Sabah BC

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.

Sabah
League	Azerbaijan Basketball League Champions League
Founded	1 September 2022; 2 years ago (2022-09-01)
History	Sabah BK 2022–present
Location	Baku, Azerbaijan
Head coach	Rimas Kurtinaitis
Championships	3 Azerbaijan Basketball League

As champions, they entered the 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup qualifying rounds,^[2] as the first Azerbaijani team to play in a European competition in 18 years (after Gala Baku in 2005).^[3] 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.^[4] On 26 January 2024 he was replaced by Rimas Kurtinaitis.^[5]

Honours

Azerbaijan Basketball League

• Winners (2): 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024-25

Players

Main category: Sabah BC players

Current roster

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 G 3 Gravett, Hassani 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1996-07-16)16 July 1996 C 12 Baldwin, Deandre 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 28 – (1996-10-04)4 October 1996 SG 14 Poladkhanli, Endar 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1998-10-12)12 October 1998 C 15 Čavars, Klāvs 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 29 – (1996-02-11)11 February 1996 PF 17 Voinalovych, Andrii 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1999-12-11)11 December 1999 SG 21 Mammadov, Alikamran 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 19 – (2006-07-14)14 July 2006 PF 26 Butjankovs, Artjoms 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 33 – (1991-08-26)26 August 1991 SF 41 Guliyev, Ramiz 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 23 – (2002-01-01)1 January 2002 PG 77 Shirzadov, Shirzad 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (2000-05-30)30 May 2000 PG Mammadov, Kamran 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 25 – (2000-05-03)3 May 2000 F/C Pansa, Jean-Marc 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 27 – (1997-08-20)20 August 1997 G Nichols, David 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 29 – (1996-03-26)26 March 1996 SF Jordan, Keith 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1998-03-25)25 March 1998 F/C Tillman, Justin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1996-02-02)2 February 1996	Head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis Assistant coach(es) Aurimas Jasilionis Goran Miljevic Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: November 3, 2024