KK AV Ohrid ( mk, КК АВ Охрид) was 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

Ohrid Ohrid ( mk, Охрид ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording a population of over 42,000 inh ...

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 ...

. They played 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 ...

from 2014 until 2019.

History

Beginnings

AV Ohrid is a rather new club on the basketball map of the region, as well as Macedonia, as it has been founded only in 2015 by Milčo Doneski. With steady organization and high ambitions, the club has qualified for the top-tier Macedonian domestic club league in their first season.

Glory Days

The club took one of the spots in the 2nd division of the ABA League in the 2017/18 season, its first international appearance.

Honours

League Achievements

* Macedonian Second League champion - 2015–16

Notable players

Slobodan Mihajlovski Slobodan Mihajlovski (born February 23, 1982) is a Macedonian professional basketball Power forward The power forward (PF), also known as the four, is one of the five traditional Basketball positions, positions in a regulation basketball gam ...

* Branko Janeski *

Marjan Mladenović Marjan Mladenovic (born August 27, 1987) is a Macedonian professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete wit ...

* Stevan Gligorijević * Filip Bakoč * Stefan Mladenović * Milojko Vasilić *

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* Luka Milojević * Emir Zimić * Stanislav Tsonkov * Devin Brooks * Kaylen Shane * Phil Henry *

KC Ross-Miller KC Ross-Miller is an American professional basketball player who plays for CSM Târgu Mureș in Liga 1. Previously, he has played for Surrey Scorchers, KK AV Ohrid, MBK Baník Handlová, PS Karlsruhe, and MBK Rieker Komarno. Early life KC Ro ...

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Martin Junaković Martin Junaković (born 16 February 1994) is a Croatian professional basketball player currently playing for Široki in the Bosnian League and ABA League Second Division. He won the ABA League championship in 2014, as a member of Cibona. Club ...

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Notable coaches

Petar Čočoroski Petar Čočoroski ( Anglicized: Petar Chochoroski; mk, Петар Чочороски; born March 18, 1983), is a Macedonian basketball coach. He serves as a head coach for the Crn Drim of the Macedonian First League. Coaching career Čočoros ...

References

External links

Official Website

Web & Live Video for Season 2015/2016

Eurobasket.com KK AV Ohrid Page

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