KK EuroNickel 2005 ( mk, КК ЕуроНикел 2005) is a professional

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club based in

Kavadarci Kavadarci ( mk, Кавадарци ) is a town in the Tikveš region of North Macedonia. In the heart of North Macedonia's wine country, it is home to the largest winery in Southeast Europe, named after the Tikveš plain. The town of Kavadarci i ...

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 Socialist Feder ...

named for the local

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smelter operator

EuroNickel Kavadarci ( mk, Кавадарци ) is a town in the Tikveš region of North Macedonia. In the heart of North Macedonia's wine country, it is home to the largest winery in Southeast Europe, named after the Tikveš plain. The town of Kavadarci i ...

. They currently play 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 ...

. KK EuroNickel 2005 is the first ever Macedonian club to win an international trophy in basketball, they won the 2010-11 EUROHOLD

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History

The club was founded on 11 January 1970. Name: Tikveš (until 1995), Alumni Dekom Tikveš (1995-1997), Orka Sport (1997-1999), Tikveš (1999-2002), Feni Industries (2005-2019), EuroNickel 2005 (2019–present). The team was taken under the leadership of the local FErro-NIckel mining company "Feni Industries AD" in 2005, while the smelter was under the control of

Beny Steinmetz Beny Steinmetz ( he, בני שטיינמץ; born 2 April 1956) is an Israeli businessman and entrepreneur, with a focus in the mining and energy sectors, while being also active in the real estate and diamond-mining industries. Beny Steinmetz is ...

. Since 2008, KK Feni has organized the international basketball tournament “Dimitar Gjorgjiev", in Kavadarci. In 2019, due to the difficulties of Steinmetz and because of the uncertain economic climate for the smelter's output, the company faced court-ordered administration. The result of this process was the sale of the smelter to an organization called Euronickel, who also took on the sponsorship of the basketball team.

BIBL League Seasons

* 2009: (5-7) 4th * 2010: (10-3) 3rd Bronze medal with cup

* 2011: (8-2) 1st gold medal with cup

* 2012: (7-6) 3rd Bronze medal with cup

* 2017: (9-9) 6th

Home arena

Jasmin Arena (Macedonian: " Јасмин") is a multi-purpose indoor sports arena located in Kavadarci, North Macedonia and seats 2,500 spectators. The arena is used for basketball by KK Feni Industries. In May 2011, it hosted the Final Four of the Balkan International Basketball League. SportsHallJasmin

Honours

Domestic Achievements

* Macedonian Republic League Champion - 1985 * Macedonian League Champion - 2008, 2010, 2011 * Macedonian League Finalist - 2009, 2012 * Macedonian Cup Winner - 2008, 2010 * Macedonian Cup Finalist - 1997 (Tikveš), 1998 (Orka Sport), 2012, 2017

European Achievements

* EUROHOLD Balkan League Champion -

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KK Feni Industries
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Current squad

Depth chart

Notable players

Goran Samardziev Goran Samardziev (born May 24, 1981) is a Macedonian former professional basketball player who is currently coach of Rabotnički. He used to play for Feni Industri, Rabotnički, Vardar The Vardar (; mk, , , ) or Axios () is the longest ri ...

Vojdan Stojanovski Vojdan Stojanovski ( mk, Војдан Стојановски; born December 9, 1987) is a Macedonian professional basketball player who currently plays for MZT Skopje of the Macedonian League. He is (1.95 m) in height and plays at the shooting g ...

Ognen Stojanovski Ognen Stojanovski ( mk, Огнен Стојановски; born January 25, 1984) is a Macedonian professional basketball player. He was under contract with MZT Skopje until 2014. He is 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) in height and plays at the point gu ...

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 ...

Todor Gečevski Todor Gečevski ( mk, Тодор Гечевски; born 28 August 1977) is a Macedonian former professional basketball player. Standing at a height of , he played at the center and power forward positions. Professional career While playing with KK ...

