{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox Basketball club | name = KK Kožuv | color1 = #FFFFFF | color2 = #FF0000 | color3 = #CC0000 | logo = Coat of arms of Gevgelija Municipality.svg | imagesize = 120px | leagues = Macedonian First League | founded = 1955 | history = | arena = 26th April Hall | capacity = 1,600 seats | location = Gevgelija, North Macedonia | colors = Red and White <br> {{color box|#FF0000}} {{color box|white}} | president = | coach = Apostoli Apostolov | championships = | website = [http://www.kozuv.com.mk kozuv.com.mk] |h_body = FF0000 |h_pattern_b= _whitesides |h_shorts = FFFFFF |h_pattern_s = _adidasred |a_body = FFFFFF |a_pattern_b = _redsides |a_shorts = FF0000 |a_pattern_s = _adidaswhite }}
'''KK Kožuv''' ({{langx|mk|КК Кожув}}) '''Gevgelija''' is a basketball club based in Gevgelija, North Macedonia. They currently play in the Macedonian First League.
==History== The club was founded in 1955.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Kozuv_Gevgelija/4968?Page=5 |title=KOZUV GEVGELIJA basketball team History}}</ref>
Kozhuv's biggest success came in 2013, they made the Macedonian First League playoff final but ended up losing against MZT Skopje Aerodrom.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://basketball.eurobasket.com/FYR-Macedonia/news/MZT_Skopje_celebrate_second_straight_Prva_Liga_title/318114 |title=MZT Skopje celebrate second straight Prva Liga title}}</ref> 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.{{fact|date=September 2021}} 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 20px== * 2013: (4-4) 7th * 2014: (5-11) 9th * 2015: (13-3) 3rd 15px * 2016: (6-8) 3rd 15px * 2017: (9-9) 5th * 2018: (10-4) 4th * 2019: (11-3) 15px
==Honours==
===Domestic Achievements 20px === * Macedonian League Finalist - 2013 15px * Macedonian Cup Finalist - 2015 15px :'''European''' 20px *BIBL Champions 2019
===International Achievements === *Mavroskoufia Basketball Tournament - 2013, 2014
==Current roster== {{Basketball roster header|wt=n|age=y | team=KK Kožuv | color1 = white | bg1 = red | color2 = red | bg2 = white}} <!-- list of players --> {{player3 | num = 1 | nat = USA | first = DQ | last = Nicholas | pos = PG | m = 1.84 | kgs = | year = 2000 | month = 4 | date = 13 }} {{player3 | num = 2 | nat = USA | first = Brian | last = Bowen | pos = SF | m = 2.00 | kgs = | year = 1998 | month = 10 | date = 2 }} {{player3 | num = 4 | nat = MKD | first = Kosta | last = Kijrilovski | pos = F | m = 1.98 | year = 2006 | month = 8 | date = 31 }} {{player3 | num = 5 | nat = MKD | first = Riste | last = Bukrshliev | pos = PG | m = 1.84 | year = 2007 | month = 4 | date = 30 }} {{player3 | num = 6 | nat = MKD | first = Andrej | last = Ichev | pos = G | m = 1.92 | kgs = | year = 2006 | month = 4 | date = 4 }} {{player3 | num = 8 | nat = MKD | first = Jordan | last = Kuzmanov | pos = G | m = 1.90 | kgs = | year = 2006 | month = 3 | date = 19 }} {{player3 | num = 9 | nat = MKD | first = Nikola | last = Bojčev | pos = G |m = 1.92 | kgs = | year = 2004 | month = 8 | date = 21 }} {{player3 | num = 11 | nat = MKD | first = Nikola | last = Vasilevski | pos = G |m = 1.92 | kgs = | year = 2003 | month = 8 | date = 3 }} {{player3 | num = 14 | nat = MKD | first = Ilija | last = Kolev | pos = SF | m = 1.98 | kgs = | year = 1996 | month = 8 | date = 2 }} {{player3 | num = 15 | nat = USA | first = Rodney | last = Purvis | pos = SG | m = 1.93 | kgs = | year = 1994 | month = 2 | date = 14 }} {{player3 | num = 18 | nat = MKD | first = Dimitar | last = Zetov | pos = SG | m = 1.87 | kgs = | year = 2006 | month = 1 | date = 18 }} {{player3 | num = 51 | nat = MKD | first = Teodor | last = Simić | pos = C | m = 2.10 | year = 2004 | month = 2 | date = 4 }} <!-- end list of players -->
