BC Balkan Botevgrad

Balkan Botevgrad
Nickname	Зелените (The Greens)
Leagues	NBL EuroCup
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
General manager	Sasho Vezenkov
Head coach	Bogdan Karaičić
Championships	7 Bulgarian Leagues 4 Bulgarian Cups
Website	balkan-basket.com
Home Away

BC Balkan Botevgrad (Bulgarian: БК Балкан Ботевград, romanized: BK Balkan Botevgrad) is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in Botevgrad. The team competes in the NBL and in the EuroCup. They play their home matches at the Arena Botevgrad.

Honours

• National Basketball League
  • Winners (8): 1974, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2026
  • Runners-up (6): 1972, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2024
• 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	–	Runner-up			4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS
2020–21	1	NBL	4th	Semifinalist			3 Champions League	1QR
							4 FIBA Europe Cup	QF
2021–22	1	NBL	1st	Semifinalist	Balkan League	1R
2022–23	1	NBL	1st	Semifinalist			4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS
2023–24	1	NBL	2nd	Semifinalist			4 FIBA Europe Cup	2R
2024–25	1	NBL	3rd	Runner-up			4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS
2025–26	1	NBL	1st	Semifinalist			4 FIBA Europe Cup	Q

Players

Current roster

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Balkan Botevgrad roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PF 0 Okwera, David 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 24 – (2002-07-31)31 July 2002 PG 1 Edge, Darnell 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 29 – (1997-08-12)12 August 1997 G/F 2 Bonilla, Gael 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 23 – (2003-02-26)26 February 2003 SG 3 Stoimenov, Aleksandar 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (2001-10-26)26 October 2001 G/F 8 Ducas, Alex 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (2000-12-11)11 December 2000 SG 10 Ivanov, Pavlin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 33 – (1993-03-28)28 March 1993 G 13 McCoy, Javante 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1998-01-24)24 January 1998 C 14 Chomche, Ulrich 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 20 – (2005-12-30)30 December 2005 PG 22 Toshkov, Konstantin 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 24 – (2002-02-14)14 February 2002 SF 33 Grozev, Nikolay 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 32 – (1994-02-17)17 February 1994 PF 34 Dimitrov, Dimitar 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 33 – (1993-03-01)1 March 1993 SF 35 Alipiev, Ivan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1999-07-28)28 July 1999 F 44 Sotirov, Martin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1999-11-07)7 November 1999 C 77 Melikyan, Yura 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 20 – (2005-10-22)22 October 2005 F 91 Spirov, Ivan 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – (2003-10-10)10 October 2003	Head coach Bogdan Karaičić Assistant coach(es) Jovan Popović Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 24, 2026

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Ulrich Chomche
PF	David Okwera
SF	Alex Ducas	Gael Bonilla	Dimitar Dimitrov
SG	Javante McCoy	Pavlin Ivanov	Alexander Stoimenov
PG	Darnell Edge

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities 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
• Amin Hot
• Noah Dahlman
• Dwayne Morton
• Mikael Hopkins
• Jordan Callahan
• Brandon Brown

External links

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