KK MZT Skopje
MZT Skopje Aerodrom | |||
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Nickname | Штркови (The Storks) Металци (The Metalworkers) | ||
Leagues | Macedonian Cups 6 Macedonian Super Cups | ||
Website | mztskopjeaerodrom.mk | ||
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MZT Skopje Aerodrom (
In its history, MZT Skopje has won the
The club was a founding member of the Adriatic Basketball Association in 2015. In November 2020, the club's shares were transferred to the Slovenian club KK Koper Primorska.
History
Beginnings (1966–1990)
KK Skopje was formed in 1966 by a group of enthusiasts led by the club's first president, Mile Melovski. The interest in basketball was high, and even though there were four clubs in Skopje, there was still a need for more clubs. Soon after the club's establishment, a number of young players joined the club and started training on an open field in Avtokomanda. The first team roster consisted of Trpezanovski, Atanasovski, Strezovski, Lazarevski, and Domlevski, who was also the team coach. Two years later, the club became a member of the Macedonian League. In 1971, Uroš Maljković was chosen to be the new president of the club, with Boris Sokolovski becoming the new head coach. After the reorganization of the leagues in Yugoslavia, KK Skopje[3] gained the right to play in the Second League – South. In the first season in this league, KK Skopje finished seventh. In the second season, the team reached the First League qualifications. KK Skopje lost and, due to leaving the field in Ivangrad, received a penalty of eight points for the next season.
KK Skopje got relegated again to the regional league and Taki Dzikov was selected to be the head coach. In 1979, the team finished first in the Macedonian League and gained promotion to the Second Yugoslav League yet again. With this success, the factory Metalski Zavod Tito, or MZT, thanks to
The team debuted in the Yugoslav First Basketball League in the 1986–87 season with coach Lazar Lečić, who was previously head of their "eternal rivals" Rabotnički. At that period, the most prominent individuals were Vlatko Vladičevski with an average of 16,4 points, Vojislav Zivčević with 15,6 points, and Darko Knežević with 14,5 points. There was also a significant contribution by the former player of Partizan, Milan Medić, and the former player of Crvena zvezda, Aleksandar Milivojša. In the fourth final of the play-off, Cibona eliminated MZT in two games.
Independence of Macedonia (1991–2008)
After the independence of
Moments of downfall (2008–2011)
In 2008, after many years of the poor decision making of the then management of the club, the fans decided to start a boycott in order to change the entire set of the management team of MZT Skopje. In the summer of 2009, the entire management left the club, leaving the club in financial debt. Two weeks before the beginning of the season, MZT Skopje was left without players, coach, youth school, and sponsors. A day before the deadline for application of teams for the current championship, the Family Aerodrom fan group organized a march in order to save the club. As a result, the club was taken over by the
The club's first championship (2011–12)
After all the turmoil and upheavals in the past, after a long time, KK MZT Skopje formed a team which became a favourite for winning the first league title since its existence. Before the start of the season, an agreement has been reached with the
Domination in domestic competitions, ABA League, and Eurocup (2012–2018)
MZT Aerodrom's debuted in the ABA League in the 2012–13 season. In its first official game in the Adriatic League, MZT won against Cibona in Zagreb,
The 2013–14 season was historic for MZT and the Macedonian basketball. After a long time, Macedonia had a team which was a part of the group stage in the
Along with the performance in the Eurocup, MZT also competed in the ABA League. MZT appointed
In the 2016–17 season, MZT Skopje applied for participation in the Eurocup for the second time in the last four years. Emil Rajković was appointed as new head coach. After a few games, the coach position was taken up by former assistant Aleksandar Jončevski, but the season ended with Croatian coach Ante Nazor on the bench. The Eurocup campaign ended without a victory out of ten games. In the ABA League, the team defeated Krka in the decisive match in the last part of the season and was thus saved from relegation, finishing in 13th position.[11] The team won their sixth consecutive league title against Karpoš Sokoli 3–2 in the final. Charlon Kloof was MVP of the finals.[12]
MZT Skopje started the 2017–18 season with Aleksandar Todorov as new head coach. However, due to poor results, he was sacked in December 2017. In the same month December 8, 2017,
Seventh domestic title and ABA Second League (2018–19)
In the
Name through history
The club was established in 1966 as the basketball department of the sports club Skopje. Later the names were changed quite a few times, from KK Skopje (1966–1984), to KK MZT Skopje HEPOS (1984–1992), to KK MZT Skopje (1992–1998), to KK MZT BOSS Skopje (1998–2000), to KK MZT Skopje 2000 (2000–2004), to KK MZT Skopje (2004–2008), to KK MZT FON University (2008–2009), and finally, to KK MZT Skopje Aerodrom (2009–present). Few times in the names of the team were included names of the main sponsors of the team. However, the club is best known under the name KK MZT Skopje.
