BC Khimki

Khimki
Nickname	Yellow-Blues
Leagues	VTB United League EuroLeague
Founded	5 January 1997 (1997-01-05)
History	BC Khimki (1997–Present)
Arena	Khimki Basketball Center (VTB United League) Mytishchi Arena (EuroLeague)[1][2]
Arena Capacity	6,000[3] 8,000
Location	Khimki, Moscow Region, Russia
Team colors	Blue and Yellow
President	Dmitry Golubkov
Head coach	Georgios Bartzokas
Championships	2 EuroCup 1 VTB United League 1 Russian Cup
Website	bckhimki.ru
Uniforms
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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.^[4]

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 FIBA Korać Cup. There, the team competed against a group of defeated leaders of the Turkish Super 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 then participated several times in European-wide continental tournaments, like the 3rd-tier level FIBA EuroChallenge and the 2nd-tier level 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 title in 2008, and played in the EuroCup championship game in 2009. The team played in the European 1st-tier level EuroLeague, for the first time in the 2009–10 season, and also played in the EuroLeague during the 2010–11 season and the 2012–13 season. The team also won the EuroCup championship 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 Khimki Basketball Center, for both national domestic league games and some European-wide league games. In the 2015–16 season, Khimki played its EuroLeague games at the Krylatskoye Sports Palace. For the 2017–18 season, Khimki began playing its home EuroLeague games at the Mytishchi Arena.^[5][6]

Club identity

Logos

On August 9, 2016, Khimki adopted a new logo to celebrate its 20th anniversary.^[7]

• 
  The original Khimki logo (used until 2016).
• 
  The club's 20 year anniversary logo (2016–present).

Season by season

Titles and honours

Domestic competitions

• Russian Championship (RSL / 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
  • Runners-up (1): 2015

European competitions

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

Players

Current roster

BC Khimki roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 1.5 !G 1 RUS ! Shved, Alexey 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb) 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1988-12-16)16 December 1988 5.0 !C 7 RUS ! Pateev, Ruslan 7000213000000000000♠2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 7002113000000000000♠113 kg (249 lb) 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1990-04-25)25 April 1990 2.0 !SG 8 RUS ! Zaytsev, Vyacheslav 7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001880000000000000♠88 kg (194 lb) 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-08-28)28 August 1989 2.0 !SG 9 RUS ! Vyaltsev, Egor 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1985-10-10)10 October 1985 5.0 !C 10 RUS ! Sokolov, Dmitri 7000214000000000000♠2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) 7002113000000000000♠113 kg (249 lb) 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1985-01-21)21 January 1985 3.0 !SF 12 RUS ! Monia, Sergei 7000202000000000000♠2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 7001990000000000000♠99 kg (218 lb) 7001340000000000000♠34 – (1983-04-15)15 April 1983 3.0 !SF 13 RUS ! Likhodey, Valeriy 7000204000000000000♠2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002100000000000000♠100 kg (220 lb) 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-10-23)23 October 1986 4.5 !F/C 19 MNE ! Todorović, Marko 7000210000000000000♠2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 7002111000000000000♠111 kg (245 lb) 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1992-04-19)19 April 1992 4.0 !PF RUS ! Zubkov, Andrey 7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002100000000000000♠100 kg (220 lb) 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1991-06-29)29 June 1991 1.5 !G SRB ! Marković, Stefan 7000199000000000000♠1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb) 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1988-04-25)25 April 1988 1.5 !G USA ! Jenkins, Charles 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 7002100000000000000♠100 kg (220 lb) 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1989-02-28)28 February 1989 4.0 !PF USA ! Gill, Anthony 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002104000000000000♠104 kg (229 lb) 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1992-10-17)17 October 1992 3.0 !SF USA ! Honeycutt, Tyler 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb) 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1990-07-15)15 July 1990 2.5 !G/F USA ! Anderson, James 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb) 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1989-03-25)25 March 1989 4.0 !PF USA ! Thomas, Malcolm 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb) 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1988-11-08)8 November 1988 1.5 !G RUS ! Viktorov, Ivan 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001890000000000000♠89 kg (196 lb) 7001210000000000000♠21 – (1995-11-01)1 November 1995	Head coach Georgios Bartzokas Assistant coach(es) vacant Strength & conditioning coach(es) Alejandro Garcia Toledo Physiotherapist(s) Pavel Tabachnikov Vladimir Ryumshin Team manager Vladimir Belyakov Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 29 June 2017

Depth chart

Notable players

Head coaches

• Kęstutis Kemzūra
• Sergio Scariolo
• Rimas Kurtinaitis
• Duško Ivanović
• Georgios Bartzokas

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to BC Khimki.

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