KK Pelister

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Pelister
Coat of arms of Bitola Municipality.svg
Leagues Macedonian League
Adriatic League
FIBA Europe Cup
Founded1948
Arena Boro Čurlevski Sports Hall
Capacity5,000
Location Bitola, North Macedonia
Team colorsGreen and White
  
PresidentMeri Kovacevska
Head coach Marjan Ilievski
Website https://www.facebook.com/kkpelisterbitola/
Active departments of Pelister
Football pictogram.svg Handball pictogram.svg Handball pictogram.svg
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

The club was founded in 1948. Pelister is one of the most representative Clubs in Macedonia. The name changed many times in the rich history of the Club such as : Mladost Metalec (92-96), Pelister (96-06), Swisslion Pelister (06-09), Pelister (09-11), Pelister Sport (11-14), Pelister (14-15), KK Pelister AD Bitola (2015). They are competing for many decades in the top Macedonian leagues. They won 3 titles Champions of Macedonia. First one was in 1975. Second one came in 1989 and the last one 3rd title came in 1991. Since then they played in the play-offs few times and also in the Macedonian Cup Finals but they did not manage to win.

Honours

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

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

Macedonian League

Silver medal with cup.svg 2nd (1): 2022
Bronze medal with cup.svg 3rd (3): 2006, 2007, 2009

Macedonian Cup

Silver medal with cup.svg 2nd: Finalist - 2009
Bronze medal with cup.svg 3rd: Semifinalist - 2008

Home arena

Arena Churlevski CkembariPelisterSupporters.jpg
Arena Churlevski

Mladost Sports Hall is a multi-purpose sports arena located in Bitola, North Macedonia. It was built in 1975 by the citizens of Bitola and is mainly used for handball by RK Pelister and RK Bitola, and for basketball by KK Pelister. There is also room for bowling and table tennis plus it has been used for concerts. The Arena hosted the 2007 Macedonian Basketball Cup. This sports hall was the largest on the territory of North Macedonia before the construction of the Boris Trajkovski Sports Center in Skopje.

On 21 July 2009, the arena is undergoing renovation. A new parquet floor will be installed along with new seats. The locker rooms will also be updated to meet EHF standards. Total cost of the project is about €30,000.

In January 2017, renovation of interior of the hall started. The renovation covered the floor, the stands, a new score board and a new heating system. The first match in the renovated arena was played on April 6, 2017 with the match between RK Pelister and RK Metalurg in the second round of the handball Super League play-off.

At the end of July 2018, the name of the hall was changed to "Boro Churlevski", in honor of the late Boro Churlevski, a former handball player from Bitola.Churlevski Arena has a capacity of 4000 sits.

The Bellies (Čkembari)

Abdomens (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. After Eurofarm Rabotnik and Pelister merged, Čkembari became their supporters.

Current roster

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

KK Pelister roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 3 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Stojanovski, Luka 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)85 kg (187 lb)24 – (2000-02-04)4 February 2000
SG 5 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Mijović, Stefan 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)87 kg (192 lb)28 – (1995-03-29)29 March 1995
SG 6 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Serdarov, Dimitar 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)18 – (2005-08-05)5 August 2005
SG 8 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Stojanovski, Borjan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)24 – (2000-02-21)21 February 2000
PG 7 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Kostoski, Aleksandar 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)35 – (1988-03-05)5 March 1988
PG 9 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Magdevski, Andrej 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)85 kg (187 lb)28 – (1996-01-14)14 January 1996
F/C 13 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Maslinko, Andrej 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)26 – (1997-05-20)20 May 1997
SG 17 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Sapundjiev, Ivan 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)29 – (1994-05-13)13 May 1994
PG 4 Flag of the United States.svg Knight, Daishon 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)32 – (1991-04-30)30 April 1991
PF 44 Flag of Croatia.svg Planinić, Jure 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)23 – (2000-03-18)18 March 2000
PF Flag of Montenegro.svg Dragović, Balša 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)25 – (1998-08-26)26 August 1998
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Updated: July 26, 2022

Depth chart

Pos.Starting 5Bench 1Bench 2
C Andrej Maslinko
PF Jure Planinić Balša Dragović
SF Stefan Mijović Ivan Sapundjiev
SG Luka Stojanovski Daishon Knight Dimitar Serdarov
PG Aleksandar Kostoski Andrej Magdevski Borjan Stojanovski

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