KB Peja

Peja
Peja
Leagues	Kosovo Superleague; Kosovo Cup; Liga Unike
Founded	13 May 1993; 28 years ago; 9 September 2019; 2 years ago (refounded)
History	KB Peja; (1993–2001); KB Dukagjini Pejë; (2001–2005); KB Peja; (2005–present)
Arena	Karagaq Sports Hall
Capacity	2,100
Location	Pejë, Kosovo
Team colors	Yellow and black;
President	Fatmir Gashi
Head coach	Marin Dokuzovski
Championships	6 Kosovo Superleague; 5 Kosovo Cup; 2 Kosovo Supercup
Website	Official website
Home	Away

Klubi i Basketbollit Peja (English: Basketball Club Peja) is a Kosovar professional basketball club based in Pejë.^[1]^[2] The club currently plays in the Kosovo Basketball Superleague.

KB Peja has won 6 National Championships, 4 Kosovo Basketball Cups and 2 Kosovo Supercups. The team's roster has included big names like Acie Earl, Fred House, Ricardo Marsh, Samir Shaptahu, Dardan Berisha, and Gerti Shima.

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 Peć (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[]

Domestic[]

Kosovo Superleague
- Winners (6): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2013
- Runners-up (8): 2000, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021

Kosovo Cup
- Winners (5): 1994, 1997, 2011, 2015, 2020
- Runners-up (7): 2001, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2017

Kosovo Supercup
- Winners (2): 1997, 2015

Balkan International Basketball League
- Semi-finalist (2): 2015, 2017

Liga Unike
- Runners-up (1): 2021

Players[]

Current roster[]

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

KB Peja roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PG	25	Mekaj, Leonard	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	26 – (1995-02-27)27 February 1995
PG	77		1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	19 – (2002-03-20)20 March 2002
PG	5		1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	31 – (1990-10-15)15 October 1990
G		(TW)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	19 – (2002-05-12)12 May 2002
CG			1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	30 – (1991-03-01)1 March 1991
SG	35		1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	20 – (2001-12-07)7 December 2001
SG	11	Berisha, Dardan (C)	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	33 – (1988-11-15)15 November 1988
G/F	13		1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	24 – (1997-10-16)16 October 1997
G/F	10		1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	29 – (1992-07-09)9 July 1992
SF	22		1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
SF	9		1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	31 – (1990-08-22)22 August 1990
PF			1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	20 – (2001-04-29)29 April 2001
PF			2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	29 – (1992-06-07)7 June 1992

Head coach

Marin Dokuzovski

Legend

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

Depth chart[]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1
C	Lis Shoshi
PF	Henrik Sirko
SF
SG	Dardan Berisha
PG		Leonard Mekaj

Notable players[]

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

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.