BC Zenit Saint Petersburg

Zenit Saint Petersburg
Leagues	VTB United League EuroLeague
Founded	2014; 7 years ago (2014)
History	show List BC Dynamo Moscow Region (2003–2007) BC Triumph Lyubertsy (2007–2014) BC Zenit Saint Petersburg (2014–present)
Arena	Sibur Arena Yubileyny Sports Palace
Capacity	7,120 7,000
Location	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Main sponsor	Gazprom
Head coach	Xavi Pascual
Ownership	Gazprom
Website	basket.fc-zenit.ru
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Departments of Zenit Saint Petersburg
Football (Men) Football (Reserve) Football (Women) Basketball Volleyball

BC Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russian: БК Зенит Санкт Петербург), formerly known as BC Dynamo Moscow Region (2003–2007) and BC Triumph Lyubertsy (2007–2014), is a Russian professional basketball team that is located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, since 2014. The club competes domestically in the VTB United League and in the EuroLeague. Their home court is Sibur Arena. The club is sponsored by Gazprom. Since the team moved to Saint Petersburg in 2014, the team is a part of the multi-sports club Zenit, of which the football club FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, is also a part.^[1]

Alexander Tserkovny is a general manager of the Club since July, 16, 2018.

History[]

Dynamo Moscow[]

The club was originally established in 2003, under the name BC Dynamo Moscow Region, and registered into the Russian Superleague A. The original club was based in Lyubertsy, Moscow Oblast, Russia.

Triumph Lyubertsy[]

In June 2007, the basketball club of Dynamo Moscow Region disbanded and became the newly reformed club of BC Triumph Lyubertsy Moscow Region. Triumph Lyubertsy retained all of the history and records of the Dynamo Moscow Region club, through the acquisition of the club's history and rights. In the 2012–13 season, Triumph's Sergey Karasev won the Young Player of the Year Award.

In the 2013–14 season, Triumph reached the final of the EuroChallenge, in which it lost to Reggio Emilia by a score of 65–79.^[2]

Zenit[]

In July 2014, the club announced it was relocating from Lyubertsy to Saint Petersburg, and was changing its name to BC Zenit Saint Petersburg. The club retained the history and rights of BC Triumph Lyubertsy,^[3] and also its place in both the VTB United League and the EuroCup.^[4] Meanwhile, the club tried to retain a second club in Lyubertsy, that would compete in the Russian Super League 1.^[5] As a result, the basketball club became a section of the Zenit sports club, which already contained Zenit FC, a successful football club.

The following five seasons in the VTB United League were successful for Zenit. The team finished fifth in the 2014–15 season, but was eliminated in the quarter-finals. In 2016, Zenit moved from the Sibur Arena to the Yubileyni Arena. In the following four seasons, Zenit qualified for the semi-finals every time but never reached the league finals. It also played in the EuroCup, Europe's second tier, and reached the quarterfinals in 2017 and 2018.

On 27 June 2019, EuroLeague Basketball announced it had awarded Zenit a wild card for the 2019–20 EuroLeague.^[6] This would mark Zenit's debut in the highest European tier. To participate in the tournament, the roster of Zenit was mostly changed - not only foreign but also Russian experienced players left the team: Andrey Desyatnikov, Evgeny Valiev and Sergey Karasev moved to Khimki. They were changed by also experienced players from other Russian clubs: Andrey Zubkov (from Khimki), Anton Ponkrashov (from UNICS Kazan), Dmitry Khvostov and Mateusz Ponitka (both - from Lokomotiv Kuban) and some players from foreign leagues: Andrew Albicy (from Andorra), Alex Renfroe (from Partizan Belgrade), Austin Hollins (from Rasta Vechta), Gustavo Ayón (from Real Madrid), Will Thomas (from Valencia), Colton Iverson and Tim Abromaitis (both - from Iberostar Tenerife).

Arenas[]

When the club moved to St. Petersburg, they first played their home games at the 7,120 seat Sibur Arena.^[7] They then moved to the newly renovated 7,000 seat^[8] Yubileyni Arena.^[9] When the club was previously based in Lyubertsy, they played their home games at the 4,000 seat^[10][11] Triumph Sports Palace arena.

