KK MZT Skopje

MZT Skopje
Nickname	Штркови (The Storks) Металци (The Metalworkers)
Leagues	Adriatic League Macedonian League
Founded	9 March 1966 (1966-03-09)
Arena	Jane Sandanski
Arena Capacity	7,500
Location	Skopje, Macedonia
Team colors	Blue and White
Team manager	Gjorgje Vojnović
Head coach	Aleksandar Todorov
Team captain	Damjan Stojanovski
Ownership	Aerodrom Municipality
Championships	6 Championships of Macedonia 8 Macedonian Cups 3 Macedonian Super Cups
Website	mztskopjeaerodrom.mk
Uniforms
Home Away

KK MZT Skopje Aerodrom (Macedonian: КК МЗТ Скопје Аеродром) is a basketball club based in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. The club competes in the Macedonian First League and Adriatic League. The club's home ground is Jane Sandanski Arena, but due to small capacity, the matches in the Adriatic League^[1] and Eurocup^[2] between 2012 and 2014 were played in Boris Trajkovski Arena. Since the 2014–15 season, all matches are held in the renovated Jane Sandanski Arena.

In its history, MZT Skopje has won the Macedonian First League 12 times (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017), the Macedonian Cup 8 times (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016), and the Macedonian Super Cup 3 times (2003, 2015, and 2016).

History

The beginnings (1966–1990)

KK Skopje was formed in 1966 by a group of enthusiasts, led by the first president of the club, Mile Melovski. The interest in basketball was high, and even though there were four clubs in Skopje, there was still need for more clubs. Soon after the club's establishment, number of young players joined the club and started training on an open field in Avtokomanda. The first team roster consisted of Trpezanovski, Atanasovski, Strezovski, Lazarevski, and Domlevski, who was also the team coach. In two years, the club became a member of the Macedonian League. In 1971, Uroš Maljković was chosen to be the new president of the club, with Boris Sokolovski becoming the new head coach. After the reorganization of the leagues in Yugoslavia, KK Skopje^[3] gained the right to play in the Second League – South. In the first season in this league, KK Skopje finished seventh. In the second season, the team reached the First League qualifications. KK Skopje lost and due to leaving the field in Ivangrad, KK Skopje received a penalty of eight points for the next season.

KK Skopje got relegated again to the regional league and Taki Dzikov was selected to be the head coach. In 1979, the team finished first in the Macedonian League and gained promotion for the Second Yugoslav League yet again. With this success, the factory Metalski Zavod Tito, or MZT, started investing in KK Skopje. Slobodan Mucunski, one of the leading people of MZT, became the president of the club. In 1984, MZT completely took the club under their wing, building the new Jane Sandanski Arena in Aerodrom. In 1986, KK Skopje, under the new name MZT Skopje and the leadership of Lazar Lečić, reached the Yugoslav First Basketball League where they competed for two seasons.

The team debuted in the Yugoslav First Basketball League in the 1986–87 season with a coach Lazar Lečić, who was previously a head of their "eternal rivals" Rabotnički. At that period, the most prominent individuals were Vlatko Vladičevski with an average of 16,4 points, Vojislav Zivčević with 15,6 points, and Darko Knežević with 14,5 points. There was also significant contribution by the former player of Partizan, Milan Medić, and the former player of Crvena zvezda, Aleksandar Milivojša. In the fourth final of the play-off, Cibona eliminated MZT in two games.

Independence of Macedonia (1991–2008)

After the independence of Macedonia, MZT Skopje immediately became one of the leading basketball clubs in the country. In the mid-1990s, MZT Skopje had a few successful runs in the European competitions, the most memorable being the 1996–97 season when the team played in the Raimundo Saporta Cup. In this period, MZT was led by coach Aleksandar Knjazev, and the team defeated Real Madrid, Benfica, and Ratiopharm, and has therefore qualified for the 1/16 finals, without losing one match at home in Jane Sandanski Arena.

The draw allocated that MZT Skopje were to play Porto, with the first match to be played at home. The home form continued when MZT Skopje managed to defeat Porto in Jane Sandanski. But the win was not enough, as Porto won at home by a bigger margin, ending MZT Skopje European season. In the Macedonian National championship, MZT was eliminated by Žito Vardar in the semifinal. In the next few seasons, MZT Skopje had a marginal role in the European cups, playing against teams like Žalgiris, ASVEL, Cholet, Split, and others.

