BC Yambol

Founded in 1945, the club joined the third edition of the Bulgarian Championship to become the first participant of this basketball championship based outside of the capital Sofia.

In 1976, the club, as "Luskov"-Yambol, appointed Simeon Varchev as new head coach, who work there until 1980. He recruit some new young players including Georgi Glouchkov, the first bulgarian played in NBA. In 1977, they won the first medal for the club, third place in the Bulgarian Cup and in 1979 the bronze medal in Bulgarian Championship. In 1980, Georgi Glouchkov moved to PBC CSKA Sofia, captain of the team Ivan Angelov retired, and even though Varchev and Ivan Glavov (one of the leading playmakers in league the time) stayed, the club relegated in to the second tier.

Yambol stayed there until 1992, when it got promoted and since then remains in the top flight.[http://yambolbasketball.com/history/history-resume.php history-resume (in bulgarian language)] The coach of the club was Ivan Cholakov, who was team head coach in two periods- 1989-2002 and 2004-2013. In 2002, with the name of Yambolgas by sponsorship reasons, the club won the Bulgarian Championship after winning to Lukoil Academic by 3–0 in the final series.[http://yambolbasketball.com/playoffs/scores/playoff-scores02.php bulgarian playoffs 2002] After 29 years in the top flight, Yambol withdrew from NBL, due to financial difficulties, as well as the reconstruction of their Diana arena and the lack of an available alternative basketball hall. They participate in the second division for the 2024–25 season, mainly with players from their academy, {{Cite web |title=Ямбол ще разчита предимно на юноши в ББЛ А група|url=https://bgbasket.com/new.php?id=106316|access-date=2024-10-08 |website=bgbasket.com |language=bg}} and confirmed their intention of returning to the NBL for the 2025–26 season.{{Cite web |title=Ямбол се отказа от участие в Националната баскетболна лига|url=https://www.novsport.com/basketbol/yambol-se-otkaza-ot-uchastie-v-natsionalnata-basketbolna-liga|access-date=2024-10-01 |website=novsport.com |language=bg}}

• Bulgarian Championship
• 15px Winners (1): 2002
• 15px Runners-up (1): 2001
• File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze medalist (5): 1979, 2000, 2003, 2011, 2012
• Bulgarian Cup
• File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze medalist (4): 1977, 2000, 2001, 2002

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{{player3| pos = F | num = 10 | nat = BUL | first = Pavel | last = Marinov | m = 1.99 | kgs = 95 | year = 1988 | month = 06 | date = 12 |note = C}}

{{player3| pos = SG/SF | num = 6 | nat = BUL | first = Ivan | last = Lilov | m = 1.95 | kgs = 89 | year = 1988 | month = 08 | date = 6 }}

{{player3| pos = SG | num = 32 | nat = USA | first = Peter | last = Kiss | m = 1.96 | kgs = 90 | year = 1997 | month = 05 | date = 09| dab = basketball }}

{{player3| pos = F/C | num = 34 | nat = USA | first = Taylor | last = Currie | m = 2.11 | kgs = 102 | year = 2000 | month = 08 | date = 15 }}

{{player3| pos = PF | num = 7 | nat = BUL | first = Nikolay | last = Mihaylov | m = 2.04 | kgs = 90 | year = 2000 | month = 08 | date = 15| dab = basketball }}

{{player3| pos = PG | num = 5 | nat = GBR | first = Shaquille | last = Walters | m = 1.98 | kgs = 91 | year = 1997 | month = 10 | date = 17 }}

{{player3| pos = SG | num = 27 | nat = BUL | first = Aleksandar | last = Matushev | m = 1.96 | kgs = 90 | year = 2003 | month = 05 | date = 12 }}

{{player3| pos = PG | num = 0 | nat = BUL | first = Yoan | last = Hristov | m = 1.82 | kgs = 65 | year = 2003 | month = 11 | date = 23 }}

{{player3| pos = C | num = 99 | nat = BUL | first = Andon | last = Vachev | m = 2.05 | kgs = 95 | year = 2003 | month = 08 | date = 17 }}

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| head_coach =

• {{player||BUL|Toni Dechev}}

| asst_coach =

• {{player||BUL|Aleksandar Aleksiev}}

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• {{player||BUL|Yancho Yanchev}}

| roster_url = http://yambolbasketball.com/team/roster/team-roster23.php

| accessdate = 23 October 2022

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BC Yambol played in FIBA Korać Cup (2000, 2001), FIBA Europe Champions Cup for Men 2003/Conference South and NEBL Open 2001/2002.

