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
League	Azerbaijan Basketball League
Founded	1 September 2022; 15 months ago (2022-09-01)
History	Sabah BK 2022–present
Location	Baku, Azerbaijan
Head coach	Boban Mitev
Championships	1 (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]

Honours

Azerbaijan Basketball League

• Winners (1): 2022–23

Players

Main category: Sabah BC 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
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. 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) 34 – (1989-05-06)6 May 1989 SG 4   Cambridge Jr., Desmond 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (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) 35 – (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) 29 – (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) 23 – (2000-05-30)30 May 2000	Head coach   Boban Mitev Assistant coach(es)   Nikolche Bozhinoski   Volodomyr Kucherenko Legend (C) Team captain   Injured Roster 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.