The Edinburgh Lions are a basketball club based in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. The Men's team compete in the 2nd Division of the Scottish Basketball Championship, the second highest level in Scotland and third tier of British basketball. The Lions also have two more Men's teams and a Women's team, which all compete in the Lothian Basketball League.
| Edinburgh Lions B.C. | |
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| League | SBC Division 2 |
| Established | 2006 |
| History | Edinburgh Lions 2006-present |
| Arena | Broughton High School |
| Location | Edinburgh, Scotland |
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| President | Aris Tyrothoulakis |
| Head coach | Achilleas Chatzitheocharis |
| Website | Official website |
Men
editThe Men's Lions team play in Division 2 of the Scottish Basketball Championship. The team was promoted to National League Division 1 at the start of the 2018–19 season, after winning the 2017–18 Division 2 Playoff title and many successful years in the regional Lothian Basketball League, which they won in the 2011–12 season. After 4 seasons in the top-tier basketball league in Scotland, the team got relegated to National League Division 2 after finishing 9th at the end of the 2022-23 season, when Basketball Scotland decided to reduce the number of teams in the 1st Division to 8.
Honours
edit- National League Division 2 Winners: 2018, 2024
- Lothian League Winners: 2012
Season-by-season records
edit| Season | Division | Tier | Regular Season | Post-Season | Scottish Cup | |||||
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| 2011-12 | Lothian Div 1 | 4 | 1st | 18 | 17 | 1 | 52 | 0.944 | ||
| 2012-13 | Lothian Div 1 | 4 | 2nd | 20 | 17 | 3 | 54 | 0.850 | ||
| 2013-14 | Lothian Div 1 | 4 | 4th | 20 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 0.550 | ||
| 2014-15 | Lothian Div 1 | 4 | 4th | 20 | 13 | 7 | 46 | 0.650 | ||
| 2015-16 | Lothian Div 1 | 4 | 2nd | 10 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 0.700 | ||
| 2016-17 | SBC Div 2 | 3 | 3rd | 14 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 0.643 | Runners Up | Did not compete |
| 2017-18 | SBC Div 2 | 3 | 2nd | 14 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 0.714 | Winners | 1st round |
| 2018-19 | SBC Div 1 | 2 | 8th | 18 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 0.167 | Quarter-finals | 1st round |
| 2019-20 | SBC Div 1 | 2 | 8th | 16 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 0.125 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| 2021-22 | SBC Div 1 | 2 | 8th | 16 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 0.063 | Did not qualify | 1st round |
| 2022-23 | SBC Div 1 | 2 | 9th | 20 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 0.200 | Did not qualify | 1st round |
| 2023-24 | SBC Div 2 | 3 | 1st | 17 | 16 | 1 | 32 | 0.941 | Semi-finals | |
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Women
editAfter several years of being one of the top teams in the Lothian League and three seasons of sweeping all regional titles, the Lions Women's team also moved on to participate in the Scottish Basketball Championship for the first time in the 2022-23 season. Despite a successful first season in the National League, the team made the decision to return to the Lothian League the following year.
Honours
edit- Lothian League Winners: 2016, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024
- Lothian Cup Winners: 2019, 2022
Season-by-season records
edit| Season | Division | Tier | Regular Season | Lothian Cup | Scottish Cup | Post-Season | |||||
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| 2011-12 | Lothian League | 3 | 9th | 18 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 0.222 | |||
| 2012-13 | Lothian League | 3 | 7th | 20 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 0.350 | |||
| 2013-14 | Lothian League | 3 | 3rd | 20 | 14 | 6 | 48 | 0.700 | |||
| 2014-15 | Lothian League | 3 | 4th | 16 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 0.563 | |||
| 2015-16 | Lothian League | 3 | 1st | 12 | 11 | 1 | 34 | 0.917 | |||
| 2016-17 | Lothian League | 3 | 3rd | 14 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 0.429 | |||
| 2017-18 | Lothian League | 3 | 2nd | 8 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 0.625 | |||
| 2018-19 | Lothian League | 3 | 1st | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 0.750 | Winners | ||
| 2019-20 | Lothian League | 3 | 1st | 9 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 0.889 | Cancelled | ||
| 2021-22 | Lothian League | 3 | 1st | 10 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 1.000 | Winners | Quarter-finals | |
| 2022-23 | SBC | 2 | 7th | 1st round | |||||||
| 2023-24 | Lothian League | 3 | 1st | ||||||||
Club records
editMen
edit- All time scorer - Notis Chalkidis, 965 points
- Single game record - Jeb Spink, 35 points (2022)
- Single season (Total points) - Dominic Norton, 322 points (2023-2024)
- Single season (Points per game) - Paul Tickner 19.3 points (2011-2012)
Women
edit- All time scorer - Ulrika Vistina, 747 points
- Single game record - Emer Owens, 30 points (2012)
- Single season (Total points) - Ulrika Vistina, 305 points (2023-2024)
- Single season (Points per game) - Ulrika Vistina, 20.3 points (2023-2024)