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Honours
Honours | No. | Years | |||
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League | |||||
Macedonian Republic League | Winners | 6 | 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979 | ||
Macedonian League | Winners | 11 | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | ||
Macedonian League | Runners-up | 7 | 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2018 | ||
Cups | |||||
Macedonian Cup |
Winners | 12 | 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024 | ||
Macedonian Cup |
Runners-up | 5 | 1994, 1995, 2003, 2011, 2022 | ||
Macedonian Super Cup | Winners | 6 | 2003, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023 | ||
Macedonian Super Cup | Runners-up | 1 | 2000 |
Winning seasons
Macedonian League
Season | Champion | Runner-up | Score | MVP |
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2011–12 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Feni Industries
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4–1 (seven game series) | Todor Gečevski |
2012–13 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Kožuv
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4–0 (seven game series) | Gjorgji Čekovski |
2013–14 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Rabotnički | 3–1 (five game series) | Damjan Stojanovski |
2014–15 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Kumanovo | 3–0 (five game series) | Marko Simonovski – Sead Šehović |
2015–16 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Kumanovo | 3–1 (five game series) | Damjan Stojanovski |
2016–17 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Karpoš Sokoli | 3–2 (five game series) | Charlon Kloof |
2018–19 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Rabotnički | 3–0 (five game series) | Damjan Stojanovski |
2020–21 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | EuroNickel 2005
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3–0 (five game series) | Andrej Magdevski |
2021–22 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Pelister | 3–1 (five game series) | Nemanja Milošević |
2022–23 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Pelister | 3–0 (five game series) | Vojdan Stojanovski |
2023–24 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Pelister | 3–0 (five game series) | Damjan Stojanovski |
Macedonian Cup
Season | Champion | Runner-up | Result | MVP | Host city |
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1996 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Godel Rabotnički | 69–64 | Vlatko Vladičevski | Skopje |
1997 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Tikveš Kavadarci
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92–86 | Toni Simić | Radoviš |
1999 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Nikol Fert | 78–73 | Mirza Kurtović | Kavadarci |
2000 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Rabotnički | 68–66 | Gjorgji Knjazev
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Skopje |
2012 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Feni Industries
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84–66 | Todor Gečevski | Skopje |
2013 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Kumanovo | 79–71 | Damjan Stojanovski | Skopje |
2014 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Lirija
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76–73 | Todor Gečevski | Ohrid |
2016 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Karpoš Sokoli | 68–62 | Marko Luković | Gevgelija |
2018 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Rabotnički | 76–67 | Damjan Stojanovski | Kavadarci |
2021 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Rabotnički | 77–69 | Damjan Stojanovski | Skopje |
2023 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Feniks 2010 | 89–73 | Vojdan Stojanovski | Skopje |
2024 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Pelister | 62–60 | Damjan Robev | Bitola |
Macedonian Super Cup
Season | Champion | Runner-up | Result | MVP | Host city |
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2003 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Rabotnički | 77–75 | Đorđe Vojnović | Skopje |
2015 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Rabotnički | 81–62 | Dimitar Mirakovski | Ohrid |
2016 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Karpoš Sokoli | 87–84 | Torey Thomas | Skopje |
2021 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Rabotnički | 79–78 | N/A | Skopje |
2022 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | TFT | 100–82 | N/A | Skopje |
2023 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Feniks | 76–54 | N/A | Skopje |
Arena
On 18 November 2012, it was announced that the arena will be completely demolished, with a new arena called Sports Centre Jane Sandanski planned to be built in its stead. On 14 February 2013, MZT Skopje held their last training in Jane Sandanski, with more than a thousand fans attending. The following day, the arena was officially closed and demolished.
In September 2015, west and east stands were upgraded by 500 seats. Now, the arena is home ground of MZT Skopje, RK Vardar, and ŽRK Vardar. Moreover, Sports Centre Jane Sandanski has fitness centre, aerobics centre, tennis and paddle tennis courts, playground for children, and exclusive sports store and fan shop.
Players
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Depth chart
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench |
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C | ||
PF
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Bojan Krstevski | Andrej Andonoski |
SF | Damjan Stojanovski | |
SG | Vojdan Stojanovski | Marko Milovanović |
PG | Marin Petkov |
Second team
For the reserves team of MZT Skopje, see MZT Skopje UNI Banka.
