Bashkimi Prizren

KB Bashkimi
Leagues	ETC Superliga Kosovo Cup Balkan League
Founded	1945
History	1945 Present
Arena	Sezair Surroi (3,000 seats)
Arena Capacity	3.000
Location	Prizren Kosovo
Team colors	Orange and Black
President	Shaqir Totaj
Head coach	Petar Mijovic
Team captain	Qendrim Biraj
Championships	1 League Cup(2002/03)
Uniforms
Home Away

Bashkimi, or K.B. Bashkimi is a basketball club created in 1945, in Prizren, Kosovo. In the 2014-15 season Bashkimi competed in Kosovo's first division ETC Superliga. The 2015–16 season will be the first one for the team in an international competition competing in "The BIBL", also known as the Balkan League.

History

First Name of Bashkimi Basketball club was KB Bashkimi then was KB Big Brother Bashkimi from 2009 to 2011, then from 2011 to 2015 was KB Sigkos Bashkimi, and now is Bashkimi Prizren. After the Kosovo War of 1999, Bashkimi won the Kosovo Cup.

The best-known players of the team since its founding include Davor Pejčinović, Johny Philips, Lee Benson, Schin Kerr, Vedran Bosnic, Billy Armstrong, Bledar Gjeqaj, and William Njoku.

Current roster

KB Bashkimi roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 1.0 !PG 7000400000000000000♠4 KOS ! Tahiri, Imer 7000187000000000000♠1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 7001750000000000000♠75 kg (165 lb) 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1991-08-13)13 August 1991 1.0 !PG 7000500000000000000♠5 USA ! Lewis, Rob 7000182000000000000♠1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 7001810000000000000♠81 kg (179 lb) 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1994-02-09)9 February 1994 1.5 !G 7000100000000000000♠1 USA ! Johnson, Kejuan 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001810000000000000♠81 kg (179 lb) 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1985-06-26)26 June 1985 1.5 !G 7000600000000000000♠6 KOS ! Bunjaku, Valon 7000189000000000000♠1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 7001600000000000000♠60 kg (132 lb) 7001180000000000000♠18 – (1998-02-02)2 February 1998 1.5 !G 7001150000000000000♠15 KOS ! Emra, Hamdi 7000180000000000000♠1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 7001780000000000000♠78 kg (172 lb) 7001170000000000000♠17 – (1998-12-07)7 December 1998 2.0 !SG 7001100000000000000♠10 KOS ! Kryeziu, Edmond 7000194000000000000♠1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001880000000000000♠88 kg (194 lb) 7001180000000000000♠18 – (1998-06-16)16 June 1998 2.0 !SG 7000800000000000000♠8 MNE ! Tmusic, Mikaile 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 7001890000000000000♠89 kg (196 lb) 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1993-01-06)6 January 1993 3.0 !SF 7001120000000000000♠12 KOS ! Biraj, Qendrim 7000189000000000000♠1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 7001600000000000000♠60 kg (132 lb) 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-08-31)31 August 1989 3.0 !SF 7000600000000000000♠6 MNE ! Popović, Marko 7000200000000000000♠2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1985-10-10)10 October 1985 4.0 !PF 7001130000000000000♠13 USA ! Locke, Kayel 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 7002109000000000000♠109 kg (240 lb) 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1994-01-01)1 January 1994 4.5 !F/C 7001150000000000000♠15 KOS ! Sinani, Gazmend 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002100000000000000♠100 kg (220 lb) 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1991-06-22)22 June 1991 5.0 !C 7000900000000000000♠9 USA ! Dickerson, Jordan 7000216000000000000♠2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 7002111000000000000♠111 kg (245 lb) 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1993-06-09)9 June 1993	Head coach Dragan Radovic Assistant coach(es) Edin Kerveshi Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Coaching history

• Jeton Nixha (2008–10)
• Dervish Agaj (2010–11)
• Naser Oskacek (2011–12)
• Edin Kerveshi (2012–14)
• Miodrag Baletić (2014–15)
• Petar Mijović (2015–present)

References

http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Kosovo/KB_Bashkimi_Prizren/4922?Year=2014-2015