KK Strumica

KK Strumica
Leagues Macedonian League
Founded 1991 (1991)
History ABA Strumica
2005–2014
KK Strumica
2014–present
Arena Sports Hall Park
Capacity 4,000
Location Strumica, Macedonia
President Dragan Popovski
Head coach Vlasis Vlaikidis
Uniforms

KK Strumica is a basketball club based in Strumica, Republic of Macedonia. They currently compete in the Macedonian First League. The club was formerly known as ABA Strumica from 2005 to 2014. It was founded in 1991 under the name Makedonija '91, and was later also known as Polo Trejd. After a change in leadership in 2005, the club became known as Strumica 2005 and new president, Pajanotis Karapiperis, formed a strong culture by bringing in significant players to the team. They become champions of the Macedonian First League in the 2006–07 season and were Macedonian Cup finalists in 2007 and 2008. However, following the 2007–08 season, the club canceled its participation in the First League and the newly formed Balkan League due to financial concerns.[1]

Honours

Macedonian League

  • Champions (1): 2006–07

Current roster

KK Strumica roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G 2 United States Diehl, Tyler 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 26 – (1991-11-03)3 November 1991
PG 5 Republic of Macedonia Cvetkov, Petre (C) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 33 – (1984-12-13)13 December 1984
8 Republic of Macedonia Abrašev, Dragan 18 – (2000-05-16)16 May 2000
11 Republic of Macedonia Šajkarov, Aleksandar 23 – (1994-10-19)19 October 1994
G 13 Republic of Macedonia Stojmenov, Damjan 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 21 – (1997-04-09)9 April 1997
15 Republic of Macedonia Abazović, Milan 21 – (1997-09-28)28 September 1997
SG 23 United States Tyus, Keevin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 25 – (1992-11-25)25 November 1992
F 45 United States Gilbert, Rantavious 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 25 – (1993-09-19)19 September 1993
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Republic of Macedonia Vasko Atanasov
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C
PF Rantavious Gilbert Mihajlo Arsoski Dimitar Delipetrov
SF Aleksandar Šajkarov
SG Keevin Tyus Mihajlo Mitev
PG Tyler Diehl Petre Cvetkov Dušan Mekendziev

Notable past players

References

  1. ↑ "KK STRUMICA basketball team – History". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
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