Klubi i Basketbollit Bashkimi, also known as K.B Bashkimi or simply Bashkimi , is a professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
team based in
Prizren
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, settlement_type = Municipality and city
, image_skyline = Prizren Collage.jpg
, imagesize = 290px
, image_caption = View of Prizren
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,
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
. Bashkimi is the oldest basketball team in Kosovo and competes in the top professional men's basketball league in Kosovo,
IP Superliga, since 1991. Bashkimi is also one of Kosovo's greatest and most successful basketball teams, forming a traditional "big four" together with
Prishtina
Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians and ...
,
Peja and
Trepça.
History
Klubi i Basketbollit Bashkimi was found in 1945 in Prizren. It is the oldest basketball team in Kosovo, and one of the oldest in the Balkans. It has traditionally been the most representative sports team of the city of Prizren. Initially competing in the ex-Yugoslavian competitions, Bashkimi was to join the first season of the Kosovo Basketball League. The last trophy won by the team was the League Cup back in 2002/03 season. 2014/15 was the first time Bashkimi participated in an international competition, when the team joined the regional Balkan League.
Honours
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Kosovo Basketball Superleague
The Kosovo Basketball Superleague (Albanian: Superliga e Kosovës në Basketboll) and known as the ArtMotion Superliga due to sponsorship reasons is the top men's professional basketball league in Kosovo. Basketball Superleague was founded in 1991 ...
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**Winners (1): 2017/18
**Runners-up (2): 2008/09, 2016/17
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Kosovo Cup
The Kosovar Cup ( sq, Digitalb Kupa e Kosovës) for sponsorship reasons, is the major football national cup tournament in Kosovo. It was established in 1991, and is organized by the Football Federation of Kosovo.
Llapi are the current holders, ...
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**Winners (1): 2000/01
**Runners-up (6): 2001/02, 2002/03, 2011/12, 2013/14, 2017/18, 2021/22
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Balkan League
The League of the Balkans was a quadruple alliance formed by a series of bilateral treaties concluded in 1912 between the Eastern Orthodox kingdoms of Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, and directed against the Ottoman Empire, which at the ...
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**Runners-up (1): 2017/18
Fan club
The team`s fan club are called ''Arpagijkt''.
Current roster
Depth chart
Coaching history
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Jeton Nixha (2008–2010)
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Dervish Agaj (2010–2011)
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Naser Oskaček (2011–2012)
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Edin Kërveshi (2012–2014)
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Miodrag Baletić
Miodrag Baletić (15 October 1948 – 12 March 2021) was a Montenegrin professional basketball Coach (basketball), coach.
References
External links
Eurobasket Women (2011) , FIBA Europe
1948 births
2021 deaths
KK Budućnost coaches
KK Bos ...
(2014–2015)
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Petar Mijović (2015–2016)
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Dragan Radović (2016–2017)
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Predrag Milović (2017)
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Fotis Takianos (2017)
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Stratos Koukolekidis (2018)
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Dragan Radović (2018)
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Krunoslav Krajnović (2018-2019)
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Jeronimo Šarin (2019)
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Illmen Bajra (2019-2021)
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Franko Sterle (2021)
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Branimir Pavic (2021-2022)
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Darko Radulovic (2022-present)
Notable players
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Davor Pejčinović
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William Njoku
* Johny Philips
* Justin Black
* Lee Benson
* Schin Kerr
* Vedran Bosnic,
* Billy Armstrong,
* Bledar Gjeqaj,
External links
Team profileat ''
Eurobasket.com
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{{Balkan International Basketball League
Sport in Prizren
Basketball teams established in 1945
Basketball teams in Yugoslavia
Basketball teams in Kosovo