KK Gostivar
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- Gostivar
- Leagues Played
- Macédoine du Nord - Prva League 177 Macédoine du Nord - Coupe de Macédoine du Nord 9
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- Gostivar Women
Wikipedia - KK Gostivar
BC Gostivar (Macedonian: КК Гостивар) is a basketball club based in Gostivar, North Macedonia. In the past it was known as Nikol Fert for sponsorship reasons.
History
The team was established in 1954 under name KK Mavrovo. It changed its name numerous times over the year. KK Goteks, KK Vardar-Komerc, KK Gostivar and KK Nikol-Fert Gostivar. KK Gostivar is three times republic league champion of Macedonia. In the golden age of its existence it won three title in: 1965, 1967 and 1968. They waited for a long time for their fourth title but after 32 years they won their 4th title in 2000. Next year in the season 2000-01 they won their first Macedonian Basketball Cup by beating KK Rabotnički in the final 72–65. Next season they once again defeated Rabotnički 88–82 to claim back to back Cup titles.
Le KK Gostivar a remporté plusieurs titres nationaux, notamment deux championnats de Macédoine en 2006 et 2007, ainsi que trois coupes de Macédoine en 2003, 2006 et 2007. Le club a également participé à plusieurs compétitions européennes, notamment la Ligue des champions de basket-ball et la FIBA Europe Cup.
Parmi les joueurs notables ayant évolué au KK Gostivar figurent Bojan Trajkovski, Pero Antić et Vlado Ilievski. Le club est actuellement entraîné par Marjan Srbinovski.