KK Karpoš Sokoli

Karpoš Sokoli (Macedonian: Карпош Соколи)^[1] were a basketball club^[2] based in Skopje, North Macedonia.

Karpoš Sokoli
Nickname	Sokoli (Falcons)
Leagues	Macedonian Second League
Founded	31 December 1996; 28 years ago (1996-12-31)
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

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.^[3]

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. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age	Head coach Vacant Assistant coach(es) Physiotherapist(s) Vacant Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 22 August 2017

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C
PF
SF
SG
PG

Notable players

• Darko Sokolov
• Bojan Trajkovski
• Igor Penov
• Angel Tasevski
• Dime Tasovski
• Edis Nuri
• Igor Mijajlović
• Dragan Labović
• Strahinja Milošević
• Dragan Zeković
• Filip Šepa
• Dušan Knežević
• Marko Boltić
• Aleksandar Petrović
• Zoran Vrkić
• Dominik Mavra
• Kendrick Perry
• Thad McFadden
• Darius Rice
• Anton Kazarnovski
• 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

2017 FIBA Champions League Round Team Home   Away   1st Qualifying round Kalev/Cramo 79-87 78–81

2017 FIBA Europe Cup Round Team Home   Away   Group stage Szolnoki Olaj 73–91 94–73 Nizhny Novgorod 67–101 95–70 Falco KC Szombathely 43–104 108–87