KK EuroNickel 2005 ( mk, КК ЕуроНикел 2005) is a professional

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club based in

Kavadarci Kavadarci ( mk, Кавадарци ) is a town in the Tikveš region of North Macedonia. In the heart of North Macedonia's wine country, it is home to the largest winery in Southeast Europe, named after the Tikveš plain. The town of Kavadarci is ...

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

named for the local

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smelter operator EuroNickel. They currently play in the

Macedonian First League The Macedonian First Football League ( mk, Прва македонска фудбалска лига, ''Prva Мakedonska Fudbalska Liga''), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competitio ...

. KK EuroNickel 2005 is the first ever Macedonian club to win an international trophy in basketball, they won the 2010-11 EUROHOLD

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History

The club was founded on 11 January 1970. Name: Tikveš (until 1995), Alumni Dekom Tikveš (1995-1997), Orka Sport (1997-1999), Tikveš (1999-2002), Feni Industries (2005-2019), EuroNickel 2005 (2019–present). The team was taken under the leadership of the local FErro-NIckel mining company "Feni Industries AD" in 2005, while the smelter was under the control of

Beny Steinmetz Beny Steinmetz ( he, בני שטיינמץ; born 2 April 1956) is an Israeli businessman and entrepreneur, with a focus in the mining and energy sectors, while being also active in the real estate and diamond-mining industries. Beny Steinmetz is ...

. Since 2008, KK Feni has organized the international basketball tournament “Dimitar Gjorgjiev", in Kavadarci. In 2019, due to the difficulties of Steinmetz and because of the uncertain economic climate for the smelter's output, the company faced court-ordered administration. The result of this process was the sale of the smelter to an organization called Euronickel, who also took on the sponsorship of the basketball team.

BIBL League Seasons

* 2009: (5-7) 4th * 2010: (10-3) 3rd Bronze medal with cup

* 2011: (8-2) 1st gold medal with cup

* 2012: (7-6) 3rd Bronze medal with cup

* 2017: (9-9) 6th

Home arena

Jasmin Arena (Macedonian: " Јасмин") is a multi-purpose indoor sports arena located in Kavadarci, North Macedonia and seats 2,500 spectators. The arena is used for basketball by KK Feni Industries. In May 2011, it hosted the Final Four of the Balkan International Basketball League. SportsHallJasmin

Honours

Domestic Achievements

* Macedonian Republic League Champion - 1985 * Macedonian League Champion - 2008, 2010, 2011 * Macedonian League Finalist - 2009, 2012 * Macedonian Cup Winner - 2008, 2010 * Macedonian Cup Finalist - 1997 (Tikveš), 1998 (Orka Sport), 2012, 2017

European Achievements

* EUROHOLD Balkan League Champion - 2011KK Feni Industries
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Current squad

Depth chart

Notable players

* Goran Samardziev *

Vojdan Stojanovski Vojdan Stojanovski ( mk, Војдан Стојановски; born December 9, 1987) is a Macedonian professional basketball player who currently plays for MZT Skopje of the Macedonian League. He is (1.95 m) in height and plays at the shooting gu ...

Ognen Stojanovski Ognen Stojanovski ( mk, Огнен Стојановски; born January 25, 1984) is a Macedonian professional basketball player. He was under contract with MZT Skopje until 2014. He is 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) in height and plays at the point gu ...

* Darko Sokolov *

Todor Gečevski Todor Gečevski ( mk, Тодор Гечевски; born 28 August 1977) is a Macedonian former professional basketball player. Standing at a height of , he played at the center and power forward positions. Professional career While playing with ...

* Dušan Bocevski *

Marko Simonovski Marko Simonovski ( mk, Марко Симоновски; born 2 January 1992) is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a forward for Uzbekistan Super League club Qizilqum Zarafshon. Club career On 23 February 2016, Simonovski signed for Kazakhsta ...

* Vladimir Brčkov *

Kiril Nikolovski Kiril Nikolovski ( mk, Кирил Николовски; born 9 June 1988) is a Macedonian professional basketball player born in Skopje. He is a former member of the Macedonian national basketball team. Pro career Nikolovski started his pro ...

Bojan Trajkovski Bojan Trajkovski ( mk, Бојан Трајковски; born 11 September 1986) is a Macedonian professional basketball player who plays for Feniks 2010 of the Macedonian First League. He is a member of the Macedonian national basketball team. ...

Dime Tasovski Dime Tasovski (born November 2, 1980) is a Macedonian professional basketball small forward who is currently assistant coach at Rabotnički. External links References 1980 births Living people BC Politekhnika-Halychyna players KK Rab ...

* Slobodan Mihajlovski * Goce Andrevski * Zlatko Gocevski *

Toni Simić Toni Simić (born June 8, 1976) is a Macedonian former professional basketball player who last played for Gostivar. He was also member of Macedonian national basketball team. His son Teodor Simić is also a basketball player. He is a member of ...

* Aleksandar Dimitrovski * Marjan Gjurov * Andrej Magdevski *

Predrag Pajić Predrag Pajić (born January 20, 1993) is a Macedonian professional basketball Shooting guard who currently plays for Akademija FMP in the Macedonian First League The Macedonian First Football League ( mk, Прва македонска фудб ...

* Dušan Knežević * Vladimir Popović * Milan Preković * Boško Jovović *

James Life James Jimmy Life (born October 19, 1983 in Fort Myers, Florida) is an American professional basketball player, currently starring in the British Basketball League for the Worcester Wolves. The 6'4" Shooting guard signed for Worcester in 2007, ...

* Ivan Lilov *

Randy Duck Randy Duck (born November 2, 1975) is a former American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for California Golden Bears The California Golden Bears are the athletic teams that represent the University of California ...

* Tim Burroughs * Donald Cole *

Taliek Brown Taliek Brown (born June 23, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. High school career Brown played high school basketball at St. John's Preparatory School in Astoria, Queens, New York. He averaged 22.5 points and 6.6 assi ...

* Jarrid Frye * Mychal Ammons * Matija Češković * Karlo Vragović * Giorgi Sharabidze * Carlos Morban

Head coaches

Emil Rajković Emil Rajković ( mk, Емил Рајковиќ; born September 11, 1978 in Skopje) is a Macedonian former professional basketball player and current basketball coach, who currently serves as the head coach for CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League. ...

* Zare Markovski * Ljupčo Malinkov * Miodrag Kadija * Goran Samardziev

References

External links

Official Website

Team info at MKF

Eurobasket.com KK Feni Industries Page
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