Sabah BC

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. They won the national championship in their debut season.

Sabah
League	Azerbaijan Basketball League
Founded	1 September 2022 (2022-09-01)
History	Sabah BK 2022–present
Location	Baku, Azerbaijan
Head coach	Rimas Kurtinaitis
Championships	3 Azerbaijan Basketball League

As champions, they entered the 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup qualifying rounds, as the first Azerbaijani team to play in a European competition in 18 years (after Gala Baku in 2005). 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. On 26 January 2024 he was replaced by Rimas Kurtinaitis.

Honours

Azerbaijan Basketball League

• Winners (4): 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025-26

Players

Main category: Sabah BC 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. Nat. Name Ht. Age C 0 Isayev, Musa 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 15 – (2010-08-22)22 August 2010 F/C 1 Tillman, Justin 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – (1996-02-02)2 February 1996 SF 2 Jordan, Keith 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1998-03-25)25 March 1998 G 3 Gravett, Hassani 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1996-07-16)16 July 1996 G 4 Blakes, Gerry 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1993-11-16)16 November 1993 PG 7 Shirzadov, Shirzad 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 26 – (2000-05-30)30 May 2000 G 11 Nichols, David 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 30 – (1996-03-26)26 March 1996 G 13 Eads, James 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 29 – (1997-01-14)14 January 1997 SG 14 Poladkhanli, Endar 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1998-10-12)12 October 1998 C 15 Čavars, Klāvs 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – (1996-02-11)11 February 1996 C 16 Agbson, Ifeanyichukwu Emmanuel 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) 16 – (2009-10-16)16 October 2009 PF 17 Voinalovych, Andrii 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1999-12-11)11 December 1999 C 18 Galfanov, Huseyn 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 18 – (2008-03-01)1 March 2008 SG 21 Mammadov, Alikamran 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 19 – (2006-07-14)14 July 2006 PG 23 Mammadov, Kamran 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 26 – (2000-05-03)3 May 2000 F/C 27 Pansa, Jean-Marc 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 28 – (1997-08-20)20 August 1997 SF 41 Guliyev, Ramiz 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 24 – (2002-01-01)1 January 2002 C 99 Mammadov, Huseyn 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 18 – (2008-04-11)11 April 2008	Head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis Assistant coach(es) Aurimas Jasilionis Aleksandar Trifunović Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: October 8, 2025