Akademik Sofia (basketball)

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Akademik Sofia (basketball)
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Founded 1947
Hall Arena Armeec Sofia
(12,000 seats)
Homepage www.lukoilacademic.net
president Valentin Zlatev
General manager Sasho Vezenkov
Trainer Marin Dokuzovski
league ULEB Eurocup
2011/12: group stage, 3rd place
  Bulgarian National League
2012/13: 1st place
Colours Red White
Jersey colors
Jersey colors
Kit shorts.svg
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Away
successes
Bulgarian champion (26 ×): 1957–59, 1963,
1968–73, 1975–76, 2003–2013, 2015, 2016, 2017

The Lukoil Academic ( Bulgarian Лукойл Академик ; English Lukoil Academic ) is a professional Bulgarian basketball club in Sofia . The first men's team is a 26-time Bulgarian champion and a regular participant in various European club competitions.

history

The basketball department of the "Akademik" student club from Sofia was founded in 1947. Ten years later, the club became Bulgarian champions for the first time. In the 1957/58 season, Akademik took part in the first European Cup. The team made it to the final of the tournament. This success was repeated in 1959. However, both finals were lost to the long-term winner at the time, ASK Riga . In the following years, Akademik could not show any great successes internationally. National championships and cups have been won over and over again. After the entry of the Russian oil company Lukoil , the sponsor name was added to the club name in 2000. Since joining, the national dominance increased and led to 10 championships in a row. Thus Akademik has risen to the Bulgarian record champions. In the new millennium, Akademik regularly takes part in the ULEB Eurocup and the EuroChallenge .

Season overview of the European Cups

season competition result
2002/03 ULEB Cup Round of 16
2003/04 ULEB Cup Round of 16
2004/05 ULEB Cup 2nd place group D
2005/06 ULEB Cup Round of 16
2006/07 ULEB Cup 5th place group C
2007/08 ULEB Cup Round of 16
2008/09 Eurocup 4th place group B
2010/11 EuroChallenge Quarter finals
2011/12 Eurocup 4th place group D
2012/13 Eurocup 3rd place group A

Squad

Team Lukoil Akademik in the 2012/2013 season
Attention: The squad information is out of date!
(current season: 2020/2021)
player
No. Nat. Surname birth size info Last club
Guards ( PG , SG )
4th United StatesUnited States Brandon Heath 04/01/1984 193
10 BulgariaBulgaria Bozhidar Avramov March 8, 1990 196
20th United StatesUnited States Andre Owens October 31, 1980 194
30th North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia Damjan Stojanovski 02/09/1987 197
Forwards ( SF , PF )
8th BulgariaBulgaria Kris Minkov December 31, 1994 198
11 BulgariaBulgaria Pavel Marinov 08/12/1988 199
15th BulgariaBulgaria Todor Stoykov 03/03/1977 198
22nd United StatesUnited States Lamont Mack March 16, 1987 201
24 BulgariaBulgaria Veseli Veselinov 02/16/1983 202
Center ( C )
14th BulgariaBulgaria Tencho Banev 08/14/1980 208
41 CroatiaCroatia Bruno Sundov 02/10/1980 221
Trainer
Nat. Surname position
North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia Marin Dokuzovski boss
BulgariaBulgaria Miroslav Ralchev Co
Legend
Abbr. meaning
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Team homepage
League homepage
Status: October 28, 2012

successes

  • Bulgarian champion (26 ×): 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 , 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
  • Bulgarian Cup winners (11 ×): 1952, 1954, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • Finalist European Champion's Cup (2 ×): 1958, 1959

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