BC Spartak Saint Petersburg

BC Spartak Saint Petersburg
Leagues	PBL VTB League
Founded	1935
History	Spartak Leningrad (1935–1991) Spartak Saint Petersburg (1991–present)
Arena	Yubileyny Sports Palace (capacity: 7,700)
Location	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Team colors	Red and White
President	Igor Lipsky
Head coach	Jure Zdovc
Championships	2 Soviet/Russian Basketball League 2 Soviet National Cups 2 Saporta Cups
Website	bc-spartak.ru
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BC Spartak Saint Petersburg is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The club is currently in the Russian Professional Basketball League.

Honors

• Soviet/Russian Super League:
  • 2 times Champions (1975, 1992)
  • 9 times runner-up (1970-1974, 1976, 1978, 1991, 1993)
  • 5 times 3rd place (1969, 1981, 1985–1987)
• Soviet/Russian Cup:
  • 3 times winner (1978, 1987, 2011)
• Saporta Cup:
  • 2 times winner (1973, 1975)
  • 1 time runner-up (1971)

Roster

BC Spartak Saint Petersburg roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Age Height Weight 1.5 !G 6 RUS ! Korchagin, Aleksandr &1000000000000002300000023 - June 6, 1988(1988-06-06) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (190 lb) 1.5 !G 7 RUS ! Kotishevskiy, Aleksei &1000000000000002600000026 - April 4, 1985(1985-04-04) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (210 lb) 4.5 !F/C 13 SVN ! Zupan, Miha &1000000000000002900000029 - September 13, 1982(1982-09-13) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 113 kg (250 lb) 2.5 !G/F 14 RUS ! Zozulin, Aleksei &1000000000000002900000029 - January 14, 1983(1983-01-14) 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 3.5 !F 15 RUS ! Antipov, Pavel &1000000000000002000000020 - September 19, 1991(1991-09-19) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 96 kg (210 lb) 1.5 !G 18 RUS ! Ponkrashov, Anton &1000000000000002500000025 - April 23, 1986(1986-04-23) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 3.5 !F 21 RUS ! Dyachok, Vladimir &1000000000000003100000031 - September 22, 1980(1980-09-22) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (230 lb) 5.0 !C 22 RUS ! Bashminov, Aleksandr &1000000000000003300000033 - May 7, 1978(1978-05-07) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 120 kg (260 lb) 1.5 !G 24 RUS ! Kolesnikov, Evgeny &1000000000000002600000026 - December 26, 1985(1985-12-26) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (190 lb) 3.5 !F 25 RUS ! Pishchalnikov, Kirill &1000000000000002400000024 - June 29, 1987(1987-06-29) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 110 kg (240 lb) 3.5 !F 33 MNE ! Dragović, Nikola &1000000000000002400000024 - December 20, 1987(1987-12-20) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 110 kg (240 lb) 1.5 !G - USA ! Beverley, Patrick &1000000000000002300000023 - July 12, 1988(1988-07-12) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (180 lb) 5.0 !C - POL ! Gortat, Marcin &1000000000000002800000028 - February 17, 1984(1984-02-17) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 1.0 !PG - LAT ! Strēlnieks, Jānis &1000000000000002200000022 - September 1, 1989(1989-09-01) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (190 lb)	Head coach Zvi Sherf Assistant coach(es) Sergei Grishayev Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster • updated 2010-10-30

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Reserve
C	Loukas Mavrokefalidis	Aleksandr Bashminov
PF	Vladimir Diachok	Miha Zupan	Nikola Dragović	Kirill Pishchalnikov
SF	Alexey Zozulin	Pavel Antipov
SG	Yotam Halperin	Alexey Kotishevsky
PG	Patrick Beverley	Aleksandr Korchagin

Notable players

Alexander Belov (1966–78) Ivan Dvorny Sergei Panov (1991–93) Andrei Kirilenko (1997–98) Anton Ponkrashov (2004–06) Kasib Powell (2006–07) Boniface N'Dong (2006–07) Antonio Porta (2007–08) Rafael Araújo (2007–08) Joseph Blair (2008–09) James White (2009–10) Levance Fields (2009–10) Pero Antic (2010-11) Smush Parker (2010–11)

Notable coaches

• Vladimir Kondrashin (1967–95)
• Evgeniy Pashutin (2008–09)
• Zvi Sherf (2010–11)

External links

• Official Site
• Eurobasket.com Team Info