| Yambol | |||
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| Leagues | NBL | ||
| Founded | 1945; 80 years ago (1945) | ||
| Arena | Diana Hall | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Location | Yambol,Bulgaria | ||
| Team colors | Yellow and Blue | ||
| President | Valentin Revanski | ||
| Head coach | Aleksandar Aleksiev | ||
| Championships | 1Bulgarian Championship | ||
| Website | yambolbasketball.com | ||
BC Yambol (Bulgarian:БК „Ямбол“) is aBulgarian professionalbasketball club based inYambol. Founded in 1945, Yambol has won the Bulgarian championship once as Yambolgas. They play their home matches at the Diana Hall. The team is a regular first league participant. Former names of the club are Luskov, Tundja, Yambolen and Yambolgas.
Founded in 1945, the club joined the third edition of theBulgarian Championship to become the first participant of this basketball championship based outside of the capital Sofia.
In 1976, the club, as "Luskov"-Yambol, appointedSimeon Varchev as new head coach, who work there until 1980. He recruit some new young players includingGeorgi Glouchkov, the first bulgarian played inNBA. In 1977, they won the first medal for the club, third place in theBulgarian Cup and in 1979 the bronze medal inBulgarian Championship. In 1980,Georgi Glouchkov moved toPBC CSKA Sofia, captain of the teamIvan Angelov retired, and even though Varchev andIvan Glavov (one of the leading playmakers in league the time) stayed, the club relegated in to the second tier.
Yambol stayed there until 1992, when it got promoted and since then remains in the top flight.[1] The coach of the club wasIvan Cholakov, who was team head coach in two periods- 1989-2002 and 2004-2013. In 2002, with the name of Yambolgas by sponsorship reasons, the club won theBulgarian Championship after winning toLukoil Academic by 3–0 in the final series.[2] After 29 years in the top flight, Yambol withdrew fromNBL, due to financial difficulties, as well as the reconstruction of theirDiana arena and the lack of an available alternative basketball hall. They participate in the second division for the 2024–25 season, mainly with players from their academy,[3] and confirmed their intention of returning to the NBL for the 2025–26 season.[4]
Winners (1): 2002
Runners-up (1): 2001
Bronze medalist (5): 1979, 2000, 2003, 2011, 2012 Bronze medalist (4): 1977, 2000, 2001, 2002Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility atFIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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BC Yambol played inFIBA Korać Cup (2000, 2001),FIBA Europe Champions Cup for Men 2003/Conference South andNEBL Open 2001/2002.
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| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | Postseason | RS | PO | Bulgarian Cup |
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| 1992–93 | 1 | A-1 | 8 | Quarterfinalist | 2–12 | 0-2 | Fourth |
| 1993–94 | 1 | A-1 | 12 | R16 | 12–18 | 0-2 | |
| 1994–95 | 2 | A-2 | |||||
| 1995–96 | 1 | A-1 | 7 | Quarterfinalist | 9–13 | 1-2 | First round |
| 1996–97 | 1 | A-1 | 8 | Quarterfinalist | 9–13 | 0-2 | |
| 1997–98 | 1 | A-1 | 7 | Quarterfinalist | 10–12 | 1-2 | |
| 1998–99 | 1 | A-1 | 4 | Fourth | 14–8 | 3-6 | Fourth |
