Sigal Prishtina

KB Prishtina
Nickname

Plisat (traditional cap)

Bardh e Kaltërit (White and Blues)
Leagues Kosovo Superleague
Kosovo Cup
FIBA Europe Cup
Balkan League
Founded 1970
History 1970–present
Arena Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve
Arena Capacity 3,000
Location Pristina, Kosovo
Team colors White and blue
         
President Kosovo Blerand Stavileci
Head coach Cyprus Antonis Constantinides
Team captain Kosovo Edmond Azemi
Championships 2 Balkan League
10 Kosovo Superleagues
11 Kosovo Cups
3 Kosovo Supercups
Website kbprishtina.com
Uniforms
Home
Away

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 KB Sigal 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 lossts. 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 2014-15 Season Sigal Prishtina won the Trophy of the Balkan International Basketball League where in the final they won against BC Rilski Sportist (BUL) in both matches, first in Prishtina with the win 74-72 and second in Bullgaria with 80-71 to win the Trophy. In 2015-16 season KB Sigal Prishtina played in FIBA Europe Cup for the first time, when 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.[4]

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 1 United States Kemp, Willie 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 29 – (1987-01-01)1 January 1987
PG 5 Kosovo Peci, Rinor 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 18 – (1997-11-13)13 November 1997
PG Sweden Massamba, Thomas 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 31 – (1985-03-28)28 March 1985
PG 88 Kosovo Hasani, Muhamed 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 27 – (1988-12-05)5 December 1988
SG 13 United States Warren, Andrew 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 28 – (1987-08-02)2 August 1987
SG 11 Kosovo Berisha, Dardan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 27 – (1988-11-15)15 November 1988
SG 23 Bulgaria Marinov, Stanimir 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 24 – (1991-09-07)7 September 1991
SF 4 Kosovo Azemi, Edmond 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 35 – (1980-09-10)10 September 1980
SF 42 Kosovo Jakupi, Mërgim 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 19 – (1997-04-30)30 April 1997
PF 10 Albania Shima, Gerti 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 30 – (1986-05-09)9 May 1986
PF 34 United States Abukar, Mohamed 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 31 – (1985-01-01)1 January 1985
PF 33 Kosovo Morina, Gezim 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 23 – (1992-12-12)12 December 1992
C 15 Kosovo Sinani, Gazmend 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 24 – (1991-06-22)22 June 1991
C 51 Kosovo Mazreku, Blerim 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 34 – (1981-10-24)24 October 1981
C 24 United States Washburn, Jason 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 25 – (1990-06-05)5 June 1990
Head coach
  • Cyprus Antonis Constantinides
Assistant coach(es)
  • Kosovo Andin Rashica
  • Kosovo Albert Sylejmani
  • Kosovo Dritero Sefaja
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: October 9, 2015

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Jason Washburn Blerim Mazreku Gazmend Sinani
PF Mohamed Abukar Gerti Shima Gezim Morina
SF Edmond Azemi Andrew Warren Mergim Jakupi
SG Dardan Berisha Rinor Peci
PG Willie Kemp Stanimir Marinov Muhamed Hasani

Notable former players

Kosovo & Albania
Europes
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 2014–2015
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. ↑ Getoar Mjeku, "Shpallje: Shes shpirtin," Plisi (27 Sept. 2014)
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