 The glorious tradition of the club was revived again in 2000 when Lukoil Bulgaria became the main sponsor of the team.The selection of Lukoil Academic was oriented towards young and talented players, who under the clever guidance of the senior coach Petko Marinov and his assistants built the youngest team in the republican basketball.Renewed was also the work at the adolescents school of the club, from which some players have already shown considerable success at the home championships.