{{Infobox Basketball club | color1 = white | color2 = #008040 | name = Balkan | nickname = Зелените (The Greens) | logo = BC Balkan logo.png | imagesize = | leagues = [[National Basketball League (Bulgaria)|NBL]] | founded = {{Start date and age|1947}} | history = '''BC Balkan Botevgrad'''<br>(1947–present) | arena = [[Arena Botevgrad]] | capacity = 3,200 | location = [[Botevgrad]], [[Bulgaria]] | colors = Green, White<br>{{Color box|#008040}} {{Color box|white}} | president = Mihail Mihaylov | gm = Sasho Vezenkov | coach = Vasil Hristov | championships = '''7''' [[National Basketball League (Bulgaria)|Bulgarian League]]s<br>'''4''' [[Bulgarian Basketball Cup|Bulgarian Cups]] | website = [http://balkan-basket.com balkan-basket.com] | h_body = 008040 | h_pattern_b =_basket_with_white | h_shorts=008040| h_pattern_s = | | a_body = 008040 | a_pattern_b = _basket_in_white| a_shorts=FFFFFF | a_pattern_s = | }} '''BC Balkan Botevgrad''' ({{langx|bg|БК Балкан Ботевград|BK Balkan Botevgrad}}) is a [[Bulgaria]]n professional [[basketball]] club based in [[Botevgrad]].<ref>[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Bulgaria/Balkan-Botevgrad/2361 Eurobasket.com BC Balkan Page]</ref><ref>[http://bgbasket.com/en/team.php?id=15 Team profile at ''Bgbasket.com''] (in Bulgarian)</ref> The team is part of [[National Basketball League (Bulgaria)|NBL]] and [[FIBA Europe Cup]]. The club has also competed in [[Balkan International Basketball League]]. They play their home matches at the [[Arena Botevgrad]].
==Honours== *'''[[National Basketball League (Bulgaria)|National Basketball League]]''' **'''Winners (7)''': 1974, 1987, 1988, 1989, [[2018–19 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season|2019]], [[2021–22 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season|2022]], [[2022–23 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season|2023]] **Runners-up (6): 1972, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2024 *'''[[Bulgarian Basketball Cup|Bulgarian Cup]]''' **'''Winners: (4)''' 1970, 1986, 1987, 1988 *'''[[Balkan International Basketball League|Balkan League]]''' ** Third place (1): [[2013–14 BIBL season|2014]]
==Season by season== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%" |- bgcolor= !Season !Tier !League !{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position after playoffs}} ![[Bulgarian Basketball Cup|Bulgarian Cup]] ! colspan=2 | Other leagues ! colspan=2 | European competitions |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2012–13 | align="center"| 1 | [[National Basketball League (Bulgaria)|NBL]] | align=center| 3rd | Quarterfinalist | colspan=2 | | colspan=2 | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2013–14 | align="center"| 1 | [[National Basketball League (Bulgaria)|NBL]] | align=center|3rd | Semifinalist | [[2013–14 BIBL season|Balkan League]] || align=center|3rd | colspan=2 | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|[[2014–15 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season|2014–15]] | align="center"| 1 | [[National Basketball League (Bulgaria)|NBL]] |bgcolor=silver align=center| 2nd | [[2015 Bulgarian Basketball Cup|Quarterfinalist]] | colspan=2 | | colspan=2 | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|[[2015–16 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season|2015–16]] | align="center"| 1 | [[National Basketball League (Bulgaria)|NBL]] |bgcolor=silver align=center| 2nd |[[2016 Bulgarian Basketball Cup|Semifinalist]] | colspan=2 | | colspan=2 | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|[[2016–17 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season|2016–17]] | align="center"| 1 | [[National Basketball League (Bulgaria)|NBL]] | align=center| 6th | [[2017 Bulgarian Basketball Cup|Third Place]] | colspan=2 | | colspan=2 | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|[[2017–18 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season|2017–18]] | align="center"| 1 | [[National Basketball League (Bulgaria)|NBL]] | align=center bgcolor=silver| 2nd | [[2017–18 Bulgarian Basketball Cup|Semifinalist]] | colspan=2 | | <small>'''4'''</small> [[2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup|FIBA Europe Cup]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}} |- |style="background:#efefef;"|[[2018–19 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season|2018–19]] | align="center"| 1 | [[National Basketball League (Bulgaria)|NBL]] | align=center bgcolor=gold| 1st | [[2018–19 Bulgarian Basketball Cup|Quarterfinalists]] | colspan=2 | | <small>'''4'''</small> [[2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup|FIBA Europe Cup]] || align=center|Top 16 |- |style="background:#efefef;"|[[2019–20 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season|2019–20]] | align="center"| 1 | [[National Basketball League (Bulgaria)|NBL]] | align=center | – | bgcolor=silver | [[2020 Bulgarian Basketball Cup|Runner-up]] | colspan=2 | | <small>'''4'''</small> [[2019–20 FIBA Europe Cup|FIBA Europe Cup]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}} |- |rowspan=2 style="background:#efefef;"|[[2020–21 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season|2020–21]] | rowspan=2 align="center"| 1 | rowspan=2| [[National Basketball League (Bulgaria)|NBL]] | rowspan=2 align=center | 4th | rowspan=2| [[2021 Bulgarian Basketball Cup|Semifinalist]] | rowspan=2 colspan=2 | | <small>'''3'''</small> [[2020–21 Basketball Champions League|Champions League]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|1QR|First qualifying round}} |- | <small>'''4'''</small> [[2020–21 FIBA Europe Cup|FIBA Europe Cup]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|QF|Quarterfinalist}} |- |style="background:#efefef;"|[[2021–22 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season|2021–22]] | align="center"| 1 | [[National Basketball League (Bulgaria)|NBL]] | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1st | [[2022 Bulgarian Basketball Cup|Semifinalist]] | [[2021–22 BIBL season|Balkan League]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|1R|First round}} | colspan=2 | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|[[2022–23 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season|2022–23]] | align="center"| 1 | [[National Basketball League (Bulgaria)|NBL]] | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1st | [[2023 Bulgarian Basketball Cup|Semifinalist]] | colspan=2 | | <small>'''4'''</small> [[2022–23 FIBA Europe Cup|FIBA Europe Cup]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}} |- |style="background:#efefef;"|[[2023–24 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season|2023–24]] | align="center"| 1 | [[National Basketball League (Bulgaria)|NBL]] | align=center bgcolor=silver | 2nd | [[2024 Bulgarian Basketball Cup|Semifinalist]] | colspan=2 | | <small>'''4'''</small> [[2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup|FIBA Europe Cup]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|2R|Second round}} |- |style="background:#efefef;"|[[2024–25 National Basketball League (Bulgaria) season|2024–25]] | align="center"| 1 | [[National Basketball League (Bulgaria)|NBL]] | align=center bgcolor=#c96 | 3rd | bgcolor=silver| [[2025 Bulgarian Basketball Cup|Runner-up]] | colspan=2 | | <small>'''4'''</small> [[2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup|FIBA Europe Cup]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}} |- |}
==Current roster== {{Basketball roster nationality note}} {{Basketball roster header | team=Balkan | color1 = white | bg1 = #008040 | color2 = black}} <!-- list of players -->
{{player3| pos = PG| num = 1 | nat = BUL| first = Aleksandar| last = Gavalyugov|m = 1.84 | kgs=70 |year=2006 |month=01|date=22}} {{player3| pos = SG| num = 2 | nat = USA| first = Derrick | last = Marks |m = 1.93 | kgs=90 |year=1993 |month=09|date=14}} {{player3| pos = SF| num = 3 | nat = BUL| first = Kris | last = Minkov |m = 1.96 | kgs=90 |year=1994 |month=12|date=31}} {{player3| pos = SF| num = 5 | nat = BUL| first = Mihail | last = Gavazov |m = 1.96 | kgs=85 |year=2004 |month=08|date=24}} {{player3| pos = SG| num = 7 | nat = BUL| first = Iliyan | last = Pishtikov |m = 1.91 | kgs=71 |year=2004 |month=07|date=28}} {{player3| pos = PG| num = 8 | nat = BUL| first = Zdravko | last = Hristov |m = 1.84 | kgs=104|year=1997 |month=05|date=25}} {{player3| pos = PG| num = 10| nat = USA| first = Kahlil | last = Dukes |m = 1.83 | kgs=80 |year=1995 |month=05|date=17}} {{player3| pos = SF| num = 11| nat = BUL| first = Mariyan | last = Hubanov |m = 2.00 | kgs=85 |year=2002 |month=11|date=12}} {{player3| pos = PG| num = 23| nat = BUL| first = Stanimir | last = Marinov |m = 1.93 | kgs=88 |year=1991 |month=09|date=07}} {{player3| pos = PG| num = 25| nat = USA| first = Travin | last = Thibodeaux|m = 2.03 | kgs=100|year=1996 |month=02|date=19}} {{player3| pos = SF| num = 33| nat = BUL| first = Nikolay | last = Grozev |m = 2.00 | kgs=90 |year=1994 |month=02|date=17}} {{player3| pos = PF| num = 34| nat = BUL| first = Dimitar | last = Dimitrov |m = 2.03 | kgs=100|year=1993 |month=03|date=01|dab=basketball|note = C}} {{player3| pos = C | num = 41| nat = BUL| first = Denislav | last = Vutev |m = 2.07 | kgs=105|year=1994 |month=11|date=14}} <!-- end list of players --> {{Basketball roster footer | head_coach = * {{player||SRB|[[Nebojša Vidić]]}} | asst_coach = * {{player||SRB|Petar Zlatanović}} * {{player||BUL|Preslav Peshev}} | physio = * {{player||BUL|Tsvetan Stefanov}} | accessdate = 2021-09-10 }}
==Players== ===Notable players=== {{Basketball notable players criteria}} {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| * {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Ivan Lilov]] * {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Stanimir Marinov]] * {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Pavel Marinov]] * {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Yordan Bozov]] * {{flagicon|BUL}} Martin Marinov * {{flagicon|BUL}} Dimitar Dimitrov * {{flagicon|BUL}} Kris Minkov * {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Pavlin Ivanov]] * {{flagicon|BUL}} Ventsislav Petkov * {{flagicon|KOS}}{{flagicon|MNE}} [[Amin Hot]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Noah Dahlman]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dwayne Morton]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mikael Hopkins]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jordan Callahan]] * {{flagicon|USA}} Brandon Brown }}
==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://balkan-basket.com Official website] * [http://bgbasket.com/team.php?id=15 Club profile] at bgbasket.com {{in lang|bg}} * [http://bgbasket.com/en/team.php?id=15 Club profile] at bgbasket.com {{in lang|en}}
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