Sabah BC

Sabah Basketball Club, also known simply as Sabah BC or Sabah, is an Azerbaijani professional basketball team based in Baku. Founded in 2022, as a team affiliated to the Sabah FC football team, they joined the Azerbaijan Basketball League (ABL) in the 2022–23 season.[1] They won the national championship in their debut season.

Sabah
Sabah logo
LeagueAzerbaijan Basketball League
FIBA Europe Cup
Founded1 September 2022 (2022-09-01)
HistorySabah BK
2022–present
LocationBaku, Azerbaijan
Head coachBoban Mitev
Championships1 (2023)

As champions, they entered the 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup qualifying rounds,[2] as the first Azerbaijani team to play in a European competition in 18 years (after Gala Baku in 2005).[3] Following three wins in the qualifying tournament in Skopje, Sabah succesfully qualified for the regular season.

Boban Mitev was appointed as Sabah's new head coach in August 2023.[4]

Honours

Azerbaijan Basketball League

  • Winners (1): 2022–23

Players

Current roster

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

Sabah BK roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
C 1 United States Smith, Donovan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 29 – (1993-11-19)19 November 1993
SF 3 Croatia Marčinković, Pavle 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1989-05-06)6 May 1989
SG 4 United States Cambridge Jr., Desmond 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (1998-12-30)30 December 1998
PF 7 United States Davenport, Kyvon 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1997-08-28)28 August 1997
G 8 Azerbaijan Niftaliyev, Fuad 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 43 – (1980-08-21)21 August 1980
G 10 United States Holton Jr., Michael 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 32 – (1990-11-27)27 November 1990
G 12 United States Henry, Corin 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 35 – (1988-05-10)10 May 1988
SG 14 Azerbaijan Poladkhanli, Endar 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (1998-10-12)12 October 1998
SG 21 Azerbaijan Mammadov, Alikamran 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 17 – (2006-07-14)14 July 2006
F 22 Azerbaijan Aliyev, Rustam 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 29 – (1994-04-04)4 April 1994
PF 26 Latvia Butjankovs, Artjoms 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1991-08-26)26 August 1991
PG 77 Azerbaijan Shirzadov, Shirzad 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (2000-05-30)30 May 2000
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Azerbaijan Nikolche Bozhinoski
  • Azerbaijan Volodomyr Kucherenko

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: 2 October 2023

References

  1. Eurobasket. "Sabah BK Baku basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  2. "FIBA Europe Cup clubs and Qualifiers format revealed for 2023-24 season". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  3. "Confident victory from "Sabah"". İdman və Biz. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  4. Фидан, Коминовски (1 August 2023). "Boban Mitev is the new coach of the champion of Azerbaijan - Sloboden Pechat". Слободен печат. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
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