Klubi i Basketbollit Prishtina (

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: ''Basketball Club Prishtina''), officially known as Sigal Prishtina due to sponsorship reasons, is a Kosovar professional

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club based in

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. The team currently competes in the IP Superliga e Basketbollit,

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(BIBL) and the

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. They are the most successful club in Kosovo, having won 14

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, 15 national cups and 7 supercups in the last 14 years. Since 2013 the club has competed in the

(BIBL), and they became the first Kosovar side to win the competition first in 2014–15 after defeating Bulgarian side

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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

. 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.

History

The club was founded in 1970 but the club had racked up huge debt by 2004, 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. In the 2015–16 season, Prishtina made its debut in the

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.

European competitions

In the 2013–14 season, Prishtina played its first season in Europe in

(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

, KB Prishtina faced in the Quarterfinals

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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

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from Macedonia yet again in this Tournament. At home Prishtina surprised Kožuv and beat them deservedly 85–61 at home in

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 ...

especially

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scored 25 points in this Match and

Dardan Berisha Dardan Berisha (born 15 November 1988) is a Kosovan professional basketball player for Prishtina. He became a naturalised Polish citizen and has since represented Poland in international basketball due to Kosovo not having FIBA status until 2015 ...

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

. In the finals they meet

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. But in the next BIBL season 2015–16, KB Prishtina would compete again in the

were they faced in the first round

KK Mornar Bar Košarkaški klub Mornar ( Cyrillic: Кошаркашки клуб Морнар), commonly referred to as Mornar Barsko zlato for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball club based in Bar, Montenegro. The club competes in the Mon ...

and

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. 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 The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas: Ким суғ, ''Kim suğ''; Ket: Ӄук ...

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.

Sponsorship naming

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–present) * Z-Mobile Prishtina (2018–2019)

Matches in European competitions

Arena

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 ( sq, Pallati i Rinise dhe Sporteve; sr, Палата омладине и спорта, Palata omladine i sporta; formerly named "Boro and Ramiz") is a multi-purpose hall located in Pristina, Kosovo. It includes two ind ...

(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.

Honours and titles

Domestic competitions

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 ...

*Winners (14): 1991, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,

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*Runners-up (6): 1997, 2001, 2004, 2012, 2013, 2018

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, ...

*Winners (15): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, *Runners-up (3): 2011, 2015, 2023 Kosovo Supercup *Winners (8): 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022

European and regional competitions

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 ...

*Winners (2):

/ 2018-19 Round of 16

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• First qualifying round / record 0-2 *

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• First qualifying round / record 1-1 * 2019-20 Basketball Champions League • First qualifying round / record 0-2

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Head coaches

Notable players

;Kosovo & Albania * Florian Miftari *

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Malcolm Armstead Malcolm Ray Armstead (born 1 August 1989) is an American-born naturalized Kosovan-Romanian professional basketball player for Golden Eagle Ylli of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague. After playing college basketball for Chipola College, Universit ...

* Mikaile Tmušić * Granit Rugova * Samir Šaptahović *

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* Besim Tafilaj * Gezim Morina * Anthony Drejaj * Aleksander Damo *

Gerti Shima Gerti Shima (born 9 May 1986 in Tirana) is an Albanian professional basketball player who currently plays for Albanian side KB Tirana in the Albanian Basketball Superliga. Shima transferred for the second time to Sigal Prishtina in January 2016. ...

* Erkand Karaj * Ersid Ljuca ;Europe *

Gjorgji Čekovski Gjorgji "Stanko" Čekovski ( mk, Ѓорѓи Чековски; born December 11, 1979) is a Macedonian professional basketball player. He was also a member of the Macedonian national basketball team. Macedonian national team Čekovski is also a m ...

Pero Blazevski Pero Blazevski (born September 28, 1972) is a former Macedonian professional basketball player who played for many clubs in Macedonia like MZT Skopje, Rabotnicki, Kumanovo Kumanovo ( mk, Куманово ; also known by other alternative ...

Bojan Trajkovski Bojan Trajkovski ( mk, Бојан Трајковски; born 11 September 1986) is a Macedonian professional basketball player who plays for Feniks 2010 of the Macedonian First League. He is a member of the Macedonian national basketball team. P ...

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* Denis Krestinin * Stanimir Marinov * Andrew Lawrence * Thomas Massamba * Andrejs Selakovs *

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;United States * Divine Myles *

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Fuquan Edwin Fuquan Edwin (born September 17, 1991) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Seton Hall Pirates, where in 2011–12, he tied with Jay Threatt for the highest steals per game average (3.0) in N ...

* K'Zell Wesson *

Khalid El-Amin Khalid El-Amin (born April 25, 1979) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a member of the 1999 University of Connecticut men's basketball team that won the NCAA championship. He is originally from Minnesota where he played ...

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* Jamar Anthony Diggs *

Jordan Hulls Jordan Andrew Hulls (born April 16, 1990) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Indiana University, where he currently works as team and recruiting coordinator. Personal Hulls is from Bloomington, ...

* Mohamed Abukar * Adam Waleskowski * Jason Washburn *

Mike Moser Michael Alexander Moser (pronounced MOH-zer; born November 8, 1990) is an American retired professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Oregon as a senior. Moser was an All-American player at the University ...

* Kyan Anderson ;Africa * Francois Affia * Gaston Essengue *

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;Asia *

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