PBC Lukoil Academic
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PBC Lukoil Academic are a Bulgaria
n professional basketball
club based in the capital Sofia
. They play their home games at the Universiade Hall or at the Pravets
sports complex.
Founded in 1947 as part of the Academic Sofia sports club, they have been 20 times champions of Bulgaria and nine times winners of the Bulgarian Cup. Among their international honours are two European Champions Cup
finals (both lost to ASK Riga
) in 1958 and 1959 and an International Students' Cup in 1957.
In 2000, the team were renamed Lukoil Academic as a sponsorship deal was signed with Russia
n oil giant LUKoil
, and quickly established themselves as dominant in the Bulgarian Championship. Since then they have been a regular ULEB Cup
participant, and won the FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup Conference South in 2003.
The excellent training of the BC ACADEMIC players and their complete devotion to the game have always been highly evaluated by our national basketball selectionists. Direct participants in the glorious moments of the Bulgarian basketball - the fifth place at the Olympic Games in Melbourne - 1956 and the vice-champion's title at the European Championship - Sofia'57 are the national players Liubomir Panov, Georgi Panov, Viktor Radev, Nikola Ilov, Mihail Semov, Petar Lazarov.The glorious tradition of the club was revived again in 2000 when "LUKOIL-Bulgaria" became the main sponsor of the team. The selection of "LUKOIL Academic" was oriented towards young and talented players, who under the clever guidance of the senior coach Petko Marinov and his assistants built the youngest team in the republican basketball. Renewed was also the work at the adolescents school of the club, from which some players have already shown considerable success at the home championships. The long-term strategy of LUKOIL Academic has shown its first results already in season 2001-2002. The talented players of Petko Marinov won the cup of the country and played the most attractive final in the play-offs in the championship for the last ten years. Today the name of LUKOIL Academic is again a symbol of good basketball. The ambitions of the club are the republican champion's title and the good presentation at the European club tournaments.
Coaches:
List of basketball clubs in Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
club based in the capital Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
. They play their home games at the Universiade Hall or at the Pravets
Pravets
Pravets is a town in central western Bulgaria, located approximately 60 km from the capital Sofia.Pravets has a population of 4,512 people. Mountains surround it, which allows for a mild climate with rare winds. In the outskirts there is a small lake used for fishing and recreation...
sports complex.
Founded in 1947 as part of the Academic Sofia sports club, they have been 20 times champions of Bulgaria and nine times winners of the Bulgarian Cup. Among their international honours are two European Champions Cup
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
finals (both lost to ASK Riga
ASK Riga
ASK Rīga is the name of a former professional basketball club based in Riga, Latvia. "ASK" stands for "Armijas Sporta Klubs" .-History:...
) in 1958 and 1959 and an International Students' Cup in 1957.
In 2000, the team were renamed Lukoil Academic as a sponsorship deal was signed with Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n oil giant LUKoil
LUKoil
Lukoil/LUKoil ; ) is Russia's second largest oil company and its second largest producer of oil. In 2009, the company produced 97.615 million tons of oil; ....
, and quickly established themselves as dominant in the Bulgarian Championship. Since then they have been a regular ULEB Cup
ULEB Cup
Eurocup Basketball is the second-tier level transnational professional basketball competition in Europe. The Eurocup is the level that is one tier below the Turkish Airlines Euroleague level...
participant, and won the FIBA Europe Regional Challenge Cup Conference South in 2003.
Honours
- Bulgarian ChampionshipsNational Basketball League (Bulgaria)The Bulgarian National Basketball League is the highest professional basketball league in Bulgaria. It was founded in the year 2008. Previously, it was called the Bulgarian A Division...
(21): 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 - Bulgarian CupBulgarian CupThe Bulgarian Cup 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. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....
winners (9): 1952, 1954, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011 - International Students' Cup winners (1): 1957
- European Champions' CupEuroleagueEuroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
finalists (2): 1958, 1959 - FIBA EuropeFIBA EuropeFIBA Europe is a zone within the International Basketball Federation which includes all 49 national European basketball federations.-Division A:-Division B: -Division C:...
