Basketball team in Baku, Azerbaijan
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
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
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Players |
Coaches
|
Pos. |
No. |
Nat. |
Name |
Ht. |
|
Age |
|
C
|
1
|
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Smith, Donovan
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2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
|
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30 – (1993-11-19)19 November 1993
|
|
SF
|
3
|
|
Marčinković, Pavle
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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)
|
|
27 – (1997-08-28)28 August 1997
|
|
G
|
8
|
|
Niftaliyev, Fuad
|
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
|
|
44 – (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)
|
|
18 – (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)
|
|
33 – (1991-08-26)26 August 1991
|
|
PG
|
77
|
|
Shirzadov, Shirzad
|
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
|
|
24 – (2000-05-30)30 May 2000
|
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- Head coach
- Assistant coach(es)
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- Injured
Updated: 2 October 2023
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References