{{Basketball roster footer | head_coach = * {{player||MKD|Ljupčo Malinkov}} | asst_coach = * {{player||MKD|Apostoli Apostolov}} * {{player||MKD|Ilija Eftimov}} | str_cond = | otherlegend = '''(L)''' On loan | roster_url = http://www.kozuv.com.mk/ | accessdate = 2026-03-08 }}
===Depth chart=== {{Basketball depth chart |line_color = FF0000 |alt_color = FFFFFF |label_color = FF0000 |starter_c = Teodor Simić |starter_pf = Brian Bowen |starter_sf = Nikola Bojčev |starter_sg = Rodney Purvis |starter_pg = DQ Nicholas |bench 1_c = Kosta Kijrilovski |bench 1_pf = Ilija Kolev |bench 1_sf = Dimitar Zetov |bench 1_sg = Nikola Vasilevski |bench 1_pg = Jordan Kuzmanov |bench 2_c = |bench 2_pf = |bench 2_sf = |bench 2_sg = Andrej Ichev |bench 2_pg = Riste Bukrshliev }}
==Former players== {{div col|colwidth=18em}} *{{flagicon|MKD}} Dimitar Karadzovski *{{flagicon|MKD}} Pero Blazevski *{{flagicon|MKD}} Kiril Pavlovski *{{flagicon|MKD}} Darko Radulović *{{flagicon|MKD}} Zlatko Gocevski *{{flagicon|MKD}} Vladimir Brčkov *{{flagicon|MKD}} Aleksandar Šterjov *{{flagicon|MKD}} Igor Penov *{{flagicon|MKD}} Stojan Gjuroski *{{flagicon|MKD}} Kiril Toshev *{{flagicon|MKD}} Ranko Mamuzić *{{flagicon|MKD}} Nikola Karakolev *{{flagicon|MKD}} Daniel Nacevski *{{flagicon|MKD}} Ivica Dimcevski *{{flagicon|MKD}} Martin Shalev *{{flagicon|MKD}} Bojan Krstevski *{{flagicon|MKD}} Bojan Trajkovski *{{flagicon|MKD}} Boban Stajic *{{flagicon|MKD}} Predrag Pajic *{{flagicon|MKD}} Jetmir Zeqiri *{{flagicon|MKD}} Dimitar Mirakovski *{{flagicon|MKD}} Vojče Lefkoski *{{flagicon|MKD}} Marko Simonovski *{{flagicon|SRB}} Ratko Varda *{{flagicon|SRB}} Miladin Peković *{{flagicon|SRB}} Igor Mijajlović *{{flagicon|SRB}} Vladimir Filipović *{{flagicon|SRB}} Milivoje Mijović *{{flagicon|SRB}} Filip Šepa *{{flagicon|SRB}} Andreja Stevanović *{{flagicon|SRB}} Slobodan Božović *{{flagicon|SRB}} Slobodan Dunđerski *{{flagicon|SRB}} Milan Janjušević *{{flagicon|SRB}} Slaven Čupković *{{flagicon|SRB}} Vladimir Ivelja *{{flagicon|SRB}} Nikola Djurasović *{{flagicon|SRB}} Uros Lukovic *{{flagicon|BIH}} Draško Albijanić *{{flagicon|BIH}} Aleksej Nešović *{{flagicon|USA}} Kenyon McNeail *{{flagicon|USA}} Larry Hall *{{flagicon|USA}} Jason Carter *{{flagicon|USA}} Austin Dufault *{{flagicon|USA}} Brandon Penn *{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan White *{{flagicon|CRO}} Fran Pilepić {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.basketball.org.mk/?ItemID=B1AB50AF74550C42999E961B4F6D8E80 Team info at MKF] * {{Facebook|Kozuv}} * [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/FYR-Macedonia/KK_Kozuv_Gevgelija/4968?Page=1 Eurobasket.com KK Kozuv Page] * [https://www.balkanleague.net/en/team.php?id=41 Team info at BalkanLeague] {{Macedonian First League (basketball)}}
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