KK Vardar

KK Vardar
Nickname	Црвено-црниот (The Red-Blacks)
Leagues	Macedonian First League
Founded	20 July 1947;78 years ago (20 July 1947)
History	Vardar (1947–2001) Vardar Imperijal (2001–2003) Vardar 2000 (2003–2004) Vardar Osiguruvanje (2004–2008) Vardar 2000 (2008–2010) Vardar (2010–present)
Arena	SRC Kale
Capacity	2,500
Location	Skopje, North Macedonia
Team colors	Red, black
President	Branko Andrievski
Head coach	Aleksandar Jovančev
Championships	5 Macedonian National Leagues 1 Macedonian Cup
Website	kkvardar.mk
Home Away

KK Vardar (Macedonian : КК Вардар) is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. Established in 1947, the team has won the Macedonian National League five times and the Macedonian Cup once.

History

On 20 July 1947, MSD Makedonija and ŽSD Pobeda merged into the newly-established Vardar Sports Association, forming a new club named KK Vardar. ^[1] In the Yugoslav period between 1947 and 1991, Vardar won five Macedonian National League titles (1947, 1953, 1969, 1981, and 1990). ^[2] During the 2000s, they were runners-up of the Macedonian First League twice, and also lost in the semifinals on three occasions. ^[3] They won their first Macedonian Cup in 2007, beating KK Strumica 73–66 in the final. ^[4]

Arena

KK Vardar plays its home matches at SRC Kale, a multi-purpose indoor sports arena in Skopje. Kale means "Fortress Citadel", named after the Skopje Fortress, located right next to the arena. ^[5] The hall was built in 1970 and its total seating capacity is 2,500. ^{[5] [6]}

The hall is mainly used for handball, although it is suitable for events in others sports and music concerts.

SRC Kale

Honours

• Macedonian National League(until 1992)

Winners: 1947, 1953, 1969, 1980–81, 1989–90

• Macedonian First League (since 1992)

Runners-up: 2004–05, 2005–06

Semifinals: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07

• Macedonian Second League

Winners: 2010–11, 2017–18

Runners-up: 1999–2000, 2015–16

• Macedonian Cup

Winners: 2007

Runners-up: 2005, 2006

Players

Current roster

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

KK Vardar roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age Minovski, Milorad 37 – (1988-08-08)8 August 1988 Ivanovikj, Igor 32 – (1993-11-15)15 November 1993 Mitrevski, Matej 18 – (2007-04-23)23 April 2007 Mirkovski, Bogdan 23 – (2002-10-09)9 October 2002 Atanasov, Andreja 28 – (1997-11-18)18 November 1997 Mitkov, Blazho 28 – (1997-06-27)27 June 1997 Bajram, Husein 23 – (2002-01-19)19 January 2002 Arsovski, Nikola 21 – (2004-05-17)17 May 2004 Marjanovikj, Luka 18 – (2007-10-17)17 October 2007 Mladenovski, Sergej 19 – (2006-07-18)18 July 2006 Stojanov, Angel 20 – (2005-06-23)23 June 2005 Trajkovski, Darijan 19 – (2006-12-03)3 December 2006 Lukanoski, Marko 19 – (2006-03-06)6 March 2006 Najkov, Ilin 18 – (2007-05-09)9 May 2007 Nakov, Filip 22 – (2003-09-09)9 September 2003 Sarıoğlu, Emir Acar 20 – (2005-06-23)23 June 2005	Head coach Aleksandar Jovančev Assistant coach(es) Zlatko Mokrov Physiotherapist(s) Brankica Perchinkovska Team manager Branko Andrievski Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 29 September 2023

Notable former players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: 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 Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Goran Samardziev
• Goran Dimitrijević
• Ivica Dimčevski
• Dimitar Mirakovski
• Zlatko Gocevski
• Darko Radulović
• Marjan Gjurov
• Darko Zdravkovski
• Kiril Pavlovski
• Filip Kralevski
• Bojan Krstevski
• Gjorgji Kočov
• Aleksandar Kostoski
• Enes Hadžibulić
• Aleksandar Sovkovski
• Miroslav Despotović
• Valmir Kakruki

See also

• WBC Vardar
• FK Vardar (football)
• RK Vardar (handball)

References

1. "ФОРМИРАЊЕ НА КК ВАРДАР" (in Macedonian). KK Vardar. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
2. "ЅВЕЗДИТЕ ВАРДАРОВИ" (in Macedonian). KK Vardar. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
3. "KK VARDAR SKOPJE basketball team History".
4. "КК Вардар историјат !".
5. "Venues". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
6. "SRC Kale – Venue Information". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Team info at EuroBasket