BC Samara (russian: БК Самара) is a Russian professional

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team that is based in Samara, Russia.

History

BC Samara (1976–2002)

Club was founded in

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as BC Azot. Club was a silver medalist of the Russian Super League 1 in 1992, and a 3-time bronze medalist, in the years 1993, 1997, and 1998.

CSK VVS (1992–2002)

Another club from Samara was formally patronized by the Russian Air Force (VVS). After the

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, the most of the staff of basketball club

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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. In 1997, after bankruptcy, club was moved to

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and founded as Arsenal Tula.

CSK VVS - Samara (2002–2010)

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

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

BC Samara (2012–present)

In 2012, CSK VVS - Samara was refounded as "Samara SGEU" and in 2014 club got back its old name "Samara". In 2015, Krasnye Krylya Samara merged with BC Samara. BC Samara won Russian Super League 1 twice in season 2018-19 and 2020-21. In 2022 BC Samara joined

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Honours

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:Champions (1): 2006–07 * Russian Basketball Super League :Champions (2): 2018–19, 2020-21 * Russian Cup :Champions (2): 2019–20, 2021-22

Arena

The club plays its home games at the 1,500 seat

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in Samara

Logos

BC Samara logo.png, Logo (until 2019) BC Samara 2022 logo.png, Logo (2019–present)

Players

Current roster

Notable players

Sergei Chikalkin Sergei Chikalkin (born December 11, 1975) is a Russian former professional basketball player. The 1.96 m 95 kg (6'5" 210 pound) shooting guard is known for his long-range shooting accuracy. Started his career as a pro in 1995 with ...

(1996–98, 2008–10) * Milan Preković (2001–02) * Aleksandar Čubrilo (2001–02) * Joe Wylie (2001–02) *

Giorgi Tsintsadze Giorgi Tsintsadze ( ka, გიორგი ცინცაძე) is a Georgian professional basketball player for BC TSU Tbilisi of the Georgian Superliga. Giorgi is native of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. He is also a member of the Georgian n ...

(2004–05) * James Wade (2004) * Omar Cook (2006–07) *

Kelvin Gibbs Kelvin Gibbs (born October 24, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player who played for among others Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Israeli Basketball Premier League for whom he was named to the Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet ...

(2006–07) *

Georgios Diamantopoulos Georgios "Giorgos" Diamantopoulos (; born on February 15, 1980) is a Greek former professional basketball player. At a height of 6'5" (1.96 m) tall, he played as a shooting guard-small forward. In the prime of his career, he possessed great scori ...

(2006–07) *

Nikita Shabalkin Nikita Shabalkin (born October 9, 1986) is a Russian former professional basketball player. At a height of 2.06 m (6'9") tall, and a weight of 105 kg (232 lbs.), he played at both the small forward and power forward positions. Professional career ...

(2006–07) * Sam Clancy, Jr. (2008–09) * Andrew Sullivan (2008–09) * Ikechukwu Nwamu (2021) * Malcolm Thomas (2022–present)

Head coaches

Sergei Bazarevich Sergei Valerianovich Bazarevich (russian: Сергей Валерьянович Базаревич; born 16 March 1965) is a Russian former professional basketball player and coach. At and , he played at the point guard and shooting guard posi ...

(2005–06, 2022–present) * Valeri Tikhonenko (2005–09)

References

External links

Official Website

Eurobasket.com Team Info
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