MBK Mariupol ( uk, МБК «Маріуполь»") (former name: BK Azovmash)is a
Ukrainian
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* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
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* So ...
professional
basketball
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club. It was founded in 1990 in the city of
Mariupol
Mariupol (, ; uk, Маріу́поль ; russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast ( Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the 2022 Russia ...
in South-Eastern
Ukraine
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.
Mariupol was one of the strongest teams in Ukraine along with
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
Ky ...
,
Khimik and,
Cherkasy. The team's performance peak was an appearance in the
EuroCup Final of 2007, against
Akasvayu Girona
Club Bàsquet Sant Josep was a professional basketball team based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
History
The club was founded in 1962 by Ramon Sitjà as CB Sant Josep. In 1989 it became the Anonymous Sport Association (SAD). In 1987, when the AC ...
.
History
The club was founded in 1990. Azovmash moved up from the Ukrainian third to first division by 1999. Azovmash won the 2002
Ukrainian SuperLeague title. Azovmash added another Ukrainian title in 2004 and following the arrival of
point guard
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Khalid El-Amin, won the domestic championship again in 2006 and 2007.
In 2007, with players like
Kenan Bajramović
Kenan Bajramović (born May 24, 1981) is a Bosnian professional basketball player who last played for Spars Sarajevo of the Bosnian League.
Professional career
Bajramović spent the early part of his career in his native Bosnia and Herzegovina ...
,
Panagiotis Liadelis
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Professional career
Liadelis played for many s ...
,
Serhiy Lishchuk and El-Amin, Azovmash reached the
FIBA EuroCup Final Four, defeating Italian
Serie A
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club
Virtus Bologna by a point in the semis before falling to Spanish
Liga ACB club
Akasvayu Girona
Club Bàsquet Sant Josep was a professional basketball team based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
History
The club was founded in 1962 by Ramon Sitjà as CB Sant Josep. In 1989 it became the Anonymous Sport Association (SAD). In 1987, when the AC ...
in the title game. In 2008, Azovmash reached the elimination rounds
ULEB Cup and won the Ukrainian domestic championship and cup.
After leaving the
Ukrainian Basketball Superleague in 2014, the club did not join any competition until 2016, when the club joined the Higher League, the Ukrainian second division.
Season by season
Honours
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Ukrainian SuperLeague:
** Gold - 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
** Silver - 2005, 2012, 2013
** Bronze - 2001, 2002
*
Ukrainian Cup:
** Gold - 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009
** Silver - 2007
*
FIBA EuroCup:
** Gold
Conference North - 2003
** Finalist of the
EuroCup 2006-07
Notable players
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Oleksandr Rayevsky
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Serhiy Lishchuk
*
Alexander Lokhmanchuk
*
Kyrylo Fesenko
*
Maksym Pustozvonov
*
Denys Lukashov
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Vyacheslav Bobrov
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Professional career
During the 2019 ...
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Ihor Zaytsev
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Denys Lukashov
*
Oleksandr Kol'čenko
*
Thomas Van Den Spiegel
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Kenan Bajramović
Kenan Bajramović (born May 24, 1981) is a Bosnian professional basketball player who last played for Spars Sarajevo of the Bosnian League.
Professional career
Bajramović spent the early part of his career in his native Bosnia and Herzegovina ...
*
Nemanja Gordić
*
Ratko Varda
*
Slaven Rimac
*
Robert Archibald
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Panagiotis Liadelis
Panagiotis Liadelis (born December 7, 1974 in Volos, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) tall, he played as a point guard-shooting guard.
Professional career
Liadelis played for many s ...
*
Nikola Radulović
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Professional career
Radulo ...
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Sandis Valters
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Tomas Delininkaitis
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Profe ...
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Simonas Serapinas
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Vladimir Golubović
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Aleksandar Ćapin
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Early life
Growing up in Sarajevo, Ćapin took up association football in the FK Sarajevo youth system.
In spring 1992, with the outbreak of the Bosnia ...
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Radoslav Rancik
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Miroslav Raduljica
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Ivan Paunić
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William Avery
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Rodney Buford
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R. T. Guinn
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Tyus Edney
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Khalid El-Amin
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Junior Harrington
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Jermaine Jackson
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Kris Lang
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Carlos Powell
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Marc Salyers
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College career
Salyers played college basketball at Samford University with the Sa ...
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Dijon Thompson
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Joe Crispin
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Born in Pitman, New Jersey, Crispin star ...
Head coaches
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