The club was founded in 1946[1] and was dissolved after the 2005–06 season due to financial difficulties.

The club was founded in 1946 as a basketball section of SŠD Železničar.

[1] They played in the Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League the following year, but were relegated with only one win and finished in the last place.

In the 1970s, ŽKK also played in the Yugoslav Second League and later renamed as Tima MTT.

B League, but after Slovenia's independence in 1991 it disintegrated back to ŽKK and Branik.