KK Gostivar

KK Gostivar
Leagues Macedonian First League
Founded 1954
History 1996–2004
Nikol Fert
2004–2008
Mavrovo
2009–2011
Gostivar 2009
2015–present
Gostivar 2015
Arena Mladost Gostivar
Capacity 2000+(probably)
Location Gostivar, Macedonia
Team colors White and blue
         
President Pero Antić
Head coach Marjan Srbinovski
Championships 1 Championships of Macedonia
2 Macedonian Cup
2 Macedonian Super Cup
Uniforms

KK Gostivar (Macedonian: КК Гостивар) is a basketball club based in Gostivar, Republic of Macedonia. In the past 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.

League Achievements

Current roster

KK Gostivar roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PF 5 United States Furstinger, Joe 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb)
PG 6 Croatia Segarić, Juraj 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 25 – (1993-06-20)20 June 1993
PG 7 Republic of Macedonia Kostoski, Aleksandar 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 30 – (1988-03-05)5 March 1988
SG 8 Republic of Macedonia Dimitrieski, Robert 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1991-10-17)17 October 1991
F 10 Republic of Macedonia Tasovski, Dime 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 37 – (1980-11-02)2 November 1980
SG 12 Republic of Macedonia Dimitrieski, Renato (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1991-10-17)17 October 1991
PF 14 Republic of Macedonia Šalev, Martin 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 22 – (1996-03-09)9 March 1996
SG 24 Republic of Macedonia Dimčevski, Ivica 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 29 – (1989-06-27)27 June 1989
SF 37 Republic of Macedonia Zekiri, Jetmir 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 22 – (1996-08-18)18 August 1996
PF Republic of Macedonia Mihajlovski, Slobodan 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 36 – (1982-02-23)23 February 1982
F Republic of Macedonia Janeski, Branko 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1987-03-19)19 March 1987
SG Republic of Macedonia Filiposki, Slavko 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 18 – (2000-04-20)20 April 2000
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Republic of Macedonia Duško Jakovčevski
  • Republic of Macedonia Nikola Dimitrieski

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Updated: 2017-08-03

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Joe Furstinger Slobodan Mihajlovski
PF Jetmir Zekiri Martin Šalev
SF Dime Tasovski Robert Dimitrievski Branko Janeski
SG Ivica Dimčevski Renato Dimitrievski
PG Aleksandar Kostoski Slavko Filiposki

KK Gostivar (Nikol Fert) in FIBA 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:

Former players

References

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