KB_Peja Knowpia

Peja
Peja
Leagues	Kosovo Superleague = Fiba Europe Cup
Founded	13 May 1993; 30 years ago
History	KB Peja; (1993–2001); KB Dukagjini Pejë; (2001–2005); KB Peja; (2005–present)
Arena	Karagaq Sports Hall
Capacity	2,500
Location	Pejë, Kosovo
Team colors	Yellow and black;
President	Fatmir Gashi
Head coach	Rami Hadar
Championships	7 Kosovo Superleague; 6 Kosovo Cup; 2 Kosovo Supercup
Website	Official website
Home	Away

Klubi i Basketbollit Peja (English: Basketball Club Peja) is a Kosovan professional basketball club based in Pejë.^[1]^[2] The club competes in the Kosovo Basketball Superleague, Kosovo Cup and Liga Unike.

The team's roster has included big names like Acie Earl, Fred House, Ricardo Marsh, Samir Shaptahu, Dardan Berisha, and Gerti Shima.

History edit

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.^[3] 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.^[4]^[5]

Honours and titles edit

Kosovo Superleague
- Winners (7): 1993, 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
Balkan International Basketball League
- Runners-up (1): 2023
- Semi-finalist (3): 2015, 2017, 2024
Liga Unike
- Winners (1): 2022
- Runners-up (1): 2021

Players edit

2022–2023 roster edit

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KB Peja roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.		Age
PG	77	Berisha, Albin	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)		22 – (2002-03-20)20 March 2002
PG	24	Umipig, Isiah	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)		32 – (1992-03-25)25 March 1992
PG	51	Koljević, Ivan	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	39 – (1984-06-30)30 June 1984
CG	5	Kurtaj, Olsi	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)		19 – (2004-05-11)11 May 2004
SG	35	Bojku, Ermal	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)		22 – (2001-12-07)7 December 2001
SG	15	Purvis, Rodney	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)		30 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994
G/F	10	Qallaku, Arian	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)		31 – (1992-07-09)9 July 1992
SF	11	Tate, Jalen	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)		25 – (1998-06-18)18 June 1998
PF/C	12	Spicer, Khaliq	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)		29 – (1994-05-27)27 May 1994
C	0	Waldow, Brad	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)		32 – (1991-12-30)30 December 1991
SG	9	Nila, Sokol	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)		20 – (2003-10-10)10 October 2003

Head coach

Rami Hadar

Legend

(C) Team captain
(TW) Two-way affiliate player
Injured

Depth chart edit

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Brad Waldow	Khaliq Spicer
PF	Samir Zekiqi	Alban Veseli
SF	Rodney Purvis	Jalen Tate
SG	Arti Hajdari	Arian Qollaku	Ermal Bojku
PG	Isiah Umipig	Ivan Koljević	Albin Berisha

Notable players edit

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Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.