KK Rabotnički

Basketball team in Skopje, North Macedonia
   PresidentGoran VeselinovskiTeam managerTodor GečevskiHead coachGoran SamardzievChampionships15 Championships of Macedonia
10 Macedonian Cups
2 Macedonian Super Cups
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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.

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]

  • 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)Netherlands,CS Rapid București (men's basketball) Romania and Sabah BC Azerbaijan.

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

Macedonian League

  • 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

Macedonian Super Cup Winner

  • Winners (2): 2001, 2011

European achievements

FIBA Saporta Cup

FIBA Europe Conference South

Balkan International Basketball League

Players

Roster 2023-2024

Rabotnički roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
PG 0 United States Trice, D'Mitrik 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 28 – (1996-05-02)2 May 1996
F 1 North Macedonia Gjuroski, Stojan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1991-11-06)6 November 1991
PG 4 North Macedonia Stajić, Boban 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 30 – (1993-10-06)6 October 1993
SG 8 North Macedonia Bošaleski, Petar 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2004-07-08)8 July 2004
F 11 North Macedonia Bakoč, Filip 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1996-05-02)2 May 1996
C 14 Serbia Đeletović, Đordje 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1993-10-09)9 October 1993
F 23 North Macedonia Saiti, Metin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 20 – (2004-01-11)11 January 2004
SG 25 United States DeCosey, Quenton 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 30 – (1993-08-08)8 August 1993
C 33 Croatia Rikić, Robert 2.19 m (7 ft 2 in) 34 – (1990-04-29)29 April 1990
PG 35 North Macedonia Šoškić, Andrej 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 19 – (2005-04-27)27 April 2005
SF 97 North Macedonia Efremovski, Viktor (C) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1998-10-21)21 October 1998
Head coach

North Macedonia Goran Samardziev

Assistant coach(es)
  • North Macedonia Duško Jovčevski
  • North Macedonia Andrej Apostolski Lečić
Physiotherapist(s)
  • North Macedonia Andrej Jovanovski
Team manager

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

  • Roster
Updated: 26 September 2023

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Robert Rikić Đordje Đeletović
PF Stojan Gjuroski Filip Bakoč Filip Čolakovski
SF Quenton DeCosey Viktor Efremovski Metin Saiti
SG Boban Stajić Petar Bošaleski
PG D'Mitrik Trice Andrej Šoškić

Retired numbers

KK Rabotnički retired numbers
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

Round Team Home   Away  
Group stage Greece Olympiacos 90–79 91–71
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 117–88 90–84
France Tours Basket 107–90 99–83
Semi-final Italy Olimpia Milano 104–89 90–67

1993 Saporta Cup

Round Team Home   Away  
Round 1 Netherlands BV Den Helder 85–62 92–76
Group stage Spain Saski Baskonia 102–97 113–90
Turkey Tofaş 109–107 92–87
Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 66–88 89–77
Switzerland Bellinzona 92–94 87–70
Croatia Split 85–91 82–74

1995 FIBA European League

Round Team Home   Away  
Round 1 Ukraine Budivelnyk 65–64 83–69

1995 Europe Champions Cup

Round Team Home   Away  
Qualif.Round Bosnia and Herzegovina HKK Brotnjo 78–64 76–59

1996 FIBA Saporta Cup

Round Team Home   Away  
Group stage Latvia Rīgas ASK 84–97 99–80
Poland Włocławek 86–88 82–76
Italy Scavolini Pesaro 78–71 95–77
Slovenia Hopsi Polzela 89–91 74–66
Turkey Fenerbahçe 78–84 90–61

1997 FIBA Saporta Cup

Round Team Home   Away  
Group stage Finland ToPo Helsinki 80–81 85–55
Spain Joventut Badalona 55–70 105–72
Ukraine BIPA-Moda 57–77 78–63
Turkey Tofaş 76–77 73–47
Lithuania Žemaitijos Lokiai 78–88 86–70

1999 FIBA Saporta Cup

Round Team Home   Away  
Group stage Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna 51–82 59–52
Spain TAU Cerámica 57–73 70–49
France PSG Racing 57–70 83–43
Portugal Illiabum Clube 68–76 67–68
Poland Znicz Pruszków 64–65 84–41


2000 Radivoj Korać Cup

Round Team Home   Away  
Qualif.Round Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 63–71 70–70

2002 FIBA Euro Challenge

Round Team Home   Away  
Group stage Greece Peristeri 59–72 85–72
Serbia NIS Vojvodina 81–83 102–77
Turkey Pinar Karşıyaka 66–96 99–91
Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 89–90 90–64
Bulgaria Yambolgaz-92 75–69 73–85

2003 FIBA Euro Challenge – South Conference

Round Team Home   Away  
Group stage Turkey Fenerbahçe 91–87 80–65
Romania CSU Ploiești 75–66 60–46
Cyprus APOEL Nicosia 81–77 93–100
Semi-final Cyprus Keravnos 96–75
Final Turkey Tuborg Izmir 78–80


2004 FIBA Euro Challenge

Round Team Home   Away  
Group stage Russia UNICS Kazan 95–99 87–53
Czech Republic Nymburk 102–86 84–60
Israel Hapoel Galil Elyon 97–109 92–87
Turkey Fenerbahçe 67–79 109–60
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 82–81 84–97
Ukraine Kyiv Basket 62–88 102–73


2017 FIBA Europe Cup

Round Team Home   Away  
Qualifying Round 1 Russia Parma Basket 73–95 88–63

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 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
  Rabotnički 92
  MZT Skopje Aerodrom 76

Notable players

Head coaches

References

  1. ^ "KK FERSPED-RABOTNICKI SKOPJE basketball team History".
  2. ^ "За клубот накратко". Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2012-04-10.

External links

  • Official Website
  • KK Rabotnički on Facebook
  • Team info at MKF
  • Eurobasket.com KK Rabotnicki Page
  • Supporters Website
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