KK TFT

KK TFT
Leagues	Macedonian League
Founded	2018 (2018)
Arena	Forza Sport Center SRC Kale
Location	Skopje, North Macedonia
Team colors	Black and White
President	Boro Smilkovski
Head coach	Boro Smilkovski
Championships	1 Macedonian Cup
Home Away

KK TFT (Macedonian: КК ТФТ), also known as TFT Skopje, is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. They play in the Macedonian First League from the season 2020–21.

History

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KK TFT was founded in 2018 in Skopje by a group of enthusiasts from Taftalidže settlement of the Skopje's Karpoš Municipality. In the first two seasons, the club took part in Macedonian Second League. In the season 2018–19, the team finished at fourth place in the regular season and were eliminated in the Round of 16. Next season, they were placed at first place when the season was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Basketball Federation has decided to promote them to Macedonian First League.

• From season 2020 the club entered Delasport BIBL League.

In their first season they've finished sixth winning four games . In the season 2022 they've finished 8th winning 5 games. They got back in the Delasport BIBL league in the season 2024. In the 2021–22 season, TFT entered the qualifying rounds of the FIBA Europe Cup, marking the club's debut in Europe.

FIBA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

After the successful entering to the FIBA Europe Cup previous season TFT Skopje was the organizer of the pool A qualifiers for the Champions League. The venue was Trajkovski Arena in Skopje . The Host TFT Skopje was playing against top European teams: Leicester Riders, Voluntari, Niners Chemnitz, Tofaş and Fribourg Olympic for the spot in the Champions league in the season 2022/23.

The Venue of the tournament

The BTSC – TRAJKOVSKI ARENA, Skopje.

Home Ground of TFT Skopje

TFT Basket plays matches at the SRC Kale, a multi-functional indoor sports arena. Kale means Fortress Citadel, named after the Skopje's Fortress, located right next to the hall. The capacity of the hall is 4.000 spectators.

Honours

Macedonia Cup

: 2022

Macedonian Second League (East)

 : 2020

BIBL League Seasons

2021:(4-10)6th

2022:(5-9) 8th

2024:(-) withdraw

European competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregrate
2021–22	FIBA Europe Cup	First qualifying round	Szedeák	76–92 (in Krasnoyarsk)

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregrate
2022–23	Basketball Champions League	First qualifying round	Niners Chemnitz	77–96 (in Skopje)

Current roster

Current roster

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KK TFT roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 2 Nikolovski, Marko 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 21 – (2003-06-29)29 June 2003 PG 4 Greenlee, BJ 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 24 – (2000-06-07)7 June 2000 SF 6 Stojanoski, Toma 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 20 – (2004-06-14)14 June 2004 PF 9 Nikolov, Strahil 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – (2000-07-17)17 July 2000 SG 12 Gaffney, Jalen 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 24 – (2000-04-30)30 April 2000 PF 13 Nuri, Edis 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 42 – (1982-08-13)13 August 1982 SG 17 Sapundjiev, Ivan 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 30 – (1994-05-13)13 May 1994 SG 22 Mekić, Adem 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1995-12-28)28 December 1995 PG 30 Stojanov, Mihail 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 20 – (2004-11-19)19 November 2004 PG 40 Govens, Darrin 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 36 – (1988-01-05)5 January 1988 PF 41 Haugton, David 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 33 – (1991-08-01)1 August 1991 SF 77 Zafirov, Georgi 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1997-05-07)7 May 1997 C Simić, Teodor 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 20 – (2004-02-04)4 February 2004	Head coach Boro Smilkovski Assistant coach(es) Marjan Ugrinovski Physiotherapist(s) Dimitar Shavkulovski Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 12 October 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	David Haugton	Teodor Simić
PF	Strahil Nikolov	Toma Stojanoski	Edis Nuri
SF	Georgi Zafirov	Ivan Sapundjiev
SG	Darrin Govens	Jalen Gaffney
PG	BJ Greenlee	Mihail Stojanov	Marko Nikolovski

External links

• Eurobasket.com KK TFT Page