Regional Challenge Cup Conference South winners (1): 2003
History
Basketball has the fame of sport No. 1 in the history of sports club ACADEMIC. Basketball club ACADEMIC /Sofia/ was founded in 1947 as a part of the students' sports association ACADEMIC and during its history of more than half a century it has won a just place among the best teams in the country. Under the guidance of ones of the most experienced coaches in Bulgarian basketball - Bozhidar Takev, Veselin Temkov, Neycho Neychev, Tzvetan Zheliazkov, Petko Marinov, etc., BC ACADEMIC is 20 times republic champion and nine times winner of the Bulgarian Cup. Along with the titles in the domestic championships and tournaments, naturally comes the international recognition. The basketball players of ACADEMIC have successfully played in the tournaments for the Cup of the European champions. With the coach Bozhidar Takev they were twice finalists against ACK /Riga/ in 1958 and 1959. In 1957 in Paris the team of ACADEMIC became the world's students champion. During its entire existence basketball club ACADEMIC has always been a school for the professional improvement and constructive contribution of some of the best Bulgarian basketball players. Stars like Liubomir Panov, Georgi Panov, Viktor Radev, Nikola Ilov, Mihail Semov. Petar Lazarov, Dimitar Sahanikov, Georgi Barzakov, Nikola Atanasov, Atanas Golomeev, Temelaki Dimitrov, Stefan Filipov, Slavei Raychev, Vladimir Boyanov have left their permanent marks in the history of the Bulgarian basketball.The excellent training of the BC ACADEMIC players and their complete devotion to the game have always been highly evaluated by our national basketball selectionists. Direct participants in the glorious moments of the Bulgarian basketball - the fifth place at the Olympic Games in Melbourne - 1956 and the vice-champion's title at the European Championship - Sofia'57 are the national players Liubomir Panov, Georgi Panov, Viktor Radev, Nikola Ilov, Mihail Semov, Petar Lazarov.The glorious tradition of the club was revived again in 2000 when "LUKOIL-Bulgaria" became the main sponsor of the team. The selection of "LUKOIL Academic" was oriented towards young and talented players, who under the clever guidance of the senior coach Petko Marinov and his assistants built the youngest team in the republican basketball. Renewed was also the work at the adolescents school of the club, from which some players have already shown considerable success at the home championships. The long-term strategy of LUKOIL Academic has shown its first results already in season 2001-2002. The talented players of Petko Marinov won the cup of the country and played the most attractive final in the play-offs in the championship for the last ten years. Today the name of LUKOIL Academic is again a symbol of good basketball. The ambitions of the club are the republican champion's title and the good presentation at the European club tournaments.
Roster
| No | Player | Height | Position | Year born 33Lamont Mack SF 2.01 16.03.1987 IL (USA) 4 Brandon Heath G 1.93 01.03.1984 CA (USA) 5 Dominic James PG 1.80 05.10.1986 IN (USA) 6 Samuel Francis SG 1.90 11.01.1992 Silistra (BUL) 10 Bozhidar Avramov SG 1.96 08.03.1990 Varna (BUL) 11 Devin Green GF 2.01 25.10.1982 OH (USA) 13 Kristiyan Manchev SF 1.95 10.04.1993 Botevgrad (BUL) 14 Tencho Banev C 2.09 14.08.1980 Haskovo (BUL) 15 Todor Stoykov SF 1.98 03.03.1977 Varna (BUL) 24 Veselin Veselinov PF 2.02 16.02.1983 Sofia 30 Damjan Stojanovski SF 1.97 09.12.1987 Skopje (MKD) 41 Bruno Sundov C 2.20 10.02.1980 Split (CRO) 42 Travis Peterson PF 2.08 18.05.1985 AZ (USA) Head Coach:  Jovica ArsićJovica Arsic Jovica Arsić is a Serbian professional basketball coach.Arsić's current appointments include:* Head coach of the Republic of Macedonia national team ;... |
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Former players and coaches
- Players:
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Lyubomir Panov - Georgi Panov
- Viktor Radev
- Nikola Ilov
- Mihail Semov
- Petar LazarovPetar LazarovPetar Lazarov is a Bulgarian football player, currently playing for PFC Pirin Gotse Delchev.-Career:Lazarov began his career by Sportist and was 2006 promoted to the senior team.- Career :* 2006-2008 FC Sportist Svoge...
- Dimitar Sahanikov
Georgi Barzakov Nikola AtanasovNikola AtanasovNikola Atanasov was a Bulgarian revolutionary and a politician from the eastern part of Macedonia.-Biography:Nikola Atanasov was born to a poor family in the village of Fotovishta, today known as Ognyanovo in Garmen Municipality, then part of the Ottoman Empire. He won a scholarship and finished... Atanas GolomeevAtanas GolomeevAtanas Golomeev is a retired Bulgarian basketball player. He is considered as one of the best Bulgarian basketball players of all time. Along with Bulgaria national basketball team he participated in 5 EuroBasket competitions... Temelaki Dimitrov Stefan Filipov Slavey Raychev Vladimir Boyanov
Priest LauderdalePriest LauderdalePriest Lauderdale is a naturalized Bulgarian professional basketball player who grew up in the United States.-Pro career:... Bryant Smith Larry O'BannonLarry O'BannonLarry O'Bannon is an American professional basketball player. He currently plays with the club Boca Juniors. He stands 1.94 m tall and he plays at the shooting guard position.-Early life:... Donta SmithDonta SmithDonta Lamont Smith is an American professional basketball player who formerly played in the NBA and Australian National Basketball League.... Antonio BurksAntonio BurksAntonio Cornell Burks is an American professional basketball player, formerly in NBA. He is 6'0" and 185 lb . Burks played at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, then one year at Hiwassee Junior College in Madisonville, Tennessee before joining the University of Memphis as an...
Pero AntićPero AntićPero Antić is a Macedonian professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 10 ¾ in in height and plays at the power forward and center positions.-Pro career:... Riste StefanovRiste Stefanov-Pro career:Grew up with KK Kavadarci juniors. Made his debut with Kavadarci during the 1999–00 season. Signed for the 2000–01 season by KK MZT Skopje. Moved to Slovenia for the 2001–02 season, signed by KK Union Olimpija. On December '01, left the team and moved back to Macedonia, signed by Balkan... -
- Bozhidar Takev
- Veselin Temkov
- Neycho Neychev
- Tsvetan Zhelyazkov
- Petko Marinov
External links
List of basketball clubs in Bulgaria