BC Rilski Sportist
Bulgarian basketball club
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BC Rilski Sportist (Bulgarian: БК "Рилски Спортист") is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in Samokov. The team is part of NBL, FIBA Europe Cup, and BIBL. They play their home matches at the Arena Samokov, which has a capacity of 3,000 people.
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| Leagues | NBL | ||
| Founded | 1927 | ||
| Arena | Arena Samelyon | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Location | Samokov, Bulgaria | ||
| President | Petar Georgiev | ||
| Head coach | Lyubomir Kirov | ||
| Championships | 2 Bulgarian League 4 Bulgarian Cup 1 Balkan League 3 Bulgarian Basketball Super Cup | ||
| Website | www | ||
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Honours
- Winners (3): 2021, 2022, 2024
- Runners-up (2): 2016, 2025
Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Bulgarian Cup | Other leagues | European competitions | ||
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| 2013–14 | 1 | NBL | 6th | Semifinalist | 3 EuroChallenge | RS | ||
| 2014–15 | 1 | NBL | 4th | Third place | Balkan League | RU | ||
| 2015–16 | 1 | NBL | 3rd | Champion | 3 FIBA Europe Cup | RS | ||
| 2016–17 | 1 | NBL | 3rd | Quarterfinalist | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | RS | ||
| 2017–18 | 1 | NBL | 3rd | Champion | Balkan League | 3rd | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | QR1 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | NBL | 4th | Quarterfinalist | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | RS | ||
| 2019–20 | 1 | NBL | 3rd[a] | Quarterfinalist | ||||
| 2020–21 | 1 | NBL | 2nd | Champion | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | R16 | ||
| 2021–22 | 1 | NBL | 2nd | Champion | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | RS | ||
| 2022–23 | 1 | NBL | 4th | Quarterfinalist | Balkan League | 1R | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | RS |
| 2023–24 | 1 | NBL | 1st | Semifinalist | ||||
| 2024–25 | 1 | NBL | 1st | Semifinalist | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | RS | ||
| 2025–26 | 1 | NBL | Semifinalist | 3 Champions League | QR1 | |||
| 4 FIBA Europe Cup | RS | |||||||
Players
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Branko Mirković (2007-2009)
Aleksandar Radojević (1 year: 2011)
Nico Carvacho (1 season: 2020–21)
Head coaches
Aleksandar Todorov (2008–2011)
Rosen Barchovski (2011–2016)- Ludmil Hadjisotirov (2016–present)
Notes
- On 13 March 2020, the Bulgarian government halted the league until 13 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 16 April 2020, after a month of suspension, the Bulgarian Basketball Federation officially ended the 2019–20 season, after video conference vote of board of directors.[1] Balkan ended the season first, with eighteen wins, but the title was not assigned.
