KK Rabotnički

KK Rabotnički (Macedonian: КК Работнички) is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian First League. The club has won the Macedonian championship 15 times and the Macedonian Cup 10 times.

Rabotnički
Nickname	Шпедитери (Forwarders)
Leagues	Macedonian First League
Founded	1946
Arena	Gradski Park
Capacity	2,000
Location	Skopje, North Macedonia
President	Risto Gapic
Head coach	Dimitar Mirakovski
Championships	15 Championships of Macedonia 10 Macedonian Cups
Website	kkrabotnicki.mk
Home Away

Active departments of Sports Club Rabotnichki
Football	Basketball	Handball

Fans of KK Rabotnički are known as City Park Boys or simply The Boys , the reds or the mighty reds.

History

The club was founded in 1946 in Skopje. In 1964, KK Rabotnički became a member of the first federal "A" league in the former Federation of six republics Yugoslavia and competed there on a regular basis until 1990. In the 1991–92 season, the team played in the Federal YUBA Liga. The have never won a Federal championship but they were finalists in the Federal Yugoslav Cup on two occasions in 1976 and 1983. Since the Macedonian Republic League became the new Macedonian First League, Rabotnički have been the most successful Macedonian basketball team of all time, winning a record 15 league titles and 9 national cups.[1]

Honours

Domestic competitions

Macedonian Republic League

• Winners (9): 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964

Macedonian Republic Cup

• Winners (4): 1976, 1983, 1985, 1988

Macedonian League

• Winners (15): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2018

Macedonian Cup

• Winners (10): 1993, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2019

Macedonian Super Cup Winner

• Winners (2): 2001, 2011

European achievements

FIBA Saporta Cup

• Semi-finalist (1): 1975–76 [2]

FIBA Europe Conference South

• Runners-up (1): 2003–04

Balkan International Basketball League

• Runners-up (1): 2008–09

Players

Current roster

Rabotnički roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 0 Boškovski, Damjan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 19 – (2001-01-18)18 January 2001 G 3 Lescault, Hayden 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 28 – (1992-03-24)24 March 1992 PG 7 Mladenović, Stefan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 30 – (1990-06-28)28 June 1990 G 8 Abrašev, Dragan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (2000-05-16)16 May 2000 SG 9 Deolski, Andreja 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (2000-02-16)16 February 2000 PG 10 Mladenović, Marjan 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 32 – (1987-08-27)27 August 1987 C 11 Nikolovski, Kiril (C) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 32 – (1988-06-09)9 June 1988 C 15 Mladenovski, Ljubomir 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 25 – (1995-05-05)5 May 1995 SF 21 Balmazović, Stefan 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 31 – (1989-05-28)28 May 1989 SG 25 Efremovski, Viktor 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 21 – (1998-10-21)21 October 1998 PG 32 Pitts, Damier 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 30 – (1989-12-03)3 December 1989 PF Washington, DeVaughn 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 31 – (1989-03-29)29 March 1989	Head coach Dimitar Mirakovski Assistant coach(es) Andrej Lečić Apostolski Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 8 February 2020

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Ljubomir Mladenovski	Kiril Nikolovski
PF	DeVaughn Washington
SF	Stefan Balmazović	Viktor Efremovski	Andreja Deolski
SG	Hayden Lescault	Stefan Mladenović	Damjan Boškovski
PG	Damier Pitts	Marjan Mladenović	Dragan Abrašev

Retired numbers

KK Rabotnički retired numbers
No.	Player	Position	Tenure
13	Blagoja Georgievski	PG	1968–1984

KK Rabotnicki in European competitions

In their rich European history KK Rabotnicki competed in many European competitions. Their most successful period was in the 1990s. They competed for eleven seasons in four different cups.

Seasons and results of Rabotnicki in Europe:

1975 FIBA European Cup Round Team Home   Away   Group stage Olympiacos 90–79 91–71 CSKA Sofia 117–88 90–84 Tours Basket 107–90 99–83 Semi-final Olimpia Milano 104–89 90–67

1993 Saporta Cup Round Team Home   Away   Round 1 BV Den Helder 85–62 92–76 Group stage Saski Baskonia 102–97 113–90 Tofaş 109–107 92–87 Olimpija Ljubljana 66–88 89–77 Bellinzona 92–94 87–70 Split 85–91 82–74

1995 FIBA European League Round Team Home   Away   Round 1 Budivelnyk 65–64 83–69

1995 Europe Champions Cup Round Team Home   Away   Qualif.Round HKK Brotnjo 78–64 76–59

1996 FIBA Saporta Cup Round Team Home   Away   Group stage Rīgas ASK 84–97 99–80 Włocławek 86–88 82–76 Scavolini Pesaro 78–71 95–77 Hopsi Polzela 89–91 74–66 Fenerbahçe 78–84 90–61