In the domestic league, MZT Skopje had a few tries to get to the championship trophy, playing in the play-off finals six times, but the team did not manage to win the championship in this period. However, MZT won four Macedonian Basketball Cups in this period, in 1996, 1997, 1999, and in 2000.

Moments of downfall (2008–2011)

In 2008, after many years of the poor decision making of the then management of the club, the fans decided to start a boycott in order to change the entire set of the management team of MZT Skopje. In the summer of 2009, the entire management left the club, leaving the club in financial debt. Two weeks before the beginning of the season, MZT Skopje was left without players, coach, youth school, and sponsors. A day before the deadline for application of teams for the current championship, the Family Aerodrom fan group organized a march in order to save the club. As a result, the club was taken over by the Municipality of Aerodrom. Due to the financial problems of the club, it had the worst season since the independence of Macedonia, so MZT Skopje had to play in the play-out to secure its place in the league. MZT succeeded and therefore secured the place in the first division for the next season. In the next season, 2010–11, the club got new sponsors, there was a complete reorganization of the management set, and the junior school was reactivated, which had been defunct for eight years. All debts were repaid, and the team succeeded in entering the playoff semifinals, and the finals of the Macedonian Cup.

The club's first championship (2011–12)

After all the turmoil and upheavals in the past, after a long time, KK MZT Skopje formed a team which became a favourite for winning the first league title since its existence. Before the start of the season, an agreement has been reached with the ABA League, and the team participated in the 2012–13 ABA League. Aleksandar Todorov, who had previously been on the bench of MZT several times, was appointed as a new coach. Since the last season, the team has included Toni Grnčarov and Igor Penov, while the new signings were Ognen Stojanovski and Gjorgji Čekovski, as well as the foreign players Cade Davis, Noah Dahlman, and Igor Mijajlović. In the regular part of the championship, they won the first place, and the roster was completed with the coming of another player from Montenegro, international player Nikola Vučurović. The first "exam" for the team was the Macedonian Cup, where the team defeated Feni in the finals at Boris Trajkovski Arena. Femi was also an opponent in the league finals; Aerodrom won the series 4–1 and became a champion of Macedonia on May 2, 2012, for the first time in its history.^[4]

Domination in domestic competitions, ABA League, and Eurocup (2012–present)

MZT Aerodrom’s debuted in the ABA League in the 2012–13 season. In its first official game in the Adriatic League, MZT won against Cibona in Zagreb,^[5] which was immediately followed by its first official victory at home over Široki Breg. In the last round, MZT had a chance to qualify for the Eurocup. It was necessary to defeat Krka in Slovenia, and for Cedevita to be defeated by the Široki Breg.

The task was fulfilled by the Macedonian champions, but the qualification did not depend on MZT alone, and eventually MZT ranked seventh, with a score of 14 wins and 12 losses, thus ensuring its participation in the ABA League in the next season. The team has won the Cup of Macedonia, defeating Kumanovo in the finals, while in the league playoffs, MZT Skopje succeeded in making it to the title without a single defeat, achieving victories over Feni in the semifinals with 3–0 and and over Kozuv in the finals with 4–0.

The 2013–14 season was historic for MZT and the Macedonian basketball. After a long time, Macedonia had a team which was a part of the group stage in the Eurocup. The newly named coach Vlada Vukoičić, who replaced Aleš Pipan, brought some new players, including Stefan Sinovec, Uroš Lučić, Justin Reynolds, and Macedonian international Aleksandar Kostoski. The team was drawn in the group with UNICS, Banvit, Maccabi Haifa, VEF Riga, and BC Kalev/Cramo. MZT finished in the last place in the group with one win against Cramo at home.

