Peja
Leagues	Kosovo Superleague = Fiba Europe Cup
Founded	13 May 1993; 30 years ago (1993-05-13)
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
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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.

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.^[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

• 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 (2): 2015, 2017
• Liga Unike
  • Winners (1): 2022
  • Runners-up (1): 2021

Players

Current roster

KB Peja roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 77 Berisha, Albin 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 21 – (2002-03-20)20 March 2002 PG 24 Umipig, Isiah 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 31 – (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) 29 – (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

Notable players

Coaching history