KK Karpoš Sokoli
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Karpoš Sokoli (Macedonian: Карпош Соколи)[1] is a basketball club[2] based in Skopje, North Macedonia. They currently play[3] in the Macedonian Second League.[4]
For the first time in their history, Karpoš Sokoli was invited to the ABA League for the 2016–17 season which is considered to be the largest success of the club so far.
History
Beginnings
KK Karpoš has been established on 31 December 1996. From the 2000–01 season the club is participating in the first league of Macedonia and the name of the well known basketball academy "Sokoli" has been added to the club's name. Since then the club's name is Karpoš Sokoli 2000 Skopje.
Despite all the difficulties through the past decades, Karpoš Sokoli are, thanks to the enthusiasm and persistence of its founder Ognen Dedić, one of only few clubs that have managed to maintain continuity in senior competitions, while not neglecting the successful work with youth categories, which was club's trademark from its beginnings.
Glory Days
From the 2012–13 season the Municipality of Karpoš started to finance the basketball club and since the May 2015 it became a shareholder of the club. Since then, the Club has started to develop with respectable intensity. Every new season the club is achieving better and better results.
The most successful season in club's history so far is the 2015–16 season, when the club reached the finals of Macedonian National Cup and Semi-finals of the Macedonian National Championship, after finishing as runners-up in the regular part of the season.
For the first time in their history, Karpoš Sokoli managed to achieve the promotion to the ABA League for the 2016–17 season, which is considered to be the largest success of the club so far.
On 19 February 2017, the club won its first national title by defeating
Honours
Domestic Achievements
- Macedonian League
- Runners-up (1): 2016–17
- Runners-up (1):
- Macedonian Cup
- Winners (1): 2017
- Runners-up (1): 2016
- Macedonian Super Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2016
Players
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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| C | Oliver Taskov | ||
PF
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| SF | Nikola Zarevski | ||
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| PG | Darko Najdovski | Damjan Jakimovski |
Notable players
Darko Sokolov- Bojan Trajkovski
- Igor Penov
- Angel Tasevski
- Dime Tasovski
- Edis Nuri
Igor Mijajlović- Dragan Labović
- Strahinja Milošević
- Dragan Zeković
- Filip Šepa
- Dušan Knežević
- Marko Boltić
- Aleksandar Petrović
Zoran Vrkić- Dominik Mavra
Kendrick Perry- Thad McFadden
- Darius Rice
Anton Kazarnovski
Chris Warren
Head coaches
KK Karpoš Sokoli in European competitions
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2017 FIBA Europe Cup
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References
- ^ "Karpos Sokoli 2000 Skopje basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-eurobasket".
- ^ "Дома | К.К. КАРПОШ СОКОЛИ". www.kksokoli.mk. Archived from the original on 2016-09-16.
- ^ "Karpos Sokoli News, Rumors, Roster, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Depth Charts, Forums - RealGM".
- ^ "KK Karpo? Sokoli". aba-liga.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-29.
- ^ "Karpos Sokoli roll past Feni Industris to win the Macedonian Cup, Dominik Mavra gets the MVP award". Eurobasket.com. 20 February 2017.
