The Kosovo Basketball Superleague (Albanian: Superliga e Kosovës në Basketboll), and known as the ProCredit Superliga due to sponsorship reasons, is the top men's professional basketball league in Kosovo. Basketball Superleague was founded in 1991. It is run by the Basketball Federation of Kosovo.
Prishtina holds the record for most Superleague titles as it has won the championship 14 times.
Current teams
TeamCityVenue CapacityBashkimiPrizrenSalla e sporteve "Sezai Surroi" 2500BoraPristinaPallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve 1800PrishtinaPristinaPallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve 1800PejaPejaKaragaq Sports Hall 3000TrepçaMitrovicaSalla e sporteve Minatori 3000Golden Eagle YlliSuharekaSalla e sporteve "13 Qërshori" 1800Proton Cable PrizreniPrizrenSalla e sporteve "Sezai Surroi" 2500Vëllaznimi GjakovaPalestra Sportive "Shani Nushi" 2500
Rules
Competition format It consists of eight to ten teams which compete each year in two separate phases. Each team has to play all the other teams in its division four times, twice at home and twice away. This means that in Kosovo basketball, the league's regular season ends after all teams play 28 matches.
At the end of the league, the four best teams in the standings start a play-off, pitting the first place team in the standings versus the 4th place team in the standings, and so on. There is one playoff rounds, and the winner of the finals round becomes the champion of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague. This is similar to the most basketball leagues in Europe.
Each season, the last qualified team of the regular season relegates to Kosovo Basketball First League and replaced by champion of the First League whilst second from last of Superleague meats the runner up of the First League in e Relegation Playoff.
Foreigners Each team can play 3 foreign players in every match that is organized by BFK.
Youngsters Every team must play two U20 players in every game for at least 20 min otherwise the teams are fined 500 €.
Arena standards Since the establishment of the league, the indoor courts in Kosovo have seen continuous improvements in capacity and facilities, with some municipalities have built and newly built stadiums for basketball clubs in their areas as well as other sports. Today, the facilities of the clubs participating in Kosovo Basketball Superleague and hosting the home matches, must have a minimum capacity of 1,000 people.
History Despite the political status of Kosovo, basketball competitions have been legally organized since 1999 under the Basketball Federation of Kosovo licensed by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo and the Government of Kosovo. However, the KBF has functioned since 1991 and organized amateur basketball leagues.
Today, basketball in Kosovo shares the same popularity with football.
Names of the competition 1999–2004: Liga e Pare e Kosoves ne Basketboll 2004–2005: Liga Profesionale e Basketbollit te Kosoves 2005–2007: Raiffeisen Superliga 2007–2009: Siguria Superliga 2009–2011: Techno Market Superliga 2011–2013: BKT Superliga 2013–2017: ETC Superliga 2017–2020: IP Superliga 2020-2021: FiveStar Superliga 2021-2022: ArtMotion Superliga 2022–2024: PrinceCaffe Superliga 2024–present: ProCredit Superliga
Gallery
Commissioners 2006–2011: Nuredin Ibishi 2013–Present: Bajrush Ademi
Other competitions Kosovo Cup Champions League FIBA Europe Cup Balkan International Basketball League
Winner by season
Here is the list of the champions of Kosovo year by year
Season Winner Runner–up Score 1991–92 Prishtina Vëllaznimi 1–0 1992–93 Trepça Peja 1–0 1993–94 Peja Trepça 1–0 1994–95 Peja Ylli 2–0 1995–96 Peja Vëllaznimi 2–0 1996–97 Drita Prishtina 1997–98 Competition interrupted due to the war in Kosovo 1998–99 Not held due to war in Kosovo 1999–00 Trepça Peja 3–1 2000–01 Trepça Prishtina 2001–02 Prishtina Trepça 3–2 2002–03 Prishtina Mabetex 3–1 2003–04 Dukagjini Prishtina 3–0 2004–05 Mabetex Dukagjini 3–2 2005–06 Prishtina Mabetex 3–1 2006–07 Prishtina Trepça 4–1 2007–08 Prishtina Peja 4–2 2008–09 Prishtina Bashkimi 3–2 2009–10 Prishtina Trepça 3–1 2010-11 Prishtina Peja 3–0 2011-12 Trepça Prishtina 3–2 2012-13 Peja Prishtina 3–0 2013–14 Prishtina Peja 3–0 2014–15 Prishtina Peja 2–1 2015–16 Prishtina Peja 3–1 2016–17 Prishtina Bashkimi 3–1 2017–18 Bashkimi Prishtina 3–1 2018–19 Prishtina Rahoveci 3–1 2019–20 Competition interrupted due to the COVID-19 2020–21 Ylli Peja 3–0 2021–22 Ylli Trepça 3–1 2022–23 Peja Trepça 3–2 2023–24 Trepça Ylli 3–2 2024–25 Trepça Bashkimi 4–2 2025–26 Trepça Bashkimi 4–0
Titles by Club Club Winners Runners-up Years won Prishtina 14 6 1992, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 Trepça 7 6 1993, 2000, 2001, 2012, 2024, 2025, 2026Peja 6 9 1994, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2013, 2023 Ylli 2 2 2021, 2022 Bashkimi 1 3 2018Mabetex 1 2 2005Drita 1 0 1997 Rahoveci – 1 –
Sponsorships and broadcasting rights Official sponsors IP Petrol TEB Bank STOBI FLIPS Rugove Baker Tilly Kosovo Global CT Digital Kosovo
Official broadcasters ArtMotion Kujtesa Klan Kosova
See also Kosovo national basketball team Basketball Federation of Kosovo Kosovo Cup
References
External links Kosovan basketball on Eurobasket FanPage