Sabah BC

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Sabah
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LeagueAzerbaijan Basketball League
Founded1 September 2022; 3 years ago (2022-09-01)
HistorySabah BK
2022–present
LocationBaku, Azerbaijan
Head coachRimas Kurtinaitis
Championships3 Azerbaijan Basketball League

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

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Azerbaijan Basketball League

  • Winners (3): 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25

Players

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Current roster

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

Sabah BK roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
C 0 Azerbaijan Isayev, Musa 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 15 – (2010-08-22)22 August 2010
F/C 1 United States Tillman, Justin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – (1996-02-02)2 February 1996
SF 2 United States Jordan, Keith 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1998-03-25)25 March 1998
G 3 United States Gravett, Hassani 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1996-07-16)16 July 1996
G 4 United States Blakes, Gerry 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1993-11-16)16 November 1993
PG 7 Azerbaijan Shirzadov, Shirzad 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (2000-05-30)30 May 2000
G 11 United States Nichols, David 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 30 – (1996-03-26)26 March 1996
G 13 United States Eads, James 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 29 – (1997-01-14)14 January 1997
SG 14 Azerbaijan Poladkhanli, Endar 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1998-10-12)12 October 1998
C 15 Latvia Čavars, Klāvs 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – (1996-02-11)11 February 1996
C 16 Nigeria Azerbaijan Agbson, Ifeanyichukwu Emmanuel 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 16 – (2009-10-16)16 October 2009
PF 17 Ukraine Voinalovych, Andrii 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1999-12-11)11 December 1999
C 18 Azerbaijan Galfanov, Huseyn 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 18 – (2008-03-01)1 March 2008
SG 21 Azerbaijan Mammadov, Alikamran 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 19 – (2006-07-14)14 July 2006
PG 23 Azerbaijan Mammadov, Kamran 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 26 – (2000-05-03)3 May 2000
F/C 27 France Pansa, Jean-Marc 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 28 – (1997-08-20)20 August 1997
SF 41 Azerbaijan Guliyev, Ramiz 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 24 – (2002-01-01)1 January 2002
C 99 Azerbaijan Mammadov, Huseyn 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 18 – (2008-04-11)11 April 2008
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend

Updated: October 8, 2025

References

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