KB Prishtina

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KB Prishtina
KB Prishtina logo
Leagues	Kosovo Superleague Kosovo Cup BIBL Liga Unike
Founded	1970; 55 years ago (1970)
History	KB Prishtina 1970–present
Arena	Palace of Youth and Sports
Capacity	2800
Location	Pristina, Kosovo
Team colors	Blue, White
President	Blerand Stavileci
Team manager	N/A
Head coach	Murat Bilge
Team captain	Fisnik Rugova
2022–23 position	Kosovo Basketball Superleague, Semifinalist (3rd)
Championships	15 Kosovo Cup 14 Kosovo Superleague 3 Balkan League 8 Kosovo Supercups
Website	Official website
[画像:Home jersey] Team colours Home [画像:Away jersey] Team colours Away [画像:Third jersey] Team colours Third

Klubi i Basketbollit Prishtina (English: Basketball Club Prishtina), officially known as Sigal Prishtina due to sponsorship reasons, is a Kosovar professional basketball club based in Pristina.

The team currently competes in the Kosovo Superleague, Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL) and the FIBA Europe Cup. They are the most successful club in Kosovo, having won 14 national championships, 15 national cups and 7 supercups in the last 14 years. Since 2013 the club has competed in the Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL), and they became the first Kosovar side to win the competition first in 2014–15 after defeating Bulgarian side BC Rilski Sportist in the finals. They would win the same competition the following season in 2015–16 in which they would beat Montenegrin side Mornar Bar in the final, to win this competition back to back as the only Kosovan Basketball club in the history at this competition. In 2015, Prishtina joined the newly formed European second tier competition, the FIBA Europe Cup. They became the first Kosovar Basketball club to reach the round of 16 in the FIBA Europe Cup in the 2018–19 season, winning six matches in their 14 match long campaign. Prishtina has won 15 games in European basketball competitions so far.

The club was founded in 1970. By 2004, the club had racked up huge debt, which led to the original club being forced to fold and a new club under the name OJQ KB Prishtina was formed in its place. The debts were then inherited by the new club and they were not dealt with, which led to the club folding once again on 22 September 2011 and a new club was once again formed in its place.^[1]

In the 2015–16 season, Prishtina made its debut in the FIBA Europe Cup and became the first Kosovo team to play in a European club competition. Since then, Prishtina competed in every season of the FIBA Europe Cup.

In the 2013–14 season, Prishtina played its first season in Europe in Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL). In the first season KB Prishtina took the 2nd place during the Regular Season with 11 wins and 5 losses, qualifying for the Final Four. They were organizers of the Final Four 2013–14 of BIBL, but they lost to Galil Gilboa 74–86 in the semifinal, and to Balkan (BUL) 73–79 in the 3rd place game.

In the BIBL Season 2014–15, KB Prishtina won the Trophy of the for the first time Balkan International Basketball League, KB Prishtina faced in the Quarterfinals SCM Craiova they won first away in Romania 73−77 and then at home in Prishtina 70−98 to progress in the Semifinals off this Tournament. In the Semifinals KB Prishtina faced KK Kožuv from Macedonia yet again in this Tournament. At home Prishtina surprised Kožuv and beat them deservedly 85–61 at home in Pristina especially Edin Bavčić scored 25 points in this Match and Dardan Berisha with six assist points helped Prishtina massively at this stage. Away in Kožuv they lost 86-80 but it was enough to qualify for their first ever Finals in the Balkan International Basketball League. In the finals they meet BC Rilski Sportist they won both matches against BC Rilski Sportist first in Prishtina 74–72, and second in Bulgaria 80–71, to win the Trophy in this Campaign. Being the only Basketball Club from Kosovo to achieve this feet so far. In 20 matches KB Prishtina achieved 13 wins and only seven losses in the process.^[2] But in the next BIBL season 2015–16, KB Prishtina would compete again in the Balkan International Basketball League where they faced in the first round KK Kožuv KK Mornar Bar and BC Beroe. In this round KB Prishtina won 4 Matches and progressed deservedly in the next Round.

In the 2015–16 season, KB Prishtina played in FIBA Europe Cup for the first time. They failed to qualify for the next round with two wins and sour losses in the Group Stage.

In the FIBA Europe Cup 2016–17 KB Prishtina faced in the first round Enisey BC Rilski Sportist and Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece. KB Prishtina did improve in their performances, especially at home. Their only win was a 87–80 at home against Enisey—not enough for KB Prishtina to progress in the next round.

The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

• MEB Prishtina (2002–2003)
• BpB Prishtina (2003–2004)
• Sigal Prishtina (2004–2011, 2012–2018, 2019-2024)
• Z-Mobile Prishtina (2018–2019)
• Sigal Prishtina Mercure (2024)
• Sigal Prishtina (2024-present)

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away
2015–16	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Romania Energia Târgu Jiu	66–62	87–72
			Cyprus AEK Larnaca	70–83	101–84
			Kazakhstan Astana	75–73	82–78
2016–17	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Russia Enisey	87–80	102–101
			Bulgaria Rilski Sportist	100–104	100–98
			Turkey Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece	71–81	100–58
2017–18	Champions League	QR1	Belarus Tsmoki-Minsk	50–57	89–74
	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Ukraine Khimik	76–65	59–78
			Belgium Belfius Mons-Hainaut	69–75	72–74
			Turkey Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece	66–84	86–59
2018–19	Champions League	QR1	Netherlands Donar	84–64	80–55
	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Denmark Bakken Bears	77–100	108–84
			Ukraine Cherkaski Mavpy	92–82	73–92
			Romania Steaua București	74–69	81–87
		2R	Germany s.Oliver Würzburg	78–91	95–77
			Hungary Szolnoki Olaj	81–76	89–76
			Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka	82–78	107–85
		R16	Italy Varese	77–80	100–84
2019–20	Champions League	QR1	Poland Legia	79–81	85–83
	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Cyprus APOEL	93–74	80–107
			Germany medi Bayreuth	68–93	97–89
			Latvia Ventspils	72–122	104–84
2022–23	FIBA Europe Cup	QR2	Estonia Kalev	N/A	61-98
	ENBL	GS	Ukraine Budivelnyk	N/A	85-62
			Estonia Kalev	50-61	N/A
			Poland Stelmet Zielona Gora	N/A	89-76
			Poland Start Lublin	69-89	N/A
			Lithuania Šiauliai	N/A	67-91
			Estonia Tal Tech	73-91	N/A
		QF	Poland King Szczecin	64-64	78-85

