KK Pelister

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Pelister
Coat of arms of Bitola Municipality.svg
Leagues Macedonian League
Europe Cup
Founded1948
Arena Boro Čurlevski Sports Hall
Capacity3,500
Location Bitola, North Macedonia
Team colorsGreen and White
  
PresidentFilip Ivanovski
Head coach Borče Daskalovski
Website https://kkpelister.mk/
Active departments of Pelister
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FK Pelister RK Eurofarm Pelister RK Eurofarm Pelister 2

KK Pelister is a men's professional basketball club based in Bitola, North Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian League and the ABA League Second Division.

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History

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Igor Kesar

The original club was founded in 1948. Pelister was known as Mladost Metalec from 1992 until 1996 and later Pelister (96-06), Swisslion Pelister (06-09), Pelister (09-11), Pelister Sport (11-14), Pelister (14-15), KK Pelister AD Bitola (2015). They have been competing in the top Macedonian league for many years, having won 3 league titles. First one was in 1975. second one in 1989 and the last one back in 1991. Since then they've competed in the play-offs and made the Macedonian Cup Finals, but have not managed to win a new trophy.

Honours

Macedonian Champions Coat of arms of the President of North Macedonia.svg

Gold medal with cup.svg 1st Winners (3): 1975, 1989 and 1991

Macedonian League

Silver medal with cup.svg 2nd (3): 2022, 2023 and 2024
Bronze medal with cup.svg 3rd (3): 2006, 2007 and 2009

Macedonian Cup

Silver medal with cup.svg 2nd Finalist (1): 2009

Arena

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Boro Churlveski Arena

KK Pelister play all their home matches at the Boro Churlevski arena. The arena has a current seating capacity of 3,500. It hosted the 2007 Macedonian Basketball Cup and had the largest seating capacity in Macedonia before the construction of the Boris Trajkovski Sports Center in Skopje.

Supporters

Čkembari (Macedonian : Чкембари) are an Ultras group, established in 1985, who support the Macedonian sports clubs from Bitola that compete under the Pelister banner, mainly FK Pelister in football and RK Pelister in handball. The group was founded in 1985 when a caravan of 15 buses traveled to support RK Pelister who was playing against Partizan Bjelovar in a handball relegation play-off match. At that time they used the name BMČM - Bitolčani, Motorcyclists, Čkembari, Macedonians (македонски: БМЧМ - Битолчани, Мотокари, Чкембари, Македонци) later shortened to just Čkembari. Soon after, the first green and white banners were created that read: "Hell Boys" (македонски: Пеколни момци) and "Green Conquerors" (македонски: Зелени освојувачи) which started organized support for Pelister at every match.

European Record

Pelister debued in 2025–26 Basketball Champions League against Pallacanestro Reggiana.

And qualified for the 2025–26 FIBA Europe Cup group stage.

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

KK Pelister roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
SF 0 Flag of the United States.svg Bracy-Davis, Kevin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)95 kg (209 lb)30 – (1995-01-25)25 January 1995
PG 2 Flag of the United States.svg Wilson, C.J. 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)77 kg (170 lb)31 – (1994-09-03)3 September 1994
PG 3 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Stojanovski, Luka 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)85 kg (187 lb)25 – (2000-02-04)4 February 2000
PG 4 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Stajić, Boban 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)32 – (1993-10-06)6 October 1993
SF 5 Flag of Serbia.svg Malešević, Nikola 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)91 kg (201 lb)36 – (1989-08-25)25 August 1989
SF 8 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Krstevski, Damjan 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)26 – (1999-06-30)30 June 1999
PG 10 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Najdovski, Darko 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)31 – (1994-04-15)15 April 1994
SG 11 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Mitrevski, Andrej 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)85 kg (187 lb)22 – (2003-09-17)17 September 2003
PG 31 Flag of the United States.svg Price, Austin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)84 kg (185 lb)30 – (1995-09-16)16 September 1995
PF Flag of the United States.svg Wilson, Langston 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)102 kg (225 lb)25 – (2000-04-11)11 April 2000
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Updated: July 23, 2025

Depth chart

Pos.Starting 5Bench 1Bench 2
C Langston Wilson
PF Nikola Malešević
SF Kevin Bracy-Davis Luka Stojanovski Damjan Krstevski
SG Austin Price Andrej Mitrevski
PG C.J. Wilson Boban Stajić Darko Najdovski

Notable players

References

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