BC Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod
Leagues	VTB United League Eurocup
Founded	2000
History	NBA Nizhny Novgorod 2001–2009 BC Nizhny Novgorod 2009–present
Arena	Trade Union Sport Palace (capacity: 5,600)
Location	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Team colors	Black, White
President	Dmitri Svatkovskiy
Head coach	Ainars Bagatskis
Website	nn-basket.ru
Uniforms
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BC Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: БК Нижний Новгород) is a Russian professional basketball club from the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. The team participates in the VTB United League and Eurocup.

History

Basketball club Nizhny Novgord is the only professional men's basketball team in Nizhny Novgorod and the region. It was founded in 2000 on the basis of the team of the Volzhsky Engineer-Pedagogical Institute (VIPI). It played in the Russian Third Division. Alexander Khairetdinov became the general director, main coach and doctor. In the 2001/2002 season the club was named Nizhegorodsky Basketball Academy, or NBA.

Since then it had changed several names: NBA (2001-2002), NBA-Seti-NN (2002-2004), NBA-Telma (2004-2006). After the 2005/2006 season the team entered the Superleague B and was called NBA-Nizhny Novgorod.

Two seasons in the Superleague B were quite successful for NBA-NN, with the 5th and the 6th places. In 2008/09 the team had all the chances to become one of the three medallists in the Russian championship, but due to many injuries in the end of the season it did not happen, and the team finished only the 7th.

In October 2008 there were changes in the management. The new Minister for Investment Policies of Nizhny Novgorod region, Olympic champion Dmitri Svatkovskiy became the President of the club. Sergei Panov – the twelve times champion of Russia, Euroleague champion, silver medallist of the World and European championships – became the General Manager. Serbian coach Zoran Lukic was appointed Head Coach. With Alexander Khairetdinov remaining General director.

Before the season 2009/2010 the management worked hard on the players selection ending with the entire changes to the team roster. Experienced professionals such as Nikolay Sukhorukov, Dmitry Dogadin, Evgeny Chernyavsky, Alexander Pustogvar, as well as young, but perspective players: Alexander Pushkon, Ivan Shamov, Andrey Voron were invited to join the team. Universiade 2009 silver medallist Dmitry Golovin and ex-member of the youth CSKA team Dmitry Kulagin were also offered contracts. Aleksander Zaykin and Oleg Baranov from the previous roster remained in the club. Ex-Nizhny Novgorod captain Lev Zorin took an administrative post in the club. Beside this the club changed its name to BC Nizhny Novgorod (BCNN).

By the end of the 2010 season the team took the best result since its foundation – the first place in the Superleague B which respectively granted them the right to play in the elite division of the Russian basketball. The goal for that season of both the management and the Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Valery Shantsev was accomplished.

During 2010-2011 season BCNN was among those clubs who had founded the new Russian Professional Basketball League. Also the team played in the EuroChallenge in 2010–11, not having much success though getting new international cup experience. In the Cup of Russia 2010–11 season, for the first time in its history BCNN took part in the Final of the Four winning silver medals with Artem Yakovenko and Dmitry Kulagin named among best players of the tournament.

During its first year in the Russian basketball elite division Nizhny Novgorod took the final fifth place in the Russian championship while Head coach Zoran Lukic became The Coach of the Year in BEKO Professional basketball league. In the 2011-2012 the team failed to enter the play-off of the Russian championship, finishing the season at #9. Though at the same time the team managed to improve its result in the Eurochallenge, playing in its last 16 series. It also debuted in the VTB United League playing it up to 1/8 final.

In the 2013–14 Nizhny Novgorod reached the Finals of the VTB United League, in which it lost 0–3 to CSKA Moscow. Therefore, the team qualified for the 2014–15 Euroleague regular season. The team, led by Rochestie and Parakhouski, reached the Top 16 over the likes of UNICS and Sassari.

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	Russian Cup	European competitions
2000–01	3	Higher League	16	–	–	–	–
2001–02	3	Higher League	4	–	–	–	–
2002–03	3	Higher League	3	–	First round	–	–
2003–04	3	Higher League	9	–	Round of 64	–	–
2004–05	3	Higher League	6	–	First round	–	–
2005–06	3	Higher League	3	Promoted	First round	–	–
2006–07	2	Superliga B	5	–	Round of 16	–	–
2007–08	2	Superliga B	6	–	Round of 16	–	–
2008–09	2	Superliga B	7	–	Round of 32	–	–
2009–10	2	Superliga B	1	Promoted	Round of 16	–	–
2010–11	1	PBL	8	Fifth position	Runner-up	3 EuroChallenge	RS
2011–12	1	PBL	9	–	Quarterfinalist	3 EuroChallenge	L16
		VTB United	4	Round of 16
2012–13	1	PBL	8	–	Quarterfinalist	–	–
		VTB United	5	Quarterfinalist
2013–14	1	VTB United	4	Runner–up	–	2 Eurocup	SF
2014–15	1	VTB United	5	Semifinalist	–	1 Euroleague	T16

Roster

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BC Nizhny Novgorod roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age F 2 Rudd, Victor 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 25 – 18 March 1991 SG 3 Grigoryev, Maksim 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 25 – 25 April 1990 SG 4 Baburin, Evgeny 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 28 – 4 July 1987 SG 5 Marikhin, Sergey 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 20 – 17 May 1995 PG 6 Maynor, Eric 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 28 – 11 June 1987 G/F 7 Viktorov, Ivan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 20 – 1 November 1995 SG 9 Zaryazhko, Viktor 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 23 – 29 September 1992 F 10 Ivlev, Vladimir 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 26 – 28 February 1990 F 11 Antonov, Semyon 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – 18 July 1989 C 12 Mahalbašić, Rašid 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 25 – 7 November 1990 PG 13 Khvostov, Dmitry 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 26 – 21 August 1989 PG 19 Strebkov, Ivan 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 24 – 27 July 1991 C 20 Popov, Ilya 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 20 – 4 May 1995 F 47 Kirdyachkin, Andrey 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 25 – 5 April 1990	Head coach Ainars Bagatskis Assistant coach(es) Artūrs Štālbergs Sergey Kozin Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 17 March 2016

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Rašid Mahalbašić	Ilya Popov
PF	Semyon Antonov	Vladimir Ivlev
SF	Victor Rudd	Andrey Kirdyachkin	Ivan Viktorov
SG	Maksim Grigoryev	Evgeny Baburin	Viktor Zaryazhko	Sergey Marikhin
PG	Eric Maynor	Dmitry Khvostov	Ivan Strebkov

External links

• Media related to BC Nizhny Novgorod at Wikimedia Commons
• Official site (Russian)
• The history of the club (Russian)
• Eurobasket.com Team Info