BC Balkan Botevgrad

BC Balkan Botevgrad (Bulgarian: БК Балкан Ботевград, romanized: BK Balkan Botevgrad) is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in Botevgrad.[1][2] The team is part of NBL and FIBA Europe Cup. The club has also competed in Balkan International Basketball League. They play their home matches at the Arena Botevgrad.

Balkan
Leagues	NBL
Founded	1947 (1947)
History	BC Balkan Botevgrad (1947–present)
Arena	Arena Botevgrad
Capacity	3,200
Location	Botevgrad, Bulgaria
Team colors	Green, White
President	Mihail Mihaylov
Head coach	Jovica Arsić
Championships	5 Bulgarian Leagues 4 Bulgarian Cups
Website	balkan-basket.com
Home Away

Honours

• National Basketball League
  • Winners (5): 1974, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2019
  • Runners-up (5): 1972, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2018
• Bulgarian Cup
  • Winners: (4) 1970, 1986, 1987, 1988
• Balkan League
  • Third place (1): 2014

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Bulgarian Cup	Other leagues		European competitions
2012–13	1	NBL	3rd	Quarterfinalist
2013–14	1	NBL	3rd	Semifinalist	Balkan League	3rd
2014–15	1	NBL	2nd	Quarterfinalist
2015–16	1	NBL	2nd	Semifinalist
2016–17	1	NBL	6th	Third Place
2017–18	1	NBL	2nd	Semifinalist			4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS
2018–19	1	NBL	1st	Quarterfinalists			4 FIBA Europe Cup	Top 16
2019–20	1	NBL	1st	Finalists			4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS

Current roster

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

Balkan roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PF 1 Manigault, Corey 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 21 – (1998-10-20)20 October 1998 SF 3 Minkov, Kris 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 25 – (1994-12-31)31 December 1994 PG 4 Jordan, Davonta 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 23 – (1997-05-12)12 May 1997 SG 7 Pishtikov, Iliyan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 71 kg (157 lb) 16 – (2004-07-28)28 July 2004 PG 8 Hristov, Zdravko 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 23 – (1997-05-25)25 May 1997 SG 10 Avramov, Bozhidar 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 30 – (1990-03-08)8 March 1990 PF 12 Agee, Tajuan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 22 – (1997-11-12)12 November 1997 SF 13 Marinov, Marin 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 20 – (2000-08-09)9 August 2000 PG 23 Marinov, Stanimir 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 28 – (1991-09-07)7 September 1991 SF 33 Grozev, Nikolay 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 26 – (1994-02-17)17 February 1994 PF 34 Dimitrov, Dimitar (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – (1993-03-01)1 March 1993 C 41 Vutev, Denislav 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 25 – (1994-11-14)14 November 1994	Head coach Jovica Arsić Assistant coach(es) Ivan Ivanov Strength & conditioning coach(es) Antonio Kostov Physiotherapist(s) Tsvetan Stefanov Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Players

The Arena Botevgrad is the home venue of the club

Notable players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Ivan Lilov
• Stanimir Marinov
• Pavel Marinov
• Yordan Bozov
• Martin Marinov
• Dimitar Dimitrov
• Kris Minkov
• Pavlin Ivanov
• Ventsislav Petkov
• Noah Dahlman
• Dwayne Morton
• Mikael Hopkins
• Jordan Callahan
• Brandon Brown

References

1. Eurobasket.com BC Balkan Page
2. Team profile at Bgbasket.com (in Bulgarian)

External links

• Official website
• Facebook page
• Instagram page
• Club profile at bgbasket.com (in Bulgarian)
• Club profile at bgbasket.com (in English)