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]
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.
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 named Family Aerodrom. The rivalry started after the Independence of Macedonia, and the matches between these rivals have been labeled as the Eternal derby.
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KK Rabotnicki Macedonian KK Rabotnichki 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 RabotnickiNicknameShpediteri Forwarders LeaguesMacedonian LeagueFounded1946ArenaGradski Park SRC KaleCapacity1 400 2 250LocationSkopje North MacedoniaTeam colorsRed and White PresidentGoran VeselinovskiTeam managerTodor GecevskiHead coachGoran SamardzievChampionships15 Championships of Macedonia 10 Macedonian Cups 2 Macedonian Super CupsHomeAwayActive departments of Sports Club RabotnichkiFootball Basketball Handball Contents 1 History 2 Honours 2 1 Domestic competitions 2 2 European achievements 3 Players 3 1 Roster 2023 2024 3 2 Depth chart 3 3 Retired numbers 4 KK Rabotnicki in European competitions 5 Rivalries 6 Notable players 7 Head coaches 8 References 9 External linksHistory editThe club was founded in 1946 in Skopje In 1964 KK Rabotnicki 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 Rabotnicki have been the most successful Macedonian basketball team of all time winning a record 15 league titles and 9 national cups 1 In the season 2023 24 Rabotichki was the host of the Qualifying tournament Group A of 2023 24 FIBA Europe Cup Playing against Donar basketball club nbsp CS Rapid București men s basketball nbsp and Sabah BC nbsp Honours editDomestic competitions nbsp edit Macedonian Republic League Winners 9 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1960 1961 1963 1964Macedonian Republic Cup Winners 4 1976 1983 1985 1988Macedonian League Winners 15 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2009 2018Macedonian Cup Winners 10 1993 1994 1998 2003 2004 2005 2006 2011 2015 2019Macedonian Super Cup Winner Winners 2 2001 2011European achievements nbsp edit FIBA Saporta Cup Semi finalist 1 1975 76 2 FIBA Europe Conference South Runners up 1 2003 04Balkan International Basketball League Runners up 1 2008 09Players editRoster 2023 2024 edit Rabotnicki rosterPlayers CoachesPos No Nat Name Ht AgePG 0 nbsp Trice D Mitrik 1 83 m 6 ft 0 in 27 1996 05 02 2 May 1996F 1 nbsp Gjuroski Stojan 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in 32 1991 11 06 6 November 1991PG 4 nbsp Stajic Boban 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in 30 1993 10 06 6 October 1993SG 8 nbsp Bosaleski Petar 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in 19 2004 07 08 8 July 2004F 11 nbsp Bakoc Filip 2 04 m 6 ft 8 in 27 1996 05 02 2 May 1996C 14 nbsp Đeletovic Đordje 2 04 m 6 ft 8 in 30 1993 10 09 9 October 1993F 23 nbsp Saiti Metin 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in 20 2004 01 11 11 January 2004SG 25 nbsp DeCosey Quenton 1 95 m 6 ft 5 in 30 1993 08 08 8 August 1993C 33 nbsp Rikic Robert 2 19 m 7 ft 2 in 33 1990 04 29 29 April 1990PG 35 nbsp Soskic Andrej 1 87 m 6 ft 2 in 18 2005 04 27 27 April 2005SF 97 nbsp Efremovski Viktor C 1 94 m 6 ft 4 in 25 1998 10 21 21 October 1998 Head coach nbsp Goran Samardziev Assistant coach es nbsp Dusko Jovcevski nbsp Andrej Apostolski LecicPhysiotherapist s nbsp Andrej JovanovskiTeam manager nbsp Todor GecevskiLegend C Team captain nbsp Injured Roster Updated 26 September 2023Depth chart edit Pos Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2C Robert Rikic Đordje ĐeletovicPF Stojan Gjuroski Filip Bakoc Filip ColakovskiSF Quenton DeCosey Viktor Efremovski Metin SaitiSG Boban Stajic Petar BosaleskiPG D Mitrik Trice Andrej SoskicRetired numbers edit KK Rabotnicki retired numbersNo Player Position Tenure13 Blagoja Georgievski PG 1968 1984KK Rabotnicki in European competitions editIn 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 nbsp 2009 7 5 2nd nbsp 2010 3 7 9thSeasons and results of Rabotnicki in Europe 1975 FIBA European Cup Round Team Home Away Group stage nbsp Olympiacos 90 79 91 71 nbsp CSKA Sofia 117 88 90 84 nbsp Tours Basket 107 90 99 83Semi final nbsp Olimpia Milano 104 89 90 67 1993 Saporta Cup Round Team Home Away Round 1 nbsp BV Den Helder 85 62 92 76Group stage nbsp Saski Baskonia 102 97 113 90 nbsp Tofas 109 107 92 87 nbsp Olimpija Ljubljana 66 88 89 77 nbsp Bellinzona 92 94 87 70 nbsp Split 85 91 82 74 1995 FIBA European League Round Team Home Away Round 1 nbsp Budivelnyk 