BC Yambol

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BC Yambol (Bulgarian: БК „Ямбол“) is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in Yambol. Founded in 1945, Yambol has won the Bulgarian championship once as Yambolgas. They play their home matches at the Diana Hall. The team is a regular first league participant. Former names of the club are Luskov, Tundja, Yambolen and Yambolgas.

History

Founded in 1945, the club joined the third edition of the Bulgarian Championship to become the first participant of this basketball championship based outside of the capital Sofia.

In 1976 the club, as "Luskov"-Yambol, appointed Simeon Varchev as new head coach, who work there until 1980. He recruit some new young players including Georgi Glouchkov, the first bulgarian played in NBA. In 1977 they won the first medal for the club, third place in the Bulgarian Cup and in 1979 the bronze medal in Bulgarian Championship. In 1980 Georgi Glouchkov moved to PBC CSKA Sofia, captain of the team Ivan Angelov retired, and even though Varchev and Ivan Glavov (one of the leading playmakers in league the time) stayed, the club relegated in to the second tier.

Yambol stayed there until 1992, when it got promoted and since then remains in the top flight.^[1] The coach of the club was Ivan Cholakov, who was team head coach in two periods- 1989-2002 and 2004-2013. In 2002, with the name of Yambolgas by sponsorship reasons, the club won the Bulgarian Championship after winning to Lukoil Academic by 3–0 in the final series.^[2]

Honours

• Bulgarian Championship
  • Winners (1): 2002
  • Runners-up (1): 2001
  • Bronze medalist (5): 1979, 2000, 2003, 2011, 2012
• Bulgarian Cup
  • Bronze medalist (4): 1977, 2000, 2001, 2002

Roster 2022-2023

BC Yambol roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age F 10 Marinov, Pavel (C) 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 35 – (1988-06-12)12 June 1988 G/F 6 Lilov, Ivan 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 35 – (1988-08-06)6 August 1988 SG 32 Kiss, Peter 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 26 – (1997-05-09)9 May 1997 F/C 34 Currie, Taylor 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 23 – (2000-08-15)15 August 2000 PF 7 Mihaylov, Nikolay 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 23 – (2000-08-15)15 August 2000 PG 5 Walters, Shaquille 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 26 – (1997-10-17)17 October 1997 SG 27 Matushev, Aleksandar 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 20 – (2003-05-12)12 May 2003 PG 0 Hristov, Yoan 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 20 – (2003-11-23)23 November 2003 C 99 Vachev, Andon 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 20 – (2003-08-17)17 August 2003	Head coach Toni Dechev Assistant coach(es) Aleksandar Aleksiev Strength & conditioning coach(es) Yancho Yanchev Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 23 October 2022

In Europe

BC Yambol played in FIBA Korać Cup(2000,2001), FIBA Europe Champions Cup for Men 2003/Conference South and NEBL Open 2001/2002.

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	RS	PO	Bulgarian Cup
1992–93	1	A-1	8	Quarterfinalist	2–12	0-2	Fourth
1993–94	1	A-1	12	R16	12–18	0-2
1994–95	2	A-2
1995–96	1	A-1	7	Quarterfinalist	9–13	1-2	First round
1996–97	1	A-1	8	Quarterfinalist	9–13	0-2
1997–98	1	A-1	7	Quarterfinalist	10–12	1-2
1998–99	1	A-1	4	Fourth	14–8	3-6	Fourth
1999–00	1	A-1	3	Third	20–8	6-5	Third
2000–01	1	A-1	2	Runner-up	23–5	5-4	Third
2001–02	1	A-1	1	Champion	23–5	8–1	Third
2002–03	1	A-1	3	Third	21–7	5–4	Fourth
2003–04	1	A-1	7	Quarterfinalist	8-20	2–2	Quarterfinalist
2004–05	1	A-1	5	Quarterfinalist	12–16	3–2	Quarterfinalist
2005–06	1	A-1	3	Fourth	13–13	2–6	Fourth
2006–07	1	A-1	7	Quarterfinalist	7–11	0–2	Quarterfinalist
2007–08	1	A-1	7	Quarterfinalist	11–21	2–3	Quarterfinalist
2008–09	1	NBL	6	Quarterfinalist	7–17	1–2	First round
2009–10	1	NBL	4	Quarterfinalist	14–14	1–2	Quarterfinalist
2010–11	1	NBL	6	Third	10–18	4–3	Fourth
2011–12	1	NBL	3	Third	18–10	5–4	Fourth
2012–13	1	NBL	5	Quarterfinalist	13–14	1-2	Fourth
2013–14	1	NBL	5	Quarterfinalist	13–11	0–2	Quarterfinalist
2014–15	1	NBL	7	Quarterfinalist	8–16	1–2	Fourth
2015–16	1	NBL	8	Quarterfinalist	7-20	0-2	Quarterfinalist
2016–17	1	NBL	8	Quarterfinalist	7-17	0-2	Quarterfinalist
2017–18	1	NBL	7	Quarterfinalist	8-16	1-2	Quarterfinalist
2018–19	1	NBL	7	Quarterfinalist	8-16	0-2	Quarterfinalist
2019–20	1	NBL	10	Canceled	2-17		DNQ
2020–21	1	NBL	7	Quarterfinalist	9-15	0-2	Semifinalist
2021–22	1	NBL	8	Quarterfinalist	9-18	0-2	Quarterfinalist
2022-23	1	NBL	9	DNQ	9-21	DNQ	Quarterfinalist
2023-24	1	NBL

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Notable players

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Head coaches

¹During the 2001–02 season, Vitaly Lebedintsev coached 6 regular season games. Lebedintsev was fired on November 2001, and Ivan Cholakov coached the remaining season games.
²During the 2010–11 season, Ivailo Stoimenov coached 7 regular season games. Stoimenov resigned on November 29, 2010, and Ivan Cholakov coached the remaining season games.
³During the 2015–16 season, Ninoslav Marjanovic coached 9 regular season games. Marjanovic resigned on December 5, 2015.
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References

External links

• Official website
• Eurobasket.com BC Yambol Page