| 1999–00 | 1 | A-1 | 3 | Third | 20–8 | 6-5 | Third |
| 2000–01 | 1 | A-1 | 2 | Runner-up | 23–5 | 5-4 | Third |
| 2001–02 | 1 | A-1 | 1 | Champion | 23–5 | 8–1 | Third |
| 2002–03 | 1 | A-1 | 3 | Third | 21–7 | 5–4 | Fourth |
| 2003–04 | 1 | A-1 | 7 | Quarterfinalist | 8-20 | 2–2 | Quarterfinalist |
| 2004–05 | 1 | A-1 | 5 | Quarterfinalist | 12–16 | 3–2 | Quarterfinalist |
| 2005–06 | 1 | A-1 | 3 | Fourth | 13–13 | 2–6 | Fourth |
| 2006–07 | 1 | A-1 | 7 | Quarterfinalist | 7–11 | 0–2 | Quarterfinalist |
| 2007–08 | 1 | A-1 | 7 | Quarterfinalist | 11–21 | 2–3 | Quarterfinalist |
| 2008–09 | 1 | NBL | 6 | Quarterfinalist | 7–17 | 1–2 | First round |
| 2009–10 | 1 | NBL | 4 | Quarterfinalist | 14–14 | 1–2 | Quarterfinalist |
| 2010–11 | 1 | NBL | 6 | Third | 10–18 | 4–3 | Fourth |
| 2011–12 | 1 | NBL | 3 | Third | 18–10 | 5–4 | Fourth |
| 2012–13 | 1 | NBL | 5 | Quarterfinalist | 13–14 | 1-2 | Fourth |
| 2013–14 | 1 | NBL | 5 | Quarterfinalist | 13–11 | 0–2 | Quarterfinalist |
| 2014–15 | 1 | NBL | 7 | Quarterfinalist | 8–16 | 1–2 | Fourth |
| 2015–16 | 1 | NBL | 8 | Quarterfinalist | 7-20 | 0-2 | Quarterfinalist |
| 2016–17 | 1 | NBL | 8 | Quarterfinalist | 7-17 | 0-2 | Quarterfinalist |
| 2017–18 | 1 | NBL | 7 | Quarterfinalist | 8-16 | 1-2 | Quarterfinalist |
| 2018–19 | 1 | NBL | 7 | Quarterfinalist | 8-16 | 0-2 | Quarterfinalist |
| 2019–20 | 1 | NBL | 10 | Canceled | 2-17 | DNQ | |
| 2020–21 | 1 | NBL | 7 | Quarterfinalist | 9-15 | 0-2 | Semifinalist |
| 2021–22 | 1 | NBL | 8 | Quarterfinalist | 9-18 | 0-2 | Quarterfinalist |
| 2022-23 | 1 | NBL | 9 | DNQ | 9-21 | DNQ | Quarterfinalist |
| 2023-24 | 1 | NBL | 10 | DNQ | 12-20 | DNQ | Quarterfinalist |
| 2024-25 | 2 | BBL | DNQ | ||||
| 2025-26 | 2 | BBL | DNQ |
Georgi GlouchkovDimitar AngelovGeorgi StankovValcho YordanovIvan AngelovIvan GlavovGeno PlachkovDimitar DimitrovGeorgi KovachevEmil StamenovStanislav GovedarovDimitar HorozovDecho KoeshinovRumen ShopovMartin DurchevPavel MarinovYulian RadionovNikolay VarbanovPavlin Ivanov
Franko Kaštropil
Nemanja Milošević
Ninoslav TmušićNenad DjorićZoran Stevanovic
John OfoegbuTony Gugino
Yaroslav ZubrytskiyVolodymyr Ryzhov
Sergey GrishaevAnatoliy Yasinskiy Slavcho Slavov 1956-1959 Dobri Rusev 1959-1960 Ivan Stoyanov 1960-1964 Blagoy Peev 1964-1965 Ivan Stoyanov 1965-1969 Velcho Petrov 1969-1972 Valcho Yordanov 1972-1976Simeon Varchev 1976-1980 Ivan Glavov 1980-1981 Hristo Kostov 1981-1984 Ivan Angelov 1984-1986 Velcho Petrov 1986-1987 Mityo Georgiev 1987-1989Ivan Cholakov 1989-20021Zoran Krečković 2002–2003 Valeri Bachvarov 2003-2004Ivan Cholakov 2004-20132Yulian Radionov 2013–2015 Petar Petrov 2015–20173Ivan Cholakov 2017–2020Toni Dechev 2020–2022Aleksander Aleksiev 2022–2023Toni Dechev 2023–2024Aleksander Aleksiev 2024–Present1During the 2001–02 season,Vitaly Lebedintsev coached 6 regular season games. Lebedintsev was fired in November 2001, and Ivan Cholakov coached the remaining season games.
2During the 2010–11 season, Ivailo Stoimenov coached 7 regular season games. Stoimenov resigned on November 29, 2010, and Ivan Cholakov coached the remaining season games.
3During the 2015–16 season,Ninoslav Marjanovic coached 9 regular season games. Marjanovic resigned on December 5, 2015.
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