KK Strumica

KK Strumica
KK Strumica
Leagues	Macedonian League
Founded	1949; 75 years ago
History	ABA Strumica; 2005–2014; KK Strumica; 2014–present
Arena	Arena Park
Capacity	5,000
Location	Strumica, North Macedonia
President	Dragan Popovski
Head coach	Vlasis Vlaikidis
Home	Away

KK Strumica is a basketball club based in Strumica, North Macedonia. They currently compete in the Macedonian First League.

History edit

It was founded in 1991 under the name Makedonija '91, and was later also known as Polo Trejd. The club changed its name to ABA Strumica from 2005 to 2012.ABA Strumica merged with KK Millenium Strumica in season 2011-2012. After a change in leadership in 2005, a new president, Pajanotis Karapiperis, formed a strong culture by bringing in significant players to the team.

Champions They become champions of the Macedonian First League in the 2006–07 season.They were Macedonian Cup finalists in 2007 and 2008. However, following the 2007–08 season, the club canceled its participation in the First League and the newly formed Balkan League due to financial concerns.^[1] They continued to play in the Second League until 2012, where after winning the 2011–12 championship, they folded completely^[2] and merged with ABA Strumica.^[3]^[4]^[5]
KK Strumica is back .From year 2014 financial problems were fixed and behind. The city of Strumica became owner and main sponsor of the team. The team is back in the top flight Macedonian Basketball Championship .

Home Ground edit

KK Strumica plays their basketball matches at Arena Park .Sports Hall with capacity of 5000.

Champions edit

(2) : 1982, 2007

Current roster 2017/18 edit

KK Strumica roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.		Age
G	2	Diehl, Tyler	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	32 – (1991-11-03)3 November 1991
PG	5	Cvetkov, Petre (C)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	39 – (1984-12-13)13 December 1984
	8	Abrašev, Dragan			23 – (2000-05-16)16 May 2000
	11	Šajkarov, Aleksandar			29 – (1994-10-19)19 October 1994
G	13	Stojmenov, Damjan	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)		27 – (1997-04-09)9 April 1997
	15	Abazović, Milan			26 – (1997-09-28)28 September 1997
SG	23	Tyus, Keevin	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	31 – (1992-11-25)25 November 1992
F	45	Gilbert, Rantavious	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	109 kg (240 lb)	30 – (1993-09-19)19 September 1993

Head coach

Vlasis Vlaikidis

Assistant coach(es)

Vasko Atanasov

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Depth chart edit

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C
PF	Rantavious Gilbert	Mihajlo Arsoski	Dimitar Delipetrov
SF	Aleksandar Šajkarov
SG	Keevin Tyus	Mihajlo Mitev
PG	Tyler Diehl	Petre Cvetkov	Dušan Mekendziev

Strumica in FIBA competitions edit

1993 Radivoj Korać Cup

Round	Team	Home	Away
1.Round	TIIT Kharkov	97–75	103–68

1997 Eurocup

Round	Team	Home	Away
Group stage	CS Dinamo București	105–97	88–72
	Darüşşafaka S.K.	70–87	92–61
	Budućnost Podgorica	71–90	97–70
	Pallacanestro Trieste	98–82	107–76