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KB Bashkimi

{{Short description|Professional basketball club in Kosovo}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Infobox basketball club

| logo = KB Bashkimi 1945.svg

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| name = KB Bashkimi

| color1 = black

| color2 = #fb8E17

| color3 = white

| clubname = Bashkimi

| leagues = Kosovo Basketball Superleague
Kosovo Cup

| founded = {{Start date and age|1945}}

| history = KB Bashkimi
(1945–2009)
Big Brother Bashkimi
(2009-2011)
Sigkos Bashkimi
(2011–2013)
KB Kosova e Re Bashkimi
(2013–2015)
KB Bashkimi
(2015-present)

| arena = Sezai Surroi

| capacity = 3,500

| location = Prizren, Kosovo

| colors = Black, Orange, White
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| president = Astrit Martinaj

| chairman = Kushtrim Kabashi

| coach = sasa jankovic

| assistants = Bledar Gjeçaj

| season = 2023–24

| position = Superleague, 5th of 8

| captain = Altin Morina

| championships = 1 Kosovo Basketball Superleague
1 Kosovo Cup

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Klubi i Basketbollit Bashkimi, also known as K.B. Bashkimi or simply Bashkimi , is a professional basketball team based in Prizren, Kosovo. Bashkimi is the oldest basketball team in Kosovo and competes in the top professional men's basketball league in Kosovo, PrinceCaffe Superliga, since 1991.

History

Klubi i Basketbollit Bashkimi was founded 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 Superleague in 1991.{{cite web|url= https://basketbolli.com/Team/TeamInfo?teamId=4|title=Bashkimi-Historiku i ekipit|publisher=basketbolli.com}}

2014/15 was the first time Bashkimi participated in an international competition, when the team joined the regional Balkan League. Bashkimi won its first league title in the 2017–18 season.{{cite news|url= https://www.epokaere.com/bashkimi-kampion-i-kosoves-prishtina-fituese-e-kupes-peja-ne-ligen-e-pare/|title=Bashkimi kampion i Kosovës|publisher=epokaere.com|date=30 December 2018|language=sq|access-date=24 May 2024}}

Honours

=Domestic competitions=

  • Kupa e Kosovës/Kosovo Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2000/01
  • Runners-up (8): 1996/97, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2011/12, 2013/14, 2017/18, 2021/22, 2024/25

=European and regional competitions=

Fan club

The team's fan club are called Arpagjik't.

Current roster

{{Basketball roster nationality note}}

{{Basketball roster header

| team= Bashkimi }}

{{player3| pos = PG/SG | num = 1 | nat = KOS | first = Altin | last = Morina| m = 1.96 | kgs = 80 | year = 1992 | month = 06 | date = 12 }}

{{player3| pos = PG | num = 2 | nat = KOS | first = Fis | last = Jashari| m = 1.80 | | year = 2008 | month = 04 | date = 12 }}

{{player3| pos = SG | num = 3 | nat = USA | first = Mack | last = Smith | m = 1.87 | kgs = 84 | year = 1998 | month = 01 | date = 28 | dab = basketball}}

{{player3| pos = PG | num = 5 | nat = KOS | first = Hajriz | last = Hazeri| m = 1.85 | kgs = 95 | year = 2003 | month = 06 | date = 12 }}

{{player3|| pos=PG |num=6 |nat=KOS | first=Valon | last=Bunjaku | m=1.85 | kgs= 70 | year=1998 | month= 02 | date= 2 }}

{{player3| pos = C | num = 7 | nat = USA | first = Erik | last = Copes | m = 2.03 | kgs = 109 | year = 1993 | month = 01 | date = 29}}

{{player3|| pos=SG |num=10 |nat=KOS | first=Besim | last=Bytyqi | m=1.82 | | year=2008 | month= 10| date= 31 }}

{{player3| pos = PG | num = 11| nat = USA | first = Wendell | last = Green, Jr | m = 1.80 | kgs = 79 | year = 2002 | month = 08 | date = 7| }}

{{player3 | pos=PF| num=21| nat=KOS | first=Samir | last=Zekiqi | m=2.03 | kgs= 97 |year=1995|month=01 |date=23|}}

{{player3 | pos = SG | num = 22 | nat = KOS | first = Meriton | last = Ismaili | m=1.98 | |year=2000 |month=04 |date=3}}

{{player3| pos = PF | num = 24 | nat = USA | first = Jayveous | last = McKinnis | m = 2.01 | kgs = 102 | year = 1999 | month = 08 | date = 19}}

{{player3| pos = PF | num = 27 | nat = MKD | first = Lejson | last = Zeqiri | m = 2.03 | | year = 2001 | month = 09 | date = 17}}

{{Basketball roster footer

| head_coach =

  • {{player||Croatia|Sasa Jankovic }}

| asst_coach =

  • {{player||Albania|Bledar Gjeçaj }}

| roster_url =

| accessdate = March 13, 2020

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=Depth chart=

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|starter_c = Jayveous McKinnis

|starter_pf = Lejson Zeqiri

|starter_sf = Mack Smith

|starter_sg = Wendell Green, Jr

|starter_pg = Altin Morina

|bench 1_c = Erik Copes

|bench 1_pf =

|bench 1_sf =

|bench 1_sg = Meriton Ismaili

|bench 1_pg = Valon Bunjaku

|bench 2_c =

|bench 2_pf =

|bench 2_sf =

|bench 2_sg =

|bench 2_pg = Hajriz Hazeri

|bench 3_c =

|bench 3_pf =

|bench 3_sf =

|bench 3_sg = Besim Bytyqi

|bench 3_pg = Fis Jashari

}}

Coaching history

Notable players

{{Basketball notable players criteria}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Kosovo/KB_Bashkimi_Prizren/4922?Year=2014-2015 Team profile] at Eurobasket.com

{{Kosovo Basketball Superleague}}

{{Liga Unike}}

{{Balkan International Basketball League}}

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