BC Enisey (russian: БК Енисей) is a Russian professional
basketball
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team from the city of
Krasnoyarsk
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,
Siberia
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,
Russia
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. Since the 2011–12 season, Enisey plays its national domestic league games in the
VTB United League
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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
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, 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
relegated
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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
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. 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
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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 siteOther team siteEurobasket.com Team Info
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Basketball teams in Russia
Sport in Krasnoyarsk
Basketball teams in the Soviet Union
Basketball teams established in 1993
1993 establishments in Russia