KB Prishtina

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

Sigal Prishtina
LeaguesKosovo Basketball Superleague
Kosovo Cup
Founded1970 (1970)
History
ArenaPalace of Youth and Sports
Capacity1,800
LocationPristina, Kosovo
Team colorsBlue, White
PresidentShkelzen Fetiu
Head coachAntonis Constantinides
Team captainEdmond Azemi
2018–19 positionKosovo Basketball Superleague, 1st
Championships14 Kosovo Cup
14 Kosovo Basketball Superleague
2 Balkan League
6 Kosovo Supercup
WebsiteOfficial website

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 14 national championships, 14 national cups and 6 supercups in the last 14 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. They became the first Kosovar Club to reach the Round of 16 in the FIBA Europe Cup in 2018/19, they also won 15 Games in European Basketball competitions so far!

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]

In the 2015–16 season, Prishtina made its debut in the FIBA Europe Cup and became the first Kosovo team to play in a European club competition. Since then, Prishtina competed in every season of the FIBA Europe Cup.

European Cups

In the 2013–14 season, Prishtina played its first season in Europe in Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL). In the first season KB Prishtina took the 2nd place during the Regular Season with 11 wins and 5 losses, qualifying for the Final Four. They were organizers of the Final Four 2013–14 of BIBL, but they lost to Galil Gilboa 74–86 in the semifinal, and to Balkan (BUL) 73–79 in the 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 74–72, and second in Bulgaria 80–71, to win the Trophy.[2]

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

KB Prishtina in Europe
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away
2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup RS Energia Târgu Jiu 66–62 87–72
AEK Larnaca 70–83 101–84
Astana 75–73 82–78
2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup RS Enisey 87–80 102–101
Rilski Sportist 100–104 100–98
Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece 71–81 100–58
2017–18 Champions League QR1 Tsmoki-Minsk 50–57 89–74
FIBA Europe Cup RS Khimik 76–65 59–78
Belfius Mons-Hainaut 69–75 72–74
Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece 66–84 86–59
2018–19 Champions League QR1 Donar 84–64 80–55
FIBA Europe Cup RS Bakken Bears 77–100 108–84
Cherkaski Mavpy 92–82 73–92
Steaua București 74–69 81–87
2R s.Oliver Würzburg 78–91 95–77
Szolnoki Olaj 81–76 89–76
Pınar Karşıyaka 82–78 107–85
R16 Varese 77–80 100–84
2019–20 Champions League QR1 Legia 79–81 85–83
FIBA Europe Cup RS APOEL 93–74 80–107
medi Bayreuth 68–93 97–89
Ventspils 72–122 104–84

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

Domestic competitions
Kosovo Basketball Superleague
  • Winners (14): 1991, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Kosovo Cup
  • Winners (14): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Kosovo Supercup
  • Winners (6): 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019

European and Regional competitions

Balkan League

FIBA Europe Cup

Round of 16 in the FIBA Europe Cup Season 2018–19 / Record 6-8

Basketball Champions League

3 Times in the First Qualification Round of the Basketball Champions League in 2019/20 2018/19 and 2017/18

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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 44 Polloshka, Don 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 18 – (2002-06-07)7 June 2002
PG 1 Johnson, Jordan 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 25 – (1995-01-26)26 January 1995
SG 21 Goods, Anthony 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 33 – (1987-06-21)21 June 1987
G/F 8 Tmušić, Mikaile 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 27 – (1993-01-06)6 January 1993
SF 22 Ismaili, Meriton 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 20 – (2000-04-03)3 April 2000
SF 4 Azemi, Edmond (C) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 39 – (1980-09-10)10 September 1980
F 23 Janjeva, Muhamedali 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 21 – (1998-12-29)29 December 1998
PF 3 Memeti, Arian 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 25 – (1995-02-13)13 February 1995
F/C 7 Rugova, Fisnik 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 30 – (1989-08-26)26 August 1989
PF/C 10 Jakupi, Mergim 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 23 – (1997-04-30)30 April 1997
C 15 Alihodžić, Fahro 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 30 – (1989-08-25)25 August 1989
Head coach
  • Vacant
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Fahro Alihodžić Fisnik Rugova Mergim Jakupi
PF Dewayne Jackson Arian Memeti Muhamedali Janjeva
SF Mikaile Tmušić Edmond Azemi
SG Meriton Ismaili Anthony Goods
PG Jordan Johnson Don Polloshka

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 2018–2019
Bujar Loci 2019 Teo Hojc 2020

References
  1. "Shuhet KB Prishtina". Dardania.de (in Albanian). 20 September 2011.
  2. "Sigal Prishtina is the new champion of EUROHOLD Balkan League". BIBL. 29 April 2015.
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