BC Kyiv
Appearance
BC Kyiv | |||
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Nickname | Wolves | ||
Leagues | Ukrainian SuperLeague | ||
Founded | 1999 | ||
History | BC Kyiv 1999–present | ||
Arena | Meridian Sports Complex (capacity: 1,500) Kiev Sports Palace (capacity: 7,000) | ||
Location | Kiev, Ukraine | ||
Team colors | Green, Yellow | ||
President | Vitali Khomenko | ||
Head coach | Renato Pasquali | ||
Championships | 2 Ukrainian Championships 1 Ukrainian Cup | ||
Website | bckiev.com.ua | ||
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BC Kyiv (Template:Lang-uk) is a Ukrainian professional basketball club based in Kiev. The club's home court for Ukrainian domestic league matches is the Meridian Sports Complex, which has a seating capacity of 1,500. Large attendance games and European-wide competition games are held at the 7,000 seat Kiev Sports Palace.
History
The club was founded in 1999. Kyiv won the Ukrainian SuperLeague in 2000 and 2005, and also reached the FIBA EuroCup final in 2005. Over this time, the club has also developed a huge rivalry with their city opponents Budivelnyk Kyiv.
Season by season
Season | Domestic competitions | Ukrainian Cup | European competitions | |||||
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Tier | League | Pos. | Postseason | Tier | League | Result | ||
2008–09 | 1 | SuperLeague | 2 | Semifinalist | Finalist | EuroChallenge | ||
2009–10 | 1 | SuperLeague | 4 | Semifinalist | Finalist | EuroChallenge | ||
2010–11 | 1 | SuperLeague | 13 | – | – | EuroChallenge | ||
2011–12 | 1 | SuperLeague | 9 | – | – | — | ||
2012–13 | 1 | SuperLeague | 14 | – | – | — | ||
2013–14 | 1 | SuperLeague | 8 | Quarterfinalist | – | EuroChallenge | ||
2014–15 | 1 | SuperLeague | 4 | Semifinalist | Semifinalist | — |
Trophies
- Champions (2): 2000, 2005
- Runners-up (6): 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Third-place (1): 2003
- Ukrainian Cup (1):
- Champions (1): 2007
- Runners-up (3): 2006, 2008, 2010
- FIBA EuroCup (0):
- Runners-up (1): 2005
- Third place (1): 2006
Notable players
- Grigorij Khizhnyak
- Alexander Lokhmanchuk
- Oleksiy Pecherov
- Alexander Volkov (Player, and one of the founders of the club.)
- Marcelo Nicola
- Ratko Varda
- Ioannis Giannoulis
- Rimas Kurtinaitis
- Goran Nikolić
- Dušan Kecman
- Dragan Lukovski
- Gary Ervin
- Mike Harris
- Scoonie Penn