KK Karpoš Sokoli
Basketball club in Skopje, North Macedonia
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Karpoš Sokoli (Macedonian: Карпош Соколи)[1] were a basketball club[2] based in Skopje, North Macedonia.
Sokoli
2003–2004
Laško Pivo Sokoli
2004–2005
Soko Štark Karpoš
2005–2006
Toa Sum Jas
2006–2008
Lisici Karpoš
2008–present
Karpoš Sokoli
| Karpoš Sokoli | |||
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| Nickname | Sokoli (Falcons) | ||
| Leagues | Macedonian Second League | ||
| Founded | 31 December 1996 | ||
| History | 1996–2003 Sokoli 2003–2004 Laško Pivo Sokoli 2004–2005 Soko Štark Karpoš 2005–2006 Toa Sum Jas 2006–2008 Lisici Karpoš 2008–present Karpoš Sokoli | ||
| Arena | Boris Trajkovski Sports Center | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
| Location | Skopje, North Macedonia | ||
| Team colors | Blue and Yellow | ||
| President | Ognen Dedić | ||
| Head coach | Angel Tasevski | ||
| Championships | 1 Macedonian Cup | ||
| Website | www.kksokoli.mk | ||
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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.
Although the club faced difficulties through the past decade, the club managed to continue participating in senior competitions while supporting its youth teams. [3]
Glory days
From the 2012–13 season, the Municipality of Karpoš began financing the basketball club, and in May 2015, it became a shareholder. Since then, the club has developed at an impressive pace, achieving stronger results with each new season.
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 Feni Industries in the final of the Macedonian Basketball Cup.[4]
Honours
Domestic achievements
- Macedonian League
- Runners-up (1): 2016–17
- 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 nationalities not displayed.
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Updated: 22 August 2017 | ||||||||
Depth chart
Notable players
Darko Sokolov- Bojan Trajkovski
- Igor Penov
- Angel Tasevski
- Dime Tasovski
- Edis Nuri
Igor Mijajlović- Uroš Duvnjak
- Dragan Labović
- Strahinja Milošević
- Dragan Zeković
- Filip Šepa
- Dušan Knežević
- Marko Boltić
- Marko Mijović
- Aleksandar Petrović
Zoran Vrkić- Dominik Mavra
- Goran Vrbanc
Kendrick Perry- Thad McFadden
- Lamont Mack
- Darius Rice
Anton Kazarnovski
Ryan Richards
Chris Warren
Head coaches
- Ognen Dedić
- Aleksandar Petrović
- Borče Daskalovski
- Sašo Todorovski
- Boban Mitev
- Saša Katalinić
- Mihajlo Naumovski
- Siniša Matić
- Dragan Nikolić
KK Karpoš Sokoli in European competitions
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2017 FIBA Europe Cup
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