Along with the performance in the Eurocup, MZT also competed in the ABA League. MZT appointed Zoran Martić as their new head coach. Instead of desired sixth place in the ABA League, MZT ended the season in ninth place. In February 2014, MZT won the National Cup by defeating Lirija in the final. After that, MZT won ten league games in a row. In the semifinals of the league, the opponents were again Lirija, which MZT eliminated with a score of 2–0 in series. In the final, MZT Skopje defeated "eternal rivals" Rabotnički. The series ended with a 3–1 victory, and MZT won the league for the third season in a row.^[6] Prior to the 2014–15 season, many of the players has left the club, and Zmago Sagadin^[7] was appointed a new coach. He was sacked shortly after the season began, and was replaced by Vrbica Stefanov. Stefanov was also sacked during the season, and was replaced by Bobi Mitev.^[8] Mitev resigned after the series of defeats, and was replaced by Aleksandar Jončevski, who used to be an assistant coach during the mandates of all previous coaches. The elimination from the Macedonian Cup in the semifinals by Kozuv and the next-to-last place in the ABA League meant resignation for Jončevski. He was replaced by Aleš Pipan, who became the fifth coach in the season. In the semifinals of the league, MZT eliminated Feni Industries, while in the finals, the team defeated the Kumanovo team, winning the championship for the fourth time in a row.^[9] Aleš Pipan was appointed as a head coach again in the 2015–16 season. After mixed performances in the ABA League regular season, the head coach Aleš Pipan was replaced by Aleksandar Jončevski. MZT ended the ABA League season in the tenth place. In domestic competitions, MZT won another cup and league "double", becoming the champions for the fifth time in a row.^[10]

In the 2016–17 season, MZT Skopje applied for participation in the Eurocup for the second time in the last four years. Emil Rajković was appointed as new head coach. After a few games, the coach position was taken up by former assistant Aleksandar Jončevski, but the season ended with Croatian coach Ante Nazor on the bench. The Eurocup campaign ended without a victory out of ten games. In the ABA League, the team defeated Krka in the decisive match in the last part of the season and was thus saved from relegation, finishing in 13th position.^[11] The team won their sixth consecutive league title against Karpoš Sokoli 3–2 in the final. Charlon Kloof was MVP of the finals.^[12]

Name through history

The club was established in 1966 as the basketball department of the sports club Skopje. Later the names were changed quite a few times, from KK Skopje (1966–1984), to KK MZT Skopje HEPOS (1984–1992), to KK MZT Skopje (1992–1998), to KK MZT BOSS Skopje (1998–2000), to KK MZT Skopje 2000 (2000–2004), to KK MZT Skopje (2004–2008), to KK MZT FON University (2008–2009), and finally, to KK MZT Skopje Aerodrom (2009–present). Few times in the names of the team were included names of the main sponsors of the team. However, the club is best known under the name KK MZT Skopje.

Names

KK Skopje (1966–1984) KK MZT Skopje HEPOS (1984–1992) KK MZT Skopje (1992–1998) KK MZT BOSS Skopje (1998–2000) KK MZT Skopje 2000 (2000–2004) KK MZT Skopje (2004–2008) KK MZT FON University (2008–2009) KK MZT Skopje Aerodrom (2009–present)

Honours

Honours		No.	Years
League
Macedonian Republic League	Winners	6	1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979
Macedonian League	Winners	6	2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Macedonian League	Finalist	12	1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Cups
Macedonian Cup	Winners	8	1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
Macedonian Cup	Finalist	12	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. 2016
Macedonian Super Cup	Winners	3	2003, 2015, 2016
Macedonian Super Cup	Finalist	4	2000. 2003, 2015, 2016

Winning seasons

Macedonian League

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Score	MVP
2011–12	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Feni Industries	4–1 (seven game series)	Todor Gečevski
2012–13	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Kožuv	4–0 (seven game series)	Gjorgji Čekovski
2013–14	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Rabotnički	3–1 (five game series)	Damjan Stojanovski
2014–15	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Kumanovo	3–0 (five game series)	Marko Simonovski – Sead Šehović
2015–16	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Kumanovo	3–1 (five game series)	Damjan Stojanovski
2016–17	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Karpoš Sokoli	3–2 (five game series)	Charlon Kloof

Macedonian Cup

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Result	MVP	Host city
1996	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Godel Rabotnički	69–64	Vlatko Vladičevski	Skopje
1997	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Tikveš Kavadarci	92–86	Toni Simić	Radoviš
1999	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Nikol Fert	78–73	Mirza Kurtović	Kavadarci
2000	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Rabotnički	68–66	Gjorgji Knјazev	Skopje
2012	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Feni Industries	84–66	Todor Gečevski	Skopje
2013	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Kumanovo	79–71	Damjan Stojanovski	Skopje
2014	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Lirija	76–73	Todor Gečevski	Ohrid
2016	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Karpoš Sokoli	68–62	Marko Luković	Gevgelija

