KK Gostivar

KK GOSTIVAR
KK GOSTIVAR
Leagues	Macedonian First League
Founded	1954; 70 years ago
History	List 1996–2004 ; Nikol Fert ; 2004–2008 ; Mavrovo ; 2009–2011 ; Gostivar 2009 ; 2015–present ; Gostivar 2015;
Arena	``Mladost``Gostivar
Location	Gostivar, North Macedonia
Team colors	White and blue;
President	Stojmir Dejanoski
Head coach	Ljupco Malinkov
Championships	1 Championships of Macedonia ; 2 Macedonian Cup ; 2 Macedonian Super Cup
Home	Away

BC Gostivar (Macedonian: КК Гостивар) is a basketball club based in Gostivar, North Macedonia. In the past it was known as Nikol Fert for sponsorship reasons.

History

The team was established in 1954 under name KK Mavrovo. It changed its name numerous times over the year. KK Goteks, KK Vardar-Komerc, KK Gostivar and KK Nikol-Fert Gostivar. KK Gostivar ^[1] is three times republic league champion of Macedonia. In the golden age of its existence it won three title in: 1965, 1967 and 1968. They waited for a long time for their fourth title but after 32 years they won their 4th title in 2000. Next year in the season 2000-01 they won their first Macedonian Basketball Cup by beating KK Rabotnički in the final 72–65. Next season they once again defeated Rabotnički 88–82 to claim back to back Cup titles.

Honours

Macedonian First League

Winner (4): 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1999–2000

Macedonian Cup

Winner (2): 2001, 2002

Macedonian Super Cup

Winner (2): 2000, 2002

Players

Current roster

KK Gostivar roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.		Age
PG	3	Rhodes, Xavier	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)		24 – (2000-01-26)26 January 2000
G	6	Sokolov, Darko	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	38 – (1986-05-08)8 May 1986
G	7	Serafimoski, Luka	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)		19 – (2005-04-18)18 April 2005
F	9	Grušanović, Mladen	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)		27 – (1997-03-03)3 March 1997
F	14	Dimovski, Lazar	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)		23 – (2001-11-14)14 November 2001
PG	21	Pecanoski, Marko	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)		21 – (2003-04-16)16 April 2003
SG	24	Mitevski, Maksim	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)		24 – (2000-02-18)18 February 2000
C	35	Komagum, Jonathan	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)		26 – (1998-09-15)15 September 1998
SF	38	Zivčević, Nenad	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)		38 – (1986-02-28)28 February 1986

Head coach

Ljupčo Malinkov

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 2024-09-01

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Jonathan Komagum
PF	Nenad Zivčević
SF	Mladen Grušanović	Lazar Dimovski
SG	Darko Sokolov	Maksim Mitevski
PG	Xavier Rhodes	Luka Serafimoski	Marko Pecanoski

Former players

European competitions

They played 4 times in European competition. In the season 1996/97, 1999/00 and 2000/01 they played in FKC/FIBA Korac Cup. In the 2002/03 season they played in FRC/FIBA-Europe Regional Challenge.

Scores of KK Nikolfert Gostivar in Europe:

1996 Radivoj Korać Cup