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Sabah Basketball Club, also known simply as Sabah BC or Sabah, is an Azerbaijani professional basketball team based in Baku. Founded in 2022, as a team affiliated to the Sabah FC football team, they joined the Azerbaijan Basketball League (ABL) in the 2022–23 season.^[1] They won the national championship in their debut season.

As champions, they entered the 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup qualifying rounds,^[2] as the first Azerbaijani team to play in a European competition in 18 years (after Gala Baku in 2005).^[3] Following three wins in the qualifying tournament in Skopje, Sabah qualified for the regular season.

Boban Mitev was appointed as Sabah's new head coach in August 2023.^[4] On 26 January 2024 he was replaced by Rimas Kurtinaitis.^[5]

Honours

Azerbaijan Basketball League

Winners (1): 2022–23

Players

Current roster

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

Sabah BK roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
C	1	Smith, Donovan	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	30 – (1993-11-19)19 November 1993
SF	3	Marčinković, Pavle	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	35 – (1989-05-06)6 May 1989
SG	4	Cambridge Jr., Desmond	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	25 – (1998-12-30)30 December 1998
PF	7	Davenport, Kyvon	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	26 – (1997-08-28)28 August 1997
G	8	Niftaliyev, Fuad	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	43 – (1980-08-21)21 August 1980
G	10	Holton Jr., Michael	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	33 – (1990-11-27)27 November 1990
G	12	Henry, Corin	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	36 – (1988-05-10)10 May 1988
SG	14	Poladkhanli, Endar	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	25 – (1998-10-12)12 October 1998
SG	21	Mammadov, Alikamran	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	17 – (2006-07-14)14 July 2006
F	22	Aliyev, Rustam	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	30 – (1994-04-04)4 April 1994
PF	26	Butjankovs, Artjoms	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	32 – (1991-08-26)26 August 1991
PG	77	Shirzadov, Shirzad	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	24 – (2000-05-30)30 May 2000