BC Prievidza

BC Prievidza is a professional basketball club based in playing in Prievidza, Slovakia. The team plays in the Slovak Extraliga. The club plays home games in the sports hall Niké Arena.

BC Prievidza
Leagues	Extraliga
Founded	1947; 78 years ago (1947)
History	See Names
Arena	Niké Aréna[1]
Capacity	3,500
Location	Prievidza, Slovakia
Head coach	Gareth Murray
Championships	4 Slovak Leagues 2 Czechoslovak Leagues
Website	www.pdbasket.com
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History

The team was founded in 1947 under the name Sokol Prievizda. In 1989 the club won its first ever title in the Czechoslovak Championship. Prievizda won another title four years later (1993), which was also the last edition of the Czechoslovak Championship. In a separate Slovak top division, the club won its first title in the 1993–94 season. After relegation to the second division in 2004, the club renamed as the Hornonitriansky Basketball Club (HBK) Prievidza. From August 2009 the club is called BC Prievidza. In 2011–12 and 2015–16, Prievidza won the Slovak Championship.

Names

• 1947–1952 Sokol Prievidza
• 1952–1953 Carpathia Prievidza
• 1953–1957 Tatran Prievidza
• 1957–1964 Lokomotíva Prievidza
• 1964–2004 Baník Cígeľ Prievidza
• 2004–2009 HBK Prievidza
• 2009-present BC Prievidza

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Czechoslovak Championship
  • Winners (2): 1989, 1993
• Slovak Championship
  • Winners (4): 1994, 1995, 2012, 2016

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Slovak Cup	European competitions			Other competitions
2011–12	1	Extraliga	1st	Runner-up
2012–13	1	Extraliga	6th	Quarterfinalist
2013–14	1	Extraliga	2nd	Quarterfinalist
2014–15	1	Extraliga	2nd	Quarterfinalist
2015–16	1	Extraliga	1st	Runner-up				Alpe Adria Cup	SF
2016–17	1	Extraliga	3rd	Semifinalist	4 FIBA Europe Cup	R2	4–8
2017–18	1	Extraliga	5th	Quarterfinalist				Alpe Adria Cup	RS
2018–19	1	Extraliga	2nd	Semifinalist				Alpe Adria Cup	SF
2019–20	1	Extraliga	3rd	Semifinalist
2020–21	1	Extraliga	6th	Quarterfinalist
2021–22	1	Extraliga	8th	Relegation Contest
2022–23	1	Extraliga	7th	Quarterfinalist
2023–24	1	Extraliga	3rd	Semifinalist	4 FIBA Europe Cup	R1	4–2

European competitions

Prievidza saw its first action in Europe, in the 1989–90 season, when it competed at the FIBA European Champions Cup.^[2] Prievidza won in the first round against Täby Basket, but was defeated by FC Barcelona in the Round of 16.^[3]

Players

Current roster

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BC Prievidza roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name PG 1 C.J. Jackson CG 2 Daishon Smith SF 3 Keith Jordan PF 8 Radoslav Teličák PG 10 Patrik Hričo C 12 Hunter Dean G/F 13 (C) Marek Jašš SG 17 Dalibor Hlivák SG 22 Patrik Lukáč C 24 Samuel Kincel SF 33 Tomáš Mrviš PF 32 Marc Loving SG 77 Lukáš Bolek	Head coach Gareth Murray Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 17 October 2024

Notable players

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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.

• David Godbold
• Sullivan Phillips
• Remu Raitanen
• Michael Rostampour
• Darius Dimavičius
• Miloš Babić