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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
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
Macedonian Champions 1st Winners (3): 1975, 1989 and 1991
Macedonian League 2nd (3): 2022, 2023 and 2024 3rd (4): 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2026
Macedonian Cup Finalist (2): 2009 and 2024
Arena
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
Čkembari () 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.
European record Pelister debued in 2025–26 Basketball Champions League against Pallacanestro Reggiana. Pelister 99 - 87 And qualified for the 2025–26 FIBA Europe Cup group stage.
Current roster
Depth chart
In Date Position Player Moving from 25 July 2026PF Blagoj Dimitriev Tikveš 27 July 2026PF Alozno Range Jr. Quba BC 29 July 2026SF Kosta Kjirilovski Kožuv 31 July 2026SG Ivan Sapundjiev Gostivar 3 August 2026PG Viktor Zlatevski KK Feniks 2010 6 August 2026SF Camron McDowell Tarleton State Texans 7 August 2026C Bojan Dimitriev BC Vodno Suns Partizan 11 August 2026SG Luka Savicevic KK Feniks 2010 19 August 2026PG C.J Wilson Södertälje BBK 1 September 2026C Roosevelt Wheeler Colegio Los Leones de Quilpué
Out Date Position Player Moving to 10 June 2026PG Boban Stajić Kumanovo 19 June 2026SG Andrej Mitrevski Pacific Tigers 8 July 2026SG Luka Stojanovski MZT Skopje 23 July 2026SF Damjan Krstevski Kožuv 30 July 2026PF Kevin Bracy-Davis Trepça 4 August 2026C Langston Wilson Gargždai TBAPG Branden JenkinsTBA TBAPF Nikola MaleševićTBA
Notable players
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
External links Official team website Team info at MKF Eurobasket.com KK Pelister Page