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
LeagueAzerbaijan Basketball League
Founded1 September 2022 (2022-09-01)
HistorySabah BK
2022–present
LocationBaku, Azerbaijan
Head coachRimas Kurtinaitis
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 qualified for the regular season.

Boban Mitev was appointed as Sabah's new head coach in August 2023.[4] On 26 January 2024 he was replaced by Rimas Kurtinaitis.[5]

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 nationalities not displayed.

Sabah BK roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
C 1 Smith, Donovan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – (1993-11-19)19 November 1993
SF 3 Marčinković, Pavle 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 35 – (1989-05-06)6 May 1989
SG 4 Cambridge Jr., Desmond 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1998-12-30)30 December 1998
PF 7 Davenport, Kyvon 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1997-08-28)28 August 1997
G 8 Niftaliyev, Fuad 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 43 – (1980-08-21)21 August 1980
G 10 Holton Jr., Michael 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 33 – (1990-11-27)27 November 1990
G 12 Henry, Corin 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 36 – (1988-05-10)10 May 1988
SG 14 Poladkhanli, Endar 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (1998-10-12)12 October 1998
SG 21 Mammadov, Alikamran 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 17 – (2006-07-14)14 July 2006
F 22 Aliyev, Rustam 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 30 – (1994-04-04)4 April 1994
PF 26 Butjankovs, Artjoms 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1991-08-26)26 August 1991
PG 77 Shirzadov, Shirzad 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 24 – (2000-05-30)30 May 2000
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Nikolche Bozhinoski
  • Volodomyr Kucherenko
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • 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.
  5. "Kurtinaitis treniruos Azerbaidžano čempionus". basketnews.lt. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
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