BC Shumen
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| Shumen | |
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| League | NBL |
| History | BC Shumen (1950–1986) Stroitel (1986–1992) Ficosota Shumen (1994–2002) BC Shumen (2002–present) |
| Arena | Arena Shumen |
| Capacity | 2,300 |
| Location | Shumen, Bulgaria |
| Head coach | Yanko Yankov |
| Website | shumenbasket |
BC Shumen (Template:Lang-bg) is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in Shumen. The club was founded in 1950 and had been playing in lower divisions of Bulgarian basketball system. From 1986 to 2002, the team played in the first basketball league of Bulgaria (NBL). For four consecutive years BC Shumen were second in the regular season, third place three times and also one fourth place in the Bulgarian Basketball Cup.[1] For three seasons BC Shumen took part in the international competition called FIBA Korać Cup.
The club returned to the top tier division NBL in the 2021–22 season. [2]
Honours
- NBL
- Third place (2): 1998,1999 [3]
- Bulgarian Cup
- Bronze medalist (1): 1999 [4]
References
- ^ "История". Шумен (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "10 клуба подадоха заявка за участие в НБЛ за сезон 2021/2022". basketball.bg. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ Leagues honours
- ^ 1999 Semi Final Cup
External links
- Official website (in Bulgarian)
- Club Profile at the Bulgarian basketball federation
- Club Profile at bgbasket.com (in Bulgarian)
- Eurobasket.com BC Shumen Page