KK Vardar ( mk, КК Вардар) is a

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

club based in

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and List of cities in North Macedonia by population, largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Sk ...

, North Macedonia. Established in 1947, the team has won the Macedonian National League five times and the

Macedonian Cup The Cup of Macedonia ( mk, Куп на Македонија, ''Kup na Makedonija'') is the top knockout tournament and the second most important football competition in Macedonia after the Macedonian First League championship. The cup was estab ...

once.

History

On 20 July 1947, MSD Makedonija and ŽSD Pobeda merged into the newly-established Vardar Sports Association, forming a new club named KK Vardar. In the Yugoslav period between 1947 and 1991, Vardar won five Macedonian National League titles (1947, 1953, 1969, 1981, and 1990). During the 2000s, they were runners-up of 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 competiti ...

twice, and also lost in the semifinals on three occasions. They won their first

in 2007, beating KK Strumica 73–66 in the final.

Honours

*Macedonian National League ''(until 1991)'' :: Winners: 1947, 1953, 1969, 1980–81, 1989–90 *

''(since 1992)'' :: Runners-up: 2004–05, 2005–06 :: Semifinals: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07 *Macedonian Second League :: Winners: 2010–11, 2017–18 :: Runners-up: 1999–2000, 2015–16 *

:: Winners: 2007 :: Runners-up: 2005, 2006

Arena

KK Vardar plays its home matches at

SRC Kale SRC Kale (Macedonian "Спортско рекреативен центар Кале"-Sports and Recreation Center) is a multi-functional indoor sports arena. Kale means Fortress Citadel, named after the Skopje's Fortress, located right next to the h ...

, a multi-purpose indoor sports arena in

. ''Kale'' means "Fortress Citadel", named after the Skopje Fortress, located right next to the arena. The hall was built in 1970 and its total seating capacity is 2,500. The hall is mainly used for handball, although it is suitable for events in others sports and music concerts.

Players

Notable former players

Goran Samardziev Goran Samardziev (born May 24, 1981) is a Macedonian former professional basketball player who is currently coach of Rabotnički. He used to play for Feni Industri, Rabotnički, Vardar The Vardar (; mk, , , ) or Axios () is the longest ri ...

* Goran Dimitrijević * Ivica Dimčevski *

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Zlatko Gocevski Zlatko Gocevski (born April 9, 1982) is a Macedonian professional basketball power forward The power forward (PF), also known as the four, is one of the five traditional positions in a regulation basketball game. Traditionally, power forwar ...

* Darko Radulović *

Marjan Gjurov Marjan Gjurov (born May 4, 1980) is a Macedonian professional basketball small forward The small forward (SF), also known as the three or swingman, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically shor ...

* Darko Zdravkovski * Kiril Pavlovski * Filip Kralevski * Bojan Krstevski * Gjorgji Kočov *

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* Enes Hadžibulić * Aleksandar Sovkovski * Miroslav Despotović

References

External links

Official websiteTeam info at EuroBasket
{{Skopje Basketball teams in North Macedonia Sport in Skopje Basketball teams in Yugoslavia Basketball teams established in 1947 1947 establishments in Yugoslavia