KK Rabotnički

KK Rabotnički (Macedonian: КК Работнички) is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian First League and ABA League Second Division. The club has won the Macedonian championship 15 times and the Macedonian Cup 10 times.

Rabotnički
Rabotnički logo
NicknameШпедитери (Forwarders)
LeaguesMacedonian League
Founded1946
ArenaGradski Park SRC Kale
Capacity1 400 / 2 250
LocationSkopje, North Macedonia
Team colorsRed and White
   
PresidentGoran Veselinovski
Team managerTodor Gečevski
Head coachDimitar Mirakovski
Championships15 Championships of Macedonia
10 Macedonian Cups
2 Macedonian Super Cups
Active departments of Sports Club Rabotnichki
Football Basketball Handball

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History

The club was founded in 1946 in Skopje. In 1964, KK Rabotnički became a member of the first federal "A" league in the former Federation of six republics Yugoslavia and competed there on a regular basis until 1990. In the 1991–92 season, the team played in the Federal YUBA Liga. They have never won a Federal championship but they were finalists in the Federal Yugoslav Cup on two occasions in 1976 and 1983. Since the Macedonian Republic League became the new Macedonian First League, Rabotnički have been the most successful Macedonian basketball team of all time, winning a record 15 league titles and 9 national cups.[1]

Honours

Domestic competitions

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

Macedonian Cup

  • 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

FIBA Europe Conference South

Balkan International Basketball League

Players

Roster 2023-2024

Rabotnički roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 0 United States Trice, D'Mitrik 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 27 – (1996-05-02)2 May 1996
F 1 North Macedonia Gjuroski, Stojan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1991-11-06)6 November 1991
PG 4 North Macedonia Stajić, Boban 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 30 – (1993-10-06)6 October 1993
SG 8 North Macedonia Bošaleski, Petar 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2004-07-08)8 July 2004
PG 10 North Macedonia Nikolov, Kristijan 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 27 – (1996-10-05)5 October 1996
F 11 North Macedonia Bakoč, Filip 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1996-05-02)2 May 1996
C 14 Serbia Đeletović, Đordje 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1993-10-09)9 October 1993
F 23 North Macedonia Saiti, Metin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 19 – (2004-01-11)11 January 2004
SG 25 United States DeCosey, Quenton 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 30 – (1993-08-08)8 August 1993
C 33 Croatia Rikić, Robert 2.19 m (7 ft 2 in) 33 – (1990-04-29)29 April 1990
PG 35 North Macedonia Šoškić, Andrej 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 18 – (2005-04-27)27 April 2005
C 41 North Macedonia Todorovski, Leonid 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (1998-11-05)5 November 1998
SF 97 North Macedonia Efremovski, Viktor (C) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1998-10-21)21 October 1998
Head coach

North Macedonia Dimitar Mirakovski

Assistant coach(es)
  • North Macedonia Duško Jovčevski
  • North Macedonia Andrej Apostolski Lečić
Physiotherapist(s)
  • North Macedonia Andrej Jovanovski
Team manager

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: 26 September 2023

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Robert Rikić Đordje Đeletović Leonid Todorovski
PF Stojan Gjuroski Filip Bakoč Filip Čolakovski
SF Quenton DeCosey Viktor Efremovski Metin Saiti
SG Boban Stajić Andrej Šoškić Petar Bošaleski
PG D'Mitrik Trice Kristijan Nikolov

Retired numbers

KK Rabotnički retired numbers
No. Player Position Tenure
13Blagoja GeorgievskiPG1968–1984

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

  • 2009: (7-5) 2nd
  • 2010: (3-7) 9th

Seasons and results of Rabotnicki in Europe:

Rivalries

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

Team Mutual score
  Rabotnički 91
  MZT Skopje Aerodrom 74

Notable players

Head coaches

References

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