Macedonian Super Cup

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Result	MVP	Host city
2003	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Rabotnički	77–75	Gjorgje Vojnović	Skopje
2015	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Rabotnički	81–62	Dimitar Mirakovski	Ohrid
2016	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Karpoš Sokoli	87–84	Torey Thomas	Skopje

Current roster

MZT Skopje roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Age 1.5 !G 6 MKD ! Mekić, Adem 7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001820000000000000♠82 kg (181 lb) 7001210000000000000♠21 – (1995-12-28)28 December 1995 2.0 !SG 10 MKD ! Simonovski, Marko  7000197000000000000♠1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb) 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1989-06-28)28 June 1989 2.0 !SG MKD ! Stojanovski, Damjan 7000197000000000000♠1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001870000000000000♠87 kg (192 lb) 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1987-12-09)9 December 1987 1.0 !PG MKD ! Stajić, Boban 7000185000000000000♠1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 7001760000000000000♠76 kg (168 lb) 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1993-10-06)6 October 1993 3.5 !F MKD ! Maslinko, Andrej 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7001880000000000000♠88 kg (194 lb) 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1997-05-20)20 May 1997 1.0 !PG MKD ! Mitev, Mihajlo 7000192000000000000♠1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001190000000000000♠19 – (1997-08-30)30 August 1997 4.0 !PF MKD ! Mamuzić, Ranko 7000202000000000000♠2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 7001190000000000000♠19 – (1998-01-30)30 January 1998 1.0 !PG USA ! Garcia, Eric 7000183000000000000♠1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 7001840000000000000♠84 kg (185 lb) 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1994-10-05)5 October 1994 4.0 !PF MKD ! Trajkovski, Bojan 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7002110000000000000♠110 kg (243 lb) 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-09-11)11 September 1986	Head coach Aleksandar Todorov Assistant coach(es) Vacant Vacant Strength & conditioning coach(es) Vacant Physiotherapist(s) Nenad Poposki Team manager Gjorgje Vojnović Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 7 June 2017

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C
PF	Bojan Trajkovski	Andrej Maslinko	Ranko Mamuzić
SF
SG	Damjan Stojanovski	Adem Mekić		Marko Simonovski
PG	Eric Garcia	Boban Stajić	Mihajlo Mitev

Squad changes for the 2017–18 season

Management

• Club Owner: Aerodrom Municipality
• President: Kire Donevski^[13]
• General Manager: Vidoja Sekulovski
• Sport Director: Gjorgje Vojnović

Notable players

To appear in this section, a player must have either:

• Played at least one full season for the club.
• Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
• Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time.
• To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

Head coaches

The eternal basketball derby

MZT’s fiercest and long-standing city rival is Rabotnički, the other successful and popular basketball club in Macedonia. They also have supporters in the capital city. The rivalry started after the Independence of Macedonia, and the matches between these rivals have been labeled as the "Eternal derby".

Team	Wins
MZT Skopje Aerodrom	55
Rabotnički	80

MZT Skopje in European Competitions

Korać Cup 1993–94

1st round	BK JIP Pardubice	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	97–82	111–81
2nd round	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Ratiopharm Ulm	75–78	85–70

Raimundo Saporta Cup 1994–95

1st round

BC Baltai

MZT Skopje Aerodrom

60–44

80–74

Korać Cup 1995–96

1st round	Zagreb	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	94–80	81–64
2nd round	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Arsenal Tula	91–78	94–70

Raimundo Saporta Cup 1996–97

Group stage	Real Madrid	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	92–65	69–68
Group stage	Plama Pleven	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	103–94	91–68
Group stage	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Ratiopharm Ulm	92–89	94–73
Group stage	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Hapoel Galil Elyon	65–55	95–79
Group stage	Benfica	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	77–75	75–73
Round of 32	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	BC Porto	73–69	80–74

