Artsakh BC

Artsakh Basketball Club
League Armenia Basketball League A
Founded 2017
Arena Artsakh State University Sports Hall
Location Stepanakert
Team colors White, Red
         
President Armenia Sevan Aslanyan
Head coach Armenia Gevorg Shakhnazaryan
Championships 1 Armenian League
Uniforms

Artsakh Basketball Club, is a professional basketball team based in Stepanakert; the capital of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh. They are the basketball section of Artsakh FC, an Armenian football club currently based in Yerevan. Artsakh BC was Founded in 2017, it currently plays in the Armenia Basketball League A.

History

On 22 October 2017, the founder of Artsakh FC Sevan Aslanyan, agreed to create a basketball section with the aim to play in the newly created Armenia Basketball League A, with Areg Vatyan becoming the sporting director of the basketball section, and Andrey Sarumyan becoming the head coach of the team.[1][2] Bako Sahakyan, president of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh, attended their first home league match, played in Stepanakert, the Republic's capital.[3]

Artsakh qualified for the final of the inaugural season by winning the semifinals against Urartu, who were unbeaten during the regular season.[4] In the finals, they defeated Artik for achieving their first title ever.

For their second season, the club moved to Kajaran, Armenia.

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos.
2017–18 1League A 1st
2018–19 1League A

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Artsakh BC roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
SF 24 Armenia Mikaelyan, Bagrat (C)
SF 1 Armenia Simovich, Aleksa 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 20 – (1998-02-01)1 February 1998
C 14 Ukraine Tykhonov, Dmytro
PG 21 Armenia Tatevosyan, Albert
PF 25 Armenia Mirzoyants, Konstantin
C 13 Armenia Duka, Danila 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 19 – (1999-05-27)27 May 1999
PG 20 Armenia Podkolzin, Georgi
PF 6 Armenia Hakobjanyan, Tigran
SF 23 Armenia Mkrtchyan, Aram
F 22 Armenia Khachatryan, David
SG 9 Armenia Avetisyan, Sergey
SG 8 Armenia Mikaelyan, David 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 18 – (1999-10-16)16 October 1999
Head coach
  • Armenia Gevorg Shakhnazaryan
Assistant coach(es)
  • Armenia Garik Sargsyan
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: April 14, 2018

References

  1. ↑ "Մեկնարկում է Ա լիգայի կանոնավոր առաջնությունը" [Armenia Basketball League A, 2017-18 season launched] (in Armenian). Armsport. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Հիանալի նորություն հիմնվել է «Արցախ» բասկետբոլային ակումբը" (in Armenian). FC Artsakh. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Karabakh President attends Artsakh's winning game". News.am. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ա լիգա. «Արցախը» եզրափակչում է" [League A. Artsakh is in the final] (in Armenian). Basketball Federation of Armenia. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
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