Due to unsportsmanlike events on and off the field, the ABA League has punished the Podgorica club and the black and whites' coach Željko Obradović, reports Sport Klub, citing questions from Meridian Sport.
Obradović was fined 2.500 euros for, as the League stated, a lack of respect for referee Luka Kardum, and Budućnost was fined 30.000 euros for throwing hard and soft objects onto the pitch, using pyrotechnics and insulting the Partizan team and coach.
The documentation also includes a thorough explanation behind the disciplinary procedure.
Željko Obradović, coach of KK Partizan, was punished because, after the match of the 27th round of the ABA League, played on 14.04.2025. in Podgorica, between KK Buducnost and KK Partizan, he showed a lack of respect towards the official staff and the referee of the match, Luka Kardum, who filed a complaint against KK Partizan coach Željko Obradović, stating that when he was leaving the locker room, KK Partizan coach Željko Obradović addressed him with the words:
"While we are here at Partizan, you will not referee a single game for us. If you are going to referee us, I will no longer be the coach of Partizan. I am not the man to go to the media with this, but I will do my best to make it so."
Due to the threats that Želimir Obradović made in front of him and his colleagues, judge Luka Kardum filed a complaint against Želimir Obradović.
After the game, upon leaving the locker room, I happened to meet referee Kardum, to whom I addressed the following words: "Sir, you refereed well tonight, as you always referee us. I don't know why you referee like that." To which Mr. Kardum replied: "I only referee and take care of my family." To which I replied: "Yes, but why were you punished so many times after the games with Partizan? I wish you all the best and I hope that we will never meet again at Partizan games, or maybe I won't be the coach."
"So, it is my wish that Mr. Kardum does not referee us anymore, it is not a threat, because I may not be the coach of Partizan, and people who were in his environment can confirm this. I would like to remind you that Mr. Kardum has been punished several times after the games he refereed for Partizan (including the first derby against Red Star in the ABA League this season)."
Delegate Josip Vržina submitted an opinion in which he stated that when leaving the referee's locker room, on the way to the exit, he was walking behind the referees in the column when referee L. Kardum was approached by Željko Obradović, addressing him with the words: "While we are here at Partizan, you will not referee a single game for us", and "if you are going to referee us, I will not be the coach of Partizan", according to the official explanation, which Meridian Sport had access to.
Buducnost was punished for throwing objects onto the pitch and insulting the guests. The decision punishing the Podgorica team states that objects were thrown onto the pitch and insulting the guests from Belgrade, primarily Željko Obradović, the coach of the black and whites. We are reprinting that part of the decision in its entirety, except for the mention of the insults directed at the trophy expert.
In the first quarter, with 09,49:XNUMX left on the clock, the score was called, and the game was interrupted for about two minutes.
In the first quarter, when the clock showed 09,40, two pyrotechnic devices (so-called flares) were lit on the left side, as seen from the scorer's table, on the gallery of the stands where the home fans were seated. In the first quarter, when the clock showed 09,07, two or three pyrotechnic devices were lit on the left side, as seen from the scorer's table, on the gallery of the stands where the home fans were seated.
In the first quarter, with 04,19:3 left on the clock, XNUMX pyrotechnic devices were set off, and the official announcer warned them to stop setting them off.
In the first quarter, with 03,17:XNUMX remaining on the clock, a pyrotechnic device was set off.
During the break between the first and second quarters, the assistant coach of the BC Partizan team brought me a device for using icos cigarettes, which had previously flown from the home stands to the BC Partizan team bench.
In the second quarter, with 06,47:04,12 left on the clock, the home fans started insulting the KK Partizan team and chanted repeatedly until XNUMX:XNUMX.
In the second quarter, with 01,54:XNUMX left on the clock, we had an official warning from the announcer for fans to stop throwing objects onto the field, because several lighters and three coins had previously fallen onto the field, which I managed to see.
In the second quarter, with 01,08:8 remaining on the clock, an unknown metal object was thrown towards the KK Partizan players' bench. The visiting team's coach put it in his jacket pocket and gave it to referee L. Kardum during the break between the second and third quarters, who brought it to me on the table (according to my free estimate, it was a metal screw 8cm long and XNUMXmm thick). During the break between the second and third quarters, four pyrotechnic devices were set off.
In the fourth quarter, with 02,03:XNUMX remaining on the clock, the home fans started chanting and two lighters ran onto the field at that moment.
In the fourth quarter, with 01,05:XNUMX left on the clock, several lighters fell onto the field, I managed to see two of them fall.
In the fourth quarter, with 00,20:XNUMX remaining on the clock, three pyrotechnic devices were set off and the insults against the visiting team and their coach continued.
When the referees blew the final whistle, four pyrotechnic devices were removed from the stadium. Since there was no away crowd, all the pyrotechnic devices and devices that fell on the field were the work of the home fans.
Also, the ABA League fined Mornar 600 euros for not providing two chairs for reserve players, and FMP for Filip Barna, who played in a different uniform than the number reported.
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