Raimundo Saporta Cup 1997–98

Group stage	Znicz Pruszków	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	110–64	79–85
Group stage	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	BC Tallinna Kalev	81–90	77–54
Group stage	ASVEL Villeurbanne	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	68–48	53–58
Group stage	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Zalgiris Kaunas	93–95	97–49
Group stage	Zagreb	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	77–61	52–71

Raimundo Saporta Cup 1998–99

Group stage	Cholet Basket	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	90–61	71–86
Group stage	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Slovakofarma Pezinok	84–76	75–60
Group stage	Türk Telekom B.K.	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	75–57	73–81
Group stage	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Split	71–69	85–74
Group stage	Geofin Nový Jičín	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	94–87	100–74

Korać Cup 2000–01

1st round

Vojvodina

MZT Skopje Aerodrom

93–85

78–81

Eurocup 2013–14

Group stage	UNICS Kazan	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	85–61	62–88
Group stage	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	VEF Riga	70–77	80–71
Group stage	Maccabi Haifa	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	79–60	83–86
Group stage	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Kalev Cramo	79–70	84–69
Group stage	Banvit	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	85–61	68–86

Eurocup 2016–17

Group stage	Herbalife Gran Canaria	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	87–75	75–98
Group stage	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Lietkabelis	80–87	90–89
Group stage	Nizhny Novgorod	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	88–74	82–97
Group stage	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Cedevita	85–89	95–61

MZT Skopje in ABA League

Note: "DNP" indicates that the team did not compete in the league in that season.

Season	2012–13		2013–14		2014–15		2015–16		2016–17		2017–18
Score	7th (14–12)		9th (12–14)		13th (7–19)		10th (10–16)		13th (8–18)		TBA
Team	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away	Home	Away
Budućnost	69–76	81–71	78–71	87–79	65–81	96–69	68–72	65–55	96–90	92–61
Cedevita	74–61	78–80	75–81	77–67	61–76	81–70	65–70	89–64	79–100	82–61
Cibona	82–76	72–77	88–93	93–90	78–65	70–61	69–68	68–62	85–89	87–79
C. Zvezda	60–75	87–72	65–58	87–77	76–79	89–56	66–71	92–79	73–93	91–69
FMP	DNP								89–68	101–82
Igokea	77–81	79–55	90–82	65–79	76–80	61–76	75–70	70–86	67–71	79–72
Krka	92–88	68–80	80–75	73–50	60–72	85–52	69–67	72–68	89–65	97–87	DNP
Levski	DNP				72–61	91–90	DNP
Mega Leks	DNP		80–72	101–82	84–79	103–95	76–77	82–70	75–74	87–72
Metalac	DNP				58–64	69–67	93–67	68–77	DNP
Mornar Bar	DNP								63–69	65–64
Partizan	66–64	68–58	69–70	66–73	55–63	65–50	82–78	72–69	62–93	91–76
Radnički	75–83	89–83	87–95	69–79	DNP
K. Sokoli	DNP								74–71	77–74	DNP
Split	73–65	93–84	DNP
Sutjeska	DNP						71–75	68–77	DNP
Szolnoki	87–53	81–72	73–63	81–69	74–58	73–76	DNP
Tajfun	DNP						77–70	68–62	DNP
Široki	63–59	71–72	82–71	67–63	DNP
Olimpija	76–87	60–64	79–60	73–62	57–76	69–56	81–62	91–76	97–96	72–91
Zadar	94–69	68–76	78–69	72–70	72–58	74–69	60–72	84–72	92–65	71–65

Top appearances in ABA League of all time^[14]

No	Player	Position	Period	App.
1	Damjan Stojanovski	SG	2012–2016; 2017–	79
2	Uroš Lučić	PF	2013–2015; 2016	56
3	Kiril Nikolovski	C	2012–2015	56
4	Stefan Sinovec	SG	2013–2015; 2016–2017	50
5	Cade Davis	SF	2012–2014	50

Last updated on: 11 April 2017

Team captains

Season	Name
1993–1994	Slobodan Mitić
1994–1996	Vlatko Vladičevski
1996–1998	Vrbica Stefanov
1998–2004	Gjorgje Vojnović
2004–2005	Gjorgji Knјazev
2005–2007	Dimče Gaštarski
2007–2008	Jane Petrovski
2008–2009	Pero Blazevski
2009–2010	Filip Gjorevski
2010–2011	Jane Petrovski
2011–2012	Toni Grnčarov
2012–2014	Todor Gečevski
2014–2015	Uroš Lučić
2015	Marko Simonovski
2015–2016	Damjan Stojanovski
2016	Jeremiah Massey
2016–present	Marko Simonovski

