KK Strumica

KK Strumica is a basketball club based in Strumica, North Macedonia. They currently compete in the Macedonian First League.

KK Strumica
Leagues	Macedonian League
Founded	1949; 75 years ago (1949)
History	ABA Strumica 2005–2014 KK Strumica 2014–present
Arena	Arena Park
Capacity	5,000
Location	Strumica, North Macedonia
President	Dragan Popovski
Head coach	Vlasis Vlaikidis
Home Away

History

KK Strumica was founded in 1949.It played many seasons in Macedonian Basketball League.In year 1982 KK Strumica finally won the championship. They had many good seasons all the way till 1991.

• Team Makedonija '91 Strumica was founded in 1991 adding the name Makedonija, and was later also known as Polo Trejd Strumica. The club changed its name to ABA Strumica from 2005 to 2012.ABA Strumica merged with KK Millenium Strumica in season 2011-2012. After a change in leadership in 2005, a new president, Pajanotis Karapiperis, formed a strong culture by bringing in significant players to the team.
• Champions They become champions of the Macedonian First League in the 2006–07 season.They were Macedonian Cup finalists in 2007 and 2008. However, following the 2007–08 season, the club canceled its participation in the First League and the newly formed Balkan League due to financial concerns.^[1] They continued to play in the Second League until 2012, where after winning the 2011–12 championship, they folded completely^[2] and merged with ABA Strumica.^[3][4][5]
• KK Strumica is back .From year 2014 financial problems were fixed and behind. The city of Strumica became owner and main sponsor of the team. The team is back in the top flight Macedonian Basketball Championship .

Home Ground

KK Strumica plays their basketball matches at Arena Park .Sports Hall with capacity of 5000.

Champions

• (2) : 1982, 2007

Macedonian Basketball Super Cup

• :2007

Current roster 2017/18

KK Strumica roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 2 Diehl, Tyler 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 32 – (1991-11-03)3 November 1991 PG 5 Cvetkov, Petre (C) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 39 – (1984-12-13)13 December 1984 8 Abrašev, Dragan 24 – (2000-05-16)16 May 2000 11 Šajkarov, Aleksandar 30 – (1994-10-19)19 October 1994 G 13 Stojmenov, Damjan 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 27 – (1997-04-09)9 April 1997 15 Abazović, Milan 27 – (1997-09-28)28 September 1997 SG 23 Tyus, Keevin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 31 – (1992-11-25)25 November 1992 F 45 Gilbert, Rantavious 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 31 – (1993-09-19)19 September 1993	Head coach Vlasis Vlaikidis Assistant coach(es) Vasko Atanasov Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C
PF	Rantavious Gilbert	Mihajlo Arsoski	Dimitar Delipetrov
SF	Aleksandar Šajkarov
SG	Keevin Tyus	Mihajlo Mitev
PG	Tyler Diehl	Petre Cvetkov	Dušan Mekendziev

Strumica in FIBA competitions

1993 Radivoj Korać Cup Round Team Home   Away   1.Round TIIT Kharkov 97–75 103–68

1997 Eurocup Round Team Home   Away   Group stage CS Dinamo București 105–97 88–72 Darüşşafaka S.K. 70–87 92–61 Budućnost Podgorica 71–90 97–70 Pallacanestro Trieste 98–82 107–76

2007 Eurocup Round Team Home   Away   Qualifying round Cedevita 75–69 76–72 PBC Lokomotiv Rostov 57–67 87–69

Notable past players

• Zlatko Gocevski
• Dime Tasovski
• Darko Sokolov
• Eftim Bogoev
• Viktor Krstevski
• Toni Grnčarov
• Tomčo Sokolov
• Dimče Gaštarski
• Slobodančo Hadživasilev
• Vassilis Kitsoulis
• Vasslis Tsimpliaridis
• Savvas Manousos
• Miljan Pupović
• Damir Latović
• Ivan Bošnjak
• Njegoš Abazović
• Nenad Delić
• Wesley Fluellen

References

1. "KK STRUMICA basketball team – History". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
2. "KK MILLENIUM STRUMICA basketball team – History". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
3. Струмичките кошаркари се обединија во КК "Струмица"! (in Macedonian)
4. "KK STRUMICA TABAC | Korac Cup (1998) | FIBA Europe".
5. "BC STRUMICA 2005 | EuroCup (2008) | FIBA Europe".

External links

• Eurobasket.com KK Sturmica Page