KK Crn Drim

KK Crn Drim
Leagues	Macedonian First League
History	–2003 Crn Drim 2003–2004 MM Koledz 2004–2005 FON 2005–present Crn Drim
Location	Struga, North Macedonia
Team colors	Black and White
President	Dragan Keleshoski
Head coach	Petar Čočoroski
Website	https://www.facebook.com/kkcrndrim/
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KK Crn Drim Green Mobile (Macedonian: КК Црн Дрим Грин Мобил) is a Macedonian basketball club based in Struga, North Macedonia.

History

Crn Drim as a club based in Struga, is famous as one of the most popular clubs in Southwest part of Macedonia. During the last decades it has promoted huge number of young talents.

Their first appearance in first tier was in 2003–2004 season,[1] when KK Ohrid 98 refused the offer to get the wild card to compete in First League, and Crn Drim filled the place. In their first season in first tier, they changed the name to MM Koledz because of sponsorship of the fellow college and they finished on 7th place in the regular season and secured place for the next season. In the 2004–2005 season,[2] FON University became sponsor of the team and it was named KK FON and it was the best season team from Struga ever had. They finished 5th in the regular season and after the super league they finished 4th and secured place in play-off. In the play-off semifinal they won first game against the first team after the regular season and super league Feršped Rabotnički, but lost next two games and were eliminated. In the 2005–2006 season,[3] Crn Drim has finished on the 7th place in the regular season, but after the play-out phase they were eliminated to Macedonian Second League.

After 14 years competing in Macedonian Second League and Macedonian Third League, in the 2019–2020 season, Crn Drim was placed at first place in the Macedonian Second League when the season was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Basketball Federation has decided to promote them to Macedonian First League.[4]

Honours

Macedonian Second League (West)

• Winners: 2020 (promoted)

Current squad

KK Crn Drim roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 1 Ristevski, Martin 29 – (1996-01-21)21 January 1996 G 1 Uzunoski, Dragan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 27 – (1997-09-23)23 September 1997 PG 3 Canoski, Ernes 23 – (2001-09-24)24 September 2001 4 Martinoski, Angel 23 – (2001-06-07)7 June 2001 C 6 Cluysen, Hugo 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1998-11-09)9 November 1998 PG 8 Misa, Damjan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 24 – (2000-04-18)18 April 2000 PG 10 Nastovski, Andrej 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 24 – (2000-08-23)23 August 2000 PG 11 Cowherd, Eljay 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 27 – (1997-02-08)8 February 1997 PG 11 Radičeski, Hristijan 26 – (1999-01-11)11 January 1999 C 12 Arsoski, Mihajlo 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 29 – (1995-09-21)21 September 1995 C 16 Kone, Sidiki 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 24 – (2001-01-21)21 January 2001 G 23 Lefkoski, Vojče 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 33 – (1991-03-08)8 March 1991 SG 33 Atanasov, Andrej 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 27 – (1997-11-11)11 November 1997 G McBride, Trey 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 89 kg (196 lb)	Head coach Petar Čočoroski Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2021-01-13

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Hugo Cluysen	Sidiki Kone		Titi Papazov
PF	Mihajlo Arsoski		Gabriel Koskoski
SF	Vojče Lefkoski	Andrej Atanasov		Angel Martinoski
SG	Eljay Cowherd	Trey McBride	Martin Ristevski	Hristijan Radičeski
PG	Andrej Nastovski	Damjan Misa	Ernes Canoski	Dragan Uzunoski

References

1. "Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings".
2. "Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings".
3. "Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings".
4. "ТФТ и Црн Дрим нови прволигаши". basketball.mk. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

External links

• Official Facebook Page
• Team info at EuroBasket