BC Kyiv (Ukrainian: БК "Київ") was a Ukrainian professional basketball club based in Kyiv. The club's home court for Ukrainian domestic league matches was the Meridian Sports Complex, which has a seating capacity of 1,500. Large attendance games and European-wide competition games were held at the 7,000 seat Kyiv Sports Palace.
| BC Kyiv | |||
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| Nickname | Wolves | ||
| Leagues | Ukrainian SuperLeague | ||
| Founded | 1999 | ||
| Dissolved | 2015 | ||
| History | BC Kyiv 1999–2015 | ||
| Arena | Meridian Sports Complex (capacity: 1,500) Kyiv Sports Palace (capacity: 7,000) | ||
| Location | Kyiv, Ukraine | ||
| Team colors | Green, Yellow | ||
| President | Vitali Khomenko | ||
| Head coach | Renato Pasquali | ||
| Championships | 2 Ukrainian Championships 1 Ukrainian Cup | ||
| Website | bckiev.com.ua | ||
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History edit
The club was founded in 1999. Kyiv won the Ukrainian SuperLeague in 2000 and 2005, and also reached the FIBA EuroCup final in 2005. Over this time, the club has also developed a huge rivalry with their city opponents Budivelnyk Kyiv.
Season by season edit
| Season | Domestic competitions | Ukrainian Cup | European competitions | ||||
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| Tier | League | Pos. | Tier | League | Result | ||
| 2008–09 | 1 | SuperLeague | 4th | Runner-up | 3 | EuroChallenge | QF |
| 2009–10 | 1 | SuperLeague | 4th | Runner-up | 3 | EuroChallenge | RS |
| 2010–11 | 1 | SuperLeague | 13th | 3 | EuroChallenge | QR | |
| 2011–12 | 1 | SuperLeague | 9th | ||||
| 2012–13 | 1 | SuperLeague | 14th | ||||
| 2013–14 | 1 | SuperLeague | 8th | 3 | EuroChallenge | RS | |
| 2014–15 | 1 | SuperLeague | 4th | Semifinalist | |||
Trophies edit
Champions (2): 2000, 2005
Runners-up (6): 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
Third-place (1): 2003
- Ukrainian Cup (1):
- Champions (1): 2007
- Runners-up (3): 2006, 2008, 2010
- FIBA EuroCup (0):
- Runners-up (1): 2005
- Third place (1): 2006
Notable players edit
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Afik Nissim
Hryhoriy Khyzhniak- Viacheslav Kravtsov
- Oleksandr Lokhmanchuk
- Oleksiy Pecherov
- Oleksandr Volkov
Marcelo Nicola
Ratko Varda
Krešimir Lončar- Marcus Norris
Manuchar Markoishvili
Giannis Giannoulis
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Goran Nikolić
Ruan Stik
Sergei Chikalkin
Dušan Kecman- Dragan Lukovski
Gary Ervin- LaMarr Greer
- Mike Harris
- Scoonie Penn
