BC Budivelnyk

Budivelnyk
Nickname	Konstruktor (Constructor) Budivel'nyk (Builder)
Leagues	Ukrainian SuperLeague
Founded	1945; 76 years ago (1945)
History	show List SKIF Kyiv (1945–1962) Stroitel (1962–1989) BC Budivelnyk (1989–2018; 2020–present)
Arena	Kyiv Sports Palace
Capacity	7,000
Location	Kyiv, Ukraine
Team colors	Yellow, Blue, Navy
Main sponsor	PrivatBank
President	Bohdan Guliamov
Head coach	Valdemaras Chomičius
Ownership	PrivatBank
Championships	1 Soviet Championship 10 Ukrainian Championships 3 Ukrainian Cups
Website	budivelnyk.ua
Home Away

BC Budivelnyk Kyiv (in Ukrainian: Будівельник Київ) is a Ukrainian professional basketball club based in Kyiv. The club plays in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. In June 2018, it was forced to withdraw from the Superleague due to open debts. Two years later, the club returned its activities. The club holds a record ten Ukrainian championships and three Ukrainian Cups, as well as a Soviet championship (1989).

Budivelnyk is owned and operated by the banking and investing company PrivatBank.

History[]

Founded in the club's current form in 1962, the club was one of the leading clubs in Soviet League basketball. It was formed out of another team from Kyiv, SKIF, that was originally established in 1945. The team was established as a team of the Republican Trade Union Volunteer Sport Society Avanhard, under sponsorship of the local municipal building company Kyivmiskbud-4 (Kyiv-City-Construction-4). In Soviet times, the team played at the 7,000 seat Kyiv Sports Palace. The team won the Soviet League in 1989, and the Ukrainian League six times.

Following the team's long period of success, a period of time in which the team declined ensued, and it was relegated to the lower Ukrainian division, due to financial problems. However, in 2006, the team was rescued by a group of businessmen who invested considerable resources into it, thus allowing it to return to the top league of Ukrainian basketball. Within two years, the team once again became one of the strongest teams in the Ukraine, finishing second in the Ukrainian National League.

In March 2010, the management of Budivelnyk held a joint press conference with the CEO and President of Euroleague Basketball Company, Jordi Bertomeu, announcing that they might join the EuroLeague in the next few years. Eventually, a wildcard was conceded to the team for the 2013–14 EuroLeague season.

On 21 June 2018, the announced Budivelnyk was not allowed to participate in the Ukrainian Superleague due to debts with their players.^[1]

In the 2020 offseason, the Budivelnyk club restarted its activities and signed up for the 2020–21 SuperLeague season.^[2] Its transfer ban by the FIBA, which was enforced in 2018, was lifted.^[3]

Name[]

The original team played under the name of SKIF, from 1945 to 1962. The current team plays under the current name since 1962. The team's name means "Builder" in Ukrainian. The team is nicknamed as, "Konstruktor" (Constructor) and "Stroitel" (Russian for "Builder").

Arena[]

BC Budivelnyk played their home games at Kyiv Sport Palace. It was built in 1960 and it has capacity of 7,000 seats.

Players[]

Current roster[]

Budivelnyk roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 2 Stockton, Michael 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 32 – (1989-05-07)7 May 1989 G 3 Clavell, Gian 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 27 – (1993-11-26)26 November 1993 PF 6 Gordon, Drew 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 31 – (1990-07-12)12 July 1990 SG 8 Kozlov, Roman 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 30 – (1990-11-13)13 November 1990 SG 10 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – (1997-02-25)25 February 1997 SF 11 Upshaw, Reggie 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1995-04-07)7 April 1995 F/C 17 Brown, Alec 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 29 – (1992-07-23)23 July 1992 PF 1 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 19 – (2002-07-05)5 July 2002 G 2 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 24 – (1996-12-13)13 December 1996 PF 5 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 19 – (2002-07-14)14 July 2002 PF 6 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – (1993-07-30)30 July 1993 C 7 Anisimovas, Michailas 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 36 – (1984-10-11)11 October 1984 PF 9 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 21 – (2000-01-13)13 January 2000 PG 9 Jakovičs, Ingus 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 28 – (1993-04-18)18 April 1993 PG 10 Burtt Jr., Steve 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 37 – (1984-03-07)7 March 1984 C 13 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 27 – (1994-04-02)2 April 1994 SF 77 Otverchenko, Ruslan 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 31 – (1990-01-06)6 January 1990 SF 99 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 19 – (2002-03-27)27 March 2002	Head coach Valdemaras Chomičius Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 1 September 2021

Honors[]

• Soviet Union League (1):
  • Gold – 1989
  • Silver - 1965, 1966, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982
  • Bronze – 1962, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1983, 1984, 1990
• Soviet Union Cup (0):
  • Runner Up - 1969, 1972
• Ukrainian SuperLeague (10):
  • Gold - 1992 - 1997, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017
  • Silver - 1998, 2010
  • Bronze - 1999
• Ukrainian Cup (3):
  • Winner – 2012, 2014, 2015

Season by season[]

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Ukrainian Cup	Other competitions		European competitions
2004–05	1	SuperLeague	7th
2005–06	1	SuperLeague	9th
2006–07	1	SuperLeague	10th
2007–08	1	SuperLeague	10th
2008–09	1	UBL	2nd	Winner[a]
2009–10	1	SuperLeague	2nd	Semifinalist
2010–11	1	SuperLeague	1st				1 Euroleague	QR2
							2 Eurocup	QF
2011–12	1	SuperLeague	4th	Winner	United League	RS
2012–13	1	SuperLeague	1st				2 Eurocup	SF
2013–14	1	SuperLeague	1st	Champion			1 Euroleague	RS
							2 Eurocup	QF
2014–15	1	SuperLeague	3rd	Champion
2015–16	1	SuperLeague	2nd
2016–17	1	SuperLeague	1st	Runner-up
2017–18	1	SuperLeague	5th	Quarterfinalist			3 Champions League	QR2
2018–20	Inactive
2020–21	1	SuperLeague

Players[]

Notable players[]

showCriteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Ukrainian, Russian, and English)
• Eurobasket.com BC Budivelnyk Page