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KB Peja

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

{{Infobox basketball club

| name = Peja

| image = KB Peja logo.png

| image_size = 150px

| leagues = Kosovo Superleague

| founded = {{Start date and age|1993|5|13|df=yes}}

| history = KB Peja
(1993–2001)
KB Dukagjini Pejë
(2001–2005)
KB Peja
(2005–present)

| arena = Karagaq Sports Hall

| capacity = 2,500

| location = Pejë, Kosovo

| colors = Yellow and black
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| president = Fatmir Gashi

| coach = Sebastjan Krasovec

| captain = Arti Hajdari

| championships = 6Kosovo Superleague
6 Kosovo Cup
2 Kosovo Supercup
1 Liga Unike

| season =

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| website = {{url|kbpeja.com}}

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Klubi i Basketbollit Peja (English: Basketball Club Peja) is a Kosovan professional basketball club based in Pejë.{{cite web |url=http://kbpeja.com/ |title=Home |website=kbpeja.com |access-date=2015-09-26 |archive-date=2015-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927220645/http://kbpeja.com/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://balkanleague.net/en/team.php?id=44|title = Balkanleague.net}} The club competes in the Kosovo Basketball Superleague, Kosovo Cup and Liga Unike.

The team's roster has included big names like Acie Earl, Fred House, Ricardo Marsh, Samir Shaptahu, Dardan Berisha, Ersid Luca, Drilon Hajrizi 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.[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Kosovo/KB-Peja/4919?Page=5 Eurobasket Profile of KB Peja]

In the 1996-97 season KB Peja played in the second division, due to problems with the Basketball Federation of Kosovo. 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.[https://www.fiba.basketball/europecup/16-17/news/draw-results-in-for-fiba-europe-cup-2016/17-season Draw results in for 2016-17 FIBA Europe Cup season][https://www.fiba.basketball/europecup/16-17/KB-Peja KB Peja Profile at EuroCup]

Honours and titles

=Domestic=

  • Kosovo Superleague
  • Winners (6):1994, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2013, 2023
  • Runners-up (9): 1993, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021
  • Kosovo Cup
  • Winners (6): 1994, 1995, 1997, 2011, 2015, 2020
  • Runners-up (7): 2001, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2017
  • Kosovo Supercup
  • Winners (2): 1997, 2015

=Regional=

  • Balkan League
  • Runners-up (1): 2023
  • Semi-finalist (3): 2015, 2017, 2024
  • Liga Unike
  • Winners (1): 2022
  • Runners-up (1): 2021

Players

=Current roster=

{{Basketball roster nationality note}}

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|team = KB Peja

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{{player3|pos=PG|num=-|nat=KOS|first=Amin|last=Hot|m=1.91|year=1992|month=12|date=15}}

{{player3|pos=PG|num=-|nat=USA|first=Shahada|last=Wells|m=1.83|year=1999|month=1|date=24}}

{{player3|pos=F|num=1|nat=KOS|first=Arti|last=Hajdari|m=2.03|year=1998|month=12|date=6}}

{{player3|pos=C|num=3|nat=UKR|first=Denys|last=Lukashov|m=1.77|year=1989|month=1|date=3}}

{{player3|pos=F|num=4|nat=KOS|first=Musab|last=Mala|m=2.03|year=1998|month=10|date=5}}

{{player3|pos=F|num=13|nat=KOS|first=Rron|last=Ukaj|m=2.03|year=1998|month=7|date=2}}

{{ player3 | pos=G | num= 35 | nat=USA| first=Jacquez | last=Yow | m=1.95| year=1996 | month=8 | date=22 }}

{{player3|pos=G|num=29|nat=KOS|first=Shendrit|last=Llapi|m=2.01|year=2002| month=10 | date=17}}

{{player3|pos=SF/SG|num=30|nat=KOS|first=Andi|last=Ahmeti|m=1.90|year=2006| month=4 | date=5}}

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(TW) Two-way affiliate player

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=Depth chart=

{{Basketball depth chart

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|starter_c = Adong Makoui

|bench 1_c = Rron Ukaj

|bench 2_c =

|bench 3_c =

|starter_pf = Arti Hajdari

|bench 1_pf = Amin Hot

|bench 2_pf =

|bench 3_pf =

|starter_sf = Shahada Wells

|bench 1_sf = Jacquez Yow

|bench 2_sf =

|bench 3_sf =

|starter_sg = Musab Mala

|bench 1_sg =

|bench 2_sg = Shendrit Llapi

|bench 3_sg =

|starter_pg = Jawaun Daniels

|bench 1_pg = Andi Ahmeti

|bench 2_pg = Rron Dahasyla

|bench 3_pg =

}}

=Notable players=

{{Basketball notable players criteria}}

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;Kosovo and Albania

  1. {{flagicon|KOS}} Dardan Berisha
  2. {{flagicon|KOS}} Edis Kuraja
  3. {{flagicon|KOS}}{{flagicon|ALB}} Ersid Luca
  4. {{flagicon|ALB}} Gerti Shima
  5. {{flagicon|KOS}}{{flagicon|USA}} Malcolm Armstead
  6. {{flagicon|KOS}} Samir Shaptahu
  7. {{flagicon|KOS}} Valdet Grapci
  8. {{flagicon|KOS}} Valdet Spahija
  9. {{flagicon|KOS}} Arti Hajdari
  10. {{flagicon|KOS}} Lis Shoshi

;Balkans

  1. {{flagicon|BIH}} Adnan Bajramović
  2. {{flagicon|SLO}} Dragan Pusić
  3. {{flagicon|CRO}} Goran Kalamiža
  4. {{flagicon|CRO}} Hrvoje Puljko
  5. {{flagicon|SLO}} Jan Močnik
  6. {{flagicon|CRO}}{{flagicon|BIH}} Jozo Brkić
  7. {{flagicon|BIH}} Mirza Ahmetbašić
  8. {{flagicon|BIH}} Nedžad Spahić
  9. {{flagicon|CRO}} Teo Simović

;United States

  1. {{flagicon|USA}} Acie Earl
  2. {{flagicon|USA}} Anthony Knox
  3. {{flagicon|USA}} Cyril Awere
  4. {{flagicon|USA}} Dustin Scott
  5. {{flagicon|USA}} Fred House
  6. {{flagicon|USA}} George Odufuwa
  7. {{flagicon|USA}} Janou Rubin
  8. {{flagicon|USA}} Mario Austin
  9. {{flagicon|USA}} Mario Edwards
  10. {{flagicon|USA}} Nic Wise
  11. {{flagicon|USA}} Ricardo Marsh
  12. {{flagicon|USA}} Theo Little
  13. {{flagicon|USA}} Jalen Tate

;Other countries

  1. {{flagicon|DOM}} Carlos Morban
  2. {{flagicon|CAN}} Harouna Mutombo
  3. {{flagicon|CAN}} Devoe Joseph

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Coaching history

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References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://kbpeja.com/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927220645/http://kbpeja.com/ |date=2015-09-27 }}
  • [https://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Kosovo/KB-Peja/22341 Eurobasket.com Team Profile]

{{Kosovo Basketball Superleague}}

{{Liga Unike}}

{{Balkan International Basketball League}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peja, KB}}

Category:KB Peja

Category:Basketball teams in Kosovo

Category:Basketball teams established in 1993

Category:Sport in Peja