BC Rilski Sportist
{{short description|Bulgarian basketball club}}
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| name = BC Rilski Sportist
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| logo = BC Rilski Sportist logo.png
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| leagues = NBL
| founded = {{Start date and age|1927}}
| arena = Arena Samelyon Samokov
| capacity = 3,000
| location = Samokov, Bulgaria
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| president = Petar Georgiev
| coach = Lyubomir Kirov
| championships = 2 Bulgarian League
4 Bulgarian Cup
1 Balkan League
3 Bulgarian Basketball Super Cup
| website = {{URL|http://www.rilskibasket.com/}}
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BC Rilski Sportist ({{langx|bg|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.
Honours
Season by season
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
!Season !Tier !League !{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position after playoffs}} ! colspan=2 | Other leagues !colspan=2 | European competitions | ||
| style="background:#efefef;"| 2013–14
| align="center"| 1 | NBL | align=center|6th | Semifinalist | colspan=2 | | 3 EuroChallenge | align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular Season}} | |
| style="background:#efefef;"|2014–15
| align="center"| 1 | NBL | align=center|4th | bgcolor=silver align=center|{{Tooltip|RU|Runners-up}}
| colspan=2| | |
| style="background:#efefef;"|2015–16
| align="center"| 1 | NBL | bgcolor=#e1b384 align=center|3rd | bgcolor=gold | Champion | colspan=2| | 3 FIBA Europe Cup | align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular Season}} | |
| style="background:#efefef;"|2016–17
| align="center"| 1 | NBL | bgcolor=#e1b384 align=center|3rd | colspan=2| | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular Season}} | |
| style="background:#efefef;"|2017–18
| align="center"| 1 | NBL | bgcolor=#e1b384 align=center|3rd | bgcolor=gold | Champion | bgcolor=#e1b384 align=center|{{Tooltip|3rd|Third place}}
| 4 FIBA Europe Cup | align=center|{{Tooltip|QR1|First qualifying round}} |
| style="background:#efefef;"|2018–19
| align="center"| 1 | NBL | align=center|4th | | | | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}} |
Players
=Notable players=
{{Basketball notable players criteria}}
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Branko Mirković (2007-2009)
- {{flagicon|BIH}} Aleksandar Radojević (1 year: 2011)
- {{flagicon|CHI}} Nico Carvacho (1 season: 2020–21)
Head coaches
- {{flagicon|MKD}} Aleksandar Todorov (2008–2011)
- {{flagicon|BUL}} Rosen Barchovski (2011–2016)
- {{flagicon|BUL}} Ludmil Hadjisotirov (2016–present)
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080911230922/http://rilskibasket.com/bg/index.php Official website] {{in lang|bg}}
{{BG NBL}}
{{Balkan International Basketball League}}