The club play their home games at the smaller of the two arenas in the Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve (Palace of Youth and Sports) which has a capacity of 2,800. The larger arena in the building had a capacity of around 8,000 but it was damaged by a fire on 25 February 2000 and has never been restored fully since.

Kosovo Basketball Superleague

• Winners (14): 1991, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
• Runners-up (6): 1997, 2001, 2004, 2012, 2013, 2018

Kosovo Cup

• Winners (15): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021,
• Runners-up (4): 2011, 2015, 2023, 2024

Kosovo Supercup

• Winners (8): 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022

Balkan League

• Winners (3): 2015, 2016, 2024

European North Basketball League

• • Quarter Finals (1): 2022–23 European North Basketball League

FIBA Europe Cup

• • Round of 16 (1): 2018-19

FIBA Champions League

• • First qualifying round (3): 2017–18 Basketball Champions League, 2018–19 Basketball Champions League, and in the 2019-20 Basketball Champions League

KB Prishtina roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 2 United States Tarrant, Ricky 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 31 – (1993年08月07日)7 August 1993 PG Kosovo Shoshaj, Fatlind 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 22 – (2002年11月22日)22 November 2002 PG 22 Kosovo Sylejmani, Renat (U20) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 16 – (2008年10月03日)3 October 2008 CG 8 Kosovo Shatri, Orges (U20) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 19 – (2005年05月24日)24 May 2005 SG Kosovo Binqe, Norik (U20) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 19 – (2005年10月25日)25 October 2005 G/F 0 United States Clark, Donte 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 30 – (1994年08月04日)4 August 1994 G/F 3 Kosovo Ismajli, Jon (U20) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 19 – (2005年12月23日)23 December 2005 G/F 13 Albania Kosovo Lekndreaj, Daniel 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 27 – (1997年11月16日)16 November 1997 F United States Tate, Tyrrel 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 33 – (1992年02月12日)12 February 1992 F 34 Kosovo Istrefi, Bardh (U20) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 21 – (2004年01月25日)25 January 2004 PF 23 Kosovo Janjeva, Muhamedali 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 26 – (1998年12月28日)28 December 1998 PF/C 21 United States Nzeakor, Josh 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 27 – (1997年05月13日)13 May 1997 PF/C 7 Kosovo Rugova, Fisnik (C) 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 35 – (1989年08月26日)26 August 1989 C 6 Kosovo Ibishi, Adrian (U20) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 20 – (2004年10月24日)24 October 2004 C Slovenia Austria Mahalbašić, Rašid 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 34 – (1990年11月07日)7 November 1990	Head coach Turkey Murat Bilge Assistant coach(es) Kosovo Albert Sylejmani Physiotherapist(s) Kosovo Kujtim Shala Legend (C) Team captain (TW) – Two-way contract (U20) – Obligatory Under 20 years old player Injured Injured Roster Updated: June 23, 2023

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Rašid Mahalbašić	Josh Nzeakor	Adrian Ibishi
PF	Muhamedali Janjeva	Fisnik Rugova	Bardh Istrefi
SF	Daniel Lekndreaj	Tyrrell Tate
SG	Donte Clark	Jon Ismajli	Orges Shatri
PG	Ricky Tarrant	Fatlind Shoshaj

Coach	Years active
Kosovo Ibrahim Karabegu	1999–2000
Kosovo Bujar Shehu	2000–2001
Croatia Čedomir Perinčić	2001–2002
North Macedonia Enver Sllamniku	2002–2003
Croatia Josip Gjergja	2003–2004
Turkey Ekrem Memnun	2004–2005
Kosovo Vëllaznim Perani	2005
Kosovo Arben Krasniqi	2005–2013
Turkey Ahmet Kandemir	2013
Turkey Ceyhun Cabadak	2013
North Macedonia Marin Dokuzovski	2014
North Macedonia Marjan Ilievski	2015
Cyprus Antonis Constantinides	2015–2016
Lithuania Audrius Prakuraitis	2016–2017
Turkey Ahmet Kandemir	2017
Kosovo Andin Rashica	2018
Germany Matthias Zollner	2018
Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Mulaomerović	2018–2019
Kosovo Bujar Loci	2019
Slovenia Teo Hojc	2020
Kosovo Andin Rashica	2020
Croatia Ante Nazor	2021–2022
Turkey Ekrem Memnun	2022
Turkey Murat Bilge	2022
Turkey Ahmet Kandemir	2022–2023
Lithuania Žydrūnas Urbonas	2023–2024
Croatia Jakša Vulić	2024
Kosovo Albert Sylejmani	2024
Turkey Murat Bilge	2024–present

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Official website
• Sigal Prishtina at Eurobasket.com
• RealGM at RealGM
• Sigal Prishtina at BGbasket.com
• KB Prishtina at fans page

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