| KB Prishtina | ||||
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| Leagues | Kosovo Superleague Kosovo Cup BIBL Liga Unike | |||
| Founded | 1970; 55 years ago (1970) | |||
| History | KB Prishtina 1970–present | |||
| Arena | Palace of Youth and Sports | |||
| Capacity | 2,800 | |||
| Location | Pristina,Kosovo | |||
| Team colors | Blue, White | |||
| President | Blerand Stavileci | |||
| Head coach | Michalis Kakiouzis | |||
| 2022–23 position | Kosovo Basketball Superleague, Semifinalist (3rd) | |||
| Championships | 15Kosovo Cup 14Kosovo Superleague 3Balkan League 8Kosovo Supercups | |||
| Website | kbprishtina | |||
Klubi i Basketbollit Prishtina (English:Basketball Club Prishtina), officially known asSigal Prishtina due to sponsorship reasons, is a Kosovar professionalbasketball club based inPristina.
The team currently competes in theKosovo Superleague,Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL) and theFIBA Europe Cup. They are the most successful club in Kosovo, having won 14national championships, 15national cups and 7 supercups in the last 14 years. Since 2013 the club has competed in theBalkan International Basketball League (BIBL), and they became the first Kosovar side to win the competition first in2014–15 after defeating Bulgarian sideBC Rilski Sportist in the finals. They would win the same competition the following season in2015–16 in which they would beat Montenegrin sideMornar Bar in the final, to win this competition back to back as the only Kosovan Basketball club in the history at this competition. In 2015, Prishtina joined the newly formed European second tier competition, theFIBA Europe Cup. They became the first Kosovar Basketball club to reach the round of 16 in the FIBA Europe Cup in the2018–19 season, winning six matches in their 14 match long campaign. Prishtina has won 15 games in European basketball competitions so far.
The club was founded in 1970. By 2004, the club had racked up huge debt, 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. 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.[1]
In the2015–16 season, Prishtina made its debut in theFIBA Europe Cup and became the first Kosovo team to play in a European club competition. Since then, Prishtina competed in every season of the FIBA Europe Cup.
In the 2013–14 season, Prishtina played its first season in Europe inBalkan International Basketball League (BIBL). In the first season KB Prishtina took the 2nd place during the Regular Season with 11 wins and 5 losses, qualifying for the Final Four. They were organizers of the Final Four 2013–14 ofBIBL, but they lost to Galil Gilboa 74–86 in the semifinal, and to Balkan (BUL) 73–79 in the 3rd place game.
In the BIBL Season2014–15, KB Prishtina won the Trophy of the for the first timeBalkan International Basketball League, KB Prishtina faced in the QuarterfinalsSCM Craiova they won first away in Romania 73−77 and then at home in Prishtina 70−98 to progress in the Semifinals off this Tournament. In the Semifinals KB Prishtina facedKK Kožuv from Macedonia yet again in this Tournament. At home Prishtina surprised Kožuv and beat them deservedly 85–61 at home inPristina especiallyEdin Bavčić scored 25 points in this Match andDardan Berisha with six assist points helped Prishtina massively at this stage. Away in Kožuv they lost 86-80 but it was enough to qualify for their first ever Finals in theBalkan International Basketball League. In the finals they meetBC Rilski Sportist they won both matches against BC Rilski Sportist first in Prishtina 74–72, and second in Bulgaria 80–71, to win the Trophy in this Campaign. Being the only Basketball Club from Kosovo to achieve this feet so far. In 20 matches KB Prishtina achieved 13 wins and only seven losses in the process.[2] But in the next BIBL season2015–16, KB Prishtina would compete again in theBalkan International Basketball League where they faced in the first roundKK KožuvKK Mornar Bar andBC Beroe. In this round KB Prishtina won 4 Matches and progressed deservedly in the next Round.
In the2015–16 season, KB Prishtina played in FIBA Europe Cup for the first time. They failed to qualify for the next round with two wins and sour losses in the Group Stage.
In the FIBA Europe Cup2016–17 KB Prishtina faced in the first roundEniseyBC Rilski Sportist and Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece. KB Prishtina did improve in their performances, especially at home. Their only win was a 87–80 at home against Enisey—not enough for KB Prishtina to progress in the next round.
