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Edinburgh Lions B.C.
Edinburgh Lions B.C. logo
LeagueSBC Division 1
Established2006; 18 years ago (2006)
HistoryEdinburgh Lions
2006-present
ArenaBroughton High School
LocationEdinburgh, Scotland
Team colours   
PresidentGeorge Christelis
Head coachJero Muñoz
WebsiteOfficial website

The Edinburgh Lions are a basketball club based in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Club

The Lions play in Division 1 of the Scottish Basketball Championship, the top-tier basketball league in Scotland. The team was promoted to National League Division 1 at the start of the 2018–19 season, after winning the 2017–18 Division 2 Playoff title and many successful years in the regional Lothian Basketball League, which they won in the 2011–12 season. They also have a second men's team and a women's team, both of which compete in the Lothian Basketball League.

Honours

National League Division 2 Winners (Men): 2018
Lothian League Winners (Men): 2012
Lothian League Winners (Women): 2016, 2019, 2020
Lothian Cup Winners (Women): 2019

Season-by-season records

Season Division Tier Regular Season Post-Season Scottish Cup
Finish Played Wins Losses Points Win %
Edinburgh Lions
2011-12 Lothian Div 1 4 1st 18 17 1 52 0.944
2012-13 Lothian Div 1 4 2nd 20 17 3 54 0.850
2013-14 Lothian Div 1 4 4th 20 11 9 42 0.550
2014-15 Lothian Div 1 4 4th 20 13 7 46 0.650
2015-16 Lothian Div 1 4 2nd 10 7 3 24 0.700
2016-17 SBC Div 2 3 3rd 14 9 5 23 0.643 Runners Up Did Not Compete
2017-18 SBC Div 2 3 2nd 14 10 4 24 0.714 Winners 1st Round
2018-19 SBC Div 1 2 8th 18 3 15 21 0.167 Quarter Finals 1st Round
2019-20 SBC Div 1 2 8th 16 2 14 18 0.125 Quarter Finals Quarter Finals

2019–20 Roster

Edinburgh Lions roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht.
G Greece Papatheodorou, Dionisis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
C Greece Chalkidis, Notis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
G Lithuania Kazakevičius, Eimantas 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
F Greece Tzigkos, Stavros 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
F Sweden Vogel, Julian 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
F New Zealand Langridge, Caleb 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
F Scotland Newlands, Euan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
G Scotland Pirrie, Ben 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
F Lithuania Jagela, Tadas 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
G Belgium Missotten, Mathias 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
G Spain González Bernat, Victor 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
F Greece Batsioudis, Vasilis 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
G Australia Trewin, Timothy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
G Turkey Molla, Eray 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
G/F France Ramillien, Rudy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
F/C Slovakia Valencik, Filip 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
F Latvia Caucis, Karlis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
G Scotland Simpson, Cairn 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
G Greece Kolyperas, Dimitris 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
C South Africa Wright, TJ 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)
F Scotland Mungombe, Joe 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
G Greece Kokkinopoulos, Stavros 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
G Iran Allahverdi, Ali 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Club records

Most points in a single game - Thomas Stockwell, 35
All-time leading points scorer - Nick Scott, 832