KB Peja

Klubi i Basketbollit Peja (English: Basketball Club Peja) is a Kosovan professional basketball club based in Pejë. 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
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. 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.

Domestic

 * Kosovo Superleague
 * Winners (6):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

Regional

 * Balkan League
 * Runners-up (1): 2023
 * Semi-finalist (3): 2015, 2017, 2024
 * Liga Unike
 * Winners (1): 2022
 * Runners-up (1): 2021

Notable players

 * Kosovo and Albania
 * 1) Dardan Berisha
 * 2) Edis Kuraja
 * 3) 🇦🇱 Ersid Ljuca
 * 4) 🇦🇱 Gerti Shima
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Malcolm Armstead
 * 6) Samir Shaptahu
 * 7) Valdet Grapci
 * 8) Valdet Spahija
 * 9) Arti Hajdari
 * 10) Lis Shoshi


 * Balkans
 * 1) 🇧🇦 Adnan Bajramović
 * 2) Dragan Pusić
 * 3) Goran Kalamiža
 * 4) Hrvoje Puljko
 * 5) Jan Močnik
 * 6) 🇧🇦 Jozo Brkić
 * 7) 🇧🇦 Mirza Ahmetbašić
 * 8) 🇧🇦 Nedžad Spahić
 * 9) Teo Simović


 * United States
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Acie Earl
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Anthony Knox
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Cyril Awere
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Dustin Scott
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Fred House
 * 6) 🇺🇸 George Odufuwa
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Janou Rubin
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Mario Austin
 * 9) 🇺🇸 Mario Edwards
 * 10) 🇺🇸 Nic Wise
 * 11) 🇺🇸 Ricardo Marsh
 * 12) 🇺🇸 Theo Little
 * 13) 🇺🇸 Jalen Tate


 * Other countries
 * 1) 🇩🇴 Carlos Morban
 * 2) 🇨🇦 Harouna Mutombo
 * 3) 🇨🇦 Devoe Joseph

Coaching history

 * Valdet Spahija
 * 2006/07 🇸🇮 Robert Matijević
 * 2007 - 2011 Bujar Loci
 * 2011/12 🇭🇷 Ivica Marić
 * 2012/13 🇭🇷 Rudolf Jugo
 * 2013/14 🇭🇷 Danijel Lutz
 * 2013/14 🇲🇪 Boban Savović
 * 2014/15 🇭🇷 Borislav Kurtović
 * 2015–2016 🇭🇷 Branimir Pavić
 * 2016–2017 🇲🇰 Aleksandar Todorov
 * 2019–2020 🇭🇷Jeronimo Šarin
 * 2020 Adis Bećiragić
 * 2020 🇹🇷Şemsettin Baş
 * 2021 🇭🇷Edi Dželalija
 * 2021 🇲🇰Jordančo Davitkov
 * 2021 🇭🇷Dragan Radović
 * 2021-2022 🇹🇷Şemsettin Baş
 * 2022–2022 🇲🇰Marin Dokuzovski
 * 2022–2023 🇹🇷Can Sevim
 * 2023–present 🇮🇱Rami Hadar