PBC Tirana

KB Tirana
KB Tirana logo
Leagues	Albanian Basketball League Albanian Basketball Cup
Founded	1946
History	1946–present
Arena	Farie Hoti Sports Palace
Arena Capacity	2,000
Location	Tiranë, Albania
Team colors	Blue, White
Head coach	Roland Avrami
Championships	18 Albanian Leagues (1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1971, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) 16 Albanian Cups (1961, 1962, 1963, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012) 7 Albanian Supercups (2001, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Uniforms
Home Away

Active branches of KF Tirana
Football (Men's)	Football (Women's)	Football (B team)	Football (Youth)
Futsal	Basketball	Volleyball (Men's)	Volleyball (Women's)

PBC Tirana is an Albanian professional basketball team based in Tiranë, who compete in the Albanian Basketball League and they play their home games at the Farie Hoti Sports Palace. PBC Tirana are one of the most successful teams in the history of Albanian basketball, having won the Albanian League 18 times, the Albanian Cup 16 times and the Albanian Supercups 7 times. They have won a total of 41 trophies, and only BC Partizani Tirana have won more in Albania with 49.

History

On August 16, 1920, the patriot P. Nika altogether with gentlemen A. Erebara, P. Jakova, A. Hoxha, A. Koja, P. Berisha, A. Zajmi, H. Fortuzi, B. Pazari, L. Berisha, S. Frasheri, H. Alizoti, A. Gjitomi and V. Fekeci founded "Agimi Sports Association". In 1927 on the initiative of Mr S. Stermasi, Mr A. Erebara, Mr A. Zajmi and Mr A. Koja, "Agimi" changed its name to Sportklub Tirana (SK Tirana). PBC Tirana are 18 times Champions of Albania, and also 16 times winners of Albanian Cup. PBC Tirana have also taken part in European competitions, and in many friendly international tournaments, where occasionally have reached several successes. Unforgettable the matches against 1971-72 Champions Club's Cup finalists, KK Jugoplastika Split in the 2-nd round, after eliminating in the first round Cercle Jeunesse winning both matches, white and blue team performed well despite 77-90 loss in Tirana and 58-85 loss in Split. Or the matches against Cup Winners of 1973-74 season, Crvena Zvezda Belgrade, home and away losses 83-99 and 70-114.

Since 2000, a new era has started for white and blue team. Winning 8 trophies within 4 years, with only a short period of interruption between years 2004-06, they returned to win another 5 titles, 5 cups and 5 supercups. Last 2 years, however, due to key players leaving abroad and rivals Kamza Basket and Vllaznia reaching their peak, Tirana hasn't been able to lift trophies. But there they are still, competing strongly each season for glory and trophies.

Honours

• Albanian League (18):

1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1971, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

• Albanian Cup (16):

1961, 1962, 1963, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012

• Albanian Supercup (7):

2001, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)

Players

Current roster

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

PBC Tirana roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 9 Jani, Redi 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) – (1988-01-01)1 January 1988 SG 5 Vogli, Redi 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) – (1987-04-29)29 April 1987 SG 10 Mara, Ditmar – (1995-01-01)1 January 1995 PG 3 Vaqarri, Majk 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) – (1994-01-01)1 January 1994 PG 11 Lasku, Gerti 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) – (1985-03-24)24 March 1985 C 12 Gjyzeli, Abdel 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) – (1993-01-01)1 January 1993 7 Gjonaj, Algert SG 23 Coco, Nazareno 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) – (2000-09-09)9 September 2000 15 Lilaj, Frenk – (1998-01-01)1 January 1998	Head coach Roland Avrami Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Abidal Gjyzeli
PF	Algert Gjonaj
SF	Redi Vogli
SG	Genti Lasku	Ditmar Mara
PG	Redi Jani	Majk Vaqarri

PBC Tirana (women)

For the women basketball team see PBC Tirana