KB Besëlidhja, also known as Besëlidhja Eagles Basket, is a professional basketball club based in

Lezhë Lezhë (, sq-definite, Lezha) is a List of cities and towns in Albania, city in the Republic of Albania and seat of Lezhë County and Lezhë Municipality. It is one of Albania's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously i ...

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. The club currently plays in the

Albanian Basketball Superleague The Albanian Basketball Superliga is the men's professional basketball league in Albania. It was founded in 1946 shortly after the formation of the Albanian Basketball Association and it is the highest division in the Albanian Basketball League. ...

and in the

Liga Unike Liga Unike () is a professional basketball league in Albania and Kosovo. The first inaugural season will start on 6 April 2021, and the league was praised from Turgay Demirel, president of FIBA Europe, who was present at the inauguration. Teams To ...

. The club is part of the multidisciplinary Besëlidhja Lezhë.

History

Besëlidhja promoted to the

Superleague Super League (also known as the Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons, and legally Super League Europe Ltd.) is a professional rugby league competition, and the highest level of the British rugby league system, which consists of twelve t ...

after 30 years in 2022 after winning against Partizani in the play-out. In the following year, Besëlidhja reached the final of the Superleague but lost against

Tirana Tirana ( , ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in Albania, largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills, with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest ov ...

3–2. Besëlidhja debuted in

on the 28 March 2024 in the quarterfinals against

Sigal 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. The team currently competes in the Kosovo Sup ...

. Despite the dominance of Besëlidhja in the first half, they lost the game close with the result 79–80.

Honours

Domestic competitions

Albanian League: *Winner (2): 2023–24, 2024–25 *Runners-up (1): 2022–23

Albanian Cup The Albanian Cup () is the main "knockout" competition in Albanian football. The competition started in 1939 as Kupa e Mbretit ( English:"The King's Cup"). The cup was suspended for the next eight years as the Second World War started. It start ...

: *Winner (1): 2023 *Runners-up (1): 2024

Regional competitions

*Third place (1): 2024–25

Notable players

* Julian Hamati * Eldi Hysa * Marvin Prodani *

Robert Shestani Robert Shestani (born 14 September 1993) is an Albanian basketball player. He was part of the Albania national basketball team, Albanian national team from 2016 until 2021. Career Vëllaznimi (2020–2021) On December 2, 2020, he signed for the ...

* Blake Marquardt * Philbert Weekes * Josh Angle

References

External links

Eurobasket.com

Official Facebook page
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