KK Rabotnički

Rabotnički
Rabotnički
Nickname	Шпедитери (Forwarders)
Leagues	Macedonian First League
Founded	1946
Arena	Gradski Park
Capacity	2,000
Location	Skopje, North Macedonia
President	Risto Gapic
Head coach	Marin Dokuzovski
Championships	15 Championships of Macedonia ; 10 Macedonian Cups
Website	kkrabotnicki.mk
Uniforms
Home	Away

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

Fans of KK Rabotnički are known as City Park Boys.

HistoryEdit

The club was founded in 1946, in Skopje. In 1964 it becomes member of the first federal "A" league in the former Federation of six Republics Yugoslavia and competes there on a regular basis until 1990. In the 1991–92 season, the team played in the Federal YUBA Liga. Although, they never won a Federal championship they were finalist in the Federal Yugoslav Cup on two occasions: 1976 and 1983. Since the transformation of the Macedonian Republic League in to Macedonian First League, Rabotnički are the most successful Macedonian basketball team of all time, winning a record 15 league titles and 9 national cups.^[1]

HonoursEdit

Domestic competitionsEdit

Macedonian Republic League

Winners (11): 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 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 Edit

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

PlayersEdit

Current rosterEdit

Rabotnički roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.		Age
PG	3	Jordanovski, Andrej	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)		19 – (2000-01-04)4 January 2000
PG	7	Mladenović, Stefan	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	29 – (1990-06-28)28 June 1990
G	10	Mitevski, Maksim	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)		19 – (2000-02-18)18 February 2000
C	11	Nikolovski, Kiril	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	31 – (1988-06-09)9 June 1988
SG	25	Efremovski, Viktor	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	20 – (1998-10-21)21 October 1998
SG		Glavčev, Goran	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	26 – (1993-06-19)19 June 1993

Head coach

Dimitar Mirakovski

Assistant coach(es)

Igor Mihajlovski
Marko Dokuzovski

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 22 July 2019

Depth chartEdit

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Kiril Nikolovski
PF
SF		Viktor Efremovski
SG	Goran Glavčev	Stefan Mladenović	Maksim Mitevski
PG			Andrej Jordanovski

KK Rabotnicki in European competitionsEdit

In their rich European history KK Rabotnicki competed in many European competitions. Their most successful period was in the 90's. They competed for eleven seasons in four different cups.

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	ASK Riga	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

RivalriesEdit

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. The rivalry started after the Independence of Macedonia, and the matches between these rivals have been labeled as the Eternal derby.