

Winners (2): 1977–78, 1983–84

Runners-up (3): 1979-80, 1985–86, 1991–92

European competitions

• EuroLeague

Winners (1): 1978–79

3rd place (1): 1979–80

4th place (2): 1980–81, 1983–84

• FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)

Runners-up (1): 1977–78

Semifinalist (1): 1989–90

Worldwide competitions

• FIBA Intercontinental Cup
• Runners-up (1): 1979
• 3rd (1): 1980

List of club presidents

Name Years Nedžad Brkić 1951– Ljubomir Zorić 1982–1984 Mišo Dreković 1994– Nihad Imamović 1997–16.6.2010 Emir Ahmetagić 21.6.2010–10.2010 Almir Spaho 10.2010. Safudin Čengić 13.5.2011–22.5.2012

Name Years Miralem Šabović 28.6.2012-6.2013. Fuad Bajraktarević 4.7.2013.–4.2014. Adnan Jašarević 20.7.2014–21.5.2015. Almir Bradić 21.5.2015–25.7.2017. Damir Krupalija 10.2017–20.12.2017. Harun Mahmutović 20.12.2017-3.4.2019. Almir Bradić 2020-

List of directors

List of sporting directors