KK Kumanovo

MKK Kumanovo (Macedonian: МКК Куманово) is a professional basketball club based in Kumanovo, North Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian First League. The club play their home matches at the Sports Hall Kumanovo.

After its foundation in 1946^[1] the team was only able to achieve national success in 1980 by winning the Macedonian Republic League. During the 1970s and 80s they played in the second-tier of the Yugoslav Federal Basketball League. In the 90s Kumanovo entered the qualifying round for the Korać Cup 1998/99 season, in which they lost a two-legged tie against KK Krka as well as two seasons later in the same competition against BC Yambol. A season later, they played for the first time in the 2001/02 play-off final series for the Macedonian championship, in which they lost two to four wins against record champions and defending champion Feršped Rabotnički from the capital Skopje. Already in the following season the team could not keep up due to financial difficulties and occupied a relegation zone and dissolved in 2003.

In 2009 the club was renewed and returned under the name Kumanovo 2009 in the 2010/11 season to the Macedonian First League. After being re-established in the top division, the first successes came when it reached the Macedonian Cup final in 2013, which was lost to defending champion KK MZT Skopje, and on the other hand in the Balkan League where it participated for the first time, reached the Final Four tournament in which they lost to the title holder Hapoel Gilboa Galil in the semi-finals. In the following season in the Balkan League the team reached the quarter-finals and got eliminated against the later title winner Levski Sofia and again didn't achieve a chance of winning the title in national competitions. This was to change in the 2014/15 season, when the team beat record champion Rabotnički in the play-off semi-final of the championship and went to final again after 13 years. In the final series, however, they lost in three games against defending champion KK MZT Aerodrom. For the 2015/16 season, the team registered for the FIBA Europe Cup. In the continental club competition, in six preliminary round matches, it was only enough for one home win against Kotkan TP-Basket. In the national championship play-offs they reached the final again and were able to achieve one home win against title defenders MZT Skopje before losing another chance of winning the title in four games.

In the following years, Kumanovo had financial problems, and young domestic players mostly played in the club. In the 2020/2021 season, the club played in the semi-finals of the Macedonian Championship, where they lost 2-1 to the then champion MZT Skopje. In the 2022/2023 season, the club dropped out of the first league after 15 years. After a season where there was no club in the first league, Kumanovo got a new first league club, MKK Kumanovo, which is the successor of the old club. And after many years, the Kumani fan group returned to the stands.

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗼𝗸𝘂𝘇𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝗶 𝗘𝗿𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯-

When the club dropped out of the second league on the bench sat down the most trophy Macedonian coach, a coach who reached the 4th place at Eurobasket 2011 with the Macedonian national basketball team Marin Dokuzovski. He brought a new era to the club, returned the club in the first league after a season, and brought quality basketball players like Uros Lukovic, who returned to Kumanovo after 10 years, also signed Antabia Waller, Tadija Tadic and Aleksandar Radukic.

• Macedonian Basketball League

Winner : 1980

Runner-up: 2002, 2015, 2016^[2]

• Macedonian Basketball Cup

Runner-up: 2013

• BIBL

Runner-up: 2017

Sports Hall Kumanovo is a home ground indoor sport venue for BC Kumanovo located in Kumanovo, Macedonia. The hall has capacity of 6,500 seats and was built in 1980.

It is the biggest indoor sport hall in Kumanovo, where competitions of basketball, futsal, handball, volleyball and boxing matches.

The supporters of Kumanovo are called Kumani they were formed in 1990 with the merging of couple of smaller ultras groups. Kumanovo home court is considered one of the hardest to play in because of the loyal supporters.

• Eurobasket.com MKK Kumanovo Page
• Team info at MKF
• Eurobasket.com KK Kumanovo Page
• Supporters Website
• Media supporter Website Archived 2012-11-19 at the Wayback Machine