Klubi i Basketbollit Peja (

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

: ''Basketball Club Peja'') is a Kosovar 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 ...

club based in

Pejë Peja ( Indefinite Albanian form: ''Pejë'' ) or Peć ( sr-Cyrl, Пећ ) is the fourth largest city of Kosovo and seat of Peja Municipality and Peja District. It is situated in the region of Rugova on the eastern section of the Accursed Mount ...

. The club currently plays in the

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 ...

. KB Peja has won 6 National Championships, 4 Kosovo Basketball Cups and 2 Kosovo Supercups. The team's roster has included big names like

Acie Earl Acie Boyd Earl (born June 23, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player, who appeared in four National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons, as a , center. He also played many seasons in Europe. High school/college Born in P ...

Fred House Frederick Deshune House (born January 4, 1978) is an American retired professional basketball player. High school House attended Ellison High School, in his native Killeen, Texas. College career House played college basketball at Dixie State C ...

Ricardo Marsh Ricardo Marsh (born September 12, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. He was the Israeli Basketball Premier League Statistical Leaders, top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League in 2007 and is currently assistant ...

, Samir Shaptahu,

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 ...

, and Gerti Shima.

History

The team was officially formed on 13 March 1993 under the ownership of Ilhami Gashi. The club's first manager was Valdet Spahija and the first roster consisted of Valdet Spahija (as player-manager), Riza Gjakova, Ahmet Nimani, Besim Gjuka, Sebajdin Sylejmani, Agim Lluka, Agim Beqiraj and Turhan Zajmi. The team name was KB Peja until 2001, when Ekrem Lluka bought the club and renamed it KB Dukagjini(Dukagjini is the company named after the region). In 2005 the name was changed back to KB Peja. In the 1996-97 season KB Peja played in the second division, due to problems with the

Basketball Federation of Kosovo The Basketball Federation of Kosovo (Albanian: ''Federata e Basketbollit e Kosovës'', sr, Кошаркашки савез Косова/''Košarkaški savez Kosova'') is the governing body of basketball in Kosovo. It organizes the Kosovo Basketba ...

. In 2003-04, the team didn't compete in any league organized by the Basketball Federation of Kosovo. In the 2016–17 season, Peja would play in a European competition for the first time, when the team entered the

FIBA Europe Cup The FIBA Europe Cup (FEC) is an annual professional club basketball competition organised by FIBA for eligible European clubs. It is FIBA's European-wide second level. Clubs mainly qualify for the competition based on their performance in nation ...

.KB Peja Profile at EuroCup
/ref>

Honours and titles

Domestic

* Kosovo Superleague **Winners (6): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2013 **Runners-up (8): 2000, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021 *

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 (6): 1994, 1995, 1997, 2011, 2015, 2020 **Runners-up (7): 2001, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2017 *Kosovo Supercup **Winners (2): 1997, 2015 *

Balkan International Basketball League The Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL), also known as the Balkan League, is a multinational professional basketball league that features mostly clubs from the Balkans. The league included teams from countries as Bulgaria, North Macedon ...

**Semi-finalist (2): 2015, 2017 *

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 ...

**Winners (1): 2022 **Runners-up (1): 2021

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

;Kosovo and Albania #

# Edis Kuraja # Ersid Ljuca #

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. ...

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 ...

# Samir Shaptahu # Valdet Grapci # Valdet Spahija ;Balkans # Adnan Bajramović # Dragan Pusić # Goran Kalamiža # Hrvoje Puljko # Jan Močnik #

Jozo Brkić Jozo Brkić (born 19 July 1986 in Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia) is a professional Bosnian-Herzegovinian basketball player. Brkić started his career with HKK Široki from Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviate ...

# Mirza Ahmetbašić # Nedžad Spahić # Teo Simović ;United States #

# Anthony Knox # Cyril Awere # Dustin Scott #

# George Odufuwa # Janou Rubin #

Mario Austin Mario Trevon Austin (born February 26, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player. College career Austin played 3 seasons at Mississippi State under head coach Rick Stansbury. He is well known for hitting a clutch 3-point shot in ...

Mario Edwards Mario Lashun Edwards Sr. (born December 1, 1975) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Miami Dolphins. He was drafted in the sixth round (180th overall) of the ...

Nic Wise Dominique Giovanni "Nic" Wise (born September 8, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who last played for KB Peja of the Siguria Superleague. High school At Kingwood High School, Nic Wise was a two-year letterwinner. He played h ...

# Theo Little ;Other countries #

Carlos Morban Carlos Alberto Morban Rivera (born April 25, 1982 in Santo Domingo) is a professional basketball player from the Dominican Republic. He is a 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) and 190 lb (93 kg) Guard (basketball), guard who last played professio ...

# Harouna Mutombo

Coaching history

* Valdet Spahija * 2006/07 Robert Matijević * 2007 - 2011 Bujar Loci * 2011/12

Ivica Marić Ivica Marić (born April 16, 1967 in Zenica, SR Bosnia-Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Croatian former professional basketball player. He was a 1.82 m point guard with good court vision. Professional career Marić led the 2000–01 Euroleagu ...

* 2012/13 Rudolf Jugo * 2013/14

Danijel Lutz Danijel is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Danijel Aleksić (born 1991), Serbian footballer * Danijel Alibabić (born 1988), Montenegrin singer and songwriter * Danijel Brezič (born 1976), Slovenian football midfielder * Da ...

* 2013/14

Boban Savović Slobodan "Boban" Savović (born November 27, 1979) is a Montenegrin former professional basketball player. Early career Raised in Serbia and Montenegro, Savović came to the United States in 1994 and played at East Side High School (Newark, New J ...

* 2014/15 Borislav Kurtović * 2015–2016 Branimir Pavić * 2016–2017 Aleksandar Todorov * 2019–2020 Jeronimo Šarin * 2020 Adis Bečiragić * 2020

Şemsettin Baş Şemsettin Baş (born January 4, 1973 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a retired Turkish professional basketball player and lastly was head coach of CSO Voluntari. At 6 ft 5.75 in (1.97 m), he played as a shooting guard and small forward. He is of ...

* 2021 Edi Dželalija * 2021

Jordančo Davitkov Jordanco Davitkov (born 12 September 1963 in Kočani, mk, Јорданчо Давитков) is a former coach of the Macedonian National Basketball Team, and the Kuwait national basketball team. In 2011 on Gulf Games in Bahrain, with Kuwait Natio ...

* 2021

Dragan Radović Dragan Radović (Cyrillic: Драган Радовић; born 29 September 1976) is a Montenegrin retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Playing career Radović began his career in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia in 1998 w ...

* 2021-2022

* 2022–present

Marin Dokuzovski Marin Dokuzovski ( mk, Марин Докузовски; born July 14, 1960 in Skopje) is a Macedonian former professional basketball coach. Career Dokuzovski played club basketball at the senior level from 1978 to 1989 with the Yugoslav League cl ...

References

External links

Official websiteEurobasket.com Team Profile
{{Balkan International Basketball League Basketball teams in Kosovo Sport in Peja