Seasons

Season	Macedonian First League	Macedonian Basketball Cup	European Competitions	Coach	Roster
1993–94	Semifinalist	Final	Eurocup (Preliminary Round)	Ante Dukovski	Vrbica Stefanov, Igor Mihajlovski, Slobodan Mitić, Milan Medić, Slobodan Petrovski, Goce Andrevski, Darko Zdravkovski, Mirza Kurtović, Toni Simić, Saša Stanković
1994–95	Semifinalist	Final	Eurocup (Preliminary Round)	Miodrag Baletić	Vrbica Stefanov, Scott Cramer, Vlatko Vladičevski, Marjan Srbinovski, Igor Mihajlovski, Slobodan Mitić, Milan Medić, Risto Janevski, Darko Zdravkovski, Mirza Kurtović, Toni Simić
1995–96	Final	Champion	Eurocup (Preliminary Round)	Lazar Lečić	Vrbica Stefanov, Rodney Files, Vlatko Vladičevski, Pero Blaževski, Marjan Srbinovski, Mirza Kurtović, Toni Simić, Igor Mihajlovski, Dejan Dimov, Mark Dean, Antonio Minevski, Krste Serafimovski
1996–97	Semifinalist	Champion	Raimundo Saporta Cup (Last 32)	Aleksandar Knjazev	Vrbica Stefanov, Mirza Kurtović, Toni Simić, Gjorgji Knјazev, Pero Blaževski, Mark Dean, Slobodan Petrovski, Igor Mihajlovski, Dejan Dimov, Antonio Minevski, Denis Dervišević, Boris Nešović
1997–98	Final	Semifinalist	Raimundo Saporta Cup (Group stage)	Janko Lukovski Vasil Kafedžiski	Vrbica Stefanov, Mirza Kurtović, Toni Simić, Bojan Tadić, Dejan Dimov, Slobodan Petrovski, Nikolče Petrušev, Borče Domlevski, Bryant Smith, Nenad Radovski, Denis Dervišević (left during the season: Oleg Lebedev, Čedomir Mudreša)
1998–99	Final	Champion	Raimundo Saporta Cup (Group stage)	Dražen Dalipagić Aleksandar Knjazev	Gjorgje Vojnović, Gjorgji Knјazev, Mirza Kurtović, Pero Blaževski, Ivica Blagojević, Srdjan Stanković, Dejan Jovanovski, Dejan Dimov, Frazier Johnson, Levy Middlebrooks, Muhamed Tači, Goran Mirčić (left during the season: Ivica Mavrenski, Nikola Milatović)
1999–00	Semifinalist	Champion	DNC	Mitko Lukovski	Gjorgje Vojnović, Gjorgji Knјazev, Dimče Gaštarski, Ivan Gjaković, Ivica Blagojević, Srdjan Stanković, Toni Grnčarov, Nenad Nešović, Risto Nikolov, Erdjan Prešova, Dimitar Simovski, Nikola Gjorgjevski
2000–01	Final	Semifinalist	Radivoj Korać Cup (First leg)	Aleksandar Todorov Marin Dokuzovski	Gjorgje Vojnović, Todor Gečevski, Riste Stefanov, Zlatko Gocevski, Muamer Taletović, Dimče Gaštarski, Mladen Gjuroski, Toni Grnčarov, David Daniels, Dejan Dimov, Marjan Srbinovski, Lorenzo Orr, Srdjan Stanković, Siniša Avramovski, Stojan Madzunkov, Darko Stanimirović, Gjorgji Talevski
2001–02	6th (12-15)	Semifinalist	DNC	Aleksandar Petrović	Gjorgje Vojnović, David Daniels, Dejan Dimov, Zlatko Gocevski, Enes Hadžibulić, Marjan Ilievski, Fore Kalpakov, Vojkan Krgović, Nikolče Petrušev, Siniša Avramovski, Zoran Petkovski, Mark Thomas
2002–03	Semifinalist	Final	DNC	Aleksandar Petrović	Gjorgje Vojnović, Dimče Gaštarski, Dejan Dimov, Jovan Zdravevski, Dimitar Karadzovski, Dragan Milenkovič, Siniša Avramovski, Igor Trajkovski, Borče Domlevski, Ivan Mašović
2003–04	Final	Semifinalist	DNC	Aleksandar Petrović	Gjorgje Vojnović, Gjorgji Knјazev, Gjorgji Talevski, Emil Rajković, Dimče Gaštarski, Dejan Dimov, Jovan Zdravevski, Boris Nešović, Dimitar Karadzovski, Dragan Milenkovič, Tomče Dišliev, Stojan Madzunkov, Todor Kocev
