Basketball- with a long history, since 1956, Gjilan basketball reached his best in the first years after the Kosovo War. The first basketball team was named "Mlladost" and then it changed to "Drita". This team reached its biggest achievement in 1996 in it became champion of Kosovo. In the basketball team "Drita" in 2001 for the first time started coming players from European states making this basketball team one of the bests. In Gjilan there are also several women basketball teams.