| Shumen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| League | NBL | ||
| History | BC Shumen (1950–1986) Stroitel (1986–1992) Ficosota Shumen (1994–2002) BC Shumen (2002–present) | ||
| Arena | Arena Shumen | ||
| Capacity | 2,300 | ||
| Location | Shumen, Bulgaria | ||
| Team colors | Yellow and Green | ||
| Main sponsor | Ficosota | ||
| Head coach | Yanko Yankov | ||
| Website | shumenbasket | ||
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BC Shumen (Bulgarian: БК Шумен) is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in Shumen.
History
The club was founded in 1950 and had been playing in lower divisions of the Bulgarian basketball system. From 1986 to 2002, the team played in the first basketball league of Bulgaria (NBL). In the span of just four seasons, BC Shumen finished second in the regular season, third on three occasions, and also recorded a fourth place in the Bulgarian Basketball Cup.[1] For three seasons BC Shumen took part in the international competition called FIBA Korać Cup.
The club returned to the top tier division NBL in the 2021–22 season. [2]
Honours
- National Basketball League
- Third place (2): 1998, 1999[3]
- Bulgarian Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1999[4]
Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | W–L | Postseason | W–L | Bulgarian Cup | European competitions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 2 |
BBL "A" Group | 5th | 8–14 |
- | |||||
| 2018-19 | 2 |
BBL "A" Group | 6th | 8–7 |
4th | 4–5 | ||||
| 2019-20 | 2 |
BBL "A" Group | Abandoned | 17–2 |
- | DNE | - | |||
| 2020-21 | 2 |
BBL "A" Group East | 2nd | 10–4 |
3rd ↑ | 3–2 | ||||
| 2021-22 | 1 |
NBL | 9th (of 10) | 4–23 |
DNQ | |||||
| 2022-23 | 1 |
NBL | 10th (of 11) | 6–24 | ||||||
References
- ↑ "История". Шумен (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ↑ "10 клуба подадоха заявка за участие в НБЛ за сезон 2021/2022". basketball.bg. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ↑ BGBasket - League honors
- ↑ 1999 Cup Semi Final Results
External links
- Official website (in Bulgarian)
- Club Profile at the Bulgarian basketball federation
- Club Profile at bgbasket.com (in Bulgarian)
- Eurobasket.com BC Shumen Page
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