KB Prishtina


Klubi i Basketbollit Prishtina, officially known as Sigal Prishtina due to sponsorship reasons, is a Kosovar professional basketball club based in Pristina.
The team currently competes in the IP Superliga e Basketbollit, Balkan International Basketball League and the FIBA Europe Cup. They are the most successful club in Kosovo, having won 14 national championships, 14 national cups and 6 supercups in the last 14 years. Since 2013 the club has competed in the Balkan International Basketball League, and they became the first Kosovar side to win the competition in 2015 after defeating Bulgarian side BC Rilski Sportist in the finals. In 2015 they joined the newly formed European third tier competition, the FIBA Europe Cup. They became the first Kosovar Club to reach the Round of 16 in the FIBA Europe Cup in 2018/19, they also won 15 Games in European Basketball competitions so far!

History

The club was founded in 1970 but the club had racked up huge debt by 2004, 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.
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 Cups

In the 2013–14 season, Prishtina played its first season in Europe in Balkan International Basketball League. 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 of BIBL, but they lost to Galil Gilboa 74–86 in the semifinal, and to Balkan 73–79 in the 3rd place game.
In the 2014–15 season, Sigal Prishtina won the Trophy of the Balkan International Basketball League, where in the final they won against BC Rilski Sportist in both matches; first in Prishtina 74–72, and second in Bulgaria 80–71, to win the Trophy.
In the 2015–16 season, KB Sigal Prishtina played in FIBA Europe Cup for the first time. They failed to qualify for the next round with 2 wins and 4 losses in the Group Stage.

KB Prishtina in Europe

Arena

The club play their home games at the smaller of the two arenas in the Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve 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

Domestic competitions

;Kosovo Basketball Superleague
;Kosovo Cup
;Kosovo Supercup
Balkan League
Round of 16 in the FIBA Europe Cup Season 2018–19 / Record 6-8

Basketball Champions League

3 Times in the First Qualification Round of the Basketball Champions League in 2019/20 2018/19 and 2017/18

Team

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable former players

;Kosovo & Albania
;Europe
;United States
;Africa
;Asia