Karpoš Sokoli () were a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia.
For the first time in their history, Karpoš Sokoli was invited to the ABA League for the 2016–17 season which is considered to be the largest success of the club so far.
History
Beginnings KK Karpoš has been established on 31 December 1996. From the 2000–01 season the club is participating in the first league of Macedonia and the name of the well known basketball academy "Sokoli" has been added to the club's name. Since then the club's name is Karpoš Sokoli 2000 Skopje.
Although the club faced difficulties through the past decade, the club managed to continue participating in senior competitions while supporting its youth teams.
Glory days
From the 2012–13 season, the Municipality of Karpoš began financing the basketball club, and in May 2015, it became a shareholder. Since then, the club has developed at an impressive pace, achieving stronger results with each new season.
The most successful season in club's history so far is the 2015–16 season, when the club reached the finals of Macedonian National Cup and Semi-finals of the Macedonian National Championship, after finishing as runners-up in the regular part of the season.
For the first time in their history, Karpoš Sokoli managed to achieve the promotion to the ABA League for the 2016–17 season, which is considered to be the largest success of the club so far.
On 19 February 2017, the club won its first national title by defeating Feni Industries in the final of the Macedonian Basketball Cup.
Honours Domestic achievements Macedonian League Runners-up (1): 2016–17 Macedonian Cup Winners (1): 2017 Runners-up (1): 2016 Macedonian Super Cup Runners-up (1): 2016
Players Current roster
Depth chart
Notable players
Darko Sokolov Bojan Trajkovski Igor Penov Angel Tasevski Dime Tasovski Edis Nuri Igor Mijajlović Uroš Duvnjak Dragan Labović Strahinja Milošević Dragan Zeković Filip Šepa Dušan Knežević Marko Boltić Marko Mijović Aleksandar Petrović Zoran Vrkić Dominik Mavra Goran Vrbanc Kendrick Perry Thad McFadden Lamont Mack Darius Rice Anton Kazarnovski Ryan Richards Chris Warren
Head coaches
Ognen Dedić Aleksandar Petrović Borče Daskalovski Sašo Todorovski Boban Mitev Saša Katalinić Mihajlo Naumovski Siniša Matić Dragan Nikolić
KK Karpoš Sokoli in European competitions
2017 FIBA Champions League Round Team Home Away 1st Qualifying round Kalev/Cramo79-87 78–81
2017 FIBA Europe Cup Round Team Home Away Group stage Szolnoki Olaj73–91 94–73 Nizhny Novgorod67–101 95–70 Falco KC Szombathely43–104108–87
References
External links Eurobasket.com KK Karpos Sokoli FIBA Profile