Arenas
Arena	City	Capacity	Tenure
Triumph Sports Palace	Lyubertsy	4,000	2003–2014
Sibur Arena	Saint Petersburg	7,120	2014–present
Yubileyny Sports Palace	Saint Petersburg	7,000	2016–present

Honours[]

Domestic competitions[]

• Russian Cup
  • Runner-up (1): 2015–16
• VTB United League Supercup
  • Runner-up (1): 2021

European competitions[]

• FIBA Europe Conference North
  • Winners (2): 2004, 2005
• FIBA EuroCup Challenge
  • Runner-up (1): 2005
• FIBA EuroChallenge
  • Runner-up (1): 2014
  • Third place (2): 2009, 2012

Other competitions[]

• Seville, Spain Invitational Game
  • Winners (1): 2019

• Vladimir Kondrashin and Alexander Belov Tournament
  • Winners (1): 2021

Season by season[]

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Russian Cup	European competitions
Dynamo Moscow Region
2003–04	1	Superliga A	6th
2004–05	1	Superliga A	7th
2005–06	1	Superliga A	6th
2006–07	1	Superliga A	6th
Triumph Lyubertsy
2007–08	1	Superliga A	4th		2 ULEB Cup	RS
2008–09	1	Superliga A	5th		3 EuroChallenge	3rd
2009–10	1	Superliga А	6th	Quarterfinalist	2 Eurocup	RS
2010–11	1	PBL	10th		3 EuroChallenge	QR
2011–12	1	PBL	3rd	Quarterfinalist	3 EuroChallenge	3rd
2012–13	1	PBL	5th		2 Eurocup	EF
2013–14	1	United League	5th	Quarterfinalist	3 EuroChallenge	RU
Zenit Saint Petersburg
2014–15	1	United League	5th	Second qualifying round	2 Eurocup	EF
2015–16	1	United League	3rd	Runner-up	2 Eurocup	EF
2016–17	1	United League	3rd		2 EuroCup	QF
2017–18	1	United League	3rd		2 EuroCup	QF
2018–19	1	United League	4th	First round	2 EuroCup	T16
2019–20	1	United League	6th	—	1 EuroLeague	18th place
2020–21	1	United League	SF		1 EuroLeague	QF
2021–22	1	United League		Supercup Runner-up	1 EuroLeague

Players[]

Current roster[]

Zenit Saint Petersburg roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 2 Loyd, Jordan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1993-07-27)27 July 1993 SF 7 Karasev, Sergey 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1993-10-26)26 October 1993 G/F 9 Kulagin, Dmitry 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1992-07-01)1 July 1992 SG 12 Baron, Billy 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 30 – (1990-12-11)11 December 1990 C 14 Pushkov, Anton 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 32 – (1988-11-22)22 November 1988 F 19 Kuzminskas, Mindaugas 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 31 – (1989-10-19)19 October 1989 PF 20 Zubkov, Andrey 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 30 – (1991-06-29)29 June 1991 C 22 Poythress, Alex 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 28 – (1993-09-06)6 September 1993 SF 25 Ponitka, Mateusz 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1993-10-29)29 October 1993 PG 33 Frankamp, Conner 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 26 – (1995-07-16)16 July 1995 F/C 55 Mickey, Jordan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1994-07-09)9 July 1994 PG 67 Napier, Shabazz 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 30 – (1991-07-14)14 July 1991 C 77 Gudaitis, Artūras 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 28 – (1993-06-19)19 June 1993	Head coach Xavi Pascual Assistant coach(es) Inigo Zorzano Adamantios Panagiotopoulos Sergey Voznyuk Team manager Manos Papadopoulos Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 6, 2021

Depth chart[]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Arturas Gudaitis	Alex Poythress		Anton Pushkov
PF	Jordan Mickey	Mindaugas Kuzminskas	Andrey Zubkov
SF	Mateusz Ponitka	Sergey Karasev
SG	Jordan Loyd	Billy Baron	Dmitry Kulagin
PG	Shabazz Napier	Conner Frankamp

Squad changes for the 2021–2022 season[]

In[]

Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 G Jordan Loyd (from Crvena zvezda) 7 G/F Sergey Karasev (from Khimki Moscow) 9 G Dmitry Kulagin (from Lokomotiv Kuban) 19 F Mindaugas Kuzminskas (from Lokomotiv Kuban) 33 PG Conner Frankamp (from Murcia) 67 PG Shabazz Napier (from Washington Wizards)

Out[]

Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined under FIBA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIBA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 G/F K. C. Rivers (to Free agent) 3 G Kevin Pangos (to Free agent) 7 SG Vitaly Fridzon (to Free agent) 9 G/F Austin Hollins (to Free agent) 10 PF Will Thomas (to UNICS Kazan) 16 SF Vladislav Trushkin (to Free agent) 28 C Tarik Black (to Free agent)

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.

Head coaches[]

Head coaches
Name	Nationality	Tenure	Trophies
		2003—2005
Aleksandr Vasin		2005
		2005—2007
Dmitry Shakulin		2007
Stanislav Yeryomin		2007—2010
Valdemaras Chomičius		2010–2012
Vasily Karasev		2012–2018
Joan Plaza		2018–2020
Xavi Pascual		2020–present

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website
• Eurobasket.com Team Page