KK Vardar
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| Nickname | Red Black Army | ||
| Leagues | Macedonian First League | ||
| Founded | 1947 | ||
| History | Vardar (1947-2002) Vardar Imperijal (2002-2004) Vardar Osiguruvanje (2004-2008) Vardar 2000 (2008-2010) Vardar (2010-present) | ||
| Arena | SRC Kale | ||
| Capacity | 4,300 | ||
| Location | Skopje, North Macedonia | ||
| Team colors | Red and Black | ||
| President | Vlado Voinovski | ||
| Head coach | Darko Radulović | ||
| Championships | 1 Macedonian Cup | ||
| Website | kkvardar | ||
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KK Vardar (Macedonian: КК Вардар) is a North Macedonian basketball club based in Skopje. Established in 1947, the team has won the Macedonian championship seven times.
History
In 1945 first basketball team of Macedonia named KK Makedonija played its first game as official champions of Macedonia. Next year in 1946 they won the championship again for the second time. In the season 1947 the club transformed and joined the newly made Sports Association Vardar same as the Football team FK Makedonija. So the club KK Vardar was founded on 27 July 1947 and changed its name from Makedonija to Vardar. For many Years Vardar competed in the Macedonian league with success being in the top 5. In 1990 Vardar won his 7th title Champion of Macedonia [1]. The 2000 were come back on the big stage for Vardar. They were second 2 times and 3 times third. They won the Macedonian Cup in 2007 beating KK Strumica 73-66 in the final. [2]
Arenas
KK Vardar plays its home matches at Fortress Arena, a multi-functional indoor sports arena. Kale means Fortress Citadel, named after the Skopje's Fortress, located right next to the Arena. The capacity of the hall is 4,300 spectators built in 1970. The arena is also known as “Macedonian handball fortress”. The hall is mainly used for handball, although it is suitable for matches in others sports: boxing, wrestling, basketball, volleyball, and music concerts.
Honours
Domestic achievements
- Champion (7): 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1952–53, 1968–69, 1980–81, 1989–90
- Runner-up (2): 2004–05, 2005–06
- Third place (3): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07
- Winners(1): 2007
Players
Current roster
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
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| C | Sidiki Kone | |||
| PF | Dino Radoš | Micah Dunhour | Stefan Jovanovski | Pavel Atanasov |
| SF | Damjan Krstevski | Danail Ivanov | Husein Bajram | |
| SG | Igor Ivanović | Marin Petkov | ||
| PG | Junious Prowell | Mile Stanimirović | Viktor Tašovski |
Notable former players
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