KK TFT

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| leagues = Macedonian League

| founded = {{Start date and age|2018}}

| dissolved =

| history =

| arena = Forza Sport Center
SRC Kale

| location = Skopje, North Macedonia

| colors = Black and White
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| president = Boro Smilkovski

| coach = Boro Smilkovski

| championships = 1 Macedonian Cup

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KK TFT ({{langx|mk|КК ТФТ}}), also known as TFT Skopje, is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. They play in the Macedonian First League from the season 2020–21.{{cite web|url=http://basketball.mk/tft-i-crn-drim-novi-prvoligasi/|title=ТФТ и Црн Дрим нови прволигаши|publisher=basketball.mk|accessdate=25 June 2020}}

History

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KK TFT was founded in 2018 in Skopje by a group of enthusiasts from Taftalidže settlement of the Skopje's Karpoš Municipality. In the first two seasons, the club took part in Macedonian Second League. In the season 2018–19, the team finished at fourth place in the regular season and were eliminated in the Round of 16. Next season, they were placed at first place when the season was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Basketball Federation has decided to promote them to Macedonian First League.

From season 2020 the club entered Delasport BIBL League.

In their first season they've finished sixth winning four games . In the season 2022 they've finished 8th winning 5 games. They got back in the Delasport BIBL league in the season 2024.

In the 2021–22 season, TFT entered the qualifying rounds of the FIBA Europe Cup, marking the club's debut in Europe.{{cite news |title=FIBA Europe Cup 2021-22 registered clubs, qualification system confirmed |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/news/fiba-europe-cup-2021-22-registered-clubs-qualification-system-confirmed |access-date=5 August 2021 |work=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}

:FIBA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

After the successful entering to the FIBA Europe Cup previous season TFT Skopje was the organizer of the pool A qualifiers for the Champions League. The venue was Trajkovski Arena in Skopje . The Host TFT Skopje was playing against top European teams: Leicester Riders, Voluntari, Niners Chemnitz, Tofaş and Fribourg Olympic for the spot in the Champions league in the season 2022/23.

:The Venue of the tournament

The BTSC – TRAJKOVSKI ARENA, Skopje.

Home Ground of TFT Skopje

TFT Basket plays matches at the SRC Kale, a multi-functional indoor sports arena. Kale means Fortress Citadel, named after the Skopje's Fortress, located right next to the hall. The capacity of the hall is 4.000 spectators.

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Honours

Macedonia Cup 20px

:15px: 2022

Macedonian Second League (East) 20px

:15px : 2020

BIBL League Seasons 20px

: 2021:(4-10)6th

: 2022:(5-9) 8th

: 2024:(-) withdraw

European competitions

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! Season

! Competition

! Round

! Club

! Home

! Away

! Aggregrate

2021–22

| FIBA Europe Cup

| First qualifying round

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|HUN}} Szedeák

| colspan=3 bgcolor="#fdd" | 76–92 (in Krasnoyarsk)

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! Season

! Competition

! Round

! Club

! Home

! Away

! Aggregrate

2022–23

| Basketball Champions League

| First qualifying round

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|GER}} Niners Chemnitz

| colspan=3 bgcolor="#fdd" | 77–96 (in Skopje)

Current roster

= Current roster =

{{player3 | num = 0 | nat = MKD | first = Viktor | last = Tašovski | pos = PG |m = 1.85 |kgs = | year = 2001 | month = 11 | date = 22}}

{{player3 | num = 1 | nat = USA | first = Zach | last = Brown | pos = SG | m = 1.98 | year = 1995 | month = 09 | date = 28 | dab = basketball}}

{{player3 | num = 2 | nat = MKD | first = Marko | last = Nikolovski | pos = SG |m = 1.88 |kgs = | year = 2003 | month = 06 | date = 29}}

{{player3 | num = 4 | nat = USA | first = BJ | last = Greenlee | pos = PG | m = 1.83 | year = 2000 | month = 06 | date = 07}}

{{player3 | num = 6 | nat = MKD | first = Toma | last = Stojanoski | pos = SF |m = 1.98 |kgs = | year = 2004 | month = 06 | date = 14}}

{{player3 | num = 7 | nat = MKD | first = Nikola | last = Vasilevski | pos = SG |m = 1.92 |kgs = | year = 2003 | month = 08 | date = 03}}

{{player3 | num = 8 | nat = RUS | first = Alex | last = Kotov | pos = PF | m = 2.03 | year = 1999 | month = 05 | date = 18}}

{{player3 | num = 9 | nat = MKD | first = Strahil | last = Nikolov | pos = PF |m = 2.00 |kgs = | year = 2000 | month = 07 | date = 17}}

{{player3 | num = 13 | nat = MKD | first = Edis | last = Nuri | pos = PF | m = 2.00 | year = 1982 | month = 08 | date = 13}}

{{player3 | num = 17 | nat = MKD | first = Ivan |last = Sapundjiev | pos = SG |m= 1.97 |kgs = |year= 1994 |month= 05 |date= 13 }}

{{player3 | num = 30 | nat = MKD | first = Mihail | last = Stojanov | pos = PG | m = 1.85 | year = 2004 | month = 11 | date = 19}}

{{player3 | num = 40 | nat = USA | first = Darrin | last = Govens | pos = PG | m = 1.85 | year = 1988 | month = 01 | date = 05}}

{{player3 | num = 41 | nat = USA | first = David | last = Haugton | pos = PF | m = 1.99 | year = 1991 | month = 08 | date = 01}}

{{player3 | num = 77 | nat = MKD | first = Georgi | last = Zafirov | pos = SF | m = 1.96 | year = 1997 | month = 05 | date = 07}}

{{Basketball roster footer

| head_coach =

{{player||MKD|Boro Smilkovski}}

| asst_coach =

{{player||MKD|Nino Čaćić}}
{{player||MKD|Marjan Ugrinovski}}

| physio =

{{player||MKD|Dimitar Shavkulovski}}

| roster_url = https://druga.aba-liga.com/team/87/22/2/0/tft-skopje/

| accessdate = {{dts|2024|10|12|format=dmy}}

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=Depth chart=

{{Basketball depth chart

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|starter_c = David Haugton

|starter_pf = Alex Kotov

|starter_sf = Georgi Zafirov

|starter_sg = Darrin Govens

|starter_pg = Viktor Tašovski

|bench 1_c = Strahil Nikolov

|bench 1_pf = Toma Stojanoski

|bench 1_sf = Ivan Sapundjiev

|bench 1_sg = Zack Brown

|bench 1_pg = BJ Greenlee

|bench 2_c =

|bench 2_pf = Edis Nuri

|bench 2_sf =

|bench 2_sg = Nikola Vasilevski

|bench 2_pg = Mihail Stojanov

|bench 3_c =

|bench 3_pf =

|bench 3_sf =

|bench 3_sg =

|bench 3_pg = Marko Nikolovski

}}

References

External links

[https://www.eurobasket.com/team/North-Macedonia/TFT-Skopje/15583 Eurobasket.com KK TFT Page]

Category:Basketball teams in North Macedonia

Category:Basketball teams established in 2018

Category:Sport in Skopje