// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Sabah BC say to its date? You're a-class.
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| League | Azerbaijan Basketball League |
| Founded | 1 September 2022 |
| History | Sabah BK 2022–present |
| Location | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Head coach | Rimas Kurtinaitis |
| Championships | 3 Azerbaijan Basketball League |
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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.[2]
As champions, they entered the 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup qualifying rounds,[3] as the first Azerbaijani team to play in a European competition in 18 years (after Gala Baku in 2005).[4] 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.[5] On 26 January 2024 he was replaced by Rimas Kurtinaitis.[6]
Honours
[edit]- Winners (4): 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025-26
Players
[edit]Current roster
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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References
[edit]- ↑ Eurobasket. "Sabah BK Baku basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ↑ "Baku Sabah - Basketball - BetsAPI". betsapi.com. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ↑ "FIBA Europe Cup clubs and Qualifiers format revealed for 2023–24 season". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ↑ "Confident victory from "Sabah"". İdman və Biz. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ↑ Фидан, Коминовски (1 August 2023). "Boban Mitev is the new coach of the champion of Azerbaijan – Sloboden Pechat". Слободен печат. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ↑ "Kurtinaitis treniruos Azerbaidžano čempionus". basketnews.lt. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
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