KK Vardar () is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. Established in 1947, the team has won the Macedonian National League five times and the Macedonian Cup once.

History

On 20 July 1947, MSD Makedonija and ŽSD Pobeda merged into the newly-established Vardar Sports Association, forming a new club named KK Vardar. In the Yugoslav period between 1947 and 1991, Vardar won five Macedonian National League titles (1947, 1953, 1969, 1981, and 1990). During the 2000s, they were runners-up of the Macedonian First League twice, and also lost in the semifinals on three occasions. They won their first Macedonian Cup in 2007, beating KK Strumica 73–66 in the final.

KK Vardar

Arena

KK Vardar plays its home matches at SRC Kale, a multi-purpose indoor sports arena in Skopje. Kale means "Fortress Citadel", named after the Skopje Fortress, located right next to the arena. The hall was built in 1970 and its total seating capacity is 2,500.

KK Vardar

The hall is mainly used for handball, although it is suitable for events in others sports and music concerts.

KK Vardar

Honours

Macedonian National League (until 1991) Winners: 1947, 1953, 1969, 1980–81, 1989–90 Macedonian First League (since 1992) Runners-up: 2004–05, 2005–06 Semifinals: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07 Macedonian Second League Winners: 2010–11, 2017–18 Runners-up: 1999–2000, 2015–16 Macedonian Cup Winners: 2007 Runners-up: 2005, 2006

Players

Current roster

Notable former players

Goran Samardziev

Goran Dimitrijević

Ivica Dimčevski

Dimitar Mirakovski

Zlatko Gocevski

Darko Radulović

Marjan Gjurov

Darko Zdravkovski

Kiril Pavlovski

Filip Kralevski

Bojan Krstevski

Gjorgji Kočov

Aleksandar Kostoski

Enes Hadžibulić

Aleksandar Sovkovski

Miroslav Despotović

See also

WBC Vardar

References

External links

Official website

Team info at EuroBasket

Basketball teams in North Macedonia

Sport in Skopje

Basketball teams in Yugoslavia

Basketball teams established in 1947

1947 establishments in Yugoslavia