BC Zenit Saint Petersburg

BC Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russian: БК Зенит Санкт Петербург), 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.

Zenit Saint Petersburg
LeaguesVTB United League
EuroLeague
Founded2014 (2014)
History
ArenaSibur Arena
Yubileyny Sports Palace
Capacity7,120
7,000
LocationSaint Petersburg, Russia
Main sponsorGazprom
Head coachXavi Pascual
OwnershipGazprom
Websitebasket.fc-zenit.ru

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]

Alexander Tserkovny is a general manager of the Club since July, 16, 2018.

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

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 PalaceLyubertsy4,0002003–2014
Sibur ArenaSaint Petersburg7,1202014–present
Yubileyny Sports PalaceSaint Petersburg7,0002016–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 CupRS
2008–09 1 Superliga A 5th 3 EuroChallenge3rd
2009–10 1 Superliga А 6th Quarterfinalist 2 EurocupRS
2010–11 1 PBL 10th 3 EuroChallengeQR
2011–12 1 PBL 3rd Quarterfinalist 3 EuroChallenge3rd
2012–13 1 PBL 5th 2 EurocupEF
2013–14 1 United League 5th Quarterfinalist 3 EuroChallengeRU
Zenit Saint Petersburg
2014–15 1 United League 5th Second qualifying round 2 EurocupEF
2015–16 1 United League 3rd Runner-up 2 EurocupEF
2016–17 1 United League 3rd 2 EuroCupQF
2017–18 1 United League 3rd 2 EuroCupQF
2018–19 1 United League 4th First round 2 EuroCupT16
2019–20 1 United League 6 1 EuroLeague18th place
2020–21 1 United League 1 EuroLeague

Players

Current roster

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

Zenit Saint Petersburg roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G/F 1 Rivers, K.C. 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 33 – (1987-03-01)1 March 1987
PG 4 Pangos, Kevin 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 28 – (1993-01-26)26 January 1993
SG 7 Fridzon, Vitaly 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 35 – (1985-10-14)14 October 1985
SG 9 Hollins, Austin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 29 – (1991-11-08)8 November 1991
PF 10 Thomas, Will 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 34 – (1986-07-01)1 July 1986
SG 12 Baron, Billy 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 30 – (1990-12-11)11 December 1990
PG 13 Khvostov, Dmitry 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 31 – (1989-10-21)21 October 1989
C 14 Pushkov, Anton 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 32 – (1988-11-22)22 November 1988
SF 16 Trushkin, Vladislav 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1993-05-05)5 May 1993
PF 20 Zubkov, Andrey 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 – (1991-06-29)29 June 1991
F/C 22 Poythress, Alex 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1993-09-06)6 September 1993
SF 25 Ponitka, Mateusz 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1993-10-29)29 October 1993
F/C 28 Black, Tarik 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 – (1991-11-22)22 November 1991
C 77 Gudaitis, Artūras 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 27 – (1993-06-19)19 June 1993
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Inigo Zorzano
  • Adamantios Panagiotopoulos
  • Sergey Voznyuk
Team manager
  • Manos Papadopoulos

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Updated: January 14, 2021

Depth chart

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

In

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

No. Position Player
G Denis Zakharov (from Enisey Krasnoyarsk)
SG Vitaly Fridzon (from Lokomotiv Kuban)
G Kevin Pangos (from FC Barcelona)
G Billy Baron (from Crvena zvezda)
G/F K. C. Rivers (from Žalgiris Kaunas)
F/C Alex Poythress (from Galatasaray)
C Artūras Gudaitis (from Armani Milano)
C Tarik Black (from Maccabi Tel Aviv)

Out

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

No. Position Player
4 C Colton Iverson (to Free agent)
6 PG Andrew Albicy (to Free agent)
7 G/F Anton Ponkrashov (to Free agent)
12 G Alex Renfroe (to San Pablo Burgos)
18 SG Evgeny Voronov (to Khimki Moscow)
34 C Gustavo Ayón (to Free agent)

Notable players

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

Head coaches

Head coaches
Name Nationality Tenure Trophies
Evgeny Kovalenko2003—2005
Aleksandr Vasin2005
Rūtenis Paulauskas2005—2007
Dmitry Shakulin2007
Stanislav Yeryomin2007—2010
Valdemaras Chomičius2010–2012
Vasily Karasev2012–2018
Joan Plaza2018–2020
Xavi Pascual2020–present

References

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