KK Vardar

KK Vardar (Macedonian: КК Вардар) is a Macedonian basketball club in Skopje.

Not to be confused with KK Vardar Osiguruvanje.
KK Vardar
NicknameRed Black Army
LeaguesMacedonian First League
Founded1947
HistoryVardar
(1947-2002)
Vardar Imperijal
(2002-2004)
Vardar Osiguruvanje
(2004-2008)
Vardar 2000
(2008-2010)
Vardar
(2010-present)
ArenaFortress Arena
LocationSkopje, North Macedonia
Team colorsRed and Black
         
PresidentVlado Voinovski
Head coach Darko Radulović
Championships1 Macedonian Cup
Website

History
Arena Kale

In 1945 first basketball team of Macedonia named KK Makedonija played its first game as official champions of Macedonia. Next year in 1946 they won the championship again for the second time. In the season 1947 the club transformed and joined the newly made Sports Association Vardar same as the Football team FK Makedonija. So the club KK Vardar was founded on 27 July 1947 and changed its name from Makedonija to Vardar. For many Years Vardar competed in the Macedonian league with success being in the top 5. In 1990 Vardar won his third title Champion of Macedonia [1]. The 2000 were come back on the big stage for Vardar. They were second 2 times and 3 times third. They won the Macedonian Cup in 2007 beating KK Strumica 73-66 in the final.

Fortress Arena

KK Vardar plays its home matches at Fortress Arena.

Its a multi-functional indoor sports arena. Kale means Fortress Citadel,named after the Skopje's Fortress,located right next to the Arena. The capacity of the hall is 4.300 spectators built in 1970.

The arena is also known as “Macedonian handball fortress”. The hall is mainly used for handball, although it is suitable for matches in others sports: boxing, wrestling, basketball, volleyball, and music concerts.

Honours

Domestic Achievements

  • Macedonian Champions
Winner(4) :1945, 1946,1947, 1990
  • Macedonian League Finalist
Runner-Up(2): 2005, 2006
  • Macedonian League Semifinals
Third Placed(3)- 2003, 2004, 2007
  • Macedonian Cup Winners
Winner(1) : 2007

Current squad 2019/2020
KK Vardar roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
SG 2 Krstevski, Damjan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 20 – (1999-06-30)30 June 1999
PG 4 Stanimirović, Mile 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 20 – (1999-07-03)3 July 1999
7 Jovanovski, Stefan 18 – (2002-04-24)24 April 2002
8 Bajram, Husein 18 – (2002-01-19)19 January 2002
PF 9 Dunhour, Micah 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 27 – (1993-01-05)5 January 1993
G 10 Ivanović, Igor (C) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 26 – (1993-11-15)15 November 1993
PG 11 Prowell, Junious 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 26 – (1993-12-30)30 December 1993
SG 12 Zafirov, Georgi 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – (1997-05-07)7 May 1997
C 15 Kone, Sidiki 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 19 – (2001-01-21)21 January 2001
PF 19 Radoš, Dino 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1991-10-01)1 October 1991
PG 23 Nastovski, Andrej 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 19 – (2000-08-23)23 August 2000
23 Ivanov, Danail 17 – (2002-12-28)28 December 2002
PG 77 Tašovski, Viktor 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 18 – (2001-11-22)22 November 2001
G Lefkoski, Vojče 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1991-03-08)8 March 1991
G Petkov, Marin 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 17 – (2003-02-20)20 February 2003
PF Atanasov, Pavel 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 16 – (2003-07-21)21 July 2003
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Aleksandar Ašadanov
  • Aleksandar Jovančev
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DL) Double-licence player
  • Injured
Updated: 2018-10-19

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Sidiki Kone
PF Dino Radoš Micah Dunhour Stefan Jovanovski Pavel Atanasov
SF Damjan Krstevski Danail Ivanov Husein Bajram
SG Andrej Nastovski Igor Ivanović Georgi Zafirov Marin Petkov
PG Junious Prowell Mile Stanimirović Viktor Tašovski

Notable former players

References
  1. "KK VARDAR SKOPJE basketball team History".


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