1997 FIBA Saporta Cup Round Team Home   Away   Group stage ToPo Helsinki 80–81 85–55 Joventut Badalona 55–70 105–72 BIPA-Moda 57–77 78–63 Tofaş 76–77 73–47 Žemaitijos Lokiai 78–88 86–70

1999 FIBA Saporta Cup Round Team Home   Away   Group stage Bosna 51–82 59–52 TAU Cerámica 57–73 70–49 PSG Racing 57–70 83–43 Illiabum Clube 68–76 67–68 Znicz Pruszków 64–65 84–41

2000 Radivoj Korać Cup Round Team Home   Away   Qualif.Round Igokea 63–71 70–70

2002 FIBA Euro Challenge Round Team Home   Away   Group stage Peristeri 59–72 85–72 NIS Vojvodina 81–83 102–77 Pinar Karşıyaka 66–96 99–91 Hapoel Jerusalem 89–90 90–64 Yambolgaz-92 75–69 73–85

2003 FIBA Euro Challenge – South Conference Round Team Home   Away   Group stage Fenerbahçe 91–87 80–65 CSU Ploiești 75–66 60–46 APOEL Nicosia 81–77 93–100 Semi-final Keravnos 96–75 Final Tuborg Izmir 78–80

2004 FIBA Euro Challenge Round Team Home   Away   Group stage UNICS Kazan 95–99 87–53 Nymburk 102–86 84–60 Hapoel Galil Elyon 97–109 92–87 Fenerbahçe 67–79 109–60 CSKA Sofia 82–81 84–97 Kyiv Basket 62–88 102–73

2017 FIBA Europe Cup Round Team Home   Away   Qualifying Round 1 Parma Basket 73–95 88–63

Rivalries

KK Rabotnički Skopje's fiercest and long standing city rival is MZT Skopje, the other large 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	Mutual score
Rabotnički	89
MZT Skopje Aerodrom	62

Notable players

Goran Veselinovski Toni Simić Gjorgji Čekovski Goran Samardžiev Dime Tasovski Aleksandar Dimitrovski Pero Blazevski Ognen Stojanovski Pero Antić Bojan Trajkovski Dimitar Mirakovski Aleksandar Kostoski Dušan Bocevski Jordančo Davitkov Gjorgji Knjazev Dejan Jovanovski Mirza Kurtović Todor Gečevski Srdjan Stanković Marjan Gjurov Riste Stefanov Goce Gerasimovski Vlatko Vladičevski

Vrbica Stefanov Darko Sokolov Budimir Jolović Emil Rajković Dimitar Karadžovski Vlado Ilievski Toni Grnčarov Vasko Najkov Marjan Srbinovski Jane Petrovski Marko Simonovski Aleksandar Ugrinoski Eftim Bogoev Boris Nešović Đorđe Vojnović Goran Dimitrijević Enes Hadžibulić Ivica Dimčevski Bojan Krstevski Kiril Nikolovski Boban Stajić Marko Ivanović Zoran Jovanović

Dragoljub Vidačić Dragan Smiljanić Vladimir Dragutinović Vladimir Filipović Miljan Pavković Vladimir Popović Srdjan Božić Predrag Joksimović Kendrick Johnson Marcus Ginyard Russell Robinson Sean Evans Paul Culbertson Antoni Wyche William Coleman Phil Zevenbergen Hameed Kashif Gary Ware Vernand Hollins Vincent King Igor Bijelić Danilo Mitrović Stojan Ivković

Luka Pavićević Mohamed Abukar Goran Ikonić Bariša Krasić Bora Paçun Rudy Mbemba William Njoku Chavdar Kostov Lazar Lečić Predrag Bogosavljev Nikola Matovski Slavko Matovski Blagoja Georgievski Janko Lukovski Stefan Todorovski Slobodan Bocevski Aleksandar Knjazev Dragan Radosavljević Steruli Andonovski Stevan Gešovski Boban Samardžiski Branko Kacarski Kosta Hadžitrifunov Borče Serafimovski

Head coaches

Marin Dokuzovski Steruli Andonovski Aleksandar Knjazev Tihomir Matevski Marjan Lazovski Lazar Lečić Emil Rajković Marjan Srbinovski Goran Krstevski Igor Gacov

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

External links

• Official Website
• KK Rabotnički on Facebook
• Team info at MKF
• Eurobasket.com KK Rabotnicki Page
• Supporters Website