KK Pelister

KK Pelister (Macedonian: КК Пелистер) is a basketball club based in Bitola, North Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian First League.

KK Pelister
LeaguesMacedonian First League
Founded1948
ArenaSports Hall Boro Čurlevski
(capacity: 5,000)
LocationBitola, North Macedonia
Team colorsGreen and White
         
PresidentSashko Naumov
Head coachLjupčo Malinkov
Websitehttps://www.facebook.com/kkpelisterbitola/

History

The club was founded in 1948.


Name: Mladost Metalec (92-96), Pelister (96-06), Swisslion Pelister (06-09), Pelister (09-11), Pelister Sport (11-14), Pelister (14-15), KK Pelister AD Bitola (2015)

Honours

Champions

1st: Winners (3): 1974, 1989, 1991

Macedonian League

3rd (3): 2006, 2007, 2009
  • Macedonian D2 Runner-Up - 2012

Macedonian Cup

2nd: Finalist - 2009
3rd: Semifinalist - 2008

CHURLEVSKI Arena

Arena Churlevski

Sports hall "Mladost" (Macedonian: Спортска сала „Младост“) is a multi-purpose sports arena located in Bitola, North Macedonia. It was built in 1975 by the citizens of Bitola and is mainly used for handball by RK Pelister and RK Bitola, and for basketball by KK Pelister. There is also room for bowling and table tennis plus it has been used for concerts. The Arena hosted the 2007 Macedonian Basketball Cup. This sports hall was the largest on the territory of North Macedonia before the construction of the Boris Trajkovski Sports Center in Skopje.

On 21 July 2009, the arena is undergoing renovation. A new parquet floor will be installed along with new seats. The locker rooms will also be updated to meet EHF standards. Total cost of the project is about €30,000.

In January 2017, renovation of interior of the hall started. The renovation covered the floor, the stands, a new score board and a new heating system. The first match in the renovated arena was played on April 6, 2017 with the match between RK Pelister and RK Metalurg in the second round of the handball Super League play-off.

At the end of July 2018, the name of the hall was changed to "Boro Churlevski", in honor of the late Boro Churlevski, a former handball player from Bitola.Churlevski Arena has a capacity of 4000 sits.

The Abdomens (Čkembari)

Abdomens (Macedonian: Чкембари) are an Ultras group, established in 1985, who support the Macedonian sports clubs from Bitola that compete under the Pelister banner, mainly FK Pelister in football and RK Pelister in handball. The group was founded in 1985 when a caravan of 15 buses traveled to support RK Pelister who was playing against Partizan Bjelovar in a handball relegation play-off match. At that time they used the name BMČM - Bitolčani, Motorcyclists, Čkembari, Macedonians (македонски: БМЧМ - Битолчани, Мотокари, Чкембари, Македонци) later shortened to just Čkembari. Soon after, the first green and white banners were created that read: "Hell Boys" (македонски: Пеколни момци) and "Green Conquerors" (македонски: Зелени освојувачи) which started organized support for Pelister at every match. After Eurofarm Rabotnik and Pelister merged, Čkembari became their supporters.

Current roster

KK Pelister roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
F 8 Obednikovski, Borjan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 18 – (2001-07-29)29 July 2001
SF 9 Penov, Igor 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 35 – (1984-10-05)5 October 1984
C 14 Golubović, Miko (C) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 37 – (1982-06-21)21 June 1982
SF 37 Zekiri, Jetmir 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (1996-08-18)18 August 1996
PF Trajkovski, Bojan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 33 – (1986-09-11)11 September 1986
PG Stajić, Boban 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 26 – (1993-10-06)6 October 1993
PF Kesar, Igor 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 120 kg (265 lb) 27 – (1992-11-04)4 November 1992
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Blagoj Pečalov
  • Dean Ilievski
Physiotherapist(s)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Updated: 22 May 2020

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Igor Kesar Miko Golubović
PF Bojan Trajkovski
SF Igor Penov Borjan Obednikovski
SG
PG Boban Stajić

Notable players

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