BC Yambol

BC Yambol
Leagues	NBL
Founded	1945
Arena	Diana Hall (capacity: 3,000)
Location	Yambol, Bulgaria
Team colors	Yellow and Blue
President	Valentin Revanski
Head coach	Petar Petrov
Championships	1 Bulgarian Championship
Website	yambolbasketball.com
Uniforms
Home Away

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 2016-2017

BC Yambol roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 2.5 !G/F 7000800000000000000♠8 BUL ! Cholakov, Stoyo 7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001900000000000000♠90 kg (198 lb) 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1988-03-17)17 March 1988 5.0 !C 7001210000000000000♠21 BUL ! Varbanov, Nikolay 7000209000000000000♠2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 7002112000000000000♠112 kg (247 lb) 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1985-06-06)6 June 1985 2.5 !G/F 7001220000000000000♠22 BUL ! Ivanov, Rosen 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001730000000000000♠73 kg (161 lb) 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1996-04-29)29 April 1996 2.0 !SG 7001300000000000000♠30 BUL ! Ivanov, Stiliyan 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 7001670000000000000♠67 kg (148 lb) 7001180000000000000♠18 – (1998-06-28)28 June 1998 1.5 !G 7001350000000000000♠35 BUL ! Petkov, Ventsislav 7000187000000000000♠1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 7001800000000000000♠80 kg (176 lb) 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1991-10-14)14 October 1991 1.5 !G 7001310000000000000♠31 BUL ! Ostrev, Tsvetoslav 7000180000000000000♠1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb) 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-03-03)3 March 1986 1.5 !G 7001110000000000000♠11 BUL ! Govedarov, Stanislav (C) 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 7001760000000000000♠76 kg (168 lb) 7001360000000000000♠36 – (1980-11-13)13 November 1980 4.5 !F/C 7001230000000000000♠23 BUL ! Ivanov, Andrei 7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 7001900000000000000♠90 kg (198 lb) 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1996-05-07)7 May 1996 2.5 !G/F 7001330000000000000♠33 BUL ! Ivanov, Evgeni 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001840000000000000♠84 kg (185 lb) 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1993-09-09)9 September 1993 4.0 !PF 7001550000000000000♠55 BUL ! Petkov, Stoyan 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb) 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1985-05-15)15 May 1985 4.0 !PF 5000000000000000000♠0 BUL ! Mihaylov, Nikolay 7000202000000000000♠2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 7001160000000000000♠16 – (2000-08-15)15 August 2000 2.5 !G/F 7001120000000000000♠12 BUL ! Matushev, Aleksandar 7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001830000000000000♠83 kg (183 lb) 7001160000000000000♠16 – (2000-05-12)12 May 2000 2.5 !G/F 7000900000000000000♠9 BUL ! Dragoev, Aleksandar 7000192000000000000♠1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001820000000000000♠82 kg (181 lb) 7001180000000000000♠18 – (1998-05-31)31 May 1998	Head coach Petar Petrov Strength & conditioning coach(es) Dicho Todorov Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 14 September 2016

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.

Korac Cup 1999-2000 Round Team  Home   Away  Additional Preliminary Round Karşıyaka Basket 62–54 59–81 [3]

Korac Cup 2000-2001 Round Team  Home   Away  Elimination Round I KK Kumanovo 104–78 82–80 Elimination Round II KK FMP 65–67 62–75 [4]

2002-03 FIBA EuroCup Challenge Round Team Home  Away  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 [5]

Season by season

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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 05, 2015.
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Contacts

• Location: Gradski park, 8600 Yambol, Bulgaria
• Phone: +359 46 663515

External links

• Official website

References