KB Peja

KB Peja
Nickname Verdh e Zinjët (Black and Yellows)
Shqiponjat (Eagles)
Leagues Kosovo Superleague
Founded 1993 (1993)
Arena Karagaç Sports Hall
Capacity 3,000
Location Pejë, Kosovo
Team colors Yellow and Black
         
President Art Gashi
Head coach Aleksandar Todorov
Team captain Rron Grapci
Website kbpeja.com
Uniforms

KB Peja is a basketball club based in Pejë, Kosovo.[1][2] The club currently plays in the Kosovo Basketball Superleague.

KB Peja won 6 National Championships, 4 Kosovo Basketball cup and 2 times Supercup of Kosovo. In KB Peja have played big names like Acie Earl, Fred House, Ricardo Marsh, Samir Shaptahu, Dardan Berisha etc.

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 (himself), Riza Gjakova, Ahmet Nimani, Besim Gjuka, Sebajdin Sylejmani, Agim Lluka, Agim Beqiraj and Turhan Zajmi.

The Former name was KB Peja until 2001, when Ekrem Lluka bought the club and renamed it to KB Dukagjini Peć (Dukagjini is the company named after the region). In 2005 the name changed back to KB Peja.[3] In 1996-97 season KB Peja played in second division due to some problems with Basketball Federation of Kosovo. Also in 2003-04 didn't complete in any league organized by Basketball Federation of Kosovo.

In the 2016–17 season, Peja would play in a European competitions for the first time, when the team entered the FIBA Europe Cup.[4][5]

Honours

  • Kosovo Superleague
    • Champions (6): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2013
  • Kosovo Cup
    • Champions (4): 1994, 1997, 2011, 2015
  • Kosovo SuperCup
    • Champions (2): 1997, 2015

Current roster

KB Peja roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 4 Kosovo Kadusha, Blendi 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 22 – (1996-02-09)9 February 1996
G/F Kosovo Kovaqi, Beq 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 25 – (1993-06-09)9 June 1993
G/F Kosovo Qallaku, Arian 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 26 – (1992-07-09)9 July 1992
SF 9 Kosovo Grapci, Rron (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 28 – (1990-08-22)22 August 1990
PF 13 Kosovo Muric, Mirza 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 20 – (1997-11-17)17 November 1997
Head coach
  • Kosovo Bujar Loci
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Depth Chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Rron Grapci [[]]
PF Arian Qallaku [[]] [[]]
SF Beq Kovaqi [[]] [[]]
SG Arti Hajdari [[]]
PG Leonard Mekaj [[]]

Notable former players

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Coaching history

References

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  3. ↑ Eurobasket Profile of KB Peja
  4. ↑ Draw results in for 2016-17 FIBA Europe Cup season
  5. ↑ KB Peja Profile at EuroCup
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