KK Pelister is a men's professional basketball Sports 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.
Honours
Macedonian Champions
- : 1st Winners (3): 1975, 1989 and 1991
Macedonian League
- : 2nd (3): 2022, 2023 and 2024
- : 3rd (3): 2006, 2007 and 2009
Macedonian Cup
- : 2nd Finalist (1): 2009
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 () 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
RK 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.
And qualified for the 2025–26 FIBA Europe Cup group stage.
Current roster
Depth chart
Notable players
External links
