BC Shumen
{{Infobox basketball club
| name = Shumen
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| logo = BC Shumen logo.png
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| league =NBL
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| founded = 1950
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| history = BC Shumen
(1950–1986)
Stroitel
(1986–1992)
Ficosota Shumen
(1994–2002)
BC Shumen
(2002–present)
| arena = Arena Shumen
| capacity = 1,494
| location = Shumen, Bulgaria
| colors = Yellow and Green
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| current =
| sponsor = Ficosota
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| chairman =
| president = {{flagicon|BUL}} Stoyan Popov
| vice-presidents =
| manager = {{flagicon|SRB}} Zvonko Pаpak
| coach = {{flagicon|SRB}} Dragan Kostiç
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| season = 2024–25
| position = 9th
| website = {{URL| http://shumenbasket.org/}}
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BC Shumen ({{langx|bg|БК Шумен}}) is a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in Shumen.
History
File:Arena Shumen at Night June 2024.png
BC Shumen was founded in 1950 and played in the lower divisions of the Bulgarian basketball system for several decades. From 1986 to 2002, the team played in the top basketball league of Bulgaria (NBL). In the span of just four seasons at the end of the 20th century, BC Shumen (then playing as Ficosota Shumen) finished second in the regular season, third in the playoffs on two occasions, and was a finalist in the 1999 Bulgarian Basketball Cup, losing to BC Cherno More.{{Cite web|title=История|url=http://shumenbasket.org/%d0%b8%d1%81%d1%82%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b8%d1%8f|access-date=2021-04-28|website=Шумен|language=bg-BG}} The team also took part in the 1995–96, 1997–98 and 1998–99 seasons of the FIBA Korać Cup, reaching the round of 64 in 1995–96.
BC Shumen returned to the top tier NBL division for the 2021–22 season, ending nearly 20 years of absence.{{Cite web|url=https://nbl.basketball.bg/news.php?&id=14236 |title=10 клуба подадоха заявка за участие в НБЛ за сезон 2021/2022| date= 15 July 2021 | website=basketball.bg |access-date= 11 September 2021}} During the 2023–24 season, the team finished 7th and reached the playoffs for the first time since 2002.{{Cite web|url=https://bnr.bg/shumen/post/101979940/basketbolistite-na-shumen-shte-igraat-v-peliofite |title=Баскетболистите на "Шумен" ще играят в плейофите| date= 20 April 2024 | website=bnr.bg |access-date= 2 May 2024}}
Honours
- Bulgarian Championship
- File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze medalist (2): 1998, 1999[https://www.bgbasket.com/en//history.php?group_id=1 BGBasket - League honors]
- Bulgarian Cup
- File:Silver medal icon.svg Runners-up (1): 1999[http://yambolbasketball.com/games/scores/scores_cup1999.php 1999 Cup Semi Final Results]
- FIBA Korać Cup
- Round of 64 (1): 1995–96
== Season by season ==
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!style="color:#31a33c; background:#eee001;"|Season !style="color:#31a33c; background:#eee001;"|Bulgarian Basketball Federation !style="color:#31a33c; background:#eee001;"|Division !style="color:#31a33c; background:#eee001;"|{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}} !style="color:#31a33c; background:#eee001;"|{{Tooltip|W–L|Wins–Losses record}} ! style="color:#31a33c; background:#eee001;" |Postseason !style="color:#31a33c; background:#eee001;"|{{Tooltip|W–L|Wins–Losses record}} ! style="color:#31a33c; background:#eee001;" |Bulgarian Basketball Cup ! colspan="3" style="color:#31a33c; background:#eee001;" |FIBA Europe | |
| bgcolor=#efefef|2017-18
| {{center|2}} | align=left| BBL "A" Group | align="center"|5th | {{center| 8–14}} | colspan="2" align="center" | - | rowspan="8" align="center" |DNQ | colspan="3" rowspan="9" | - | |
| bgcolor=#efefef|2018-19
| {{center|2}} | align=left| BBL "A" Group | align="center"|6th | {{center| 8–7}} | align="center"; bgcolor="#97DEFF"|4th | {{center|4–5}} |
| bgcolor=#efefef|2019-20
| {{center|2}} | align=left| BBL "A" Group | colspan="1" align="center" |Abandoned | {{center|17–2}}
| colspan="2" align="center" | - |
| bgcolor=#efefef|2020-21
| {{center|2}} | align=left| BBL "A" Group East | align="center"|2nd | {{center| 10–4}} | align="center"; bgcolor="#cc9966"|3rd ↑ | {{center|3–2}} |
| bgcolor=#efefef|2021-22
| {{center|1}} | align=left| NBL | align="center"|9th | {{center| 4–23}} | rowspan="2" colspan="2" align="center" |DNQ | |
| bgcolor=#efefef|2022-23
| {{center|1}} | align=left| NBL | align="center"|10th | {{center| 6–24}} | |
| bgcolor=#efefef|2023-24
| {{center|1}} | align=left| NBL | align="center"|7th | {{center| 15–17}} | align="center" bgcolor=#D0F0C0|Quarterfinalist | {{center|0–2}} | |
| bgcolor=#efefef|2024-25
| {{center|1}} | align=left| NBL | align="center"|9th | {{center| 2–22}} | colspan="2" align="center" |DNQ | |
| bgcolor=#efefef|2025-26
| {{center|1}} | align=left| NBL | align="center"|TBD | {{center|–}} | colspan="2" align="center" |TBD | align="center"|TBD |
= NBL attendance by season =
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! Season !! Games !! Attendance[https://nbl.basketball.bg/team.php?id=407 Shumen in NBL] !! Average !! Lowest !! Highest !! Occupancy | ||||||
| 2021-22 | 15 | 3,490 | 233 | 100 | 600 | {{Percentage bar|15.57|hex=EEE001}} |
| 2022-23 | 15 | 6,303 | 420 | 200 | 753 | {{Percentage bar|28.13|hex=EEE001}} |
| 2023-24 | 17 | 7,830 | 461 | 180 | 1,000 | {{Percentage bar|30.83|hex=EEE001}} |
| 2024-25 | 12 | 5,250 | 438 | 200 | 1,000 | {{Percentage bar|29.28|hex=EEE001}} |
BC Shumen in European basketball
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
| style="color:#31a33c; background:#eee001;"|Season
!style="color:#31a33c; background:#eee001;"|Round !style="color:#31a33c; background:#eee001;"|Club !style="color:#31a33c; background:#eee001;"|Home !style="color:#31a33c; background:#eee001;"|Away !style="color:#31a33c; background:#eee001;"|Aggregate |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|1995–96
|First round |{{flagicon|MDA}} Floare |85–61 |65–71 |style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"|150–132 |
| Round of 64
|{{flagicon|TUR}} PTT |81–91 |87–92 |style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|168–183 |
| 1997–98
|Qualifying round |{{flagicon|MKD}}Orka Sport |85–85 |95-106 |style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|180–191 |
| 1998–99
|Qualifying round |{{flagicon|SVK}}BK Chemosvit |73-73 |61-76 |style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"|134-149 |
References
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External links
- [http://shumenbasket.org/ Official website] {{in lang|bg}}
- [https://nbl.basketball.bg/team.php?id=407 Club Profile at the Bulgarian basketball federation]
- [https://bgbasket.com/team.php?id=28 Club Profile] at bgbasket.com {{in lang|bg}}
- [https://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Bulgaria/Shumen-Basket/185?Page=5 Eurobasket.com BC Shumen Page]
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