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 Kosovo Shaqir Totaj
Head coach Montenegro Petar Mijovic
Team captain Kosovo Qendrim Biraj
Championships 1 League Cup(2002/03)
Uniforms
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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

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

KB Bashkimi roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 4 Kosovo Tahiri, Imer 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 25 – (1991-08-13)13 August 1991
PG 5 United States Lewis, Rob 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 22 – (1994-02-09)9 February 1994
G 1 United States Johnson, Kejuan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 31 – (1985-06-26)26 June 1985
G 6 Kosovo Bunjaku, Valon 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 60 kg (132 lb) 18 – (1998-02-02)2 February 1998
G 15 Kosovo Emra, Hamdi 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 17 – (1998-12-07)7 December 1998
SG 10 Kosovo Kryeziu, Edmond 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 18 – (1998-06-16)16 June 1998
SG 8 Montenegro Tmusic, Mikaile 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 23 – (1993-01-06)6 January 1993
SF 12 Kosovo Biraj, Qendrim 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 60 kg (132 lb) 27 – (1989-08-31)31 August 1989
SF 6 Montenegro Popović, Marko 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1985-10-10)10 October 1985
PF 13 United States Locke, Kayel 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 22 – (1994-01-01)1 January 1994
F/C 15 Kosovo Sinani, Gazmend 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 25 – (1991-06-22)22 June 1991
C 9 United States Dickerson, Jordan 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 23 – (1993-06-09)9 June 1993
Head coach
  • Montenegro Dragan Radovic
Assistant coach(es)
  • Kosovo Edin Kerveshi

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Coaching history

References

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

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