BC Khimki

Khimki Moscow Region
Nickname	Yellow-Blues
Leagues	VTB United League Euroleague
Founded	5 January 1997
History	BC Khimki (1997–Present)
Arena	Basketball Center Krylatskoye Sports Palace
Capacity	6,196 5,000
Location	Khimki, Moscow Region, Russia
Team colors	Blue and Yellow
President	Dmitry Golubkov
Head coach	Duško Ivanović
Championships	2 Eurocup 1 VTB United League 1 Russian Cup
Website	bckhimki.ru
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate

BC Khimki (Russian: БК "Химки") is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Khimki, Moscow Oblast. The club's first team participates in the Euroleague and the VTB United League. The club's full official name is BC Khimki Moscow Region.^[1]

History

BC Khimki is considered to be one of the most important basketball clubs in all of Russia. The team was founded on January 5, 1997, and won the first seasons' championship of its regional league, taking the opportunity to earn a place in the Russian Superleague A. The following year, Khimki positioned itself among the top 10 basketball clubs in the nation of Russia, guaranteeing a place in the 3rd-tier European cup competition, the Korać Cup. There, the team competed against a group of defeated leaders of the Turkish Basketball League, YUBA Liga, and Bulgarian League. In those years, the team featured such famous players as guard Sergei Bazarevich, Valery Sizov (Soviet Union national team player) and Russian national team player Vitaly Nosov.

The team remained in a middle position in the Russian Super League until the 2002–03 season. That year the club made an improvement, and the team finished in fourth place in the Russian Super League, demonstrating an excellent style of game. During the subsequent years, the Russian high society behind the club decided to make the roster even stronger, by signing players such as Gianmarco Pozzecco, Óscar Torres, and Rubén Wolkowyski.

The team has participated several times in recent years in continental tournaments like the 3rd-tier EuroChallenge and the 2nd-tier Eurocup. In 2006, Khimki played in the EuroChallenge's championship game against Joventut Badalona. On 7 October 2006, Khimki played in a game against the NBA club the Los Angeles Clippers, losing by a score of 98 to 91.

Khimki won the Russian Cup in 2008, and played in the Eurocup championship game in 2009. The team played in the 1st-tier Euroleague for the first time in the 2009–10 season, and also played in the Euroleague during the 2010–11 season and 2012–13 seasons. The team also won the Eurocup in 2012 and 2015, after winning over Valencia Basket and Herbalife Gran Canaria in the Finals, respectively.

Arenas

Khimki has played its homes at the Basketball Center of Moscow Region for both national domestic league games and European league games. Starting with the 2015–16 season, Khimki started playing Euroleague games at the Krylatskoye Sports Palace.

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	Cup competition	European competitions	Regional competitions
2001–02	1	Superleague A	6	Eight place	–	–	–
2002–03	1	Superleague A	4	Fourth place	Semifinalist	–	–
2003–04	1	Superleague A	5	Fifth place	Fourth place	–	–
2004–05	1	Superleague A	5	Semifinalist	Fourth place	3 FIBA Europe League – Third place	–
2005–06	1	Superleague A	3	Runner-up	Runner-up	3 FIBA EuroCup – Runner-up	–
2006–07	1	Superleague A	3	Semifinalist	–	2 ULEB Cup – Eightfinals	–
2007–08	1	Superleague A	2	Runner-up	Winner	2 ULEB Cup – Eightfinals	–
2008–09	1	Superleague A	2	Runner-up	–	2 Eurocup – Runner-up	VTB League – Runner-up
2009–10	1	Superleague A	2	Runner-up	Fourth place	1 Euroleague – Top 16	VTB League – Fourth place
2010–11	1	PBL	4	Runner-up	–	1 Euroleague – Regular season	VTB League – Champion
2011–12	1	PBL	4	Runner-up	–	2 Eurocup – Champion	VTB League – Quarterfinals
2012–13	1	PBL	2	–	–	1 Euroleague – Top 16	VTB League – Fourth place
2013–14	1	VTB League ^1	1	Quarterfinalist	Semifinalist	2 Eurocup – Eightfinals	–
2014–15	1	VTB League	2	Runner-up	Quarterfinalist	2 Eurocup – Champion	–

Notes:

^1 In 2013, the VTB United League replaced the PBL as Russia's first tier league.

