KK Karpoš Sokoli
| KK Karpoš Sokoli | |||
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| Leagues |
Adriatic League BIBL Macedonian League | ||
| Founded | 1996 | ||
| History |
1996–2002 Sokoli 2002–2005 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, Macedonia | ||
| Team colors |
Blue, Red and White | ||
| President | Ognen Dedić | ||
| Head coach | Dragan Nikolić | ||
| Championships | 0 | ||
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Karpos Sokoli (Macedonian: Карпош Соколи)[1] is a basketball club[2] based in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. They currently play[3] in the Macedonian First League.[4]
For the first time in their history, Karpoš Sokoli managed to achieve the promotion to the ABA League for the 2016/2017 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.
Honours
Domestic Achievements
Macedonian Cup Finalist - 2016
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
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| C | Dragan Labović | Dušan Knežević | ||
| PF | Dragan Zeković | Bojan Trajkovski | Filip Bakoč | |
| SF | Zoran Vrkić | Igor Penov | ||
| SG | Darko Sokolov | Goran Vrbanc | Ivan Sapundjiev | |
| PG | Kendrick Perry | Dominik Mavra | Jaysean Paige | Damjan Jakimovski |
Notable players
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Head coaches
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