BC Prievidza

BC Prievidza
Leagues	Extraliga
Founded	1947 (1947)
History	See Names
Arena	Niké Aréna
Capacity	3,500
Location	Prievidza, Slovakia
Head coach	Tihomir Bujan
Championships	4 Slovak Leagues 2 Czechoslovak Leagues
Website	www.pdbasket.com
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BC Prievidza is a professional basketball club based in playing in Prievidza, Slovakia. The team plays in the Slovak Extraliga. The club plays home games in the sports hall Niké Arena.

History

The team was founded in 1947 under the name Sokol Prievizda. In 1989 the club won its first ever title in the Czechoslovak Championship. Prievizda won another title four years later (1993), which was also the last edition of the Czechoslovak Championship. In a separate Slovak top division, the club won its first title in the 1993–94 season. After relegation to the second division in 2004, the club renamed as the Hornonitriansky Basketball Club (HBK) Prievidza. From August 2009 the club is called BC Prievidza. In 2011–12 and 2015–16, Prievidza won the Slovak Championship.

Names

• 1947–1952 Sokol Prievidza
• 1952–1953 Carpathia Prievidza
• 1953–1957 Tatran Prievidza
• 1957–1964 Lokomotíva Prievidza
• 1964–2004 Baník Cígeľ Prievidza
• 2004–2009 HBK Prievidza
• 2009-present BC Prievidza

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Czechoslovak Championship
  • Winners (2): 1989, 1993
• Slovak Championship
  • Winners (4): 1994, 1995, 2012, 2016

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Slovak Cup	European competitions			Other competitions
2011–12	1	Extraliga	1st
2012–13	1	Extraliga	6th	Quarterfinalist
2013–14	1	Extraliga	2nd	Quarterfinalist
2014–15	1	Extraliga	2nd	Quarterfinalist
2015–16	1	Extraliga	1st	Runner-up				Alpe Adria Cup	SF
2016–17	1	Extraliga	3rd	Quarterfinalist	4 FIBA Europe Cup	R2	4–8
2017–18	1	Extraliga	5th	Quarterfinalist				Alpe Adria Cup	RS
2018–19	1	Extraliga	2nd	Semifinalist				Alpe Adria Cup	SF

European competitions

Prievidza saw its first action in Europe, in the 1989–90 season, when it competed at the FIBA European Champions Cup. Prievidza won in the first round against Täby Basket, but was defeated by FC Barcelona in the Round of 16.

Players

Current roster

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BC Prievidza roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name PG 1 Rodney Glasgow Jr. PG 5 Branislav Hromada PF/C 6 Delvon Johnson PG 7 Jahmal Jones SF 8 Richard Körner G 11 Jaroslav Musil PF/C 12 Julian Scott G 13 Marek Jašš F 14 Marko Popović F 17 Ján Zorvan PF 18 Jakub Mokran G 32 Tim Derksen PG Andrew Guillory	Head coach Tihomir Bujan Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 28 October 2018

Notable players

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Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Sullivan Phillips
• Michael Rostampour
• Darius Dimavičius
• Miloš Babić