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Zenit Saint Petersburg
2019–20 BC Zenit Saint Petersburg season
Zenit Saint Petersburg logo
LeaguesVTB United League
EuroLeague
Founded2003; 22 years ago (2003)
(as Dynamo Moscow Region)
History
List
  • BC Dynamo Moscow Region
    (2003–2007)
    BC Triumph Lyubertsy
    (2007–2014)
    BC Zenit Saint Petersburg
    (2014–present)
ArenaSibur Arena
Yubileyny Sports Palace
Capacity7,120
7,000
LocationSaint Petersburg, Russia
Main sponsorGazprom
Team managerAlexander Tserkovny
Head coachXavi Pascual
OwnershipGazprom
Websitebasket.fc-zenit.ru
Departments of Zenit Saint Petersburg
Football
(Men)		Football
(Reserve)		Football
(Women)		Basketball
Basketball
(Reserve)		VolleyballHandball

BC Zenit Saint Petersburg (Template:Lang-ru), formerly known as BC Dynamo Moscow Region (2003–2007) and BC Triumph Lyubertsy (2007–2014), is a Russian professional basketball team that is located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, since 2014. The club competes domestically in the VTB United League and in the EuroLeague. Their home court is Sibur Arena. The club is sponsored by Gazprom.

Since the team moved to Saint Petersburg in 2014, the team is a part of the multi-sports club Zenit, of which the football club FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, is also a part.[1]

History

Dynamo Moscow

The club was originally established in 2003, under the name BC Dynamo Moscow Region, and registered into the Russian Superleague A. The original club was based in Lyubertsy, Moscow Oblast, Russia.

Triumph Lyubertsy

In June 2007, the basketball club of Dynamo Moscow Region disbanded and became the newly reformed club of BC Triumph Lyubertsy Moscow Region. Triumph Lyubertsy retained all of the history and records of the Dynamo Moscow Region club, through the acquisition of the club's history and rights. In the 2012–13 season, Triumph's Sergey Karasev won the Young Player of the Year Award.

In the 2013–14 season, Triumph reached the final of the EuroChallenge, in which it lost to Reggio Emilia by a score of 65–79.[2]

Zenit

In July 2014, the club announced it was relocating from Lyubertsy to Saint Petersburg, and was changing its name to BC Zenit Saint Petersburg. The club retained the history and rights of BC Triumph Lyubertsy,[3] and also its place in both the VTB United League and the EuroCup.[4] Meanwhile, the club tried to retain a second club in Lyubertsy, that would compete in the Russian Super League 1.[5] As a result, the basketball club became a section of the Zenit sports club, which already contained Zenit FC, a successful football club.

The following five seasons in the VTB United League were successful for Zenit. The team finished fifth in the 2014–15 season, but was eliminated in the quarter-finals. In 2016, Zenit moved from the Sibur Arena to the Yubileyni Arena. In the following four seasons, Zenit qualified for the semi-finals every time but never reached the league finals. It also played in the EuroCup, Europe's second tier, and reached the quarterfinals in 2017 and 2018.

On 27 June 2019, EuroLeague Basketball announced it had awarded Zenit a wild card for the 2019–20 EuroLeague.[6] This would mark Zenit's debut in the highest European tier. To participate in the tournament, the roster of Zenit was mostly changed - not only foreign but also Russian experienced players left the team: Andrey Desyatnikov, Evgeny Valiev and Sergey Karasev moved to Khimki. They were changed by also experienced players from other Russian clubs: Andrey Zubkov (from Khimki), Anton Ponkrashov (from UNICS Kazan), Dmitry Khvostov and Mateusz Ponitka (both - from Lokomotiv Kuban) and some players from foreign leagues: Andrew Albicy (from Andorra), Alex Renfroe (from Partizan Belgrade), Austin Hollins (from Rasta Vechta), Gustavo Ayón (from Real Madrid), Will Thomas (from Valencia), Colton Iverson and Tim Abromaitis (both - from Iberostar Tenerife).

Arenas

The Yubileyny Sports Palace

When the club moved to St. Petersburg, they first played their home games at the 7,120 seat Sibur Arena.[7] They then moved to the newly renovated 7,000 seat[8] Yubileyni Arena.[9] When the club was previously based in Lyubertsy, they played their home games at the 4,000 seat[10][11] Triumph Sports Palace arena.

Arenas
Arena City Capacity Tenure
Triumph Sports Palace Lyubertsy 4,000 2003–2014
Sibur Arena Saint Petersburg 7,120 2014–present
Yubileyny Sports Palace Saint Petersburg 7,000 2016–present

