KK Rabotnički
Rabotnički | |||
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Nickname | Шпедитери (Forwarders) | ||
Leagues | Macedonian League | ||
Founded | 1946 | ||
Arena | SRC Kale SC Gradski Park | ||
Capacity | 2,300 | ||
Location | Skopje, North Macedonia | ||
Team colors | Red and White | ||
President | Risto Gapić | ||
Team manager | Gjorgji Čekovski | ||
Head coach | Toni Simić | ||
Championships | 15 Championships of Macedonia 10 Macedonian Cups | ||
Website | kkrabotnicki.mk | ||
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Football | Basketball |
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KK Rabotnički (Macedonian: КК Работнички) is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian First League and ABA League Second Division. The club has won the Macedonian championship 15 times and the Macedonian Cup 10 times.
Fans of KK Rabotnički are known as City Park Boys or simply The Boys , the reds or the mighty reds.
History[]
The club was founded in 1946 in Skopje. In 1964, KK Rabotnički became a member of the first federal "A" league in the former Federation of six republics Yugoslavia and competed there on a regular basis until 1990. In the 1991–92 season, the team played in the Federal YUBA Liga. They have never won a Federal championship but they were finalists in the Federal Yugoslav Cup on two occasions in 1976 and 1983. Since the Macedonian Republic League became the new Macedonian First League, Rabotnički have been the most successful Macedonian basketball team of all time, winning a record 15 league titles and 9 national cups.[1]
Honours[]
Domestic competitions []
Macedonian Republic League
- Winners (9): 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964
Macedonian Republic Cup
- Winners (4): 1976, 1983, 1985, 1988
- Winners (15): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2018
Macedonian Cup
- Winners (10): 1993, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2019
- Winners (2): 2001, 2011
European achievements []
- Runners-up (1): 2003–04
Balkan International Basketball League
- Runners-up (1): 2008–09
Players[]
Current roster[]
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Updated: 15 April 2021 |
Depth chart[]
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench |
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C | ||
PF | ||
SF | Ranko Mamuzić | |
SG | Gorjan Markovski | |
PG | Ljubiša Dimitrovski |
Retired numbers[]
KK Rabotnički retired numbers | |||
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No. | Player | Position | Tenure |
13 | Blagoja Georgievski | PG | 1968–1984 |
KK Rabotnicki in European competitions[]
In their rich European history KK Rabotnicki competed in many European competitions. Their most successful period was in the 1990s. They competed for eleven seasons in four different cups.
BIBL League Seasons
- 2009: (7-5) 2nd
- 2010: (3-7) 9th
Seasons and results of Rabotnicki in Europe:
1975 FIBA European Cup
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1993 Saporta Cup
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1995 FIBA European League
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1995 Europe Champions Cup
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1996 FIBA Saporta Cup
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1997 FIBA Saporta Cup
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1999 FIBA Saporta Cup
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2000 Radivoj Korać Cup
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2002 FIBA Euro Challenge
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2003 FIBA Euro Challenge – South Conference
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2004 FIBA Euro Challenge
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2017 FIBA Europe Cup
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Rivalries[]
KK Rabotnički Skopje's fiercest and long standing city rival is MZT Skopje, the other large and popular basketball club in Macedonia. They also have supporters in the capital city. The rivalry started after the Independence of Macedonia, and the matches between these rivals have been labeled as the Eternal derby.
Team | Mutual score |
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Rabotnički | 89 |
MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 62 |
Notable players[]
- Goran Veselinovski
- Toni Simić
- Gjorgji Čekovski
- Goran Samardžiev
- Dime Tasovski
- Aleksandar Dimitrovski
- Pero Blazevski
- Ognen Stojanovski
- Pero Antić
- Bojan Trajkovski
- Dimitar Mirakovski
- Aleksandar Kostoski
- Dušan Bocevski
- Jordančo Davitkov
- Gjorgji Knjazev
- Dejan Jovanovski
- Mirza Kurtović
- Todor Gečevski
- Srdjan Stanković
- Marjan Gjurov
- Riste Stefanov
- Vlatko Vladičevski
- Vrbica Stefanov
- Darko Sokolov
- Budimir Jolović
- Emil Rajković
- Dimitar Karadžovski
- Vlado Ilievski
- Toni Grnčarov
- Marjan Srbinovski
- Jane Petrovski
- Marko Simonovski
- Aleksandar Ugrinoski
- Eftim Bogoev
- Boris Nešović
- Đorđe Vojnović
- Goran Dimitrijević
- Enes Hadžibulić
- Ivica Dimčevski
- Bojan Krstevski
- Kiril Nikolovski
- Boban Stajić
- Marko Ivanović
- Zoran Jovanović
- Dragoljub Vidačić
- Dragan Smiljanić
- Vladimir Dragutinović
- Vladimir Filipović
- Miljan Pavković
- Vladimir Popović
- Srdjan Božić
- Predrag Joksimović
- Kendrick Johnson
- Marcus Ginyard
- Russell Robinson
- Sean Evans
- Paul Culbertson
- Antoni Wyche
- William Coleman
- Phil Zevenbergen
- Hameed Kashif
- Gary Ware
- Vernand Hollins
- Igor Bijelić
- Danilo Mitrović
- Stojan Ivković
- Luka Pavićević
- Mohamed Abukar
- Goran Ikonić
- Bariša Krasić
- Bora Paçun
- Rudy Mbemba
- William Njoku
- Chavdar Kostov
- Lazar Lečić
- Predrag Bogosavljev
- Blagoja Georgievski
- Janko Lukovski
- Aleksandar Knjazev
Head coaches[]
- Marin Dokuzovski
- Aleksandar Knjazev
- Marjan Lazovski
- Lazar Lečić
- Emil Rajković
- Marjan Srbinovski
References[]
External links[]
- Basketball teams in North Macedonia
- Basketball teams in Yugoslavia
- Sport in Skopje