The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away |
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| 2015–16 | FIBA Europe Cup | RS |  Energia Târgu Jiu | 66–62 | 87–72 |
 AEK Larnaca | 70–83 | 101–84 | |||
 Astana | 75–73 | 82–78 | |||
| 2016–17 | FIBA Europe Cup | RS |  Enisey | 87–80 | 102–101 |
 Rilski Sportist | 100–104 | 100–98 | |||
 Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece | 71–81 | 100–58 | |||
| 2017–18 | Champions League | QR1 |  Tsmoki-Minsk | 50–57 | 89–74 |
| FIBA Europe Cup | RS |  Khimik | 76–65 | 59–78 | |
 Belfius Mons-Hainaut | 69–75 | 72–74 | |||
| Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece | 66–84 | 86–59 | |||
| 2018–19 | Champions League | QR1 |  Donar | 84–64 | 80–55 |
| FIBA Europe Cup | RS |  Bakken Bears | 77–100 | 108–84 | |
| Cherkaski Mavpy | 92–82 | 73–92 | |||
| Steaua București | 74–69 | 81–87 | |||
| 2R |  s.Oliver Würzburg | 78–91 | 95–77 | ||
 Szolnoki Olaj | 81–76 | 89–76 | |||
| Pınar Karşıyaka | 82–78 | 107–85 | |||
| R16 |  Varese | 77–80 | 100–84 | ||
| 2019–20 | Champions League | QR1 |  Legia | 79–81 | 85–83 |
| FIBA Europe Cup | RS | APOEL | 93–74 | 80–107 | |
| medi Bayreuth | 68–93 | 97–89 | |||
 Ventspils | 72–122 | 104–84 | |||
| 2022–23 | FIBA Europe Cup | QR2 |  Kalev | N/A | 61-98 |
| ENBL | GS | Budivelnyk | N/A | 85-62 | |
| Kalev | 50-61 | N/A | |||
| Stelmet Zielona Gora | N/A | 89-76 | |||
| Start Lublin | 69-89 | N/A | |||
 Šiauliai | N/A | 67-91 | |||
| Tal Tech | 73-91 | N/A | |||
| QF | King Szczecin | 78-85 |
The club play their home games at the smaller of the two arenas in thePallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve (Palace of Youth and Sports) which has a capacity of 2,800. The larger arena in the building had a capacity of around 8,000 but it was damaged by a fire on 25 February 2000 and has never been restored fully since.
European North Basketball League
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| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | ||
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| C | Kelby Kramer | Valmir Kakruki | |||
| PF | Muhamedali Janjeva | Dion Haxhosaj | Bardh Istrefi | ||
| SF | Daniel Lekndreaj | Jon Ismajli | |||
| SG | Lamb Autrey | Arian Azemi | |||
| PG | Deondre Burns | Don Polloshka |
| Coach | Years active |
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 Ibrahim Karabegu | 1999–2000 |
| Bujar Shehu | 2000–2001 |
 Čedomir Perinčić | 2001–2002 |
 Enver Sllamniku | 2002–2003 |
| Josip Gjergja | 2003–2004 |
| Ekrem Memnun | 2004–2005 |
 Vllaznim Perani | 2005 |
| Arben Krasniqi | 2005–2013 |
| Ahmet Kandemir | 2013 |
| Ceyhun Cabadak | 2013 |
| Marin Dokuzovski | 2014 |
| Marjan Ilievski | 2015 |
| Antonis Constantinides | 2015–2016 |
| Audrius Prakuraitis | 2016–2017 |
| Ahmet Kandemir | 2017 |
| Andin Rashica | 2018 |
| Matthias Zollner | 2018 |
 Damir Mulaomerović | 2018–2019 |
| Bujar Loci | 2019 |
 Teo Hojc | 2020 |
| Andin Rashica | 2020 |
| Ante Nazor | 2021–2022 |
| Ekrem Memnun | 2022 |
| Murat Bilge | 2022 |
| Ahmet Kandemir | 2022–2023 |
| Žydrūnas Urbonas | 2023–2024 |
| Jakša Vulić | 2024 |
| Albert Sylejmani | 2024 |
| Murat Bilge | 2024–present |
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