KK TFT (), also known as TFT Skopje, is a basketball club based in

Skopje Skopje ( , ; ; , sq-definite, Shkupi) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It lies in the northern part of the country, in the Skopje Basin, Skopje Valley along the Vardar River, and is the political, economic, and cultura ...

North Macedonia North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...

. They play in the

Macedonian First League The Macedonian First Football League (), also called Macedonian First League, 1. MFL, and Prva Liga, is the highest professional football competition in Macedonia. It is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of t ...

from the season 2020–21.

History

KK TFT was founded in 2018 in Skopje by a group of enthusiasts from Taftalidže settlement of the Skopje's

Karpoš Municipality Karpoš Municipality () is one of the ten municipalities that make up the city of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of North Macedonia. Geography Karpoš borders: * Saraj Municipality and Ǵorče Petrov Municipality to the west, * Čučer-S ...

. In the first two seasons, the club took part in Macedonian Second League. In the season 2018–19, the team finished at fourth place in the regular season and were eliminated in the Round of 16. Next season, they were placed at first place when the season was suspended because of the

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and the Basketball Federation has decided to promote them to

. *From season 2020 the club entered Delasport BIBL League. In their first season they've finished sixth winning four games . In the season 2022 they've finished 8th winning 5 games. They got back in the Delasport BIBL league in the season 2024. In the 2021–22 season, TFT entered the qualifying rounds of the

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, marking the club's debut in Europe. :FIBA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE After the successful entering to the

previous season TFT Skopje was the organizer of the pool A qualifiers for the Champions League. The venue was Trajkovski Arena in Skopje . The Host TFT Skopje was playing against top European teams:

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and

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for the spot in the Champions league in the season 2022/23. :The Venue of the tournament The BTSC – TRAJKOVSKI ARENA,

Home Ground of TFT Skopje

TFT Basket plays matches at the

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 t ...

, a multi-functional indoor sports arena. Kale means Fortress Citadel, named after the Skopje's Fortress, located right next to the hall. The capacity of the hall is 4.000 spectators.

Honours

Macedonia Cup 20px :: 2022 Macedonian Second League (East) 20px : Gold medal with cup

: 2020 BIBL League Seasons Shield of the European Union

: 2021:(4-10)6th : 2022:(5-9) 8th : 2024:(-) withdraw

European competitions

Current roster

Depth chart

References

External links

Eurobasket.com KK TFT Page
Basketball teams in North Macedonia Basketball teams established in 2018 Sport in Skopje {{RMacedonia-sport-stub