BC Balkan Botevgrad

Balkan
NicknameЗелените (The Greens)
LeaguesNBL
Founded1947; 78 years ago (1947)
HistoryBC Balkan Botevgrad
(1947–present)
ArenaArena Botevgrad
Capacity3,200
LocationBotevgrad, Bulgaria
Team colorsGreen, White
   
PresidentMihail Mihaylov
General managerSasho Vezenkov
Head coachVasil Hristov
Championships7 Bulgarian Leagues
4 Bulgarian Cups
Websitebalkan-basket.com

BC Balkan Botevgrad (Bulgarian: БК Балкан Ботевград, romanized: BK Balkan Botevgrad) is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in Botevgrad. The team is part of NBL and FIBA Europe Cup. The club has also competed in Balkan International Basketball League. They play their home matches at the Arena Botevgrad.

Honours

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Bulgarian Cup Other leagues European competitions
2012–13 1 NBL 3rd Quarterfinalist
2013–14 1 NBL 3rd Semifinalist Balkan League 3rd
2014–15 1 NBL 2nd Quarterfinalist
2015–16 1 NBL 2nd Semifinalist
2016–17 1 NBL 6th Third Place
2017–18 1 NBL 2nd Semifinalist 4 FIBA Europe Cup RS
2018–19 1 NBL 1st Quarterfinalists 4 FIBA Europe Cup Top 16
2019–20 1 NBL – Runner-up 4 FIBA Europe Cup RS
2020–21 1 NBL 4th Semifinalist 4 FIBA Europe Cup QF

Current roster

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

Balkan roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 1 Gavalyugov, Aleksandar 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 19 – (2006-01-22)22 January 2006
SG 2 Marks, Derrick 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 31 – (1993-09-14)14 September 1993
SF 3 Minkov, Kris 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 30 – (1994-12-31)31 December 1994
SF 5 Gavazov, Mihail 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 20 – (2004-08-24)24 August 2004
SG 7 Pishtikov, Iliyan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 71 kg (157 lb) 20 – (2004-07-28)28 July 2004
PG 8 Hristov, Zdravko 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 27 – (1997-05-25)25 May 1997
PG 10 Dukes, Kahlil 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 29 – (1995-05-17)17 May 1995
SF 11 Hubanov, Mariyan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 22 – (2002-11-12)12 November 2002
PG 23 Marinov, Stanimir 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 33 – (1991-09-07)7 September 1991
PG 25 Thibodeaux, Travin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – (1996-02-19)19 February 1996
SF 33 Grozev, Nikolay 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 30 – (1994-02-17)17 February 1994
PF 34 Dimitrov, Dimitar (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 31 – (1993-03-01)1 March 1993
C 41 Vutev, Denislav 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 30 – (1994-11-14)14 November 1994
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Petar Zlatanović
  • Preslav Peshev
Physiotherapist(s)
  • Tsvetan Stefanov
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Players

Notable players

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

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

References

  1. ^ Eurobasket.com BC Balkan Page
  2. ^ Team profile at Bgbasket.com (in Bulgarian)