KK Pelister

Pelister
Leagues	Macedonian League
Founded	1948
Arena	Boro Čurlevski Sports Hall
Capacity	3,500
Location	Bitola, North Macedonia
Team colors	Green and White
President	Filip Ivanovski
Head coach	Borče Daskalovski
Website	https://kkpelister.mk/
Home Away

Active departments of Pelister
FK Pelister	RK Eurofarm Pelister	RK Eurofarm Pelister 2

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

Arena

KK Pelister play all their home matches at the Boro Churlevski arena. 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 (Macedonian: Чкембари) are an Ultras group, established in 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 in 1985 when a caravan of 15 buses traveled to support RK Pelister who was playing against Partizan Bjelovar in a handball relegation play-off match. At that time they used the name BMČM - Bitolčani, Motorcyclists, Čkembari, Macedonians (македонски: БМЧМ - Битолчани, Мотокари, Чкембари, Македонци) later shortened to just Čkembari. Soon after, the first green and white banners were created that read: "Hell Boys" (македонски: Пеколни момци) and "Green Conquerors" (македонски: Зелени освојувачи) which started organized support for Pelister at every match.

European Record

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

KK Pelister roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SF 0 Bracy-Davis, Kevin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 30 – (1995-01-25)25 January 1995 PG 2 Wilson, C.J. 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 31 – (1994-09-03)3 September 1994 PG 3 Stojanovski, Luka 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 25 – (2000-02-04)4 February 2000 PG 4 Stajić, Boban 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 32 – (1993-10-06)6 October 1993 SF 5 Malešević, Nikola 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 36 – (1989-08-25)25 August 1989 SF 8 Krstevski, Damjan 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1999-06-30)30 June 1999 PG 10 Najdovski, Darko 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 31 – (1994-04-15)15 April 1994 SG 11 Mitrevski, Andrej 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 22 – (2003-09-17)17 September 2003 PF 13 Wilson, Langston 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 25 – (2000-04-11)11 April 2000 PG 31 Price, Austin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 30 – (1995-09-16)16 September 1995	Head coach Borče Daskalovski Assistant coach(es) TBA Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: July 23, 2025

Notable players

References

External links

• Official team website
• Team info at MKF
• Eurobasket.com KK Pelister Page