Squad changes for the 2024–25 season
In
Out
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Former players
For a list of all notable KK MZT Skopje players, former and current, see Category:KK MZT Skopje players.
Management
- Current staff
- Club Owner: Aerodrom Municipality
- General Manager: Filip Gjorevski
- President: Lazar Todorović
Head coaches
- Boris Sokolovski
- Aleksandar Domlevski
- Taki Džikov
- Lazar Lečić
- Blagoja Georgievski
- Steruli Andonovski
- Aleksandar Todorov
- Aleksandar Petrović
- Aleksandar Knjazev
- Boban Mitev
- Janko Lukovski
- Marjan Lazovski
- Dimitar Manevski
- Mitko Lukovski
- Vrbica Stefanov
- Vasil Kafedžiski
- Gjorgji Kočov
- Vasko Atanasov
- Ante Dukovski
- Igor Gacov
- Aleksandar Jončevski
- Marin Dokuzovski
- Emil Rajković
- Darko Radulović
- Slobodan Ivković
- Vlada Vukoičić
- Željko Lukajić
- Dragan Nikolić
- Dražen Dalipagić
- Peca Jačimović
- Miodrag Baletić
- Aleš Pipan
- Zoran Martič
- Zmago Sagadin
- Ante Nazor
Supporters and rivalry
MZT Skopje's fans, Family Aerodrom, were formed in spring 1997.[17]
MZT's fiercest and long-standing city rival is Rabotnički. The rivalry started after the independence of Macedonia, and the matches between these rivals have been labeled as the "Eternal derby." So far are played 168 games and the mutual score is 76 wins for MZT Skopje and 92 for Rabotnički.[18]
MZT Skopje in European Competitions
Win Loss
1st round | BK JIP Pardubice
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MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 97–82 | 111–81 | |
2nd round | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Ratiopharm Ulm | 75–78 | 85–70 |
1st round | BC Baltai
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MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 60–44 | 80–74 |
1st round | Zagreb | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 94–80 | 81–64 | |
2nd round | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Arsenal Tula | 91–78 | 94–70 |
Group stage | Real Madrid | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 92–65 | 69–68 | |
Group stage | Plama Pleven | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 103–94 | 91–68 | |
Group stage | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Ratiopharm Ulm | 92–89 | 94–73 | |
Group stage | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Hapoel Galil Elyon | 65–55 | 95–79 | |
Group stage | Benfica | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 77–75 | 75–73 | |
Round of 32 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | BC Porto
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73–69 | 80–74 |
Group stage | Znicz Pruszków | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 110–64 | 79–85 |
Group stage | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | BC Tallinna Kalev | 81–90 | 77–54 |
Group stage | ASVEL Villeurbanne
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MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 68–48 | 53–58 |
Group stage | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Zalgiris Kaunas | 93–95 | 97–49 |
Group stage | Zagreb | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 77–61 | 52–71 |
Group stage | Cholet Basket | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 90–61 | 71–86 |
Group stage | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Slovakofarma Pezinok
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84–76 | 75–60 |
Group stage | Türk Telekom B.K. | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 75–57 | 73–81 |
Group stage | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Split | 71–69 | 85–74 |
Group stage | Geofin Nový Jičín
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MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 94–87 | 100–74 |
1st round | Vojvodina | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 93–85 | 78–81 |
Group stage | UNICS Kazan
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MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 85–61 | 62–88 |
Group stage | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | VEF Riga | 70–77 | 80–71 |
Group stage | Maccabi Haifa | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 79–60 | 83–86 |
Group stage | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Kalev Cramo
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79–70 | 84–69 |
Group stage | Banvit
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MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 85–61 | 68–86 |
Group stage | Herbalife Gran Canaria | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 87–75 | 75–98 |
Group stage | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Lietkabelis | 80–87 | 90–89 |
Group stage | Nizhny Novgorod | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 88–74 | 82–97 |
Group stage | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Cedevita
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85–89 | 95–61 |
MZT Skopje in ABA League
