KK Strumica is a

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

club based in Strumica,

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...

. They currently compete in the

Macedonian First League The Macedonian First Football League ( mk, Прва македонска фудбалска лига, ''Prva Мakedonska Fudbalska Liga''), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competiti ...

History

It was founded in 1991 under the name Makedonija '91, and was later also known as Polo Trejd. The club changed its name to ABA Strumica from 2005 to 2012.ABA Strumica merged with KK Millenium Strumica in season 2011-2012. After a change in leadership in 2005, a new president, Pajanotis Karapiperis, formed a strong culture by bringing in significant players to the team. *Champions They become champions of the Macedonian First League in the 2006–07 season.They were Macedonian Cup finalists in 2007 and 2008. However, following the 2007–08 season, the club canceled its participation in the First League and the newly formed Balkan League due to financial concerns. They continued to play in the Second League until 2012, where after winning the 2011–12 championship, they folded completely and merged with ABA Strumica. * KK Strumica is back .From year 2014 financial problems were fixed and behind. The city of Strumica became owner and main sponsor of the team. The team is back in the top flight Macedonian Basketball Championship .

Home Ground

KK Strumica plays their basketball matches at Arena Park .Sports Hall with capacity of 5000. Sports Arena Park - Strumica (2)

Champions

(2) : 1982 ,2007

Current roster 2017/18

Depth chart

Strumica in FIBA competitions

1993

Radivoj Korać Cup The Radivoj Korać Cup ( sr, Куп Радивоја Кораћа / Kup Radivoja Koraća) is the men's national basketball cup of Serbia. It is run by the Basketball Federation of Serbia and is named after a Serbian basketball legend and FIBA Ha ...

1997 Eurocup 2007 Eurocup

Notable past players

Zlatko Gocevski Zlatko Gocevski (born April 9, 1982) is a Macedonian professional basketball power forward The power forward (PF), also known as the four, is one of the five traditional positions in a regulation basketball game. Traditionally, power forwar ...

Dime Tasovski Dime Tasovski (born November 2, 1980) is a Macedonian professional basketball small forward The small forward (SF), also known as the three or swingman, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically ...

Darko Sokolov Darko Sokolov ( mk, Дарко Соколов; born May 8, 1986) is a Macedonian professional basketball player who plays for EuroNickel 2005 of the Macedonian First League. Pro career Since beginning his professional career in 2002, Sokolov has ...

* Eftim Bogoev * Viktor Krstevski * Toni Grnčarov * Tomčo Sokolov * Dimče Gaštarski * Slobodančo Hadživasilev * Vassilis Kitsoulis * Vasslis Tsimpliaridis *

Savvas Manousos Savvas Manousos ( el, Σάββας Μανούσος) (born July 4, 1985) is a Greek professional basketball player for Union Dax-Gamarde of the Nationale Masculine 2. Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, he can play both the power forward and the cente ...

* Miljan Pupović * Damir Latović *

Ivan Bošnjak Ivan Bošnjak (; born 6 February 1979) is a Croatian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent most of his career playing for boyhood club HNK Cibalia, Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split in his native Croatia, as well as ...

* Njegoš Abazović * Nenad Delić * Wesley Fluellen

References

External links

Eurobasket.com KK Sturmica Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kk Strumica 2005 establishments in the Republic of Macedonia Basketball teams established in 2005 Basketball teams in North Macedonia Sport in Strumica