KK Gostivar

KK GOSTIVAR
Leagues	Macedonian First League
Founded	1954; 70 years ago (1954)
History	List 1996–2004 Nikol Fert 2004–2008 Mavrovo 2009–2011 Gostivar 2009 2015–present Gostivar 2015
Arena	``Mladost``Gostivar
Location	Gostivar, North Macedonia
Team colors	White and blue
President	Stojmir Dejanoski
Head coach	Ljupco Malinkov
Championships	1 Championships of Macedonia 2 Macedonian Cup 2 Macedonian Super Cup
Home Away

BC Gostivar (Macedonian: КК Гостивар) is a basketball club based in Gostivar, North Macedonia. In the past it was known as Nikol Fert for sponsorship reasons.

History

The team was established in 1954 under name KK Mavrovo. It changed its name numerous times over the year. KK Goteks, KK Vardar-Komerc, KK Gostivar and KK Nikol-Fert Gostivar. KK Gostivar ^[1] is three times republic league champion of Macedonia. In the golden age of its existence it won three title in: 1965, 1967 and 1968. They waited for a long time for their fourth title but after 32 years they won their 4th title in 2000. Next year in the season 2000-01 they won their first Macedonian Basketball Cup by beating KK Rabotnički in the final 72–65. Next season they once again defeated Rabotnički 88–82 to claim back to back Cup titles.

Honours

• Macedonian First League

Winner (4): 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1999–2000

• Macedonian Cup

Winner (2): 2001, 2002

• Macedonian Super Cup

Winner (2): 2000, 2002

Players

Current roster

KK Gostivar roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 3 Rhodes, Xavier 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 24 – (2000-01-26)26 January 2000 G 6 Sokolov, Darko 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 38 – (1986-05-08)8 May 1986 G 7 Serafimoski, Luka 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 19 – (2005-04-18)18 April 2005 F 9 Grušanović, Mladen 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1997-03-03)3 March 1997 F 14 Dimovski, Lazar 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 22 – (2001-11-14)14 November 2001 PG 21 Pecanoski, Marko 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 21 – (2003-04-16)16 April 2003 SG 24 Mitevski, Maksim 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (2000-02-18)18 February 2000 C 35 Komagum, Jonathan 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1998-09-15)15 September 1998 SF 38 Zivčević, Nenad 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 38 – (1986-02-28)28 February 1986	Head coach Ljupčo Malinkov Assistant coach(es) Nikola Dimitrievski Petar Angelov Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2024-09-01

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Jonathan Komagum
PF	Nenad Zivčević
SF	Mladen Grušanović	Lazar Dimovski
SG	Darko Sokolov	Maksim Mitevski
PG	Xavier Rhodes	Luka Serafimoski	Marko Pecanoski

Former players

• Radislav Jovanoski
• Milan Sotirovski
• Todor Gečevski
• Jordančo Davitkov
• Dejan Dimov
• Marjan Janevski
• Slobodan Petrovski
• Vlatko Vladičevski
• Vojislav Zivčević
• Pero Blazevski
• Gjorgji Knjazev
• Budimir Jolović
• Bojan Trajkovski
• Josip Sičić
• Dušan Sučević
• Dejan Jeftić
• Michail Misunov
• Artan Kuqo

European competitions

They played 4 times in European competition. In the season 1996/97, 1999/00 and 2000/01 they played in FKC/FIBA Korac Cup. In the 2002/03 season they played in FRC/FIBA-Europe Regional Challenge.

Scores of KK Nikolfert Gostivar in Europe:

1996 Radivoj Korać Cup Round Team Home   Away   Qualif.Round Debreceni 74–43 70–56 Group stage Pepinster 90–83 80–65 Telecomp Vinkovci 83–75 66–48 Saski Baskonia 72–74 118–73

1999 Radivoj Korać Cup Round Team Home   Away   Qualif.Round Zagorje 82–87 80–97 Group stage Maccabi Haifa 86–92 72–45 Pallacanestro Reggiana 75–71 96–71 Beopetrol Quit Quit

1999 Radivoj Korać Cup Round Team Home   Away   Qualif.Round Sloboda Tuzla 66–61 81–60

2002 Europe Champions Cup Round Team Home   Away   Qualif.Round HKK Brotnjo 64–78 59–76 Group stage Zrinjevac 87–79 89–92 AEL Limassol 67–87 75–84

References

1. "Gostivar 2009 basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-eurobasket".

External links

• Eurobasket.com KK Gostivar Page
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