KK TFT

KK TFT
KK TFT
Leagues	Macedonian League; Adratic League
Founded	2018; 6 years ago
Arena	Forza Sport Center; SRC Kale
Location	Skopje, North Macedonia
Team colors	Black and White ;
President	Boro Smilkovski
Head coach	Boro Smilkovski
Championships	1 Macedonian Cup
Home	Away

KK TFT (Macedonian: КК ТФТ), also known as TFT Skopje, is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. They play in the Macedonian First League from the season 2020–21.^[1]

History edit

BTSC

KK TFT was founded in 2018 in Skopje by a group of enthusiasts from Taftalidže settlement of the Skopje's Karpoš Municipality. 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 COVID-19 pandemic and the Basketball Federation has decided to promote them to Macedonian First League.

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 FIBA Europe Cup, marking the club's debut in Europe.^[2]

FIBA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

After the successful entering to the FIBA Europe Cup 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: Leicester Riders, Voluntari, Niners Chemnitz, Tofaş and Fribourg Olympic for the spot in the Champions league in the season 2022/23.

The Venue of the tournament

The BTSC – TRAJKOVSKI ARENA, Skopje.

Home Ground of TFT Skopje edit

TFT Basket plays matches at the SRC Kale, 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.

Arena Kale

Honours edit

Macedonia Cup

: 2022

Macedonian Second League (East)

: 2020

BIBL League Seasons

2021:(4-10)6th

2022:(5-9) 8th

2024:(-) tbd

European competitions edit

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregrate
2021–22	FIBA Europe Cup	First qualifying round	Szedeák	76–92 (in Krasnoyarsk)

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregrate
2022–23	Basketball Champions League	First qualifying round	Niners Chemnitz	77–96 (in Skopje)

Current roster edit

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KK TFT roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
SG	1	Nikolovski, Marko	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	20 – (2003-06-29)29 June 2003
PG	3	Wertz, Langston	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	24 – (1999-06-12)12 June 1999
PG	5	Louis, Alain	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	27 – (1997-01-25)25 January 1997
PG	7	Tashovski, Viktor	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	22 – (2001-11-22)22 November 2001
SF	8	Krstevski, Damjan	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	24 – (1999-06-30)30 June 1999
PF	9	Nikolov, Strahil	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	23 – (2000-07-17)17 July 2000
SG	10	Naumoski, Ivan	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	38 – (1985-10-23)23 October 1985
PF	13	Nuri, Edis	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	41 – (1982-08-13)13 August 1982
SG	24	Calhoun, Sardaar	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	24 – (1999-08-25)25 August 1999
PG	30	Stojanov, Mihail	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	19 – (2004-11-19)19 November 2004
SG	33	Markovski, Gorjan	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	31 – (1992-06-19)19 June 1992
PF	41	Haugton, David	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	32 – (1991-08-01)1 August 1991
SF	77	Zafirov, Georgi	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	27 – (1997-05-07)7 May 1997
C	24	Ifejeh, Elijah	203 m (666 ft 0 in)	25 – (1999-03-07)7 March 1999