KK Rabotnički

Rabotnički
Rabotnički
Nickname	Шпедитери (Forwarders)
Leagues	Macedonian League; Second ABA League
Founded	1946
Arena	Gradski Park / SRC Kale
Capacity	1 400 / 2 250
Location	Skopje, North Macedonia
Team colors	Red and White ;
President	Goran Veselinovski
Head coach	Nermin Pepić
Championships	15 Championships of Macedonia ; 10 Macedonian Cups ; 2 Macedonian Super Cups
Home	Away

KK Rabotnički (Macedonian: КК Работнички) is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian First League and ABA League Second Division. The club has won the Macedonian championship 15 times and the Macedonian Cup 10 times.

History

The club was founded in 1946 in Skopje. In 1964 under the leadership of Lazar Lečić, KK Rabotnički became a member of the First Federal Basketball League of the former SFR Yugoslavia and competed there on a regular basis until 1992. They have never won a Federal championship but they were finalists in the Federal Yugoslav Cup on two occasions in 1976 and 1983. Since the Macedonian Republic League became the new Macedonian First League, Rabotnički have been the most successful Macedonian basketball team of all time, winning a record 15 league titles and 9 national cups.^[1]

In the season 2023/24 Rabotichki was the host of the Qualifying tournament Group A of 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup.Playing against Donar (basketball club) ,CS Rapid București (men's basketball) and Sabah BC .

Home Ground

Rabotnichki currently play as a host at SRC Kale hall. Before they used to play in their own City Park Basketball hall.The City Park hall is under reconstruction.

SRC Kale hall

Honours

Domestic competitions

Macedonian Republic League

Winners (9): 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964

Macedonian Republic Cup

Winners (4): 1976, 1983, 1985, 1988

Macedonian League

Winners (15): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2018

Macedonian Cup

Winners (10): 1993, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2019

Macedonian Super Cup Winner

Winners (2): 2001, 2011

European achievements

FIBA Saporta Cup

Semi-finalist (1): 1975–76^[2]

FIBA Europe Conference South

Runners-up (1): 2003–04

Balkan International Basketball League

Runners-up (1): 2008–09

Players

Roster 2024-2025

Rabotnički roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
F	1	Hot, Amar	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	21 – (2003-08-17)17 August 2003
PG	3	Dubinski, Jackson	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	29 – (1996-03-17)17 March 1996
G	6	Stojanovski, Bojan	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	20 – (2004-10-13)13 October 2004
PF	7	Manigault, Corey	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	26 – (1998-10-28)28 October 1998
SG	8	Robev, Damjan	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	28 – (1997-04-10)10 April 1997
PG	10	Ilijev, Stefan	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	16 – (2009-01-01)1 January 2009
F	11	Gjuroski, Stojan	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	33 – (1991-11-06)6 November 1991
SG	13	Kapetanović, Nemanja	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	28 – (1997-02-03)3 February 1997
PG	29	Šoškić, Andrej	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	20 – (2005-04-27)27 April 2005
C	35	Roche, Julian	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	27 – (1997-12-15)15 December 1997
PF	92	Marković, Miljan	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	32 – (1992-11-10)10 November 1992
SG	97	Efremovski, Viktor (C)	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	26 – (1998-10-21)21 October 1998

Head coach

Nermin Pepić

Assistant coach(es)

Physiotherapist(s)

Andrej Jovanovski

Team manager

Goran Veselinovski

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 3 August 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Julian Roche	Corey Manigault
PF	Stojan Gjuroski	Miljan Markovic
SF	Damjan Robev	Amar Hot
SG	Viktor Efremovski	Nemanja Kapetanović	Bojan Stojanovski
PG	Jackson Dubinski	Andrej Šoškić	Stefan Ilijev

Retired numbers

KK Rabotnički retired numbers
No.	Player	Position	Tenure
13	Blagoja Georgievski	PG	1968–1984

KK Rabotnicki in European competitions

In their rich European history KK Rabotnicki competed in many European competitions. Their most successful period was in the 1990s. They competed for eleven seasons in four different cups.

BIBL League Seasons

2009: (7-5) 2nd
2010: (3-7) 9th

Seasons and results of Rabotnicki in Europe:

1975 FIBA European Cup

Round	Team	Home	Away
Group stage	Olympiacos	90–79	91–71
	CSKA Sofia	117–88	90–84
	Tours Basket	107–90	99–83
Semi-final	Olimpia Milano	104–89	90–67

1993 Saporta Cup

Round	Team	Home	Away
Round 1	BV Den Helder	85–62	92–76
Group stage	Saski Baskonia	102–97	113–90
	Tofaş	109–107	92–87
	Olimpija Ljubljana	66–88	89–77
	Bellinzona	92–94	87–70
	Split	85–91	82–74

1995 FIBA European League

Round	Team	Home	Away
Round 1	Budivelnyk	65–64	83–69

1995 Europe Champions Cup

Round	Team	Home	Away
Qualif.Round	HKK Brotnjo	78–64	76–59

1996 FIBA Saporta Cup

Round	Team	Home	Away
Group stage	Rīgas ASK	84–97	99–80
	Włocławek	86–88	82–76
	Scavolini Pesaro	78–71	95–77
	Hopsi Polzela	89–91	74–66
	Fenerbahçe	78–84	90–61

1997 FIBA Saporta Cup

Round	Team	Home	Away
Group stage	ToPo Helsinki	80–81	85–55
	Joventut Badalona	55–70	105–72
	BIPA-Moda	57–77	78–63
	Tofaş	76–77	73–47
	Žemaitijos Lokiai	78–88	86–70

1999 FIBA Saporta Cup

Round	Team	Home	Away
Group stage	Bosna	51–82	59–52
	TAU Cerámica	57–73	70–49
	PSG Racing	57–70	83–43
	Illiabum Clube	68–76	67–68
	Znicz Pruszków	64–65	84–41

2000 Radivoj Korać Cup

Round	Team	Home	Away
Qualif.Round	Igokea	63–71	70–70

2002 FIBA Euro Challenge

Round	Team	Home	Away
Group stage	Peristeri	59–72	85–72
	NIS Vojvodina	81–83	102–77
	Pinar Karşıyaka	66–96	99–91
	Hapoel Jerusalem	89–90	90–64
	Yambolgaz-92	75–69	73–85

2003 FIBA Euro Challenge – South Conference

Round	Team	Home	Away
Group stage	Fenerbahçe	91–87	80–65
	CSU Ploiești	75–66	60–46
	APOEL Nicosia	81–77	93–100
Semi-final	Keravnos	96–75
Final	Tuborg Izmir	78–80

2004 FIBA Euro Challenge

Round	Team	Home	Away
Group stage	UNICS Kazan	95–99	87–53
	Nymburk	102–86	84–60
	Hapoel Galil Elyon	97–109	92–87
	Fenerbahçe	67–79	109–60
	CSKA Sofia	82–81	84–97
	Kyiv Basket	62–88	102–73

2017 FIBA Europe Cup

Round	Team	Home	Away
Qualifying Round 1	Parma Basket	73–95	88–63

Rivalries

KK Rabotnički Skopje's fiercest and long standing city rival is MZT Skopje, the other large and popular basketball club in Macedonia. They also have supporters in the capital city named Family Aerodrom. The rivalry started after the Independence of Macedonia, and the matches between these rivals have been labeled as the Eternal derby.