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	Vladimir Mirkovski
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.

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 2025-2026

Rabotnički roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
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	97	Efremovski, Viktor (C)	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	26 – (1998-10-21)21 October 1998
PG		Thompson, Brett	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	24 – (2000-12-29)29 December 2000
SG		Nakov, Filip	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	21 – (2003-09-09)9 September 2003
G		Stojanovski, Borjan	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	24 – (2000-12-21)21 December 2000
PF		O'Neal, Jordan	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
C		Hutson, Jacob	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
G		Whitney, Brandon	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Head coach

Vladimir Mirkovski

Assistant coach(es)

Physiotherapist(s)

Andrej Jovanovski

Team manager

Goran Veselinovski

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 9 July 2025

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Jacob Hutson
PF	Stojan Gjuroski	Jordan O'Neal
SF	Damjan Robev	Filip Nakov
SG	Viktor Efremovski	Brandon Whitney
PG	Brett Thompson	Borjan Stojanovski	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.

Team	Mutual score
Rabotnički	92
MZT Skopje Aerodrom	79

Notable players

Head coaches

References

^ "KK FERSPED-RABOTNICKI SKOPJE basketball team History".
^ "За клубот накратко". Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2012-04-10.

External links

Official Website Archived 2014-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
KK Rabotnički on Facebook
Team info at MKF Archived 2013-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
Eurobasket.com KK Rabotnicki Page
Supporters Website Archived 2013-06-06 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "KK FERSPED-RABOTNICKI SKOPJE basketball team History".

[2] "За клубот накратко". Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2012-04-10.

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History	Timeline of Skopje history 1555 Skopje earthquake Skopje fire of 1689 1963 Skopje earthquake Reconstruction of Skopje 1963 Skopje 2014
Landmarks	Cerje Čifte Hammam Kale Fortress Kapan Han Kuršumli An Macedonia Square Millennium Cross Old Bazaar Pella Square Porta Macedonia Ristiḱ Palace Scupi Skanderbeg Square Skopje Aqueduct Skopje Zoo Sobranie Palace Stone Bridge Suli Han Tauresium Tumba Madžari Warrior on Horseback
Churches	Church of the Ascension of Jesus Church of St Clement of Ohrid Church of St Nicetas Church of St Panteleimon Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos Marko's Monastery
Mosques	Mustafa Pasha Mosque Sultan Murad Mosque
Museums & archives	Cinematheque of Macedonia Museum of North Macedonia Museum of the Macedonian Struggle National Gallery Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje City Museum Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia Memorial House of Mother Teresa Historical Archive of Skopje
Sports venues	Avtokomanda Boris Trajkovski Sports Center Boris Trajkovski Stadium Čair Stadium Cementarnica Stadium Independent Macedonia sport hall Ǵorče Petrov Stadium Jane Sandanski Arena Lokomotiva Stadium Toše Proeski Arena Rasadnik Hall SRC Kale Training Centre Petar Miloševski Železarnica Stadium
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Education	FON University European University Ss. Cyril and Methodius University University American College Skopje Yahya Kemal College Nova International Schools Georgi Dimitrov High School Rade Jovčevski-Korčagin High School Orce Nikolov High School Josip Broz Tito High School Nikola Karev High School Kočo Racin High School Panče Arsovski High School Lazar Ličenoski Art School Dr. Panče Karagjozov Medical High School Vasil Antevski-Dren Economical/Legal High School Ilija Nikolovski-Luj Musical High School Mihailo Pupin Electrotechnical High School
Events	Basker Fest Dance Fest Skopje Oro Bez Granici Kota 2023 Skopje Book Fair Skopje Fest Skopje Film Festival Skopje Jazz Festival Skopje Summer Festival Super Dzvezda Theatre Fest
Transportation	Skopje Airport Transportation Center Skopje
People	List of people from Skopje

v t e Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League (1945–1992)
Clubs	Bosna Borac Čačak Budućnost Cibona Crvena zvezda Čelik Dalvin Dinamo Pančevo Eđšeg Igman IMT Industromontaža Ivangrad Jugoplastika Jugoslovenska armija Kvarner Lesonit Lokomotiva Rijeka Makedonija Maribor 66 Metalac Milicionar Mladost MZT Skopje Novi Zagreb OKK Beograd Olimpija Oriolik Partizan Proleter Zrenjanin Rabotnički Radnički Belgrade Slavija Sloboda Tuzla Sloboda Užice Sloga Slovan Spartak Subotica Šibenka Vojvodina Zadar Zastava Kragujevac Zorka Šabac Železničar Belgrade Željezničar Karlovac Željezničar Sarajevo ŽKK Ljubljana ŽKK Maribor
Seasons	1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
Statistics	Scoring leaders Annual Career
Associated competitions	Clubs in international competitions First B Federal League