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| Leagues | Macedonian League | ||
| Founded | 1948 | ||
| Arena | Boro Čurlevski Sports Hall | ||
| Capacity | 3,500 | ||
| Location | Bitola, North Macedonia | ||
| Team colors | Green and White | ||
| President | Bojan Davkov | ||
| Head coach | Tane Stasev | ||
| Website | https://kkpelister.mk/ | ||
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KK Pelister is a men's professional basketball club based in Bitola, North Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian League and the ABA League Second Division.
History
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The original club was founded in 1948. Pelister was known as Mladost Metalec from 1992 until 1996 and later Pelister (96-06), Swisslion Pelister (06-09), Pelister (09-11), Pelister Sport (11-14), Pelister (14-15), KK Pelister AD Bitola (2015). They have been competing in the top Macedonian league for many years, having won 3 league titles. First one was in 1975, second one in 1989 and the last one back in 1991. Since then they've competed in the play-offs and made the Macedonian Cup Finals, but have not managed to win a new trophy. On 22nd October 2025, they won their first FIBA Europe Cup match by defeating BC Prievidza 90-83.
Honours
[edit source]Macedonian Champions
1st Winners (3): 1975, 1989 and 1991
2nd (3): 2022, 2023 and 2024
3rd (4): 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2026
- Finalist (2): 2009 and 2024
Arena
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KK Pelister play all their home matches at Sports Hall Boro Čurlevski. The arena has a current seating capacity of 3,500. It hosted the 2007 Macedonian Basketball Cup and had the largest seating capacity in Macedonia before the construction of the Boris Trajkovski Sports Center in Skopje.
Supporters
[edit source]Čkembari (Macedonian: Чкембари) are a supporters' group, established on 25 September 1985, who support the Macedonian sports clubs from Bitola that compete under the Pelister banner, mainly FK Pelister in football and RK Pelister in handball. The group was founded when a caravan of 15 buses traveled to support RK Pelister who was playing against Partizan Bjelovar in a handball relegation play-off match.[1][2][3]
European record
[edit source]Pelister debued in 2025–26 Basketball Champions League against Pallacanestro Reggiana.
Pallacanestro Reggiana 
Pelister 99 - 87
And qualified for the 2025–26 FIBA Europe Cup group stage.
Current roster
[edit source]Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Depth chart
[edit source]In
[edit source]| Date | Position | Player | Moving from |
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| 25 July 2026 | PF | Blagoj Dimitriev |
Tikveš |
| 27 July 2026 | PF |  Alozno Range Jr. |
 Quba BC |
| 29 July 2026 | SF | Kosta Kjirilovski |
Kožuv |
| 31 July 2026 | SG | Ivan Sapundjiev |
Gostivar |
| 3 August 2026 | PG | Viktor Zlatevski |
KK Feniks 2010 |
| 6 August 2026 | SG | Camron McDowell |
Tarleton State Texans |
| 7 August 2026 | C | Bojan Dimitriev |
BC Vodno Suns Partizan |
| 11 August 2026 | PG | Luka Savicevic |
KK Feniks 2010 |
Out
[edit source]| Date | Position | Player | Moving to |
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| 10 June 2026 | PG | Boban Stajić |
Kumanovo |
| 19 June 2026 | SG | Andrej Mitrevski |
Pacific Tigers |
| 8 July 2026 | SG | Luka Stojanovski |
MZT Skopje |
| 23 July 2026 | SF | Damjan Krstevski |
Kožuv |
| 30 July 2026 | PF | Kevin Bracy-Davis |
 Trepça |
| 4 August 2026 | C | Langston Wilson |
 Gargždai |
| TBA | PG | Branden Jenkins |
TBA |
| TBA | PF |  Nikola Malešević |
TBA |
Notable players
[edit source]- Zoran Petkovski
- Gjorgji Anakievski
- Gjorgji Talevski
- Dimitar Karadžovski
- Daniel Zaharievski
- Petar Apcev
- Damjan Krstevski
- Luka Stojanovski
- Boban Stajić
- Branko Mirković
- Milan Miljković
- Marko Čakarević
- Aleksandar Kalanj
- Đorđe Jovanović
- Miloš Pejanović
- Boško Jovović
- Aleksandar Held
- Igor Kesar
- Nikola Malešević
- Keoni Watson
- Dontay Caruthers
- C.J. Wilson
- Austin Price
- Branden Jenkins
- Langston Wilson
- Kevin Bracy-Davis
Jure Planinić
Sead Hadzifejzović
References
[edit source]- ↑ "Фото: „Чкембари" со кореографија и факли во чест на 40. роденден!". Gol.mk (in Macedonian). 2025.
- ↑ "39. години од формирањето на навивачката група "Чкембари" Битола – денес на стадион промоција на нова песна". Bitola News (in Macedonian). 25 September 2024.
- ↑ "Деновиве пред 10 години: "Чкембари" прославија 30 години (мегафотогалерија)". Bitola News (in Macedonian). 22 September 2025.