Sabah BC

Sabah
Sabah logo
LeagueAzerbaijan Basketball League
Champions League
Founded1 September 2022; 4 years ago (2022-09-01)
HistorySabah BC
2022–present
ArenaNational Gymnastics Arena
Baku Sports Palace
Capacity9,600
1,736
LocationBaku, Azerbaijan
Team colorsPink, black, whire
     
PresidentMagsud Adigozalov
Head coachLazar Spasić
Team captainEndar Poladkhanli
Championships3 Azerbaijan Basketball League
Websitesabahpsc.az

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. They won the national championship in their debut season.

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

Honours

Azerbaijan Basketball League

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Sabah BC roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
C 0 Azerbaijan Isayev, Musa 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 16 – (2010-08-22)22 August 2010
PG 3 United States Ertel, Michael 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 26 – (1999-10-22)22 October 1999
G 4 United States Blakes, Gerry 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1993-11-16)16 November 1993
PG 7 Azerbaijan Shirzadov, Shirzad 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 26 – (2000-05-30)30 May 2000
SF 12 Azerbaijan Abbasov, Rashid 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – (2004-12-21)21 December 2004
PF 13 United States Agee, Tajuan 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 28 – (1997-11-12)12 November 1997
SG 14 Azerbaijan Poladkhanli, Endar (C) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 28 – (1998-10-12)12 October 1998
C 15 Azerbaijan Ballard, Quincy 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 25 – (2001-07-28)28 July 2001
G/F 21 United States Manning, Charles 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1998-10-22)22 October 1998
PG 23 Azerbaijan Mammadov, Kamran 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 26 – (2000-05-03)3 May 2000
PF 24 United States Bruinsma, Evan 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 34 – (1992-09-09)9 September 1992
PF 29 Lithuania Susinskas, Mindaugas 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1995-02-22)22 February 1995
F 33 United States Perkins, Nick 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1996-10-15)15 October 1996
SF 35 United States Fidler, Frankie 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (2003-04-25)25 April 2003
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: October 14, 2026

Head coaches

References

  1. ↑ Eurobasket. "Sabah BK Baku basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Baku Sabah - Basketball - BetsAPI". betsapi.com. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "FIBA Europe Cup clubs and Qualifiers format revealed for 2023–24 season". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Confident victory from "Sabah"". İdman və Biz. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Фидан, Коминовски (1 August 2023). "Boban Mitev is the new coach of the champion of Azerbaijan – Sloboden Pechat". Слободен печат. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Kurtinaitis treniruos Azerbaidžano čempionus". basketnews.lt. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.