Dušan Bocevski Dušan Bocevski (born 5 November 1973) is a former Macedonian professional basketball player. He was also a member of the Macedonia national team. Achievements KK Rabotnički * Macedonian First League : 1993-1994, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-19 ...

* Marko Simonovski *

Vladimir Brčkov Vladimir Brčkov ( mk, Владимир Брчков) (born December 29, 1989) is a Macedonian professional basketball player. He plays for KK Borec, Borec of Macedonian Second League (basketball), Macedonian Second League. He is also a member of ...

Kiril Nikolovski Kiril Nikolovski ( mk, Кирил Николовски; born 9 June 1988) is a Macedonian professional basketball player born in Skopje. He is a former member of the Macedonian national basketball team. Pro career Nikolovski started his pro ca ...

Bojan Trajkovski Bojan Trajkovski ( mk, Бојан Трајковски; born 11 September 1986) is a Macedonian professional basketball player who plays for Feniks 2010 of the Macedonian First League. He is a member of the Macedonian national basketball team. P ...

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 ...

* Slobodan Mihajlovski *

Goce Andrevski Goce Andrevski is an Associated Professor of Strategy at Queen's University and a former Macedonian professional basketball player (point guard) who played for 7 different clubs in the Macedonian Basketball League (Division 1) and in various FIBA ...

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 ...

* Toni Simić *

Aleksandar Dimitrovski Aleksandar "Mačka" Dimitrovski ( mk, Александар "Мачка" Димитровски; born 8 June 1980) is a former Macedonian professional basketball swingman who last played for KK Rabotnički, Rabotnički. He was also member of North ...

Marjan Gjurov Marjan Gjurov (born May 4, 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 shor ...

Andrej Magdevski Andrej Magdevski ( mk, Андреј Магдевски; born January 14, 1996) is a Macedonian professional basketball player who plays for KK Pelister of the Macedonian League Adriatic League. He plays as point guard. Career After playing in th ...

* Predrag Pajić * Dušan Knežević * Vladimir Popović * Milan Preković * Boško Jovović *

James Life James Jimmy Life (born October 19, 1983 in Fort Myers, Florida) is an American professional basketball player, currently starring in the British Basketball League for the Worcester Wolves. The 6'4" Shooting guard signed for Worcester in 2007, aft ...

Ivan Lilov Ivan Lilov ( Bulgarian: Иван Лилов, August 6, 1988) is a Bulgarian professional basketball player for BC Yambol of the Bulgarian League. He was also a member of the Bulgaria national basketball team The Bulgaria men's national basket ...

Randy Duck Randy Duck (born November 2, 1975) is a former American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for California Golden Bears men's basketball, California Golden Bears References External linksEx-Cal player Randy Duck at hom ...

* Tim Burroughs * Donald Cole *

Taliek Brown Taliek Brown (born June 23, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. High school career Brown played high school basketball at St. John's Preparatory School in Astoria, Queens, New York. He averaged 22.5 points and 6.6 assi ...

Jarrid Frye Jarrid Jamel Frye (born May 25, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Stjarnan of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla. He attended Martin Luther High School and played college basketball at Sacred Heart ...

* Mychal Ammons * Matija Češković * Karlo Vragović *

Giorgi Sharabidze Giorgi Sharabidze is a Georgian professional basketball who plays for Tskhum-Abkhazeti. He has also played for Feni Industries of the Macedonian First League The Macedonian First Football League ( mk, Прва македонска фудбал ...

Carlos Morban Carlos Alberto Morban Rivera (born April 25, 1982 in Santo Domingo) is a professional basketball player from the Dominican Republic. He is a 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) and 190 lb (93 kg) Guard (basketball), guard who last played professio ...

Head coaches

* Emil Rajković * Zare Markovski * Ljupčo Malinkov *

Miodrag Kadija Miodrag "Mijo" Kadija (born 27 September 1962) is a Montenegrin basketball coach of Spars Ilidža of the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the ABA League Second Division. Coaching career Kadija coached Lovćen Cetinje, ...

References

External links

Official Website

Team info at MKF

Eurobasket.com KK Feni Industries Page
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