Peja
Wikipedia - 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, 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.
Peja își are sediul în Sofia, capitala Bulgariei, și joacă meciurile sale de acasă în Sala Armeec. Echipa a participat la Campionatele Europene de câte ori și a obținut cea mai bună clasare în 1957, când s-a clasat pe locul 5.
Jucătorii notabili ai Bulgariei includ:
* Dimitar Gospodinov
* Georgi Glouchkov
* Atanas Golomeev
* Viktor Radev
* Spas Natov
Echipa națională de baschet a Bulgariei este cunoscută pentru stilul său fizic și defensiv. Are o bază loială de fani care susține echipa la meciurile de acasă și în deplasare.