KB Rahoveci, or simply Rahoveci, is a professional basketball club based in the city
Rahoveci
Rahovec ( sq-definite, Rahoveci) or Orahovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Ораховац) is a town and municipality located in the District of Prizren in western Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Rahovec has 15,892 inhabitants, while the ...
,
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 ...
. The club currently plays in the
Kosovo First League. Its fan club is called ''Vreshtarët''
History
In the
2016–17 season, the small club from the town of Rahovec got promoted to the Superleague and they managed to finish in sixth position in the table. They think they are rivals of KB YLLI, a club from the nearby city of Theranda.In the
2018–19 Superleague, Rahoveci finished as runners-up behind
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 ...
.
On 24 July 2019, it was announced that Rahoveci would make its debut in European competitions. The team qualified for the qualifying rounds of the
2019–20 FIBA Europe Cup.
Rahoveci lost both games to
U-BT Cluj-Napoca
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca is a Romanian professional basketball club based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The club, for sponsorship reason under the name U-Banca Transilvania Cluj-Napoca, competes in the Liga Națională. As other sports teams that ...
from Romania. Rahoveci relegated to the
Kosovo First League after finishing last in the 2022–23 Kosovo Basketball Superleague.
Honours
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 ...
**Runners-up (1): 2018/19
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, ...
**Runners-up (1): 2018/19
Kosovo Basketball First League
Kosovo Basketball First League ( Albanian: Liga e Parë e Kosovës në Basketboll) is the second-tier professional basketball league in Kosovo. It was founded in 2001 it is run by the Basketball Federation of Kosovo.
Rules
Competition format
The ...
**Winners (1): 2016/17
Liga Unike
The Liga Unike () is a professional basketball league in Albania and Kosovo. The first inaugural season will start on 6 April 2021, and the league was praised from Turgay Demirel, president of FIBA Europe, who was present at the inauguration.
Te ...
**Third Place (1): 2020/21
Arena
The club plays in the sport center Mizahir Isma, with a capacity for around 4,000 spectators.
European record
Players
Current roster
.
Depth chart
References
External links
Official websiteEuroBasket.com
Basketball teams in Kosovo
Kosovo Basketball Superleague
Orahovac
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