BC Rilski Sportist

BC Rilski Sportist (Bulgarian: БК "Рилски Спортист") is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in Samokov. The team is part of NBL, FIBA Europe Cup, and BIBL. They play their home matches at the Arena Samokov, which has a capacity of 3,000 people.

BC Rilski Sportist
Leagues	NBL
Founded	1927; 98 years ago (1927)
Arena	Arena Samelyon Samokov
Capacity	3,000
Location	Samokov, Bulgaria
President	Petar Georgiev
Head coach	Lyubomir Kirov
Championships	2 Bulgarian League 4 Bulgarian Cup 1 Balkan League 3 Bulgarian Basketball Super Cup
Website	www.rilskibasket.com
Home Away

Honours

• National Basketball League

Winners (2): 2024, 2025

Runners-up (2) 2021, 2022

• Bulgarian Cup

Winners (4): 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022

Runners-up (1): 2010

• Balkan League

Winners (1): 2009

Runners-up (2): 2011, 2015

• Bulgarian Basketball Super Cup

Winners (3): 2021. 2022, 2024

Runners-up (1): 2016

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Bulgarian Cup	Other leagues		European competitions
2013–14	1	NBL	6th	Semifinalist			3 EuroChallenge	RS
2014–15	1	NBL	4th	Third place	Balkan League	RU
2015–16	1	NBL	3rd	Champion			3 FIBA Europe Cup	RS
2016–17	1	NBL	3rd	Quarterfinalist			4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS
2017–18	1	NBL	3rd	Champion	Balkan League	3rd	4 FIBA Europe Cup	QR1
2018–19	1	NBL	4th				4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS

Players

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.

• Branko Mirković (2007-2009)
• Aleksandar Radojević (1 year: 2011)
• Nico Carvacho (1 season: 2020–21)

Head coaches

• Aleksandar Todorov (2008–2011)
• Rosen Barchovski (2011–2016)
• Ludmil Hadjisotirov (2016–present)

External links

• Official website (in Bulgarian)