KK Kumanovo

KK Kumanovo (Macedonian: КК Куманово) is a professional basketball club based in Kumanovo, North Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian First League. The club play their home matches at the Pero Nakov.

KUMANOVO

BASKET
LeaguesMacedonian League
BIBL
Founded1946
ArenaSports Hall Kumanovo
Capacity6500
LocationKumanovo, North Macedonia
Team colorsBlue and White
   
PresidentAleksandar Krstevski
Head coachVladimir Mirkovski

History

Founded: 1946 [1]Name: KK Kumanovo 2009 (09-). After the founding in 1946, the team was only able to achieve national successes in 1980. In the 90s Kumanovo team qualified for the Korac Cup 1998/99 , in which they lost a two-legged home game against KK Krka as well as two years later in the same competition against the BK Jambol. A season later, they also moved into the 2002 play-off final series for the Macedonian championship, in which they lost two to four wins against record champions and defending champion Feršped Rabotnički from the capital Skopje. Already in the following season the team could not keep up due to payment difficulties and occupied a relegation zone.

After the club Pop Sport VSA from Kumanovo had tried a season largely unsuccessfully in the top division, the team of the club returned as Kumanovo 2009 in the 2010/11 season to the Prva Liga Macedonia. After being re-established in the top division, the first successes were achieved when one reached the cup final in 2013, which was lost to defending champion and champion KK MZT Skopje, and on the other hand in the supranational Balkan League when it participated for the first time reached the Final Four tournament, in which they lost to the title holder Hapoel Gilboa Galil in the semi-finals. With the following participation, the team in the Balkan League 2014 in the quarter-finals against the later title winner Lewski Sofia and also achieved no chances of winning the title in national competitions. This was to change in the 2014/15 season, when the team beat record champion Rabotnički in the play-off semi-final of the championship after beating Rilski Sportist Samokov in the quarterfinals of the Balkan League. In the final series, however, they lost in three games against defending champion KK MZT Aerodrom. For the 2015/16 season, the team registered for the FIBA Europe Cup 2015/16 and refrained from further participation in the Balkan League. In the continental club competition, in six preliminary round matches, it was only enough for one home win against Kotkan TP-Basket. In the national championship play-offs, the third round of the semifinals was still played in five games and, in the final series, they were able to achieve at least one home win against series master MZT before losing another chance of winning the title in four games.

BIBL League Seasons

  • 2013: (9-11) 4th
  • 2014: (7-11) 5th
  • 2015: (10-6) 5th
  • 2017: (13-7) 2nd
  • 2018: (1-4 ) 8th
  • 2021: TBD

Honours
Winner : 1980
Runner-up: 2002, 2015, 2016[2]
  • Macedonian Basketball Cup
Runner-up: 2013
Runner-up: 2017

Home ground

Kumanovo Arena is a home ground indoor sport venue for BC Kumanovo located located in Kumanovo, Macedonia. The hall has capacity of 6,500 seats and was built in 1980.

It is the biggest indoor sport hall in Kumanovo, where competitions of basketball, futsal, handball, volleyball and boxing matches

Current roster
KK Kumanovo roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 4 Dimitrievski, Luka 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 16 – (2004-06-29)29 June 2004
PG 5 Gjorgjevski, Martin 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 21 – (1999-02-24)24 February 1999
SF 8 Robev, Damjan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (1997-04-10)10 April 1997
SG 10 Markovski, Gorjan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 28 – (1992-06-19)19 June 1992
SF 11 Antevski, Matej 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 18 – (2002-02-07)7 February 2002
C 12 Andrejević, Aleksandar 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 125 kg (276 lb) 29 – (1991-02-13)13 February 1991
SG 13 Crnić, Jovan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 26 – (1994-11-29)29 November 1994
SG 14 Jovanovikj, Milosh 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 17 – (2003-06-01)1 June 2003
G 17 Raley-Ross, Corey 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 29 – (1991-10-08)8 October 1991
C 18 Volkanovski, Ivan 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 21 – (1999-07-07)7 July 1999
SG 23 Georgievski, Gjorgji 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 22 – (1998-08-12)12 August 1998
PF 28 Gligorijević, Stevan 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 22 – (1998-07-10)10 July 1998
PG 66 Cvetkovski, Andrej 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (1996-09-20)20 September 1996
PF 88 Zivčević, Nenad 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 34 – (1986-02-28)28 February 1986
PF Đekić, Branislav 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 29 – (1991-08-12)12 August 1991
PG Livingston II, Otis 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 24 – (1996-10-12)12 October 1996
SG Dimitrievski, Robert 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 29 – (1991-10-17)17 October 1991
SF Naskovski, Leonid 19 – (2001-10-02)2 October 2001
Head coach
  • Vladimir Mirkovski
Assistant coach(es)
  • Igor Gjeorgjievski
  • Darko Smiljkovic
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 2020-11-26

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Aleksandar Andrejević Branislav Đekić Ivan Volkanovski
PF Stevan Gligorijević Nenad Zivčević
SF Gorjan Markovski Damjan Robev Milos Jovanovic
SG Jovan Crnić Andrej Cvetkovski Gjorgji Georgievski
PG Corey Raley-Ross Otis Livingston II Martin Gjorgjevski

Technical staff

[3]

Position Name
Head Coach Vladimir Mirkovski
Assistant Coach Igor Gjeorgievski
Sports Director Darko Spejko
Club Doctor Dragan Karagjinski
Physiotherapist Voja Angelovski

Management

[4]

Position Name
Club Owner Kumanovo Municipality
Board President Aleksandar Krstevski
Team Manager Darko Petkovski Speyko
Club Manager Darko Petkovski
Technical assistant Cvetkovski Milos

Former players

Head coaches

References
  1. "KK KUMANOVO basketball team History". eurobasket.com.
  2. "Македонска Прва Лига Листа на финални натпревари и шампиони". basketball.org.mk.
  3. http://www.balkanleague.net/en/team.php?id=40
  4. http://www.balkanleague.net/en/team.php?id=40
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