BC Krasny Oktyabr was a Russian professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

club that is based in

Volgograd Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stalingrád, label=none; ) ...

. In

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, the club's name translates to "'BC Red October'". The club played in the

VTB United League VTB United League (russian: Единая Лига ВТБ) is an international professional men's club basketball league that was founded in 2008. It is made up of mostly Russian clubs, along with one each from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Since 2013, it ...

until 2016, when the team was forced to leave the league because its home arena did not meet requirements.

History

The team was founded in 2012, and played its first season in the Russian Basketball Super League, the second division in Russia. In the 2013–14 season, the team played in the

, the highest stage for Russian clubs. In the first season of Krasny Oktyabr in the

, it qualified for the playoffs by finishing in the 6th place in Group B. Also, European powerhouse

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet era, it was a central piece of the big So ...

was defeated by Krasny Oktyabr in the quarterfinals of the 2013–14 Russian Cup tournament. On August 30, 2016, the team was forced to leave the United League, because its home arena wasn't approved to host tournaments.

Arenas

The club usually played its home games at the 3,700 seat Volgograd Sports Palace of Trade Unions, which is located in

. The club also played European-wide competition home games at the 5,000 seat

Krylatskoye Sports Palace Dynamo Palace of Sports in Krylatskoye (russian: Дворец спорта «Динамо» в Крылатском) is a multi-purpose indoor sporting arena located in Krylatskoye District, Moscow, Russia. The arena has mainly been used to ho ...

, which is located in Moscow.

Season by season

Notable players

* D. J. Cooper

References

External links

Official site

Eurobasket team profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Krasny Oktyabr Defunct basketball teams in Russia Sport in Volgograd Basketball teams established in 2012 2012 establishments in Russia Basketball teams disestablished in 2016 2016 disestablishments in Russia