Gostivar
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Wikipedia - KK Gostivar
BC Gostivar (Macedonian: КК Гостивар) is a basketball club based in Gostivar, North Macedonia. In the past it was known as Nikol Fert for sponsorship reasons.
History
The team was established in 1954 under name KK Mavrovo. It changed its name numerous times over the year. KK Goteks, KK Vardar-Komerc, KK Gostivar and KK Nikol-Fert Gostivar. KK Gostivar is three times republic league champion of Macedonia. In the golden age of its existence it won three title in: 1965, 1967 and 1968. They waited for a long time for their fourth title but after 32 years they won their 4th title in 2000. Next year in the season 2000-01 they won their first Macedonian Basketball Cup by beating KK Rabotnički in the final 72–65. Next season they once again defeated Rabotnički 88–82 to claim back to back Cup titles.
Lagets hjemmebane er Mladost Sportshall, som har en kapasitet på 4 000 tilskuere. Gostivar er kjent for sine entusiastiske fans og sin høye spilleintensitet. Lagets spillestil er preget av aggressivt forsvar og et hurtig angrep.
Noen av de mest bemerkelsesverdige spillerne i Gostivars historie inkluderer:
* Blagoja Georgievski
* Stojan Gjuroski
* Dragan Kićanović
* Riste Stefanov
* Damjan Stojanovski
Gostivar er et av de mest populære og suksessrike basketballlagene i Nord-Makedonia. De er alltid en del av tetstriden i den makedonske ligaen og i europeiske konkurranser.