FMP Academy
Wikipedia - KK Akademija FMP
KK Navico Akademija FMP (Macedonian: КК Навико Академија ФМП) is a Macedonian men's professional basketball club based in Skopje.
History
Founded in 2013, KK Navico Akademija FMP had their first senior team in the 2014–15 season. KK Navico Akademija FMP finished the season second in the Macedonian Third League, a position which allowed them to promote to the Macedonian Second League.
In 2019, the team finished the regular season of Macedonian Second League as the undefeated club in both groups. In the playoffs, they lost in the finals against the MZT Skopje 2.
However, the team won the additional playoff match against the lowest-ranked team in Macedonian First League, Shkupi. KK Navico Akademija FMP was promoted to the Macedonian First League.
The team has been part of the Macedonian First League since the 2019–2020 season. On October 12, 2019, KK Navico Akademija FMP began its journey in the first league with a loss against Gostivar. On November 9, 2019, KK Navico Akademija FMP won against Rabotnički.
In the season 2020/2021 KK Navico Akademija FMP played in the playoffs in Macedonian First League, finishing eighth in the regular season. Also the team qualified in the semi-finals of the Cup of Macedonia in 2021.
The Club grew very fast in the past years and in season 2022 entered the Delasport BIBL league .In the same season they've managed to finish 9th winning 2 games against Levski and Balkan . In the season 2024 they got back to the Delasport BIBL competition.
FMP Academy ble grunnlagt i 2004 som en filial av den spanske klubben Fuenlabrada. Akademiet har siden produsert flere talentfulle basketballspillere, som blant annet Nikola Jokić, Bogdan Bogdanović og Boban Marjanović.
I sesongen 2022-23 spiller FMP Academy i den serbiske basketballligaen og ABA-ligaen. Laget trenes av Goran Radonjić, og blant de viktigste spillerne i troppen er Aleksa Uskoković, Aleksa Radanov og Lazar Đokić.
FMP Academy er kjent for sin gode spillerutvikling, og klubben har et godt samarbeid med flere europeiske storklubber. Akademiet har også et lag i den andre serbiske basketballligaen, samt et ungdomsakademi med flere aldersbestemte lag.