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MBC Mariupol

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MBC Mariupol (Ukrainian: МБК «Маріуполь», formerly BK Azovmash) was a Ukrainian professional basketball club. It was founded in 1990 in the city of Mariupol in South-Eastern Ukraine.

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Mariupol was one of the strongest teams in Ukraine along with Kyiv, Khimik, and Cherkasy. The team's performance peak was an appearance in the EuroCup Final of 2007, against Akasvayu Girona.

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History

The club was founded in 1990. Azovmash moved up from the Ukrainian third to first division by 1999. Azovmash won the 2002 Ukrainian SuperLeague title. Azovmash added another Ukrainian title in 2004 and following the arrival of point guard Khalid El-Amin, won the domestic championship again in 2006 and 2007.

In 2007, with players like Kenan Bajramović, Panagiotis Liadelis, Serhiy Lishchuk and El-Amin, Azovmash reached the FIBA EuroCup Final Four, defeating Italian Serie A club Virtus Bologna by a point in the semis before falling to Spanish Liga ACB club Akasvayu Girona in the title game. In 2008, Azovmash reached the elimination rounds ULEB Cup and won the Ukrainian domestic championship and cup.

After leaving the Ukrainian Basketball Superleague in 2014, the club did not join any competition until 2016, when the club joined the Higher League, the Ukrainian second division.[1]

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Season by season

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Honours

Notable players

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

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Head coaches

  • Ukraine Vitaliy Lebedintsev (2002)
  • Ukraine Andriy Podkovyrov (2002–2004)
  • Lithuania Rimas Girskis (2004–2007)
  • Lithuania Algirdas Brazys (2007–Dec. 2007)
  • Ukraine Sergiy Zavalin (Dec. 2007–Feb. 2008 )
  • Slovenia Memi Bečirovič (Feb.–Nov. 2008)
  • Lithuania Rimas Girskis (Nov. 2008– Nov. 2009)
  • Ukraine Andriy Podkovyrov (Nov. 2009–Feb. 2010)
  • Ukraine Sergiy Zavalin (Feb.–Nov. 2010)
  • Lithuania Rolandas Jarutis (Nov. 2010–Jun. 2011 )
  • Serbia Aleksandar Petrović (Jun.–Dec. 2011)
  • Lithuania Gintaras Krapikas (Dec. 2011–Feb. 2012)
  • Italy Luca Bechi (Feb.–Jun. 2012)
  • Serbia Aleksandar Kesar (Jul.–Nov. 2012)
  • Ukraine Sergiy Zavalin (Nov. 2012)
  • Ukraine Sergiy Zavalin (Jun. 2013–Jan. 2014)
  • Montenegro Zvezdan Mitrović (Jan.–May 2014)
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