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
Founded1 September 2022; 2 years ago (2022-09-01)
HistorySabah BK
2022–present
LocationBaku, Azerbaijan
Head coachRimas Kurtinaitis
Championships2 Azerbaijan Basketball League

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

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Azerbaijan Basketball League

  • Winners (2): 2022–23, 2023–24

Players

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Current roster

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

Sabah BK roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
SG 0   Blue, Kam'Ron 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (2000-05-31)31 May 2000
G 1   Duval, Trevon 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 26 – (1998-08-03)3 August 1998
G 3   Gravett, Hassani 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 28 – (1996-07-16)16 July 1996
G 10   Holton Jr., Michael 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 33 – (1990-11-27)27 November 1990
C 12   Baldwin, Deandre 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 28 – (1996-10-04)4 October 1996
SG 14   Poladkhanli, Endar 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1998-10-12)12 October 1998
C 15   Čavars, Klāvs 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 28 – (1996-02-11)11 February 1996
PF 17   Voinalovych, Andrii 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (1999-12-11)11 December 1999
SG 21   Mammadov, Alikamran 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 18 – (2006-07-14)14 July 2006
PF 26   Butjankovs, Artjoms 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 33 – (1991-08-26)26 August 1991
SF 41   Guliyev, Ramiz 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 22 – (2002-01-01)1 January 2002
PG 77   Shirzadov, Shirzad 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 24 – (2000-05-30)30 May 2000
F 22   İbrahimov, Aydin 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 18 – (2005-12-03)3 December 2005
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Aurimas Jasilionis
  •   Goran Miljevic

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

Updated: November 3, 2024

References

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  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.