KK Kožuv

KK Kožuv
LeaguesMacedonian First League
Founded1955
Arena26th April Hall
Capacity1,600 seats
LocationGevgelija, North Macedonia
Team colorsRed and White
   
Head coachApostoli Apostolov
Websitekozuv.com.mk

KK Kožuv (Macedonian: КК Кожув) is a basketball club based in Gevgelija, North Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian First League.

History

The club was founded in 1955.[1]

Kozhuv's biggest success came in 2013, they made the Macedonian First League playoff final but ended up losing against MZT Skopje Aerodrom.[2] Kozhuv reached the Macedonian Cup Final in 2015. They lost the final match against the heavy-weight Rabotnichki 66-74 .Kozhuv also competed in BIBL league for 6 seasons. They reached the 3rd place twice in seasons 2015 and 2016. Since its second top-flight season in 2012, the team from the border town has also participated in the supranational Balkan League, a position it has consistently held ever since. After two rather moderately successful campaigns, it remained undefeated in the 2014/15 preliminary round and qualified directly for the semifinals in the second group stage, losing to eventual champions KB Sigal Prishtina on aggregate. In the following Balkan League season, the team lost to KK Mornar Bar in the 2016 semifinals. In the season 2019-20 KK Blokotehna fused in KK Kozhuv. All the players joined Kozhuv at this season.

As Blokotehna Gevgelija in the season 2017/2018 they played in the semifinals with Levski Lukoil finishing 4th.Next season in 2019, Blokotehna won BIBL League trophy beating Teuta in the Final. In season 2018/19 they were hosts of the domestic cup and they played in the Final against Rabotnicki. They made it to the semi-finals in the domestic Championship play-off.

BIBL League Seasons

  • 2013: (4-4) 7th
  • 2014: (5-11) 9th
  • 2015: (13-3) 3rd
  • 2016: (6-8) 3rd
  • 2017: (9-9) 5th
  • 2018: (10-4) 4th
  • 2019: (11-3)

Honours

Domestic Achievements

  • Macedonian League Finalist - 2013
  • Macedonian Cup Finalist - 2015
European

International Achievements

Current roster

KK Kožuv roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
SG 2 Higgs, Devon 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 26 – (2000-02-10)10 February 2000
SG 8 Kuzmanov, Jordan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 20 – (2006-03-19)19 March 2006
G 9 Bojčev, Nikola 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (2004-08-21)21 August 2004
PG 13 Bajram, Husein 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 24 – (2002-01-19)19 January 2002
F 14 Kolev, Ilija 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1996-08-03)3 August 1996
SG 15 Purvis, Rodney 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 32 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994
F 27 Buklisev, Riste 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 21 – (2005-03-14)14 March 2005
PF 43 Washington, DeVaughn 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 36 – (1989-03-29)29 March 1989
C 51 Simić, Teodor 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 22 – (2004-02-04)4 February 2004
Head coach
  • Apostoli Apostolov
Assistant coach(es)
  • Ilija Eftimov
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (L) On loan
  • Injured
Updated: 2023-02-14

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Teodor Simić
PF Ilija Kolev Riste Buklisev
SF Arsenije Vuckovic Jordan Kuzmanov
SG Devon Higgs Jackson Dubinski
PG Rodney Purvis Husein Bajram Nikola Bojčev

Former players

References

  1. ^ "KOZUV GEVGELIJA basketball team History".
  2. ^ "MZT Skopje celebrate second straight Prva Liga title".


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