KB Prishtina

KB Prishtina
Leagues	Kosovo Basketball Superleague Kosovo Cup Champions League FIBA Europe Cup Balkan League (2013–2017)
Founded	1970 (1970)
History	KB Prishtina (1970–2002) Sigal Prishtina (2002–2018) Z-Mobile Prishtina (2018–present)
Arena	Palace of Youth and Sports
Capacity	2,800
Location	Pristina, Kosovo
Team colors	Blue, White
President	Blerand Stavileci
Head coach	Damir Mulaomerović
Team captain	Edmond Azemi
2017–18 position	Kosovo Basketball Superleague, 2nd
Championships	13 Kosovo Cup 12 Kosovo Basketball Superleague 2 Balkan League 1 Kosovo Supercup
Website	Official website
Uniforms
Home Away Third

Klubi i Basketbollit Prishtina (English Basketball Club Prishtina), officially known as Z-Mobile Prishtina due to sponsorship reasons, is a Kosovar professional basketball club based in Pristina.

The team currently competes in the IP Superliga e Basketbollit, Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL) and the FIBA Europe Cup. They are the most successful club in Kosovo, having won 12 national championships, 13 national cups and 3 supercups in the last 13 years. Since 2013 the club has competed in the Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL), and they became the first Kosovar side to win the competition in 2015 after defeating Bulgarian side BC Rilski Sportist in the finals. In 2015 they joined the newly formed European third tier competition, the FIBA Europe Cup.

History

The club was founded in 1970 but the club had racked up huge debt by 2004, which led to the original club being forced to fold and a new club under the name OJQ KB Prishtina was formed in its place. The debts were then inherited by the new club and they were not dealt with, which led to the club folding once again on 22 September 2011 and a new club was once again formed in its place.^[1]

European Cups

In the 2013–14 season, Prishtina played first season in Europe in Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL). In the first season KB Prishtina took 2nd place in the Regular Season with 11 wins and 5 losses. Where they qualified for the Final Four where they were organizers of this Final Four 2013–14 of BIBL, but they lost to Galil Gilboa 74–86 in Semifinal, and lost to Balkan (BUL) 73–79 in 3rd place game.

In the 2014–15 season, Sigal Prishtina won the Trophy of the Balkan International Basketball League where in the final they won against BC Rilski Sportist in both matches, first in Prishtina with the win 74–72 and second in Bullgaria with 80–71 to win the Trophy.^[2]

In 2015–16 season, KB Sigal Prishtina played in FIBA Europe Cup for the first time. They failed to qualify for next round with 2 wins and 4 losts in Group.

In 2015–16 season, KB Sigal Prishtina played in FIBA Europe Cup for the first time. They failed to qualify for next round with 2 wins and 4 losts in Group.

KB Prishtina in Europe

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away
2015–16	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Energia Târgu Jiu	66–62	87-70
			AEK Larnaca	66–62	101–84
			Astana	75–73	82–78
2016–17	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Enisey	87–80	93–77
			Rilski Sportist	100–104	100–98
			Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece	71–81	100–58
2017–18	FIBA Europe Cup	RS	Khimik	76–65	59–78
			Belfius Mons-Hainaut	69–75	72–74
			Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece	66–84	86–59

Arena

The club play their home games at the smaller of the two arenas in the Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve (Palace of Youth and Sports) which has a capacity of 2,800. The larger arena in the building had a capacity of around 8,000 but it was damaged by a fire on 25 February 2000 and has never been restored fully since.

Honours

Team

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

KB Prishtina roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G/F 5000000000000000000♠0 Mayfield, DeMario 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 27 – (1991-05-23)23 May 1991 PG 7000100000000000000♠1 Bunjaku, Valon 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001710000000000000♠71 kg (157 lb) 20 – (1998-02-02)2 February 1998 F 7000300000000000000♠3 Davis, A. J. 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 7001900000000000000♠90 kg (198 lb) 23 – (1995-03-15)15 March 1995 SF 7000400000000000000♠4 Azemi, Edmond (C) 7000200000000000000♠2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 7001900000000000000♠90 kg (198 lb) 38 – (1980-09-10)10 September 1980 PG 7000500000000000000♠5 Anderson, Kyan 7000180000000000000♠1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 7001750000000000000♠75 kg (165 lb) 26 – (1992-03-25)25 March 1992 F/C 7000700000000000000♠7 Rugova, Fisnik 7000209000000000000♠2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb) 29 – (1989-08-26)26 August 1989 G/F 7000800000000000000♠8 Tmusić, Mikaile 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 7001890000000000000♠89 kg (196 lb) 25 – (1993-01-06)6 January 1993 G/F 7000900000000000000♠9 Krasniqi, Rilind 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001900000000000000♠90 kg (198 lb) 18 – (2000-09-04)4 September 2000 PF 7001100000000000000♠10 Jakupi, Mergim 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7001940000000000000♠94 kg (207 lb) 21 – (1997-04-30)30 April 1997 SG 7001110000000000000♠11 Berisha, Dardan 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001900000000000000♠90 kg (198 lb) 29 – (1988-11-15)15 November 1988 C 7001140000000000000♠14 Alihodžić, Fahro 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7002100000000000000♠100 kg (220 lb) 29 – (1989-08-25)25 August 1989 SF 7001220000000000000♠22 Ismaili, Meriton 7000194000000000000♠1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001800000000000000♠80 kg (176 lb) 18 – (2000-04-03)3 April 2000 C 7001410000000000000♠41 Kastrati, Valtrim 7000210000000000000♠2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) PF 7001550000000000000♠55 Krestinin, Denis 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 23 – (1995-04-15)15 April 1995 G 7001590000000000000♠59 Morina, Altin 7000194000000000000♠1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001800000000000000♠80 kg (176 lb) 26 – (1992-06-19)19 June 1992	Head coach Damir Mulaomerović Assistant coach(es) Andin Rashica Illmen Bajra Physiotherapist(s) Kujtim Shala Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 25 August 2018

Notable former players

Head coaches

Coach	Years active
Ibrahim Karabegu	1999–2000
Bujar Shehu	2000–2001
Čedomir Perinčić	2001–2002
Enver Sllamniku	2002–2003
Josip Gjergja	2003–2004
Ekrem Memnun	2004–2005
Arben Krasniqi	2005–2013
Ahmet Kandemir	2013
Ceyhun Cabadak	2013
Marin Dokuzovski	2014
Marjan Ilievski	2015
Antonis Constantinides	2015–2016
Audrius Prakuraitis	2016–2017
Ahmet Kandemir	2017
Andin Rashica	2018
Matthias Zollner	2018
Damir Mulaomerović	2018–present

References

External links

• Official website
• Sigal Prishtina at Eurobasket.com
• RealGM
• Sigal Prishtina at BGbasket.com