BC Beroe

BC Beroe (Bulgarian: БК Берое) is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in Stara Zagora and plays in the Bulgarian National Basketball League. The club plays its home games at the Obshtinska Municipal Hall, which has a capacity of 800 spectators.^[1] In 2012, the team promoted to the NBL.^[2]

Beroe
Nickname	Зелените (The Greens)
Leagues	NBL BIBL
Founded	1958; 67 years ago (1958)
History	BC Beroe (1958–present)
Arena	Obshtinska Municipal Hall
Capacity	800
Location	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Team colors	White and Green
President	Vasil Kifev
Head coach	Lyubomir Minchev
Championships	1 Bulgarian Cup 1 Bulgarian Super Cups 1 BIBL
Website	http://beroebasket.com/
Home Away

In European competition, Beroe has participated in the FIBA Europe Cup and the Balkan International Basketball League. They are 1 time finalist in Bulgarian league (2017), 1 time Bulgarian Cup winner (2017), 1 time Balkan League winner (2017).^[3]

Beroe's team colors are green and white, and their mascot is a bear named Bero.^[1]

History

Former logo of the club

Beroe was founded in 1958 after the union between Botev and Lokomotiv sport clubs. After a period of several years in the Group B Beroe won back his place in the elite echelon - Group A 1971. In 2004, Beroe occupied ninth place in the league of the country with coach Konstantin Boev.

Honours

• Bulgarian Cup
  • Champions (1): 2017
• Bulgarian Basketball Super Cup
  • Champions (1): 2017
• BIBL
  • Champions (1): 2017

Division A (II tier):

• Champions (1): 2012
• Runners-up (2): 2011, 2010

Cup of BFB (II tier):

• Winners (1): 2012

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Bulgarian Cup	Other leagues		European competitions
2002–03	2	Pro B	5th
2003–04	2	A2 East	1st
2004–05	2	A2 East	4th
2005–06	2	A2 East	2nd
2006–07	2	A2 East	1st
2007–08	3	D3	1st
2008–09	2	Division A	8th
2009–10	2	Division A	2nd		BFB Cup	4th
2010–11	2	Division A	2nd		BFB Cup	4th
2011–12	2	Division A	1st		BFB Cup	C
2012–13	1	NBL	7th
2013–14	1	NBL	9th
2014–15	1	NBL	6th	Quarterfinalist
2015–16	1	NBL	5th	Third place	Balkan League	SF
2016–17	1	NBL	2nd	Champions	Balkan League	C
2017–18	1	NBL					4 FIBA Europe Cup	QR2

Current roster

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

BC Beroe roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 1 Whisnant, Terry 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 32 – (1992-11-05)5 November 1992 F 5 Davis, Alex 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 33 – (1992-01-28)28 January 1992 SG 8 Nikolov, Nikolay 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 31 – (1994-03-24)24 March 1994 PG 9 DiNunno, Mike 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 35 – (1990-01-20)20 January 1990 PF 12 Yanev, Aleksandar 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 35 – (1990-01-20)20 January 1990 PF 15 Todorov, Todor 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 43 – (1982-05-19)19 May 1982 PF 20 Kemp, Adam 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 34 – (1990-12-20)20 December 1990 PG 23 Parker, Adonte 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 36 – (1989-06-23)23 June 1989 SG 24 Zhelev, Tihomir 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 34 – (1990-09-24)24 September 1990 PG 30 Dudev, Milen 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 30 – (1994-11-28)28 November 1994 PG 33 Frankamp, Conner 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 30 – (1995-07-16)16 July 1995 G 45 Tsonkov, Stanislav 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 33 – (1991-09-16)16 September 1991	Head coach Lyubomir Minchev Assistant coach(es) Boyko Milenkov Physiotherapist(s) Dinko Neykov Team manager Atanas Radev Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2017-01-23

Notable former players

• Austin Price (born 1995), American

Head coaches

• Lubomir Minchev