BC Samara

BC Samara
Leagues	VTB United League
Founded	1976; 48 years ago (1976)
History	List BC Azot Tolyatti (1976–1977) BC Stroitel Kuybyshev (1977–1991) BC Stroitel Samara (1991–1994) BC Samara (1994–2002) CSK VVS-Samara (2002–2010) BC Samara SGEU (2012–2014) BC Samara (2014–present)
Arena	Ice Sports Palace
Capacity	5,000
Location	Samara, Russia
Team colors	Blue, Orange
President	Kamo Poghosyan
Head coach	Sergei Bazarevich
Championships	1 FIBA EuroCup Challenge 1 Russian Cup
Website	bcsamara.com
Home Away

BC Samara (Russian: БК Самара) is a Russian professional basketball team based in Samara.

Club was founded in Tolyatti as BC Azot. Club was a silver medalist of the Russian Super League 1 in 1992, and a 3-time bronze medalist, 1993, 1997, and 1998.^{[citation needed]}

Another club from Samara was formally patronized by the Russian Air Force (VVS). After the collapse of Soviet Union, most of the staff of basketball club SKA Alma-Ata and basketball players along with coach moved to Samara and new club "CSK VVS" was founded. The club was registered in the first edition of Russian basketball league.^{[citation needed]}

In 1997, after bankruptcy, club was moved to Tula, Russia and founded as Arsenal Tula.

In 2002, CSK VVS was refounded and merged with BC Samara, to form a new club called "CSK VVS - Samara". In the 2006–07 season, this club won the championship of the European-wide 4th tier-level league, the FIBA EuroCup.^{[citation needed]}

However, CSK VVS- Samara went bankrupt in 2009 and team could not participate in the 2009–10 Russian Super League 1 season.^[1] Thus, it was replaced in the league by Krasnye Krylya Samara.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, CSK VVS - Samara was refounded as "Samara SGEU" and in 2014 club got back its old name "Samara". BC Samara won Russian Super League 1 twice in season 2018-19 and 2020-21.^{[citation needed]}

In 2022 BC Samara joined VTB United League.^{[citation needed]}

• FIBA EuroCup Challenge

Champions (1): 2006–07

• Russian Basketball Super League

Champions (2): 2018–19, 2020-21

• Russian Cup

Champions (2): 2019–20, 2021-22

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  Logo (until 2019)
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  Logo (2019–present)

BC Samara roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age C 3 Zverev, Nikita 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 30 – (1994-04-06)6 April 1994 G/F 7 Rivers, K. C. 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 37 – (1987-03-01)1 March 1987 G 10 Kardanakhishvili, Anton 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 22 – (2002-03-19)19 March 2002 F/C 12 Tumanov, Yaroslav 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 20 – (2004-10-28)28 October 2004 C 28 Gafurov, Philip 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 23 – (2001-06-23)23 June 2001 G 29 Pichkurov, Vladimir 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1990-01-09)9 January 1990 F 30 Chikarev, Danila 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 22 – (2001-11-18)18 November 2001 F 45 Sheleketo, Maxim 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 37 – (1987-01-04)4 January 1987 SG Roberson, Justin 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 31 – (1993-07-08)8 July 1993 SF Zagorac, Rade 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 31 – (1993-08-12)12 August 1993 PG Rebić, Nikola 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1995-01-22)22 January 1995	Head coach Sergei Bazarevich Assistant coach(es) Alexander Porinkevich Vladislav Konovalov Dmitry Bazarevich Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: October 15, 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

• Sergei Bazarevich (2005–06, 2022–present)
• Valeri Tikhonenko (2005–09)

• Official Website (in Russian)
• Eurobasket.com Team Info