Sabah BC

Sabah
League	Azerbaijan Basketball League
Founded	1 September 2022; 2 years ago (2022-09-01)
History	Sabah BK 2022–present
Location	Baku, Azerbaijan
Head coach	Rimas Kurtinaitis
Championships	2 Azerbaijan Basketball League

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.

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 (2): 2022–23, 2023–24

Players

Main category: Sabah BC 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
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) 34 – (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) 25 – (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) 23 – (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) 19 – (2005-12-03)3 December 2005	Head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis Assistant coach(es) Aurimas Jasilionis Goran Miljevic Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: November 3, 2024

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.