Honours

European competitions

Other competitions

  • Seville, Spain Invitational Game
    • Winners (1): 2019

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Russian Cup European competitions
Dynamo Moscow Region
2003–04 1 Superliga A 6th
2004–05 1 Superliga A 7th
2005–06 1 Superliga A 6th
2006–07 1 Superliga A 6th
Triumph Lyubertsy
2007–08 1 Superliga A 4th 2 ULEB Cup RS
2008–09 1 Superliga A 5th 3 EuroChallenge 3rd
2009–10 1 Superliga А 6th Quarterfinalist 2 Eurocup RS
2010–11 1 PBL 10th 3 EuroChallenge QR
2011–12 1 PBL 3rd Quarterfinalist 3 EuroChallenge 3rd
2012–13 1 PBL 5th 2 Eurocup EF
2013–14 1 United League 5th Quarterfinalist 3 EuroChallenge RU
Zenit Saint Petersburg
2014–15 1 United League 5th Second qualifying round 2 Eurocup EF
2015–16 1 United League 3rd Runner-up 2 Eurocup EF
2016–17 1 United League 3rd 2 EuroCup QF
2017–18 1 United League 3rd 2 EuroCup QF
2018–19 1 United League 4th First round 2 EuroCup T16
2019–20 1 United League 6 — 1 EuroLeague 18th place
2020–21 1 United League 1 EuroLeague

Players

See also: Category:BC Zenit Saint Petersburg players

Current roster

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

Zenit Saint Petersburg roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G/F 9 United States Hollins, Austin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 33 – (1991-11-08)8 November 1991
PF 10 United States Thomas, Will 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 38 – (1986-07-01)1 July 1986
PG 13 Russia Khvostov, Dmitry 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 35 – (1989-10-21)21 October 1989
C 14 Russia Pushkov, Anton 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 36 – (1988-11-22)22 November 1988
SF 16 Russia Trushkin, Vladislav 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1993-05-05)5 May 1993
PF 20 Russia Zubkov, Andrey 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 33 – (1991-06-29)29 June 1991
SF 25 Poland Ponitka, Mateusz 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 31 – (1993-10-29)29 October 1993
G Canada Pangos, Kevin 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 31 – (1993-01-26)26 January 1993
G/F United States Rivers, K.C. 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 37 – (1987-03-01)1 March 1987
C Lithuania Gudaitis, Artūras 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 31 – (1993-06-19)19 June 1993
F/C United States Poythress, Alex 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 31 – (1993-09-06)6 September 1993
G United States Baron, Billy 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 34 – (1990-12-11)11 December 1990
SG Russia Fridzon, Vitaly 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 39 – (1985-10-14)14 October 1985
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Spain Inigo Zorzano
  • Greece Adamantios Panagiotopoulos
  • Russia Sergey Voznyuk
Team manager
  • Greece Manos Papadopoulos
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: September 26, 2019

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Arturas Gudaitis Alex Poythress Anton Pushkov
PF Will Thomas Andrey Zubkov
SF Mateusz Ponitka K. C. Rivers Vladislav Trushkin
SG Billy Baron Austin Hollins Vitaly Fridzon
PG Kevin Pangos Dmitry Khvostov Denis Zakharov

Squad changes for the 2020-2021 season

In

Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality.

No. Pos. Nat. Player
G Russia RUS Denis Zakharov (from Russia Enisey Krasnoyarsk)
SG Russia RUS Vitaly Fridzon (from Russia Lokomotiv Kuban)
G Canada CAN Kevin Pangos (from Spain FC Barcelona)
G United States USA Billy Baron (from Serbia Crvena zvezda)
G/F United States USA K. C. Rivers (from Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas)
F/C United States USA Alex Poythress (from Turkey Galatasaray)
C Lithuania LTU Artūras Gudaitis (from Italy Armani Milano)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality.

No. Pos. Nat. Player
4 C United States USA Colton Iverson (to Free agent)
6 PG France FRA Andrew Albicy (to Free agent)
7 G/F Russia RUS Anton Ponkrashov (to Free agent)
12 G Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Alex Renfroe (to Spain San Pablo Burgos)
18 SG Russia RUS Evgeny Voronov (to Russia Khimki Moscow)
34 C Mexico MEX Gustavo Ayón (to Free agent)

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.

Head coaches

Head coaches
Name Nationality Tenure Trophies
Evgeny Kovalenko Russia 2003—2005
Aleksandr Vasin Russia 2005
Rūtenis Paulauskas Lithuania 2005—2007
Dmitry Shakulin Russia 2007
Stanislav Yeryomin Russia 2007—2010
Valdemaras Chomičius Lithuania 2010–2012
Vasily Karasev Russia 2012–2018
Joan Plaza Spain 2018–2020
Xavi Pascual Spain 2020–present

References

  1. ^ "What does Zenit's new basketball team mean for the football club?". russianfootballnews.com. 21 November 2014.
  2. ^ Triumph Lyubertsy - BC Emilia : 65:79 (Match report) ScoresPro.com
  3. ^ EurocupBasketball.com Club profile: Zenit St Petersburg. Archived 2014-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ EurocupBasketball.com Triumph Lyubertsy becomes Zenit St Petersburg.
  5. ^ «Триумф» будет выступать под названием «Зенит» в Санкт-Петербурге; Championat.ru, 18 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014
  6. ^ "ECA Board approves proposed team lists for 2019-20, discusses future". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  7. ^ "ГЛАВНАЯ АРЕНА {{in lang|ru}}". Archived from the original on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  8. ^ Общая информация (in Russian).
  9. ^ Официально: сезон-2016/17 баскетбольная команда «Зенит» проведет в «Юбилейном» (in Russian).
  10. ^ Capacity: 4 000.
  11. ^ Triumph Sports Palace Capacity: 4 000.
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