Sigal Prishtina

KB Prishtina
Nickname "Plisat"
Leagues Kosovo Superleagues
Kosovo Cup
FIBA Europe Cup
Balkan League
Founded 12
History 1970–present
Arena Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve
Arena Capacity 1,000
Location Pristina, Kosovo
Team colors White and blue
         
President Kosovo Blerand Stavileci
Head coach Croatia Jeronimo Šarin
Team captain Kosovo Edmond Azemi
Championships 2 Balkan League
12 Kosovo Superleagues
11 Kosovo Cup
3 Kosovo Supercups
Website kbprishtina.com
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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 Prishtina.

The team currently competes in the Kosovo Basketball Superleague, Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL) and the FIBA Europe Cup. They are the most successful club in Kosovo, having won 10 national championships, 11 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 originally 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.[1] 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.[2][3]

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 were qualified to 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.[4]

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.

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 3,000. The larger arena in the building had a capacity of around 8,000 but it was damaged by a fire in 2000 and has never been restored fully since.[5]

Honours

Domestic competitions

Kosovo Basketball Superleague
Kosovo Cup
Kosovo Supercup

Regional competitions

Balkan League

Current roster

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

KB Sigal Prishtina roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 55 United States Hinds, Jabarie 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 24 – (1992-03-11)11 March 1992
PG 1 Kosovo Peci, Etnik 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 17 – (1999-03-07)7 March 1999
G 8 United Kingdom Lawrence, Andrew 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 26 – (1990-06-04)4 June 1990
G 5 Kosovo Peci, Rinor 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 19 – (1997-11-13)13 November 1997
G/F 9 Kosovo Rugova, Granit 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 31 – (1985-11-13)13 November 1985
G/F 12 Kosovo Hajrizi, Drilon 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 25 – (1991-01-17)17 January 1991
SF 23 Kosovo Janjeva, Muhamedali 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 17 – (1998-12-25)25 December 1998
SF 4 Kosovo Azemi, Edmond 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 36 – (1980-09-10)10 September 1980
F 6 New Zealand Jones, Marcel 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 31 – (1985-02-02)2 February 1985
F/C 7 Kosovo Rugova, Fisnik 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 27 – (1989-08-26)26 August 1989
F/C 2 United States Rhett, M. J. 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 24 – (1992-11-15)15 November 1992
Head coach
  • Croatia Jeronimo Sarin
Assistant coach(es)
  • Kosovo Andin Rashica
  • Kosovo Albert Sylejmani
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: October 9, 2015

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C M. J. Rhett
PF Marcel Jones Fisnik Rugova
SF Drilon Hajrizi Edmond Azemi Mergim Jakupi
SG Andrew Lawrence Granit Rugova Rinor Peci
PG Jabarie Hinds Rinor Peci Etnik Peci

Notable former players

Kosovo & Albania
Europe
United States
United States
Africa

Head coaches

Coach Years active
Kosovo Ibrahim Karabegu 1999–2000
Albania Bujar Shehu 2000–2001
Croatia Čedomir Perinčić 2001–2002
Republic of Macedonia Enver Sllamniku 2002–2003
Croatia Josip Gjergja 2003–2004
Turkey Ekrem Memnun 2004–2005
Kosovo Arben Krasniqi 2005–2013
Turkey Ahmet Kandemir 2013
Turkey Ceyhun Cabadak 2013
Republic of Macedonia Marin Dokuzovski 2014
Republic of Macedonia Marjan Ilievski 2015
Cyprus Antonis Constantinides 2015–present

External links

References

  1. ↑ Shuarja, zgjidhje e vetme
  2. ↑ Shuhet KB Prishtina
  3. ↑ KB Prishtina vazhdon funksionimin - e ndarë në dysh
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ Getoar Mjeku, "Shpallje: Shes shpirtin," Plisi (27 Sept. 2014)
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