Klubi i Basketbollit Peja (
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: ''Basketball Club Peja'') is a Kosovan professional
basketball
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club based in
Pejë
Peja or Peć, ), is the fifth most populous city in Kosovo and serves as the seat of the Peja Municipality and the District of Peja. It is located in the Rugova region on the eastern section of the Accursed Mountains along the Peja's Lumbardh ...
. The club competes in the
Kosovo Basketball Superleague
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,
Kosovo Cup and
Liga Unike
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Teams
To ...
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The team's roster has included big names like
Acie Earl
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,
Fred House
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High school
House attended Ellison High School in his native Killeen, Texas.
College career
House played college basketball at Dixie State C ...
,
Ricardo Marsh
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,
Samir Shaptahu,
Dardan Berisha
Dardan Berisha (born 15 November 1988) is a Kosovan professional basketball player for Peja. A Polish citizen through descent, he represented Poland internationally before switching his allegiance to Kosovo in 2016.
Dardan Berisha considered on ...
,
Ersid Luca,
Drilon Hajrizi and
Gerti Shima
Gerti Shima (born 9 May 1986 in Tirana) Secretary General of NOC Albania from 2021, an Albanian former professional basketball player who last played for Albanian side KB Tirana in the Albanian Basketball Superliga. Shima transferred for the seco ...
.
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.
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.
KB Peja Profile at EuroCup
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Honours and titles
Domestic
*Kosovo Basketball Superleague, 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 International Basketball League, Balkan League
**Runners-up (1): 2023
**Semi-finalist (3): 2015, 2017, 2024
*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 ...
**Winners (1): 2022
**Runners-up (1): 2021
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Notable players
;Kosovo and Albania
# Dardan Berisha
Dardan Berisha (born 15 November 1988) is a Kosovan professional basketball player for Peja. A Polish citizen through descent, he represented Poland internationally before switching his allegiance to Kosovo in 2016.
Dardan Berisha considered on ...
# Edis Kuraja
# Ersid Luca
# Gerti Shima
Gerti Shima (born 9 May 1986 in Tirana) Secretary General of NOC Albania from 2021, an Albanian former professional basketball player who last played for Albanian side KB Tirana in the Albanian Basketball Superliga. Shima transferred for the seco ...
# Malcolm Armstead
# Samir Shaptahoviç, Samir Shaptahu
# Valdet Grapci
# Valdet Spahija
# Arti Hajdari
# Lis Shoshi
;Balkans
# Adnan Bajramović
# Dragan Pusić
# Goran Kalamiža
# Hrvoje Puljko
# Jan Močnik
# Jozo Brkić
# Mirza Ahmetbašić
# Nedžad Spahić
# Teo Simović
;United States
# Acie Earl
Acie Boyd Earl (born June 23, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player, who appeared in four National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons, as a , center. He also played many seasons in Europe.
High school/college
Born in P ...
# Anthony Knox
# Cyril Awere
# Dustin Scott
# Fred House
Frederick Deshune House (born January 4, 1978) is an American retired professional basketball player.
High school
House attended Ellison High School in his native Killeen, Texas.
College career
House played college basketball at Dixie State C ...
# George Odufuwa
# Janou Rubin
# Mario Austin
# Mario Edwards
# Nic Wise
# Ricardo Marsh
Ricardo Marsh (born September 12, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. He was the top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League in 2007 and is currently assistant men’s basketball coach at Virginia State University. ...
# Theo Little
# Jalen Tate
;Other countries
# Carlos Morban
# Harouna Mutombo
# Devoe Joseph
Coaching history
* 2002–2004 Bujar Shehu
* Valdet Spahija
* 2006/07 Robert Matijević
* 2007 - 2011 Bujar Loci
* 2011/12 Ivica Marić
* 2012/13 Rudolf Jugo
* 2013/14 Danijel Lutz
* 2013/14 Boban Savović
* 2014/15 Borislav Kurtović
* 2015–2016 Branimir Pavić
* 2016–2017 Aleksandar Todorov
* 2019–2020 Jeronimo Šarin
* 2020 Adis Bećiragić
* 2020 Şemsettin Baş
* 2021 Edi Dželalija
* 2021 Jordančo Davitkov
* 2021 Dragan Radović
* 2021-2022 Şemsettin Baş
* 2022–2022 Marin Dokuzovski
* 2022–2023 Can Sevim
* 2023–2024 Rami Hadar
References
External links
Official website
Eurobasket.com Team Profile
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KB Peja
Basketball teams in Kosovo
Basketball teams established in 1993
Sport in Peja