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KK Rabotnički

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

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.

History

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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

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Domestic competitions

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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

Macedonian Cup

  • Winners (10): 1993, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2019

Macedonian Super Cup Winner

  • Winners (2): 2001, 2011

European achievements

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FIBA Saporta Cup

FIBA Europe Conference South

Balkan International Basketball League

Players

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Roster 2024-2025

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Rabotnički roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
F/C 1 North Macedonia Hot, Amar 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 21 – (2003-08-17)17 August 2003
G 3 United States Dubinski, Jackson 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 28 – (1996-03-17)17 March 1996
PG 6 North Macedonia Stojanovski, Bojan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 20 – (2004-10-13)13 October 2004
F 7 North Macedonia Dvojakovski, Oliver 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1997-01-26)26 January 1997
SG 8 North Macedonia Robev, Damjan 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 27 – (1997-04-10)10 April 1997
F 11 North Macedonia Gjuroski, Stojan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 33 – (1991-11-06)6 November 1991
SF 13 North Macedonia Spasovski, Marko 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (2003-08-01)1 August 2003
C 28 Bosnia and Herzegovina Polutak, Imran 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 28 – (1996-07-09)9 July 1996
PG 35 North Macedonia Šoškić, Andrej 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 19 – (2005-04-27)27 April 2005
SF 97 North Macedonia Efremovski, Viktor (C) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1998-10-21)21 October 1998
SG United States Bernard, Malcolm 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 30 – (1994-01-31)31 January 1994
Head coach

North Macedonia Goran Samardziev

Assistant coach(es)
Physiotherapist(s)
Team manager

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: 3 August 2024

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Imran Polutak Amar Hot
PF Stojan Gjuroski Oliver Dvojakovski
SF Damjan Robev Marko Spasovski
SG Malcolm Bernard Viktor Efremovski
PG Jackson Dubinski Andrej Šoškić Bojan Stojanovski

Retired numbers

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KK Rabotnički retired numbers
No. Player Position Tenure
13 Blagoja Georgievski PG 1968–1984

KK Rabotnicki in European competitions

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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

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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 92
  MZT Skopje Aerodrom 77

Notable players

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Head coaches

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References

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  1. ^ "KK FERSPED-RABOTNICKI SKOPJE basketball team History".
  2. ^ "За клубот накратко". Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
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