# 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, Ersid Luca, Drilon Hajrizi 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.

## Honours and titles
### 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

## Players
### Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Adong Makoui | Rron Ukaj | |
| PF | Arti Hajdari | Amin Hot | |
| SF | Shahada Wells | Jacquez Yow | |
| SG | Musab Mala | | Shendrit Llapi |
| PG | Jawaun Daniels | Andi Ahmeti | Rron Dahasyla |

### Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
* Criteria
* To appear in this section a player must have either:
* Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
* Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
* Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

#### Kosovo and Albania

* Dardan Berisha
* Edis Kuraja
* Ersid Luca
* Gerti Shima
* Malcolm Armstead
* Samir Shaptahu
* Valdet Grapci
* Valdet Spahija
* Arti Hajdari
* Lis Shoshi

#### Balkans

* Adnan Bajramović
* Dragan Pusić
* Goran Kalamiža
* Hrvoje Puljko
* Jan Močnik
* Jozo Brkić
* Mirza Ahmetbašić
* Nedžad Spahić
* Teo Simović

#### United States

* Acie Earl
* Anthony Knox
* Cyril Awere
* Dustin Scott
* Fred House
* George Odufuwa
* Janou Rubin
* Mario Austin
* Mario Edwards
* Nic Wise
* Ricardo Marsh
* Theo Little
* Jalen Tate

#### Other countries

* Carlos Morban
* Harouna Mutombo
* Devoe Joseph

## Coaching history

* 2002–2004 Bujar Shehu
* 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
* 2023–2024 Rami Hadar