2004–05	Semifinalist	Semifinalist	DNC	Aleksandar Petrović	Jane Petrovski, Gjorgji Knјazev, Gjorgji Talevski, Nikola Karakolev, Dimče Gaštarski, Miroslav Despotović, Igor Penov, Dimitar Karadzovski, Aleksandar Sovkovski, Tomče Dišliev, Kiril Nikolovski, Slobodančo Hadzivasilev
2005–06	Semifinalist	1/4 finals	DNC	Aleksandar Petrović	Jane Petrovski, Dragan Milenkovič, Gjorgji Talevski, Nikola Karakolev, Dimče Gaštarski, Miroslav Despotović, Dimitar Simovski, Igor Penov, Aleksandar Šterjov, Mladen Gjuroski, Aleksandar Antić, Erhan Ramadan, Dušan Bosiljanov
2006–07	5th (13-13)	1/4 finals	DNC	Aleksandar Petrović	Jane Petrovski, Dragan Milenkovič, Gjorgji Talevski, Nikola Karakolev, Darko Radulović, Dimče Gaštarski, Miroslav Despotović, Igor Penov, Igor Trajkovski, Aleksandar Šterjov, Darjan Hristov, Kiril Nikolovski
2007–08	Semifinalist	Semifinalist	DNC	Aleksandar Todorov, Marjan Lazovski	Jane Petrovski, Dragan Milenkovič, Daryll Hill, Srdjan Živković, Slobodan Agoč, Kiril Nikolovski, Aleksandar Šterjov, Bojan Nikolovski, Muhamed Tači, Daniel Milanovski, Filip Gjorevski, (left during the season: Edmond Azemi, Florijan Miftari, Nathan Ball, John Smith)
2008–09	Semifinalist	1/4 finals	DNC	Aleksandar Petrović Bobi Mitev	Pero Blaževski, Darko Sokolov, Nikola Radojičić, Darko Radulović, Miloš Trailović, Srdjan Stanković, Milorad Damjanac, Dejan Nešovski, Filip Kralevski, Siniša Avramovski, Filip Gjorevski, (left during the season: Angel Tasevski, Aleksandar Held, Miloš Pejanović)
2009–10	Play-out relegation	1/4 finals	DNC	Ante Dukovski	Miloš Pejanović, Vladimir Georgievski, Gjorgji Talevski, Bogdan Vukadinović, Igor Trajkovski, Nemanja Stanković, Vladan Virijević, Filip Gjorevski, Tomče Dišliev, Tošo Pavlov, (left during the season: Edi Sinadinović, Zoran Milović, Aleksandar Sovkovski, Muhamed Tači, Erhan Ramadan, Miloš Nišavić, Igor Tadić, Mladen Gjuroski
2010–11	Semifinalist	Final	DNC	Aleksandar Petrović Peca Jačimović Budimir Jolović Igor Gacov	Jane Petrovski, Toni Grnčarov, Nenad Zivčević, Miljan Pupović, Petar Naumoski, Vladimir Veličković, Darnell Lindsay, Zlatko Gocevski, Igor Penov, Kiril Nikolovski, Siniša Avramovski, Gjorgji Kočov, (left during the season: Jovan Teodosić, Vladimir Georgievski, Gjorgji Talevski, Igor Trajkovski, Filip Gjorevski)
2011–12	Champion	Champion	DNC	Aleksandar Todorov	Todor Gečevski, Gjorgji Čekovski, Ognen Stojanovski, Toni Grnčarov, Cade Davis, Igor Mijajlović, Noah Dahlman, Nikola Vučurović, Igor Penov, Nikola Gajdadziev, Aleksandar Šterjov, Gjorgji Kočov (left during the season: Riste Stefanov, Chris Grimm, Marjan Janevski, Marcus Kitts)
2012–13	Champion	Champion	ABA League (7th)	Aleksandar Todorov Aleš Pipan	Todor Gečevski, Gjorgji Čekovski, Damjan Stojanovski, Ognen Stojanovski, Nikola Otašević, Cade Davis, Noah Dahlman, Kiril Nikolovski, Boris Bakić, Gorjan Markovski, Eftim Bogoev, (left during the season: Toni Grnčarov, Igor Mijajlović, Uroš Nikolić, Stefan Popovski-Turanjanin)
