BC Zenit Saint Petersburg

Zenit Saint Petersburg
Leagues	VTB United League EuroCup
Founded	2003 (2003)
History	BC Dynamo Moscow Region (2003–2007) BC Triumph Lyubertsy (2007–2014) BC Zenit Saint Petersburg (2014–present)
Arena	Yubileyni Arena
Capacity	7,044
Location	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Team colors	Blue, white
Team manager	Olga Antonova
Head coach	Vasily Karasev
Ownership	Roman Agapov
Website	enbasket.fc-zenit.ru
Home Away

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 in the VTB United League. Their home court is Yubileyni 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.

History

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.

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 2013–14 season, Triumph reached the Final of the EuroChallenge, in which it lost to Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia by a score of 65:79.

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, and also its place in both the VTB United League and the EuroCup. While the club was still trying to retain a second club in Lyubertsy, that would compete in the Russian Super League 1.

Arenas

When the club moved to St. Petersburg, they first played their home games at the 7,044 seat Sibur Arena. They then moved to the newly renovated 7,000 seat Yubileyni Arena. When the club was previously based in Lyubertsy, they played their home games at the 4,000 seat Triumph Sports Palace arena.

Honours

European competitions

• FIBA Europe Conference North
  • Winners (2): 2004, 2005
• FIBA EuroCup Challenge
  • Runner-up (1): 2005
• FIBA EuroChallenge
  • Runner-up (1): 2014
  • Third place (2): 2009, 2012

Russian competitions

• Russian Cup
  • Runner-up (1): 2016

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

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 SG 1 Armand, Sean 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 33 – (1991-08-26)26 August 1991 C 10 Desyatnikov, Andrey 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in) 30 – (1994-05-04)4 May 1994 PG 3 Jennings, Brandon 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 35 – (1989-09-23)23 September 1989 SF 7 Karasev, Sergey 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1993-10-26)26 October 1993 PG 9 Mekel, Gal 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 36 – (1988-03-04)4 March 1988 SF 20 Panin, Vadim 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 40 – (1984-02-10)10 February 1984 C 14 Puškov, Anton 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 35 – (1988-11-22)22 November 1988 C 2 Reynolds, Jalen 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 31 – (1992-12-30)30 December 1992 SG 23 Scrubb, Philip 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1992-11-27)27 November 1992 SF 19 Simonović, Marko 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 38 – (1986-05-30)30 May 1986 PF 16 Trushkin, Vladislav 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1993-05-05)5 May 1993 PF 21 Uthoff, Jarrod 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1993-05-19)19 May 1993 PF 31 Valiev, Evgeny 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 34 – (1990-05-03)3 May 1990 SG 18 Voronov, Evgeny 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 38 – (1986-05-07)7 May 1986	Head coach Vasily Karasev Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 20, 2018

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Jalen Reynolds	Andrey Desyatnikov	Anton Puškov
PF	Jarrod Uthoff	Vladislav Trushkin	Evgeny Valiev
SF	Sergey Karasev	Marko Simonović	Vadim Panin
SG	Philip Scrubb	Evgeny Voronov	Sean Armand
PG	Brandon Jennings	Gal Mekel

Notable players

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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.

• Luke Nevill
• J. R. Bremer
• Yuval Naimi
• Jānis Timma
• Giedrius Gustas
• Egor Vyaltsev
• Sergey Karasev
• Vasily Karasev
• Ivan Zoroski
• Nenad Krstić
• Ognjen Aškrabić
• Uros Slokar
• Stefan Marković
• Kerem Tunçeri
• Alan Anderson
• Davon Jefferson
• Paul Miller

Head coaches

• Stanislav Eremin
• Valdemaras Chomičius
• Vasily Karasev

External links

• Official Website
• Eurobasket.com Team Page