BC Enisey (russian: БК Енисей) is a Russian professional

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team from the city of

Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk ( ; rus, Красноя́рск, a=Ru-Красноярск2.ogg, p=krəsnɐˈjarsk) (in semantic translation - Red Ravine City) is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yeni ...

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. Since the 2011–12 season, Enisey plays its national domestic league games in the

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. The team colors are blue and white. The club's full name is Basketball Club Enisey Krasnoyarsk.

History

Enisey Krasnoyarsk was founded as Polytechnic, and played its games at the Krasnoyarsk State Technical University. The team started off in the lower leagues of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

, and its best achievement was winning the USSR Cup for teams in Siberia in 1988. In the 1997–98 season, the team played at the highest Russian level for the first time, when it played in the Russian Super League 1. However, the club was

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immediately, and the next comeback of the club to Russian the highest level was in 2007, when the team was promoted again. In the 2009–10 season, Enisey made its first appearance in a European-wide competition, when it competed in the

FIBA EuroChallenge FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08) was the 3rd-tier level transnational men's professional continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run ...

. In the 2015–16 season, Enisey had a chance to win a European trophy, after it had reached the

2016 FIBA Europe Cup Final Four The 2016 FIBA Europe Cup Final Four was the inaugural Final Four tournament in FIBA Europe Cup history, and was the concluding stage of the 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup season. The Final Four was held from 29 April until 1 May 2016. On 6 April 2016, ...

. After two losses, Enisey finished in fourth place.

Arena

Enisey plays its home games in the

Arena Sever Arena Sever (russian: Арена-Север, lit=Arena North) is a multi-use arena in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. The arena was opened in 2011 and it is mainly used for ice hockey and basketball games. It is the home arena of the basketball team BC Enise ...

, which has a capacity of 4,100 people.

Trophies

* Russian Super League 2 **Champions (1): 2007 ***Runners-up (1): 2006

Season by season

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

References

External links

Official site

Other team site

Eurobasket.com Team Info
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