KB Feronikeli

KB Feronikeli
Nickname	Tigrat e zi (Black Tigers)
Leagues	Kosovo Basketball First League
Arena	Palestra Sportive Drenas (1,000 seats)
Location	Drenas, Kosovo
Team colors	Black and Green
Head coach
Team captain
Home Away

KB Feronikeli is a professional basketball club based in Drenas, Kosovo which last competed in the Kosovo First League. Its fan club is called Black Tigers.

History

They were created in 2018 and with wild card they got promoted from the Second League to First League where they completed the season on first place and they currently got a place on Kosovo Basketball Superleague. ^[1]

On November 22, 2019, Tyrone Garland signed with KB Feronikeli. ^[2] He had 42 points in a game in December. ^[3]

On the 30th March 2022, Feronikeli relegated from the Kosovo First League. ^[4]

Arena

The club currently plays in the City sport center, in the center of Drenas, with a capacity for around 1000 spectators.

Players

2019–2020 Roster

KB Feronikeli roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG Storey, Kareem 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 33 – (1992-06-02)2 June 1992 PG 35 Scott, Brandon 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 70 kg (154 lb) G 6 Shala, Valdet SG 1 Hajdari, Arti 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 32 – (1993-05-12)12 May 1993 G/F Kovaqi, Beq 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 32 – (1993-06-09)9 June 1993 SF 10 Hajzeri, Sami 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) SF 5 Sholla, Erhan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (2001-02-10)10 February 2001 PF 22 Janjeva, Muhamedali 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 26 – (1998-10-28)28 October 1998 PF/C 12 Merovci, Mustafe  (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) PF/C Muric, Mirza 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 27 – (1997-10-17)17 October 1997	Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Mustafe Merovci	Mirza Muric
PF	Muhamedali Janjeva	Beq Kovaqi
SF	Erhan Sholla	Sami Hajzeri
SG	Arti Hajdari	Valdet Shala
PG	Brandon Scott	Kareem Storey	Desmond Gattis	Rinor Peci

References

1. "KB Feronikeli hyn në Superligë pas fitores ndaj Vëllaznimit". KOHA.net (in Albanian). 2019-04-20. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
2. "Ty Garland signs with KB Feronikeli". Sportando. 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
3. "SENZACION NË PRIZREN: FERONIKELI SHTON GJASAT PËR MBIJETESË". Asisti Online (in Albanian). 21 December 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
4. "FERONIKELI PËRSHËNDETET EDHE NGA LIGA E PARË". asistionline.com (in Albanian). 30 March 2022.

External links

• KB Feronikeli at EuroBasket.com