KK Kožuv

KK Kožuv
KK Kožuv
Leagues	Macedonian First League
Founded	1955
Arena	26th April Hall
Capacity	1,600 seats
Location	Gevgelija, North Macedonia
Team colors	Red and White ;
Head coach	Apostoli Apostolov
Website	kozuv.com.mk
Home	Away

Basketball team in Gevgelija, North Macedonia

KK Kožuv (Macedonian: КК Кожув) is a basketball club based in Gevgelija, North Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian First League.

History

The club was founded in 1955.^[1]

Kozhuv's biggest success came in 2013, they made the Macedonian First League playoff final but ended up losing against MZT Skopje Aerodrom.^[2] Kozhuv reached the Macedonian Cup Final in 2015. They lost the final match against the heavy-weight Rabotnichki 66-74 .Kozhuv also competed in BIBL league for 6 seasons. They reached the 3rd place twice in seasons 2015 and 2016.^{[citation needed]} Since its second top-flight season in 2012, the team from the border town has also participated in the supranational Balkan League, a position it has consistently held ever since. After two rather moderately successful campaigns, it remained undefeated in the 2014/15 preliminary round and qualified directly for the semifinals in the second group stage, losing to eventual champions KB Sigal Prishtina on aggregate. In the following Balkan League season, the team lost to KK Mornar Bar in the 2016 semifinals. In the season 2019-20 KK Blokotehna fused in KK Kozhuv. All the players joined Kozhuv at this season.

As Blokotehna Gevgelija in the season 2017/2018 they played in the semifinals with Levski Lukoil finishing 4th.Next season in 2019, Blokotehna won BIBL League trophy beating Teuta in the Final. In season 2018/19 they were hosts of the domestic cup and they played in the Final against Rabotnicki. They made it to the semi-finals in the domestic Championship play-off.

BIBL League Seasons

2013: (4-4) 7th
2014: (5-11) 9th
2015: (13-3) 3rd
2016: (6-8) 3rd
2017: (9-9) 5th
2018: (10-4) 4th
2019: (11-3)

Honours

Domestic Achievements

Macedonian League Finalist - 2013
Macedonian Cup Finalist - 2015

European

BIBL Champions 2019

International Achievements

Mavroskoufia Basketball Tournament - 2013, 2014

Current roster

KK Kožuv roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.		Age
SG	2	Higgs, Devon	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	25 – (2000-02-10)10 February 2000
SG	8	Kuzmanov, Jordan	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	19 – (2006-03-19)19 March 2006
G	9	Bojčev, Nikola	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)		21 – (2004-08-21)21 August 2004
PG	13	Bajram, Husein	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)		23 – (2002-01-19)19 January 2002
F	14	Kolev, Ilija	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)		29 – (1996-08-03)3 August 1996
SG	15	Purvis, Rodney	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	31 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994
F	27	Buklisev, Riste	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)		20 – (2005-03-14)14 March 2005
PF	43	Washington, DeVaughn	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)		36 – (1989-03-29)29 March 1989
C	51	Simić, Teodor	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)		21 – (2004-02-04)4 February 2004