Note: "DNP" indicates that the team did not compete in the league in that season. Win Loss
Season | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2022–23 | |||||||||||||||
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Score | 7th (14–12) | 9th (12–14) | 13th (7–19) | 10th (10–16) | 13th (8–18) | 14th (3–19) | 14th (7–19) | |||||||||||||||
Team | Home | Away | Home | Away | Home | Away | Home | Away | Home | Away | Home | Away | Home | Away | ||||||||
Borac Čačak | DNP
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73–81 | 105–84 | |||||||||||||||||||
Budućnost
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69–76 | 81–71 | 78–71 | 87–79 | 65–81 | 96–69 | 68–72 | 65–55 | 96–90 | 92–61 | 71–93 | 104–62 | 86–90 | 89–66 | ||||||||
Cedevita
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74–61 | 78–80 | 75–81 | 77–67 | 61–76 | 81–70 | 65–70 | 89–64 | 79–100 | 82–61 | 64–851 | 77–65 | DNP
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Cedevita O. | DNP
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79–74 | 93–73 | |||||||||||||||||||
Cibona | 82–76 | 72–77 | 88–93 | 93–90 | 78–65 | 70–61 | 69–68 | 68–62 | 85–89 | 87–79 | 76–83 | 77–92 | 87–74 | 87–85 | ||||||||
C. Zvezda | 60–75 | 87–72 | 65–58 | 87–77 | 76–79 | 89–56 | 66–71 | 92–79 | 73–93 | 91–69 | 58–92 | 112–73 | 57–80 | 87–67 | ||||||||
FMP
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DNP
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89–68 | 101–82 | 67–72 | 100–72 | 87–82 | 101–97 | |||||||||||||||
Igokea | 77–81 | 79–55 | 90–82 | 65–79 | 76–80 | 61–76 | 75–70 | 70–86 | 67–71 | 79–72 | 68–77 | 99–108 | 78–84 | 96–90 | ||||||||
Krka
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92–88 | 68–80 | 80–75 | 73–50 | 60–72 | 85–52 | 69–67 | 72–68 | 89–65 | 97–87 | DNP
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Levski | DNP
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72–61 | 91–90 | DNP
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Mega Leks
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DNP
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80–72 | 101–82 | 84–79 | 103–95 | 76–77 | 82–70 | 75–74 | 87–72 | 76–92 | 106–77 | 94–22 | 93–86 | |||||||||
Metalac | DNP
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58–64 | 69–67 | 93–67 | 68–77 | DNP
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Mornar Bar | DNP
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63–69 | 65–64 | 69–72 | 106–75 | 77–94 | 93–84 | |||||||||||||||
Partizan | 66–64 | 68–58 | 69–70 | 66–73 | 55–63 | 65–50 | 82–78 | 72–69 | 62–93 | 91–76 | 92–89 | 112–94 | 74–92 | 120–67 | ||||||||
Radnički | 75–83 | 89–83 | 87–95 | 69–79 | DNP
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K. Sokoli | DNP
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74–71 | 77–74 | DNP
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SC Derby | DNP
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92–79 | 103–85 | |||||||||||||||||||
Split | 73–65 | 93–84 | DNP
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80–85 | 74–77 | |||||||||||||||||
Sutjeska | DNP
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71–75 | 68–77 | DNP
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Szolnoki
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87–53 | 81–72 | 73–63 | 81–69 | 74–58 | 73–76 | DNP
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Tajfun | DNP
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77–70 | 68–62 | DNP
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Široki | 63–59 | 71–72 | 82–71 | 67–63 | DNP
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Olimpija
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76–87 | 60–64 | 79–60 | 73–62 | 57–76 | 69–56 | 81–62 | 91–76 | 97–96 | 72–91 | 55–96 | 94–85 | DNP
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Zadar | 94–69 | 68–76 | 78–69 | 72–70 | 72–58 | 74–69 | 60–72 | 84–72 | 92–65 | 71–65 | 80–85 | 105–80 | 84–80 | 98–79 |
Most appearances in ABA League First Division
As of 22 May 2023[19]
No | Player | Position | Period | App. |
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1 | Damjan Stojanovski | SG | 2012–2018; 2022–2023 | 127 |
2 | Uroš Lučić | PF |
2013–2015; 2016 | 56 |
3 | Kiril Nikolovski | C | 2012–2015 | 56 |
4 | Stefan Sinovec | SG | 2013–2015; 2016–2017 | 50 |
5 | Cade Davis | SF | 2012–2014 | 50 |
Most points in ABA League First Division
As of 22 May 2023[20]
No | Player | Position | Period | Pts. |
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1 | Damjan Stojanovski | SG | 2012–2018; 2022–2023 | 1287 |
2 | Đorđe Drenovac | SF |
2015–2017; | 671 |
3 | Todor Gečevski | C | 2012–2014 | 622 |
4 | Jure Lalić | C | 2016–2018; | 524 |
5 | Stefan Sinovec | SG | 2013–2015; 2016–2017 | 523 |
Seasons
Key
- R1 = First round
- R2 = Second round
- R32 = Round of 32
- R64 = Round of 64
- GS = Group stage
- Players in italics have left the club during the season.
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