KB Prishtina

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Sigal Prishtina
BIBL Liga Unike
Founded	1970; 54 years ago (1970)
History	KB Prishtina 1970–present
Arena	Palace of Youth and Sports
Capacity	1,800
Location	Pristina, Kosovo
Team colors	Blue, White
President	Blerand Stavileci
Team manager	N/A
Head coach	Albert Sylejmani
Team captain	Dardan Berisha
2022–23 position	Kosovo Basketball Superleague, Semifinalist (3rd)
Championships	15 Kosovo Cup 14 Kosovo Superleague 3 Balkan League 8 Kosovo Supercup
Website	Official website
Home Away Third

Klubi i Basketbollit Prishtina (English: Basketball Club Prishtina), officially known as Sigal Prishtina Mercure due to sponsorship reasons, is a Kosovar professional basketball club based in Pristina.

The team currently competes in the

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 the 2015–16 season, Prishtina made its debut in the FIBA 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.

European competitions

In the 2013–14 season, Prishtina played its first season in Europe in

In the BIBL Season

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.

Sponsorship naming

The club has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

• MEB Prishtina (2002–2003)
• BpB Prishtina (2003–2004)
• Sigal Prishtina (2004–2011, 2012–2018, 2019-2024)
• Z-Mobile Prishtina (2018–2019)
• Sigal Prishtina Mercure (2024-present)

Matches in European competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away
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	64-64	78-85

Arena

The club play their home games at the smaller of the two arenas in the

Pallati 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.

Honours and titles

Domestic competitions

Kosovo Basketball Superleague

• Winners (14): 1991, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,
  2019
• Runners-up (6): 1997, 2001, 2004, 2012, 2013, 2018

Kosovo Cup

• Winners (15): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021,
• Runners-up (4): 2011, 2015, 2023, 2024

Kosovo Supercup

• Winners (8): 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022

European and regional competitions

Balkan League

• Winners (3): 2015, 2016, 2024

European North Basketball League

• • Quarter Finals (1): 2022–23 European North Basketball League

FIBA Europe Cup

• • Round of 16 (1):
    2018-19

• • First qualifying round (3):
    2019-20 Basketball Champions League

Players

Current roster

KB Prishtina roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 5 Wilson, Derrick 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 18 – (2005-12-23)23 December 2005 PG 2 Armstead, Malcolm 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 34 – (1989-08-01)1 August 1989 SG 11 Berisha, Dardan (C) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 35 – (1988-11-15)15 November 1988 F 2 Ejupi, Visar (U20) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 21 – (2003-04-03)3 April 2003 F 44 Davis, Steven 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 30 – (1993-09-12)12 September 1993 F 31 Širko, Henrik 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 31 – (1993-01-23)23 January 1993 PF 23 Janjeva, Muhamedali 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 25 – (1998-12-28)28 December 1998 PF 9 Davis, Shaheed 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 30 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994 PF/C 7 Rugova, Fisnik 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 34 – (1989-08-26)26 August 1989	Head coach Jaksa Vulic Assistant coach(es) Andin Rashica Albert Sylejmani Physiotherapist(s) Kujtim Shala Legend (C) Team captain (TW) – Two-way contract (U20) – Obligatory Under 20 years old player Injured Roster Updated: June 23, 2023

Depth chart

Head coaches

Coach	Years active
Ibrahim Karabegu	1999–2000
Bujar Shehu	2000–2001
Čedomir Perinčić	2001–2002
Enver Sllamniku	2002–2003
Josip Gjergja	2003–2004
Ekrem Memnun	2004–2005
Vëllaznim 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–present

Notable players

References

External links

• Official website
• Sigal Prishtina at Eurobasket.com
• RealGM at RealGM
• Sigal Prishtina at BGbasket.com
• KB Prishtina at fans page

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