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Cobra Sport
Cobra Sport
Nickname	CSC
Conference	Nile
Leagues	CESBA; Basketball Africa League
Founded	2017
History	Cobra Sport; 2017–present
Arena	Dr. Biar Sports Complex
Location	Juba, South Sudan
General manager	Ajak Biar Deng
Head coach	Manny Berberi
Championships	3 South Sudanese Leagues; 1 Manute Bol Cup
Home	Away

Cobra Sports Club, commonly known as Cobra Sport, are a South Sudanese basketball team based in Juba, South Sudan. The team was established in 2017 and plays in the Central Equatoria State Basketball Association (CESBA). Cobra has won three national championships.

Cobra played in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) during the 2022 season as the first team from South Sudan in league history.

History

The sports club was founded in 2014 by Biardit Company Limited.^[1] The basketball team was established in 2017.^[2]

Basketball Africa League

In 2020, Cobra played in its first continental games when it participated in the qualifiers for the 2020 BAL season.^[3]^[4] Cobra played in Group F in Antananarivo and ended in third place, missing out on advancing to the next round.^[5] However, the club advanced with a wild card before losing all next three games in the Elite 16 stage.

On 20 September 2021, Cobra signed John Jevish Omondi from Kenya as their new head coach.^[2] The team played in the 2022 BAL qualification for a second straight season. In the first round, the team lost both its games but managed to advance with a wild card given by FIBA. Ahead of the second round, the team acquired Kenyan international Tom Wamukota and Rwandan international Dieudonné Ndizeye. With its strengthened roster, Cobra managed to advance to the semi-finals after defeating Ulinzi Warriors in the second round. On December 10, 2021, Cobra defeated New Star and claimed a spot in the regular season of the 2022 BAL season.^[6] The team became the first-ever team from South Sudan to qualify for the BAL.

Honours

CESBA^[7]

Champions (3): 2018, 2019, 2021–22

The NBA Legend Manute Bol Cup

Winners (1): 2019

In the Basketball Africa League

Season	Road to BAL				Main competition
Season	W	L	Result	Qualified	W	L	Result
2021	2	5	Elite 16		DNQ
2022	2	4	Silver		1	4	Group Phase
2023	Withdrew				DNQ
Total	4	9	1/1		1	4

Players

Current roster

The following is the Cobra Sport 13-man roster for the 2022 BAL season group phase:^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Cobra Sport roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PG	00	Dieu, Gatwang	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	22 – (2003-01-01)1 January 2003
PF	1	Kiir, Mayan	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	27 – (1998-01-01)1 January 1998
SF	2	Wek, Nyang	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	28 – (1996-03-06)6 March 1996
G	5	Wang, Padiet	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	26 – (1998-01-13)13 January 1998
PG	10	Harrington, Jared (I)	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	27 – (1997-04-23)23 April 1997
PF	11	Lado, Alex (C)	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	29 – (1995-05-13)13 May 1995
PF	14	Deng, David	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	24 – (2000-06-25)25 June 2000
C	21	Hampton, Leon (I)	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	29 – (1995-06-13)13 June 1995
F	23	Malual, Malual	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	24 – (2000-07-30)30 July 2000
C	24	Maluach, Khaman (E)	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	18 – (2006-09-14)14 September 2006
C	34	Akuei, Lual	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	34 – (1991-01-12)12 January 1991
C		Wamukota, Tom (I)	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	31 – (1993-09-08)8 September 1993

Head coach

Manny Berberi

Assistant coach(es)

John Omondi
Majak Kou

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import player
(E): BAL Elevate player
Injured

Roster

Updated: April 9, 2022

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

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.