2013–14	Champion	Champion	ABA League (9th) Eurocup (Group stage)	Vlada Vukoičić Zoran Martić	Todor Gečevski, Gjorgji Čekovski, Damjan Stojanovski, Aleksandar Kostoski, Nikola Otašević, Cade Davis, Stefan Sinovec, Sead Šehović, Uroš Lučić, Kiril Nikolovski, Ivan Marinković, Aleksandar Cvetković, Gorjan Markovski, Ognen Stojanovski, Ljubomir Mladenovski, Boban Stajić, (left during the season: Justin Reynolds, Carl Jones)
2014–15	Champion	Semifinalist	ABA League (13th)	Zmago Sagadin Vrbica Stefanov Bobi Mitev Aleksandar Jončevski Aleš Pipan	Aleksandar Ćapin, Predrag Samardziski, Marko Simonovski, Stefan Sinovec, Aleksandar Cvetković, Damjan Stojanovski, Uroš Lučić, Kiril Nikolovski, Sead Šehović, Danilo Mijatović, Ljubomir Mladenovski, Boban Stajić, Adem Mekić, (left during the season:Jourdan DeMuynck, Milton Jennings, Ivan Marinković, Giorgi Tsintsadze, Vedran Morović, Reggie Keely, Owen Klassen, Dion Dixon, Nenad Zivčević, Marko Pajić)
2015–16	Champion	Champion	ABA League (10th)	Aleš Pipan Aleksandar Jončevski	Damjan Stojanovski, Marko Ljubičić, Đorđe Drenovac, Marko Luković, Uroš Luković, Nemanja Protić, Danilo Mijatović, Duško Bunić, Gorjan Markovski, Ljubomir Mladenovski, Adem Mekić, Uroš Vasiljević, C.J. Carter, (left during the season:Marko Simonovski, Edi Sinadinović)
2016–17	Champion	Semifinalist	ABA League (13th) Eurocup (Group stage)	Emil Rajković Aleksandar Jončevski Ante Nazor	Charlon Kloof, Xavier Thames, Đorđe Drenovac, Danilo Mijatović, Marko Simonovski, Stefan Sinovec, Jure Lalić, Ljubomir Mladenovski, Adem Mekić, Stojan Gjuroski, Dušan Katnić (left during the season:Jeremiah Massey, Torey Thomas, Uroš Lučić, Mouloukou Diabate, Andrej Cvetkovski, Devon van Oostrum, Daniel Clark, Josh Scott)

Arena

Jane Sandanski Arena is an indoor sports arena located in the Aerodrom Municipality of Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. The arena has a capacity of 6,500. It is named after the Macedonian revolutionary Jane Sandanski.

On 18 November 2012, it was announced that the arena will be completely demolished, with a new arena called Sports Centre Jane Sandanski planned to be built in its stead. On 14 February 2013, MZT Skopje held their last training in Jane Sandanski, with more than a thousand fans attending. The following day, the arena was officially closed and demolished.

In September 2015, west and east stands were upgraded by 500 seats. Now, the arena is home ground of MZT Skopje, RK Vardar, and ŽRK Vardar. Moreover, Sports Centre Jane Sandanski has fitness centre, aerobics centre, tennis and paddel tennis courts, playground for children, and exclusive sports store and fan shop.

Supporters

MZT Skopje's fans, Family Aerodrom, were formed in spring 1997 as a legitimate heir of Service Crew and Piramida Aerodrom.

References

External links

• Official website
• Team info at MKF
• Team info at Eurobasket
• Supporters Website
• MZT Skopje ABA info
• MZT Skopje Eurocup info