BC Yambol

Bulgarian basketball club

Yambol

Leagues| NBL
Founded| 1945; 80 years ago (1945)
Arena| Diana Hall
Capacity| 3,000
Location| Yambol, Bulgaria
Team colors| Yellow and Blue

President| Valentin Revanski
Head coach| Aleksandar Aleksiev
Championships| 1 Bulgarian Championship
Website| yambolbasketball.com

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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

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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] After 29 years in the top flight, Yambol withdrew from NBL, due to financial difficulties, as well as the reconstruction of their Diana arena and the lack of an available alternative basketball hall. They participate in the second division for the 2024–25 season, mainly with players from their academy, [3] and confirmed their intention of returning to the NBL for the 2025–26 season.[4]

## Honours

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* 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

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

BC Yambol roster

Players | Coaches
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F | 10 |  | Marinov, Pavel (C) | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)  | 95 kg (209 lb)  |  37 – (1988-06-12)12 June 1988  |
G/F | 6 |  | Lilov, Ivan | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)  | 89 kg (196 lb)  |  36 – (1988-08-06)6 August 1988  |
SG | 32 |  | Kiss, Peter | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)  | 90 kg (198 lb)  |  28 – (1997-05-09)9 May 1997  |
F/C | 34 |  | Currie, Taylor | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)  | 102 kg (225 lb)  |  24 – (2000-08-15)15 August 2000  |
PF | 7 |  | Mihaylov, Nikolay | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)  | 90 kg (198 lb)  |  24 – (2000-08-15)15 August 2000  |
PG | 5 |  | Walters, Shaquille | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)  | 91 kg (201 lb)  |  27 – (1997-10-17)17 October 1997  |
SG | 27 |  | Matushev, Aleksandar | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)  | 90 kg (198 lb)  |  22 – (2003-05-12)12 May 2003  |
PG | 0 |  | Hristov, Yoan | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)  | 65 kg (143 lb)  |  21 – (2003-11-23)23 November 2003  |
C | 99 |  | Vachev, Andon | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)  | 95 kg (209 lb)  |  21 – (2003-08-17)17 August 2003  |

Head coach

*   * Toni Dechev

Assistant coach(es)

*   * Aleksandar Aleksiev

Strength & conditioning coach(es)

*   * Yancho Yanchev

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* Injured

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* Roster

Updated: 23 October 2022

## In Europe

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

### 1999–2000 FIBA Korać Cup

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| Round  | Team  |  Home  |  Away  |

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Additional Preliminary Round  |  Karşıyaka Basket | 62–54 | 59–81 |

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### 2000–01 FIBA Korać Cup

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Round  | Team  |  Home  |  Away  |

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Elimination Round I  |  KK Kumanovo | 104–78 | 82–80 |
Elimination Round II  |  KK FMP | 65–67 | 62–75 |

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### 2002–03 FIBA Europe Champions Cup

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| Round  | Team  | Home  |  Away  |

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Group Stage
(Conference South)  |  Peristeri B.C. | 66–72 | 68–93 |
Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. | 76–70 | 71–97
KK Vojvodina Srbijagas | 97–91 | 85–72
Karşıyaka Basket | 82–69 | 72–78
KK Rabotnički | 85–73 | 69–75

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## Season by season

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Season  | Tier  | Division  | Pos.  | Postseason  | RS | PO | Bulgarian Cup

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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 | 10  | DNQ  | 12-20  | DNQ  | Quarterfinalist
2023-24 | 2  | BBL |  |  |  |  | DNQ

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## Notable players

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For more players, see Category:BC Yambol players.

* Georgi Glouchkov
* Dimitar Angelov
* Georgi Stankov
* Valcho Yordanov
* Ivan Angelov
* Ivan Glavov
* Geno Plachkov
* Dimitar Dimitrov
* Georgi Kovachev
* Emil Stamenov
* Stanislav Govedarov
* Dimitar Horozov
* Decho Koeshinov
* Rumen Shopov
* Martin Durchev
* Pavel Marinov
* Yulian Radionov
* Nikolay Varbanov
* Pavlin Ivanov
* Franko Kaštropil
* Nemanja Milošević
* Ninoslav Tmušić
* Nenad Djorić
* Zoran Stevanovic
* John Ofoegbu
* Tony Gugino
* Yaroslav Zubrytskiy
* Volodymyr Ryzhov
* Sergey Grishaev
* Anatoliy Yasinskiy

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## Head coaches

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* Slavcho Slavov 1956-1959
* Dobri Rusev 1959-1960
* Ivan Stoyanov 1960-1964
* Blagoy Peev 1964-1965
* Ivan Stoyanov 1965-1969
* Velcho Petrov 1969-1972
* Valcho Yordanov 1972-1976
* Simeon Varchev 1976-1980
* Ivan Glavov 1980-1981
* Hristo Kostov 1981-1984
* Ivan Angelov 1984-1986
* Velcho Petrov 1986-1987
* Mityo Georgiev 1987-1989
* Ivan Cholakov 1989-20021
* Zoran Krečković 2002–2003
* Valeri Bachvarov 2003-2004
* Ivan Cholakov 2004-20132
* Yulian Radionov 2013–2015
* Petar Petrov 2015–20173
* Ivan Cholakov 2017–2020
* Toni Dechev 2020–2022
* Aleksander Aleksiev 2022–2023
* Toni Dechev 2023–2024
* Aleksander Aleksiev 2024–Present

1During the 2001–02 season, Vitaly Lebedintsev coached 6 regular season games. Lebedintsev was fired in 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

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1. ^ history-resume (in bulgarian language)
2. ^ bulgarian playoffs 2002
3. ^ "Ямбол ще разчита предимно на юноши в ББЛ А група". bgbasket.com (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-10-08.
4. ^ "Ямбол се отказа от участие в Националната баскетболна лига". novsport.com (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2024-10-01.
5. ^ Yambol in Korac Cup 2000
6. ^ Yambol in Korac Cup 2001
7. ^ Yambol in Euro Challenge 2003
8. ^ results and standings
9. ^ all players
10. ^ all coaches

## External links

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* Official website
* Eurobasket.com BC Yambol Page

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Bulgarian National Basketball League

2024–25 teams|

* Academic Plovdiv
* Balkan Botevgrad
* Beroe
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* Levski Lukoil
* Minyor 2015
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Former teams|

* BC Sliven
* Academic Sofia
* CSKA Sofia
* Chernomorets
* Yambol

Seasons|

* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25

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Yambol current roster

* 0 Hristov
* 1 Bonton
* 3 Nankov
* 5 Walters
* 6 Lilov
* 7 Mihaylov
* 8 Dimitrov
* 10 Marinov
* 13 Juozapaitis
* 27 Matushev
* 30 G. Ivanov
* 32 Kiss
* 33 E. Ivanov
* 34 Currie
* 35 Enchev
* 91 Petrov
* 99 Vachev

* Head coach: Dechev

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