PBC CSKA Sofia

PBC CSKA
Nickname	The Reds (Червените)
Leagues	NBL
Founded	1948
Arena	Universiada Hall (capacity: 4,000)
Location	Sofia, Bulgaria
Team colors	Red and white
President	Giorgos Sterianopoulos
Head coach	Ivaylo Zhelev
Championships	(12) NBL (18) Bulgarian Cup
Website	http://cskabasket.net
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PBC CSKA Sofia (Bulgarian: ПБК „ЦСКА София“) are a Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia and part of the CSKA Sofia sports club.

CSKA Sofia have been 12 times champions of Bulgaria and 18 times Bulgarian cup winners. They play their home games at Universiada Hall in Sofia. In 2006 they are taking part in the FIBA Europe EuroCup tournament.

Honours

• Bulgarian Championships: 1949, 1950, 1951, 1965, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992
• Bulgarian Cup winners: 1953, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2005

History

The CSKA Basketball team takes over the AC 23, a team won 2nd place in the national championship in 1942. In 1946 BC “Chavdar” was created and became 3rd in the championship. In 1948 the team was renamed as “Septemvri” under authority of the Central Military Club and took the second place. In 1949 the club won the golden medals of the National championship. In 1950 the team (again renamed as “Narodna voiska”) was national champion and repeated the success in 1951. Altogether, the team has won 12 first places, 14 second places and 3 third places in the National Championship. The founders of the club are Kosyo Totev, Iliya Angelov, Tonko Rainov. One of the players in the early years of the Club is Konstantin Kotsev, who, after finishing his player’s career became actor of the National Theater in Sofia. When being player, Kotzev performed extracts from theater plays before his teammates and is remembered as one of the most prominent players of the “Red Club”. Within 1948-1974 period 26 players of the Club became Masters of Sports – an honorable title for the most skilled and distinguished sportsmen in Bulgaria. The most famous basketball players of the CSKA are: Dimitar Donev, Kliment Kamenarov, Georgi Maleev Tsvyatko Barchovski, Temelaki Dimitrov, Atanas Golomeev, Petko Marinov, Milko Arabadjiyski, Rumen Peychev and others. Many famous coaches were working in the Club: Lyubomir Katerinski, Iliya Semov, Kosyo Totev, Tsvyatko Barchovski, Omurtag Kuzmanov, Petko Marinov. The most successful period of the Club is 1990 – 1992, when the team becomes national champion for three years in a row.

Roster

(as of October 2008)

No	Player	Height	Position	Year born
4	Nikos Bohoridis	1.89	PG/SG	1989
5	Sergey Tsvetkov	1.96	SG/SF	1988
7	Nemanja Ilic	2.07	C	1983
8	Milos Sakota	2.03	PF	1984
9	Zhivko Stoyanov	1.97	SF	1987
11	Ivan Ivanov	1.87	PG	1988
12	Krum Doychinov	2.04	C	1986
13	Lyuben Paskov	1.97	SF	1990
14	Dimitar Marincheshki	2.00	SF	1990
20	Ibrahim Adamu	1.93	SG	1989
21	Yordan Bozov	1.91	PG/SG	1979
22	Omorogbe Nosa	1.97	PG	1989

Head Coach: Ivaylo Zhelev

Former players and coaches

• Players:
  • Dimitar Donev
  • Kliment Kamenarov
  • Georgi Maleev
  • Tsvyatko Barchovski
  • Temelaki Dimitrov
  • Atanas Golomeev
  • Petko Marinov
  • Milko Arabadzhiyski
  • Rumen Peychev
  • Georgi Glouchkov
  • Omorogbe Nosa
  • Allan Tošić
  • Trevor Harvey
  • Leandro Palladino
  • Philip Maiyo

• Coaches:
  • Lyubomir Katerinski
  • Iliya Semov
  • Kosyo Totev
  • Tsvyatko Barchovski
  • Omurtag Kuzmanov
  • Petko Marinov
  • Rossen Barchovski
  • Jaacob Gino

External links

• Official website (Bulgarian) (English) (Greek)
• CSKA Sofia at Basketball-bg.com (Bulgarian)
• CSKA Sofia at BulgarianBasket.com (English)