KK Gostivar

BC Gostivar () is a basketball club based in Gostivar, North Macedonia. In the past it was known as Nikol Fert for sponsorship reasons. The team currently competes in the Macedonian First League.

History

The team was established in 1954 under name KK Mavrovo. It changed its name numerous times over the year. KK Goteks, KK Vardar-Komerc, KK Gostivar and KK Nikol-Fert Gostivar. KK Gostivar is three times republic league champion of Macedonia. In the golden age of its existence it won three title in: 1965, 1967 and 1968. They waited for a long time for their fourth title but after 32 years they won their 4th title in 2000. Next year in the season 2000-01 they won their first Macedonian Basketball Cup by beating KK Rabotnički in the final 72–65. Next season they once again defeated Rabotnički 88–82 to claim back to back Cup titles.

Honours

• Macedonian First League

Winner (4): 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1999–2000

• Macedonian Cup

Winner (2): 2001, 2002

• Macedonian Super Cup

Winner (2): 2000, 2002

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Former players

• Radislav Jovanoski
• Milan Sotirovski
• Todor Gečevski
• Jordančo Davitkov
• Dejan Dimov
• Marjan Janevski
• Slobodan Petrovski
• Vlatko Vladičevski
• Vojislav Zivčević
• Pero Blazevski
• Gjorgji Knjazev
• Budimir Jolović
• Bojan Trajkovski
• Josip Sičić
• DuÅ¡an Sučević
• Dejan Jeftić
• Michail Misunov
• Artan Kuqo
• Lejson Zeqiri
• Malcolm Armstead

European competitions

They played 4 times in European competition. In the season 1996/97, 1999/00 and 2000/01 they played in FKC/FIBA Korac Cup. In the 2002/03 season they played in FRC/FIBA-Europe Regional Challenge.

Scores of KK Nikolfert Gostivar in Europe:

1996 Radivoj Korać Cup

1999 Radivoj Korać Cup

1999 Radivoj Korać Cup

2002 Europe Champions Cup

References

External links

• Eurobasket.com KK Gostivar Page
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084108/http://star.vest.com.mk/default.asp?id=26446&idg=2&idb=546&rubrika=Sport