Titles and honours

Domestic competititons

• Russian Championship (PBL & VTB):
  • Runners-up (8): 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
• Russian Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2008
  • Runners-up (1): 2006

Regional competitions

• VTB United League:
  • Winners (1): 2011

European competitions

• Eurocup:
  • Winners (2): 2012, 2015
  • Runners-up (1): 2009
• EuroChallenge:
  • Runners-up (1): 2006

Players

Current roster

BC Khimki roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 0 Rice, Tyrese 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 28 – 15 May 1987 G 1 Shved, Alexey 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 27 – 16 December 1988 G/F 3 Dragic, Zoran 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 26 – 22 June 1989 PF 5 Augustine, James 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 32 – 27 February 1984 PF 6 Boone, Josh 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 31 – 21 November 1984 C 7 Pateev, Ruslan  2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 25 – 25 April 1990 PG 8 Koponen, Petteri 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 27 – 13 April 1988 SG 9 Vyaltsev, Egor 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 30 – 10 October 1985 C 10 Sokolov, Dmitri 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 31 – 21 January 1985 F 11 Ilnitskiy, Stanislav 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 22 – 24 February 1994 SF 12 Monia, Sergei 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 32 – 15 April 1983 C 21 Kashirov, Anatoly 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – 19 May 1987 SF 33 Honeycutt, Tyler 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 25 – 15 July 1990 SG 34 Sakharov, Maxim 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 22 – 25 June 1993 C 40 Davis, Paul 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 31 – 21 July 1984 PF 45 Sheleketo, Maxim 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 29 – 4 January 1987	Head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis Strength & conditioning coach(es) Aleksandar Lukman Physiotherapist(s) Pavel Tabachnikov Vladimir Ryumshin Team manager Vladimir Belyakov Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: April 1, 2016

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Josh Boone	Paul Davis	Dmitri Sokolov	Ruslan Pateev
PF	James Augustine	Marko Todorovic		Maxim Sheleketo
SF	Sergei Monia	Tyler Honeycutt		Stanislav Ilnitskiy
SG	Alexey Shved	Zoran Dragic	Egor Vyaltsev
PG	Tyrese Rice	Petteri Koponen

Notable players

• Vladimir Dyachok
• Vitaly Fridzon
• Vasily Karasev
• Sergei Karaulov
• Kelly McCarty
• Nikita Morgunov
• Timofey Mozgov
• Alexandeae Petrenko
• Pavel Podkolzin
• Anton Ponkras
• Aleksey Savrasenko
• Nikita Shabalkin
• Alexey Shved
• Vladimir Veremeenko
• Carlos Delfino
• Rubén Wolkowyski
• Milt Palacio
• Ratko Varda
• Teemu Rannikko
• Petteri Koponen
• Jérôme Moïso
• Ademola Okulaja
• Pat Burke
• Gianmarco Pozzecco
• Paulius Jankūnas
• Robertas Javtokas
• Maciej Lampe
• Zoran Planinić
• Krešimir Lončar
• Zoran Dragić
• Carlos Cabezas
• Jorge Garbajosa
• Raül López
• Melvin Booker
• Daniel Ewing
• Keith Langford
• Chris Quinn
• Clay Tucker
• Óscar Torres

Notable coaches

• Kęstutis Kemzūra
• Sergio Scariolo

References

1. KHIMKI MOSCOW REGION.

External links

• Official website (Russian) (English)
• Euroleague.net Team Profile
• Eurobasket.com Team Profile