BC Rilski Sportist ( bg, БК "Рилски Спортист") is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

n professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

club based in

Samokov Samokov ( bg, Самоков ) is a town in Sofia Province in the southwest of Bulgaria. It is situated in a basin between the mountains Rila and Vitosha, 55 kilometres from the capital Sofia. Due to the suitable winter sports conditions, Sam ...

. The team is part of NBL,

FIBA Europe Cup The FIBA Europe Cup (FEC) is an annual professional club basketball competition organised by FIBA for eligible European clubs. It is FIBA's European-wide second level. Clubs mainly qualify for the competition based on their performance in nation ...

, and BIBL. They play their home matches at the

Arena Samokov An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators ...

, which has a capacity of 3,000 people.

Honours

* National Basketball League :Runners-up (2)

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Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament ...

:Winners (4):

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: Runners-up (1): 2010 *

Balkan League The League of the Balkans was a quadruple alliance formed by a series of bilateral treaties concluded in 1912 between the Eastern Orthodox kingdoms of Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, and directed against the Ottoman Empire, which at the ...

: Winners (1):

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: Runners-up (2):

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Bulgarian Basketball Super Cup The Bulgarian Basketball Super Cup is an annual cup competition, organized by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation since 2016. BC Levski Sofia is the all-time record holder with 2 titles. Title holders * 2016 Academic Sofia * 2017 Beroe * 2018 Le ...

: Winners (2): 2021. 2022 : Runners-up (1): 2016

Season by season

Players

Notable players

Branko Mirković Branko Mirković ( sr-cyr, Бранко Мирковић, bg, Бранко Миркович; born October 5, 1982) is a Serbian-Bulgarian professional basketball player who currently plays for Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys of the Lithuanian Basket ...

(2007-2009) *

Aleksandar Radojević Aleksandar Radojević ( sr-cyr, Александар Радојевић, ; born August 8, 1976) is a Bosnian former professional basketball player. Standing at , he played the center position. Radojević represented the Bosnia and Herzegovina nat ...

(1 year: 2011) * Nico Carvacho (1 season: 2020–21)

Head coaches

* Aleksandar Todorov (2008–2011) *

Rosen Barchovski Rosen Barchovski ( Bulgarian Cyrillic: Росен Барчовски) (born on 16 August 1960 in Sofia) is a former Bulgarian basketball player and current basketball head coach of Bulgaria national basketball team and CSKA Sofia. He has coached ...

(2011–2016) * Ludmil Hadjisotirov (2016–present)

External links

Official website
{{Balkan International Basketball League Basketball teams in Bulgaria Samokov