KK Rabotnički () is a

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club based in

Skopje Skopje ( , ; ; , sq-definite, Shkupi) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It lies in the northern part of the country, in the Skopje Basin, Skopje Valley along the Vardar River, and is the political, economic, and cultura ...

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. They currently play in the

Macedonian First League The Macedonian First Football League (), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competition in Macedonia. It is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of t ...

and

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. The club has won the Macedonian championship 15 times and the

Macedonian Cup The Cup of Macedonia (, ''Kup na Makedonija'') is the top knockout tournament and the second most important football competition in North Macedonia after the Macedonian First League championship. The cup was established in 1992 after local clubs ...

10 times.

History

The club was founded in 1946 in Skopje. In 1964 under the leadership of

Lazar Lečić Lazar "Grk" Lečić (; 30 January 1939 – 13 August 2024) was a Yugoslav and later Macedonian professional basketball coach and player. He is considered the founder of Macedonian basketball, who had a huge role in the exit of Macedonian baske ...

, KK Rabotnički became a member of the

First Federal Basketball League The First Federal Basketball League () was the highest tier level men's professional club basketball competition in the former country of SFR Yugoslavia. Founded in 1945, and folded in 1992 ( 1991–92 Winer Broker YUBA League), it was run by th ...

of the former

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and competed there on a regular basis until 1992. They have never won a Federal championship but they were finalists in the Federal

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on two occasions in 1976 and 1983. Since the Macedonian Republic League became the new

, Rabotnički have been the most successful Macedonian basketball team of all time, winning a record 15 league titles and 9 national cups. *In the season 2023/24 Rabotichki was the host of the Qualifying tournament Group A of

2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup The 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup was the 9th season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA Europe. The season began on 18 October 2023 and ended on 24 April 2024. For this season, the number of teams in ...

.Playing against

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and Sabah BC .

Home Ground

Rabotnichki currently play as a host at SRC Kale hall. Before they used to play in their own City Park Basketball hall.The City Park hall is under reconstruction.

Honours

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Macedonian Republic League * Winners (9): 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964 Macedonian Republic Cup * Winners (4): 1976, 1983, 1985, 1988 Macedonian League * Winners (15): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009,

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

* Winners (10): 1993, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2019 Macedonian Super Cup Winner * Winners (2): 2001, 2011

European achievements

FIBA Saporta Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup, founded as ''FIBA European Cup Winners Cup'', was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against eac ...

* Semi-finalist (1): 1975–76 FIBA Europe Conference South * Runners-up (1): 2003–04

Balkan International Basketball League The Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL), also known as the Balkan League and as the Delasport BIBL Balkan League for sponsorship reasons, is a multinational professional basketball league featuring clubs primarily from the Balkans. The ...

* Runners-up (1): 2008–09

Players

Roster 2024-2025

Depth chart

Retired numbers

KK Rabotnicki in European competitions

In their rich European history KK Rabotnicki competed in many European competitions. Their most successful period was in the 1990s. They competed for eleven seasons in four different cups. BIBL League Seasons Shield of the European Union

* 2009: (7-5) 2nd Silver medal with cup

* 2010: (3-7) 9th Seasons and results of Rabotnicki in Europe: 1975

FIBA European Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup, founded as ''FIBA European Cup Winners Cup'', was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against eac ...

1993

Saporta Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup, founded as ''FIBA European Cup Winners Cup'', was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against eac ...

1995 FIBA European League 1995 Europe Champions Cup 1996

1997

1999

2000

Radivoj Korać Cup The Radivoj Korać Cup ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, 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 Serbian basketball legend and ...

2002 FIBA Euro Challenge 2003 FIBA Euro Challenge – South Conference 2004 FIBA Euro Challenge 2017

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Rivalries

KK Rabotnički Skopje's fiercest and long standing city rival is

MZT Skopje MZT Skopje Aerodrom () is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. The club competes in the Macedonian League and ABA League. The club's home ground is Jane Sandanski Arena, but due to small capacity, the matches in the ABA League an ...

, the other large and popular basketball club in Macedonia. They also have supporters in the capital city named Family Aerodrom. The rivalry started after the Independence of Macedonia, and the matches between these rivals have been labeled as the Eternal derby.

Notable players

* Goran Veselinovski * Toni Simić *

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* Goran Samardziev *

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Aleksandar Dimitrovski Aleksandar "Mačka" Dimitrovski (; born 8 June 1980) is a former Macedonian professional basketball swingman who last played for Rabotnički. He was also member of North Macedonia national basketball team. Personal life On 27 June 2015, Aleksa ...

Pero Blazevski Pero Blazevski (born September 28, 1972) is a former Macedonian professional basketball player who played for many clubs in Macedonia like MZT Skopje, Rabotnicki, Kumanovo and many more. He was also member of Macedonia national basketball team ...

Ognen Stojanovski Ognen Stojanovski (; born January 25, 1984) is a Macedonian professional basketball player. He was under contract with MZT Skopje until 2014. He is in height and plays at the point guard position. Born in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia N ...

Pero Antić Pero Antić (, ; born July 29, 1982) is a Macedonian basketball executive and former professional player. He currently serves as a president of the Basketball Federation of North Macedonia. Antić was a member and captain of the Macedonian nat ...

