KK Karpoš Sokoli

Karpoš Sokoli
Karpoš Sokoli
Nickname	Sokoli (Falcons)
Leagues	Macedonian Second League
Founded	31 December 1996; 27 years ago
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
Home	Away

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 Feni Industries in the final of the Macedonian Basketball Cup.^[5]

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.

KK Karpoš Sokoli roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
	1	Dimitrieski, Milan			30 – (1994-09-25)25 September 1994
PG	2	Jakimovski, Damjan	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)		29 – (1995-11-14)14 November 1995
PG	5	Najdovski, Darko	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)		30 – (1994-04-15)15 April 1994
	6	Sazdovski, Dimitrij			25 – (1999-09-24)24 September 1999
	11	Bašoski, Darko			29 – (1995-02-22)22 February 1995
F	14	Taskov, Oliver	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	27 – (1997-05-08)8 May 1997
SF	99	Zarevski, Nikola	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	26 – (1998-08-19)19 August 1998