KK Rabotnički

КК Работнички
KK Rabotnički
Nickname Шпедитери (Forwarders)
Leagues Macedonian First League
Founded 1946
Arena Gradski Park
(capacity: 2,000)
Location Skopje, Macedonia
Team colors Red and White
         
President Risto Gapic
Head coach Marin Dokuzovski
Championships 14 Championships of Macedonia
9 Macedonian Cups
Website kkrabotnicki.mk
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KK Rabotnički (Macedonian: КК Работнички) is a basketball club based in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian First League.

History

The club was founded in 1946, in Skopje. In 1964 it becomes member of the first federal "A" league in the former Federation of six Republics Yugoslavia and competes there on a regular basis until 1990. In the 1991-92 season, the team played in the Federal YUBA Liga. Although, they never won a Federal championship they were finalist in the Federal Yugoslav Cup on two occasions: 1976 and 1983. Since the transformation of the Macedonian Republic League in to Macedonian First League, Rabotnički are the most successful Macedonian basketball team of all time, winning a record 14 league titles and 9 national cups.[1]

KK Rabotnicki in European competitions

In their rich European history KK Rabotnicki competed in many European competitions. Their most successful period was in the 90's. They competed for eleven seasons in four different cups. FEC=FIBA Europe Eurocup (ex FIBA-Europe League) once, FCC=FIBA-Europe Eurocup Challenge (ex FIBA-Europe Cup) twice, FKC=FIBA Korac Cup once, FSC=FIBA Saporta Cup (ex Cup Winners' Cup, European Cup)four times, and FSL=FIBA Suproleague (ex Champions' Cup, EuroLeague) three times.

Seasons and results of Rabotnicki in Europe:

R1 (Grp A): Kaposvar Basket (HUN), Kaposvar quit R1 (Grp A): ECM Nymburk (CZE), 102-86 & 60-84* R1 (Grp A): Hapoel Galil Elyon (ISR), 87-92* & 97-109 R1 (Grp A): Fenerbahce Istanbul (TUR), 60-109* & 67-79 R1 (Grp A): CSKA Sofia (BUL), 84-97* & 82-81 R1 (Grp A): Kiev Basket (UKR), 62-88 & 73-102*

[S] QR (Grp B): CSU Ploiesti (ROM), 46-60* & 75-66 [S] PO: APOEL Nicosia (CYP), 100-93* & 81-77 [S] FF-SF: Keravnos Nicosia (CYP), 96-75** [S] FF-FL: Tuborg Izmir (TUR), 78-80**

[S] QR (Grp A): Vojvodina Novi Sad (SRB), 77-102* & 81-83 [S] QR (Grp A): Karsiyaka Izmir (TUR), 66-96 & 91-99* [S] QR (Grp A): Hapoel Jerusalem (ISR), 64-90* & 89-90 [S] QR (Grp A): Yambol 92 Basket (BUL), 75-69 & 73-85*

R1 (Grp D): Saski Baskonia Vitoria (ESP), 57-73 & 49-70* R1 (Grp D): PSG Racing Paris (FRA), 43-83* & 57-70 R1 (Grp D): Illiabum Ilhavo (POR), 68-76 & 68-67* R1 (Grp D): KC Pruszkow (POL), 64-65 & 41-84*

R1 (Grp A): Joventut Badalona (ESP), 72-105* & 55-70 R1 (Grp A): MBK Odessa (UKR), 57-77 & 63-78* R1 (Grp A): Tofas Bursa (TUR), 47-73* & 76-77 R1 (Grp A): Zemaitijos Olimpas Plunge (LTU), 70-86* & 78-88

R1 (Grp A): WTK Wloclawek (POL), 76-82* & 86-88 R1 (Grp A): Victoria Libertas Pesaro (ITA), 77-95* & 78-71 R1 (Grp A): Savinjski Polzela (SVN), 89-91 & 66-74* R1 (Grp A): Fenerbahce Istanbul (TUR), 78-84 & 61-90*

R1: EB Pau-Orthez (FRA), 74-86 & 89-91* FSC Q3: Den Helder Basket (NED), 76-92* & 85-62 QF (Grp A): Saski Baskonia Vitoria (ESP), 90-113* & 102-97 QF (Grp A): Tofas Bursa (TUR), 109-107 & 87-92* QF (Grp A): Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN), 77-89* & 66-80 QF (Grp A): Bellinzona Basket (SUI), 70-87* & 92-94 QF (Grp A): KK Split (CRO), 85-91 & 74-82*

QF (Grp A): CSKA Sofia (BUL), 117-88 & 84-90* QF (Grp A): Tours Basket (FRA), 83-99* & 107-90 SF: Olimpia Milano (ITA), 67-90* & 104-89

Honours

Domestic achievements

European achievements

In the 1975-76 season, Rabotnički was semi-finalist in the European Cup Winners' Cup.[2]

Current roster

KK Rabotnički roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Age
PG 4 Serbia Pavković, Miljan 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 34 – 20 April 1981
PG 5 Republic of Macedonia Mirakovski, Dimitar 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 33 – 14 May 1981
PG 6 Republic of Macedonia Sokolov, Darko 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 28 – 8 May 1986
SG 7 Republic of Macedonia Stefanov, Riste 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 31 – 30 August 1983
F 8 Serbia Mitrović, Aleksandar 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – 22 July 1990
PF 9 Republic of Macedonia Čekovski, Gjorgji 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 35 – 11 December 1979
SG 10 Republic of Macedonia Dimcevski, Ivica 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – 27 June 1989
C 11 Republic of Macedonia Gečevski, Todor 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 37 – 28 August 1977
F 12 Republic of Macedonia Gjurov, Marjan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 34 – 4 May 1980
PF 13 Serbia Djurkovic, Marko 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 28 – 24 February 1987
PF 15 Montenegro Bijelić, Igor 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – 8 August 1988
F 19 Republic of Macedonia Stankov, Nenad 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – 16 January 1992
G 24 Republic of Macedonia Petrovski, Jane (C) 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 28 – 9 February 1987
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Republic of Macedonia Marjan Srbinovski
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 2014-08-30

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Todor Gečevski Igor Bijelic
PF Gjorgji Čekovski Marko Djurkovic Marjan Gjurov
SF Ivica Dimcevski Aleksandar Mitrović Riste Stefanov
SG Darko Sokolov Jane Petrovski Nenad Stankov
PG Miljan Pavković Dimitar Mirakovski

Supporters

Rivalries

Notable former players

References

  1. ↑ "KK FERSPED-RABOTNICKI SKOPJE basketball team History".
  2. ↑ http://kkrabotnicki.cubus.com.mk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=120

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