65 64 83 69 1995 Europe Champions Cup Round Team Home Away Qualif Round nbsp HKK Brotnjo 78 64 76 59 1996 FIBA Saporta Cup Round Team Home Away Group stage nbsp Rigas ASK 84 97 99 80 nbsp Wloclawek 86 88 82 76 nbsp Scavolini Pesaro 78 71 95 77 nbsp Hopsi Polzela 89 91 74 66 nbsp Fenerbahce 78 84 90 61 1997 FIBA Saporta Cup Round Team Home Away Group stage nbsp ToPo Helsinki 80 81 85 55 nbsp Joventut Badalona 55 70 105 72 nbsp BIPA Moda 57 77 78 63 nbsp Tofas 76 77 73 47 nbsp Zemaitijos Lokiai 78 88 86 70 1999 FIBA Saporta Cup Round Team Home Away Group stage nbsp Bosna 51 82 59 52 nbsp TAU Ceramica 57 73 70 49 nbsp PSG Racing 57 70 83 43 nbsp Illiabum Clube 68 76 67 68 nbsp Znicz Pruszkow 64 65 84 41 2000 Radivoj Korac Cup Round Team Home Away Qualif Round nbsp Igokea 63 71 70 70 2002 FIBA Euro Challenge Round Team Home Away Group stage nbsp Peristeri 59 72 85 72 nbsp NIS Vojvodina 81 83 102 77 nbsp Pinar Karsiyaka 66 96 99 91 nbsp Hapoel Jerusalem 89 90 90 64 nbsp Yambolgaz 92 75 69 73 85 2003 FIBA Euro Challenge South Conference Round Team Home Away Group stage nbsp Fenerbahce 91 87 80 65 nbsp CSU Ploiești 75 66 60 46 nbsp APOEL Nicosia 81 77 93 100Semi final nbsp Keravnos 96 75Final nbsp Tuborg Izmir 78 80 2004 FIBA Euro Challenge Round Team Home Away Group stage nbsp UNICS Kazan 95 99 87 53 nbsp Nymburk 102 86 84 60 nbsp Hapoel Galil Elyon 97 109 92 87 nbsp Fenerbahce 67 79 109 60 nbsp CSKA Sofia 82 81 84 97 nbsp Kyiv Basket 62 88 102 73 2017 FIBA Europe Cup Round Team Home Away Qualifying Round 1 nbsp Parma Basket 73 95 88 63Rivalries editKK Rabotnicki 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 named Family Aerodrom The rivalry started after the Independence of Macedonia and the matches between these rivals have been labeled as the Eternal derby Team Mutual score Rabotnicki 92 MZT Skopje Aerodrom 76Notable players edit nbsp Goran Veselinovski nbsp Toni Simic nbsp Gjorgji Cekovski nbsp Goran Samardziev nbsp Dime Tasovski nbsp Aleksandar Dimitrovski nbsp Pero Blazevski nbsp Ognen Stojanovski nbsp Pero Antic nbsp Bojan Trajkovski nbsp Dimitar Mirakovski nbsp Aleksandar Kostoski nbsp Dusan Bocevski nbsp Jordanco Davitkov nbsp Gjorgji Knjazev nbsp Dejan Jovanovski nbsp Mirza Kurtovic nbsp Todor Gecevski nbsp Srdjan Stankovic nbsp Marjan Gjurov nbsp Riste Stefanov nbsp Goce Gerasimovski nbsp Vlatko Vladicevski nbsp Vrbica Stefanov nbsp Darko Sokolov nbsp Budimir Jolovic nbsp Emil Rajkovic nbsp Dimitar Karadzovski nbsp Vlado Ilievski nbsp Toni Grncarov nbsp Vasko Najkov nbsp Marjan Srbinovski nbsp Jane Petrovski nbsp Marko Simonovski nbsp Aleksandar Ugrinoski nbsp Eftim Bogoev nbsp Boris Nesovic nbsp Đorđe Vojnovic nbsp Goran Dimitrijevic nbsp Enes Hadzibulic nbsp Ivica Dimcevski nbsp Bojan Krstevski nbsp Kiril Nikolovski nbsp Boban Stajic nbsp Marko Ivanovic nbsp Zoran Jovanovic nbsp Misko Maric nbsp Dragoljub Vidacic nbsp Dragan Smiljanic nbsp Vladimir Dragutinovic nbsp Vladimir Filipovic nbsp Miljan Pavkovic nbsp Vladimir Popovic nbsp Srdjan Bozic nbsp Predrag Joksimovic nbsp Kendrick Johnson nbsp Marcus Ginyard nbsp Russell Robinson nbsp Sean Evans nbsp Paul Culbertson nbsp Antoni Wyche nbsp William Coleman nbsp Phil Zevenbergen nbsp Hameed Kashif nbsp Gary Ware nbsp Vernand Hollins nbsp Vincent King nbsp Igor Bijelic nbsp Danilo Mitrovic nbsp Stojan Ivkovic nbsp Luka Pavicevic nbsp Mohamed Abukar nbsp Goran Ikonic nbsp Barisa Krasic nbsp Bora Pacun nbsp Rudy Mbemba nbsp William Njoku nbsp Chavdar Kostov nbsp Lazar Lecic nbsp Predrag Bogosavljev nbsp Nikola Matovski nbsp Slavko Matovski nbsp Blagoja Georgievski nbsp Janko Lukovski nbsp Stefan Todorovski nbsp Slobodan Bocevski nbsp Aleksandar Knjazev nbsp Dragan Radosavljevic nbsp Steruli Andonovski nbsp Stevan Gesovski nbsp Boban Samardziski nbsp Branko Kacarski nbsp Kosta Hadzitrifunov nbsp Borce SerafimovskiHead coaches edit nbsp Marin Dokuzovski nbsp Steruli Andonovski nbsp Aleksandar Knjazev nbsp Tihomir Matevski nbsp Marjan Lazovski nbsp Lazar Lecic nbsp Emil Rajkovic nbsp Marjan Srbinovski nbsp Dimitar Mirakovski nbsp Goran Krstevski nbsp Igor GacovReferences edit KK FERSPED RABOTNICKI SKOPJE basketball team History Za klubot nakratko Archived from the original on 2013 01 04 Retrieved 2012 04 10 External links editOfficial Website KK Rabotnicki on Facebook Team info at MKF Eurobasket com KK Rabotnicki Page Supporters Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title KK Rabotnicki amp oldid 1217929893, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