Bojan Trajkovski Bojan Trajkovski (; born 11 September 1986) is a former Macedonian professional basketball player who plays for Feniks 2010 of the Macedonian First League. He is a member of the Macedonian national basketball team. Pro career Trajkovski started ...

* Dimitar Mirakovski *

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* Dušan Bocevski * Jordančo Davitkov * Gjorgji Knjazev * Dejan Jovanovski *

Mirza Kurtović Mirza Kurtović (born 8 February 1977) is a former Macedonian professional basketball point guard who played for MZT Skopje Aerodrom, Rabotnički, Kumanovo in Macedonia. In the 2005–06 season he played for Iraklis in Greece. He was also memb ...

Todor Gečevski Todor Gečevski (; 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 Zadar, Gečevski was named t ...

* Srdjan Stanković *

Marjan Gjurov Marjan Gjurov (born May 4, 1980) is a Macedonian professional basketball small forward The small forward (SF), also known as the three, is one of the five Basketball position, positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typic ...

* Riste Stefanov * Goce Gerasimovski *

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* Vrbica Stefanov *

Darko Sokolov Darko Sokolov (; born May 8, 1986) is a Macedonian professional basketball player who plays for Gostivar of the Macedonian First League. Pro career Since beginning his professional career in 2002, Sokolov has spent the majority of his career pl ...

Budimir Jolović Budimir Jolović (born October 3, 1959) is a former Macedonian-Serbian professional basketball small forward who last played for KK Karpoš Sokoli in his last season as a pro player, he was 49 years old and scored 30 points in one game against KK ...

Emil Rajković Emil Rajkovic (born September 11, 1978) is a Macedonian former professional basketball player and coach. He is the current head coach Tofaş of Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He was the head coach of the Polish League club Śląsk Wrocław until ...

Dimitar Karadžovski Dimitar Karadžovski (born October 7, 1984) is a Macedonian professional basketball player who plays for Kožuv of the Macedonian First League. Professional career During his career, Karadžovski played for MZT Skopje, Ungmennafélagið Skal ...

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Toni Grnčarov Toni Grncarov (; born February 8, 1980) is a former Macedonian professional basketball player born in Skopje. He is in height and played at the guard position. He is a brother of Boban Grnčarov, who is a football player in FK Vardar FK Vard ...

* Vasko Najkov *

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Jane Petrovski Jane Petrovski (; born 9 February 1985) is a retired Macedonian professional basketball player who last played for KK EuroNickel 2005, EuroNickel 2005 of the Macedonian First League (basketball), Macedonian First League. Macedonian national tea ...

* Marko Simonovski * Aleksandar Ugrinoski * Eftim Bogoev * Boris Nešović *

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* Goran Dimitrijević * Enes Hadžibulić * Ivica Dimčevski * Bojan Krstevski *

Kiril Nikolovski Kiril Nikolovski (; 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 career with Macedonian Team MZT Skopj ...

* Boban Stajić * Marko Ivanović * Zoran Jovanović * Miško Marić *

Dragoljub Vidačić Dragoljub "Ljuba" Vidačić (born December 26, 1970) is a Serbian basketball coach and former player. Early life Born to a father from Trebinje and mother from Gornji Milanovac, Vidačić was raised in Višegrad with three older brothers. Coach ...

* Dragan Smiljanić * Slobodan Kanjevac *

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Vladimir Filipović Vladimir Filipović (born July 28, 1985) is a Serbian professional basketball player who played for Knjaževac 1950 of the First Regional League of Serbia. Professional career During his career, Filipović played for KK Zdravlje, KK Rabotni� ...

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* Vladimir Popović * Srdjan Božić * Predrag Joksimović *

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* Marcus Ginyard *

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* Sean Evans *

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* Antoni Wyche * William Coleman * Phil Zevenbergen *

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* Gary Ware * Vernand Hollins * Vincent King * Igor Bijelić * Danilo Mitrović *

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* Mohamed Abukar *

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* Bariša Krasić * Bora Paçun * Rudy Mbemba * William Njoku * Chavdar Kostov *

* Predrag Bogosavljev * Nikola Matovski *

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Janko Lukovski Janko Lukovski (; 7 April 1946 – 6 November 2023) was a Macedonian professional basketball player and coach who played for Rabotnički and MZT Skopje. Lukovski died in Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for ...

* Stefan Todorovski * Slobodan Bocevski * Aleksandar Knjazev *

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* Steruli Andonovski *

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* Boban Samardžiski *

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* Kosta Hadžitrifunov * Borče Serafimovski

Head coaches

Marin Dokuzovski Marin Dokuzovski (; born 14 July 1960 in Skopje) is a Macedonian professional basketball coach who currently is the head coach of MKK Kumanovo in the Macedonian First League. Career Dokuzovski played club basketball at the senior level from 1978 ...

* Steruli Andonovski * Aleksandar Knjazev * Tihomir Matevski *

Marjan Lazovski Marjan Lazovski (; 7 September 1962 – 19 December 2020) was a Macedonian professional basketball player and coach of KK Rabotnički, MZT Aerodrom, Vardar, and AMAK SP. Career Lazovski served as an assistant coach for the Macedonia national ba ...

* Dimitar Mirakovski * Goran Krstevski *

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References

External links

Official Website
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Team info at MKFEurobasket.com KK Rabotnicki PageSupporters Website
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