Saint Petersburg Lions was a professional basketball team in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, Russia. The team was created in 2000 by a consortium of Italian and Swiss sponsors at the lead of Interperformances basketball agency. They were banned by the
Russian Basketball Federation
Russian Basketball Federation (russian: Российская Федерация Баскетбола, Rossiyskaya Federatsiya Basketbola), also known as RBF, is a national governing body of basketball in Russia. It was founded in 1991, and is the ...
due to their participation in the newly created
Euroleague run by
Euroleague Basketball Company
Euroleague Basketball is the private company that runs and operates the top continental-wide basketball men's professional sports club competitions in Europe, the first-tier level EuroLeague, and the second-tier level EuroCup. It has been org ...
during the
2000-01 season. The Russian federation had agreed to send its representatives to the
SuproLeague, run by
FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe is the administrative body for basketball in Europe, within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which includes all 50 national European basketball federations. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIBA Euro ...
. When the merger of the two competitions the following year occurred, the Lions were dissolved.
Roster
The roster of the Lions in their only season included:
Euroleague team profile
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*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 ...
* Steven Edwards
* Derek Hamilton
* Keith Jennings
*Marijan Kraljević
Marijan "Mario" Kraljević (born April 30, 1970 in Pforzheim, West Germany) is former Slovenian-Croatian professional basketball player.
National team career
Kraljević was a member of the senior Slovenia national basketball team. He competed a ...
*Stjepan Stazić
Stjepan Stazić (born 28 September 1978) is an Austrian basketball player for BC Vienna. He plays as shooting guard and small forward.
Honours Club
* Italian Supercup: 1997
* FIBA Saporta Cup: 1999
* Champions of France: 2000
* Coupe de Fr ...
* Evgeny Kisurin
*Head coach: Miodrag Vesković
Miodrag Vesković ( sr-cyr, Миодраг Весковић, born September 23, 1950) is a Serbian professional basketball coach.
Coaching career
Vesković coached the Željezničar Sarajevo and Elemes Šibenik in the Yugoslav Women's Leagu ...
References
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External links
Eurobasket.com pageEuroleague.net page
Defunct basketball teams in Russia
Sports clubs and teams in Saint Petersburg
Basketball teams established in 2000
Basketball teams disestablished in 2001
2000 establishments in Russia
2001 disestablishments in Russia