BC Astana

BC Astana
Leagues National Basketball League
VTB United League
Founded 2011
History Astana Tigers
(2000–2011)
BC Astana
(2011–present)
Arena Saryarka Velodrome
 Capacity 9,270
Location Astana, Kazakhstan
Team colors Yellow, Blue
         
President Valeri Tikhonenko
Head coach Ramūnas Butautas
Championships 4 Domestic Titles
4 Domestic Cups
Website www.bcastana.kz
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Basketball Club Astana (Kazakh: Астана баскетбол клубы; Russian: Баскетбольный клуб Астана) is a Kazakhstani professional basketball club that is based in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana. The team competes in the National Basketball League and VTB United League since 2011. BC Astana is the member of Astana Presidential Sports Club.[1]

History

Basketball team Astana was created in March 2011 on a base of the local team " Astana Tigers" with the support from the National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna.[2]

Already, BC Astana - it's a club that united a leading Kazakh players: Rustam Yargaliev, Anton Ponomarev, Dmitriy Klimov, Pavel Ilyin, Rustem Murzagaliev and other well known as well as foreign players, whose names are well known in Europe: Jerry Johnson, Rasid Mahalbasic, Jacovan Brown, Nik Caner-Medely, and Patrick Calathes. In January of 2015 the head coach of the club was changed to a Lithuanian specialist Ramunas Butaustas, thanks to whom the team managed to break the losing streak in the VTB United League.

In the VTB United League BC Astana plays for two seasons, did many sensation by beating big teams, such as the giants of European basketball Lithuanian Zalgiris and Lietuvos Rytas, Ukrainian BC Budivelnyk, BC Donetsk and BC Azovmash, BC Kalev, VEF Rīga, Russian BC Nizhny Novgorod, Red Wings and BC Khimki.

BC Astana - BC Azovmash VTB United League regular season game in 2014.

Roster

BC Astana roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G 4 Kazakhstan Sultanov, Timur 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 34 – 11 January 1981
G 5 Kazakhstan Johnson, Jerry 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 33 – 23 April 1982
C 6 Slovenia Mahalbašić, Rašid 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 24 – 7 November 1990
G 9 Kazakhstan Ilyin, Pavel 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 26 – 24 May 1988
G 10 Kazakhstan Murzagaliev, Rustem 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 22 – 24 May 1992
F 11 Kazakhstan Ponomarev, Anton 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 26 – 31 October 1988
F 12 Kazakhstan Klimov, Dmitriy 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 26 – 5 September 1988
G/F 13 Kazakhstan Yargaliev, Rustam 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 28 – 20 December 1986
F 14 Kazakhstan Lapchenko, Vitaliy 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 23 – 1 January 1992
F 15 Kazakhstan Orazov, Alimbek 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 21 – 4 November 1993
G 20 Kazakhstan Kaliev, Zhandos 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 21 – 4 July 1993
C 21 Kazakhstan Ainabekov, Bolat 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – 7 February 1994
F 22 Azerbaijan Caner-Medley, Nik 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 31 – 20 October 1983
G 23 United States Brown, J'Covan 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 25 – 14 February 1990
F/C 24 Croatia Andrić, Lukša 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 125 kg (276 lb) 30 – 29 January 1985
G 25 Kazakhstan Marchuk, Maxim 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 21 – 17 January 1994
G/F 31 Kazakhstan Kolesnikov, Anatoly 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 26 – 6 December 1988
F 33 Greece Calathes, Pat 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 29 – 12 October 1985
Head coach
  • Lithuania Ramūnas Butautas
Assistant coach(es)
  • Kazakhstan Vitaly Strebkov
  • Kazakhstan Andrey Novikov
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 25 February 2015

Championships

Kazakhstan Basketball League:

Kazakhstan Basketball Cup:

Season by season

Season Domestic competitions Kazakh Cup Regional competitions Continental competitions[lower-alpha 1]
Tier League Pos. Postseason League Pos. Result Tier League Result
2011–12 1 NBL 1 Champion Champion
VTB
7
N/A N/A
2012–13 1 NBL 1 Champion Champion
VTB
5
EF
 N/A
2013–14 1 NBL 1 Champion Champion
VTB
5
EF
 N/A
2014–15 1 NBL
3
EuroChallenge
T16
  1. ↑ BC Astana has played in the European system as well as in the Asian system.

Head coaches

References and notes

  1. ↑ Ilyas Omarov (July 4, 2013). "Astana Presidential Sports Club Launched". The Astana Times. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  2. ↑ "History of the BC Astana". BC Astana. Retrieved December 21, 2013.

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