BC Budivelnyk

Budivelnyk
Nickname	Konstruktor (Constructor) Budivel'nyk (Builder)
Leagues	Ukrainian SuperLeague
Founded	1945 (1945)
History	SKIF Kiev (1945–1962) Budivelnyk Kyiv (1962–present)
Arena	Kiev Sports Palace
Arena Capacity	7,000
Location	Kiev, Ukraine
Team colors	Yellow, Blue, Navy
President	Bohdan Guliamov
Head coach	Vitaliy Cherniy
Championships	1 Soviet Championship 8 Ukrainian Championships 3 Ukrainian Cups
Website	budivelnyk.ua
Uniforms
Home Away

BC Budivelnyk alternate 1962 logo.

BC Budivelnyk Kyiv (in Ukrainian: Будівельник Київ) is a Ukrainian professional basketball club based in Kyiv. The club is currently playing in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague and the Eurocup internationally. Budivelnyk is owned and operated by the banking and investing company PrivatBank.

History

Founded in the club's current form in 1962, the club was one of the leading clubs in Soviet League basketball. It was formed out of another team from Kyiv, SKIF, that was originally established in 1945. The team was established as a team of the Republican Trade Union Volunteer Sport Society Avanhard, under sponsorship of the local municipal building company Kyivmiskbud-4 (Kyiv-City-Construction-4). In Soviet times, the team played at the 7,000 seat Kiev Sports Palace. The team won the Soviet League in 1989, and the Ukrainian League six times.

Following the team's long period of success, a period of time in which the team declined ensued, and it was relegated to the lower Ukrainian division, due to financial problems. However, in 2006, the team was rescued by a group of businessmen who invested considerable resources into it, thus allowing it to return to the top league of Ukrainian basketball. Within two years, the team once again became one of the strongest teams in the Ukraine, finishing second in the Ukrainian National League.

In March 2010, the management of Budivelnyk held a joint press conference with the CEO and President of Euroleague Basketball Company, Jordi Bertomeu, announcing that they might join the Euroleague in the next few years. Eventually, a wildcard was conceded to the team for the 2013–14 Euroleague.

Name

The original team played under the name of SKIF, from 1945 to 1962. The current team plays under the current name since 1962. The team's name means "Builder" in Ukrainian. The team is nicknamed as, "Konstruktor" (Constructor) and "Stroitel" (Russian for "Builder").

Arena

BC Budivelnyk play their home games at Kiev Sport Palace. It was built in 1960 and it has capacity of 7,000 seats.

Honors

• Soviet Union League (1):
  • Gold – 1989
  • Silver - 1965, 1966, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982
  • Bronze – 1962, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1983, 1984, 1990
• Soviet Union Cup (0):
  • Runner Up - 1969, 1972
• Ukrainian SuperLeague (9):
  • Gold - 1992 - 1997, 2011, 2013, 2014
  • Silver - 1998, 2010
  • Bronze - 1999
• Ukrainian Cup (3):
  • Winner – 2012, 2014, 2015

Ukrainian Cup Winners (2014)

Season by season

Players

Current roster

BC Budivelnyk roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 3.0 !SF 8 UKR ! Lutsenko, Maksym 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 7001830000000000000♠83 kg (183 lb) 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1993-01-30)30 January 1993 3.5 !F 10 UKR ! Gorbenko, Sergiy 7000202000000000000♠2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002104000000000000♠104 kg (229 lb) 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1985-07-13)13 July 1985 1.5 !G 11 UKR ! Nerush, Olexandr 7000192000000000000♠1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001960000000000000♠96 kg (212 lb) 7001340000000000000♠34 – (1983-01-17)17 January 1983 3.5 !F 30 UKR ! Krutous, Pavlo 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001900000000000000♠90 kg (198 lb) 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1992-09-04)4 September 1992 4.0 !PF 15 UKR ! Kondratyev, Vladyslav 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb) 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1990-02-19)19 February 1990 1.0 !PG 45 UKR ! Zotov, Vitaliy 7000186000000000000♠1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 7001820000000000000♠82 kg (181 lb) 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1997-03-03)3 March 1997 3.5 !F 9 UKR ! Malysh, Andriy 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002108000000000000♠108 kg (238 lb) 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1993-06-07)7 June 1993 5.0 !C 17 UKR ! Motorchuk, Vyacheslav 7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002105000000000000♠105 kg (231 lb) 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1992-02-17)17 February 1992 1.0 !PG 20 UKR ! Butskyy, Artem 7000186000000000000♠1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 7001900000000000000♠90 kg (198 lb) 7001350000000000000♠35 – (1981-08-20)20 August 1981	Head coach Volodymyr Koval Assistant coach(es) Leonid Iaylo Paulius Juodis Athletic trainer(s) Oskars Ernšteins Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 4, 2016

Depth chart

Notable players

External links

• Official website (in Ukrainian) (in Russian) (in English)
• Eurobasket.com Club Info