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[http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_MsfTeemRHYovSUdkYV76x0.roundID_2555.season_2000.teamID_5322.html Yambol in Korac Cup 2000]

[http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_MsfTeemRHYovSUdkYV76x0.roundID_2556.season_2001.teamID_5322.html Yambol in Korac Cup 2001]

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[http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_3PFNKyhLHWIYKHG2fZORy3.roundID_3553.season_2003.teamID_5322.html Yambol in Euro Challenge 2003]

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[http://yambolbasketball.com/games/scores/scores16.php results and standings]

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• {{flagicon|BUL}} Georgi Glouchkov
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Dimitar Angelov
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Georgi Stankov
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Valcho Yordanov
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Ivan Angelov
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Ivan Glavov
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Geno Plachkov
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Dimitar Dimitrov
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Georgi Kovachev
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Emil Stamenov
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Stanislav Govedarov
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Dimitar Horozov
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Decho Koeshinov
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Rumen Shopov
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Martin Durchev
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Pavel Marinov
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Yulian Radionov
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Nikolay Varbanov
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Pavlin Ivanov
• {{flagicon|CRO}} Franko Kaštropil
• {{flagicon|MNE}} Nemanja Milošević
• {{flagicon|SRB}} Ninoslav Tmušić
• {{flagicon|SRB}} Nenad Djorić
• {{flagicon|SRB}} Zoran Stevanovic
• {{flagicon|USA}} John Ofoegbu
• {{flagicon|USA}} Tony Gugino
• {{flagicon|UKR}} Yaroslav Zubrytskiy
• {{flagicon|UKR}} Volodymyr Ryzhov
• {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergey Grishaev
• {{flagicon|RUS}} Anatoliy Yasinskiy

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[http://yambolbasketball.com/players/players-list.php all players]

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• {{flagicon|BUL}} Slavcho Slavov 1956-1959
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Dobri Rusev 1959-1960
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Ivan Stoyanov 1960-1964
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Blagoy Peev 1964-1965
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Ivan Stoyanov 1965-1969
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Velcho Petrov 1969-1972
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Valcho Yordanov 1972-1976
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Simeon Varchev 1976-1980
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Ivan Glavov 1980-1981
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Hristo Kostov 1981-1984
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Ivan Angelov 1984-1986
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Velcho Petrov 1986-1987
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Mityo Georgiev 1987-1989
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Ivan Cholakov 1989-2002¹
• {{flagicon|SER}} Zoran Krečković 2002–2003
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Valeri Bachvarov 2003-2004
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Ivan Cholakov 2004-2013²
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Yulian Radionov 2013–2015
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Petar Petrov 2015–2017³
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Ivan Cholakov 2017–2020
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Toni Dechev 2020–2022
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Aleksander Aleksiev 2022–2023
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Toni Dechev 2023–2024
• {{flagicon|BUL}} Aleksander Aleksiev 2024–Present

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¹During the 2001–02 season, Vitaly Lebedintsev coached 6 regular season games. Lebedintsev was fired in November 2001, and Ivan Cholakov coached the remaining season games.

²During the 2010–11 season, Ivailo Stoimenov coached 7 regular season games. Stoimenov resigned on November 29, 2010, and Ivan Cholakov coached the remaining season games.

³During the 2015–16 season, Ninoslav Marjanovic coached 9 regular season games. Marjanovic resigned on December 5, 2015.

[http://yambolbasketball.com/history/history-coaches.php all coaches]

{{reflist}}

• [http://yambolbasketball.com/ Official website]
• [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Bulgaria/Tundja-Yambol/1751 Eurobasket.com BC Yambol Page]

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