BC Zenit Saint Petersburg

Russian professional basketball team

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Leagues| VTB United League
EuroLeague (suspended)
Founded| 2014; 10 years ago (2014)
History|

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* BC Dynamo Moscow Region
(2003–2007)
BC Triumph Lyubertsy
(2007–2014)
BC Zenit Saint Petersburg
(2014–present)

Arena| KSK Arena

Capacity| 7,120

Location| Saint Petersburg, Russia
Main sponsor| Gazprom
General manager| Alexander Tsirkoniy
Head coach| Xavi Pascual
Ownership| Gazprom
Championships| 1 VTB League
1 Russian Cup
2 VTB League Supercup
Website| bc-zenit.com

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Departments of Zenit Saint Petersburg

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Football
(Men)| Football
(Reserve)| Football
(Women)| Basketball
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Basketball
(Reserve)| Volleyball| Handball|

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 competed in the EuroLeague. On February 28, 2022, EuroLeague Basketball suspended the team because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1]

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.[2] Alexander Tserkovny is a general manager of the club since July 16, 2018.

## History

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### Dynamo Moscow

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The club was originally established in 2003, under the name BC Dynamo Moscow Region, and registered into the Russian Superleague A.[citation needed]

### Triumph Lyubertsy

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In 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 the records of the Dynamo Moscow Region club, through the acquisition of the club's rights.[citation needed] 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.[3]

### Zenit

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#### 2014-2019

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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 rights of BC Triumph Lyubertsy,[4] and also its place in both the VTB United League and the EuroCup.[5] Meanwhile, the club tried to retain a second club in Lyubertsy, that would compete in the Russian Super League 1.[6] As a result, the basketball club became a section of the Zenit sports club, which already contained Zenit FC, a football club.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

On 27 June 2019, EuroLeague Basketball awarded Zenit a wild card for the 2019–20 EuroLeague.[7] This would mark Zenit's debut in the highest European tier.[citation needed]

#### 2020-present

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In early 2022, in light of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, American-Puerto Rican Shabazz Napier left the team.[8] Also leaving the team were Americans Billy Baron, Alex Poythress, Conner Frankamp, Tyson Carter, Jordan Mickey, and Jordan Loyd, as well as Lithuanians Arturas Gudaitis and Mindaugas Kuzminskas, and Polish player Mateusz Ponitka.[9]

On February 28, 2022, EuroLeague Basketball suspended the team because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1]

On June 5, 2022 BC Zenit has become VTB United League champion beating CSKA Moscow in 7 games.[10]

## Arenas

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The Yubileyny Sports Palace

When the club moved to St. Petersburg, they first played their home games at the 7,120 seat Sibur Arena.[11] They then moved to the newly renovated 7,000 seat[12] Yubileyni Arena.[13] When the club was previously based in Lyubertsy, they played their home games at the 4,000 seat[14][15] Triumph Sports Palace arena.

Arenas

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

## Honours

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### Domestic competitions

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* VTB United League
* Winners (1): 2021–22
* VTB United League Supercup
* Winners (2): 2022, 2023
* Russian Cup
* Winners (1): 2024

### European competitions

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* 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

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* Vladimir Kondrashin and Alexander Belov Tournament
* Winners (2): 2021, 2022.

## Season by season

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Season  | Tier | League  | Pos. | Russian Cup | European competitions

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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 | 3rd  | 2021–21 | 1  | United League | 1st  |  | 1 EuroLeague | QF
2021–22 | 1  | United League | 1st  | Supercup Runner-up  | 1 EuroLeague | SP

## Players

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See also: Category:BC Zenit Saint Petersburg players

### Current roster

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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Zenit Saint Petersburg roster

Players | Coaches
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PG | 0 |  | Frazier, Trent | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)  |  |  26 – (1998-09-08)8 September 1998  |
G | 1 |  | Shcherbenev, Aleksandr | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)  |  |  24 – (2000-10-03)3 October 2000  |
SG | 3 |  | Zakharov, Denis | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)  |  |  31 – (1993-08-06)6 August 1993  |
G/F | 7 |  | Karasev, Sergey | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)  |  |  31 – (1993-10-26)26 October 1993  |
C | 10 |  | Ryzhov, Egor | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)  |  |  20 – (2004-08-28)28 August 2004  |
SG | 12 |  | Zhbanov, Georgy | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)  |  |  27 – (1997-10-10)10 October 1997  |
SF | 13 |  | Volkhin, Igor | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)  |  |  27 – (1997-10-30)30 October 1997  |
PF | 14 |  | Spellman, Omari | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)  |  |  27 – (1997-07-21)21 July 1997  |
SG | 15 |  | Moon, Xavier | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)  |  |  29 – (1995-01-02)2 January 1995  |
F/C | 22 |  | Poythress, Alex | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)  |  |  31 – (1993-09-06)6 September 1993  |
SF | 24 |  | Bacon, Dwayne | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)  |  |  29 – (1995-08-30)30 August 1995  |
F/C | 32 |  | Hunter, Vince | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)  |  |  30 – (1994-08-05)5 August 1994  |
PF | 33 |  | Vorontsevich, Andrey | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)  |  |  37 – (1987-07-17)17 July 1987  |

Head coach

* Xavi Pascual

Assistant coach(es)

* Iñigo Zorzano
* Diamantis Panagiotopoulos
* Maxim Uchaykin

Team manager

* Vyacheslav Belgesov

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* Injured

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* Roster

Updated: October 4, 2024

### Depth chart

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Pos.  | Starting 5  | Bench 1  | Bench 2  |  |

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C | Alex Poythress | Egor Ryzhov  |  |  |
PF | Omari Spellman | Vince Hunter | Andrey Vorontsevich |  |
SF | Dwayne Bacon | Georgy Zhbanov  | Igor Volkhin  |  |
SG | Xavier Moon | Sergey Karasev |  |  |
PG | Trent Frazier | Denis Zakharov  | Aleksandr Shcherbenev  |  |

### Notable players

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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria

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.

* Luke Nevill
* J. R. Bremer
* Kyle Landry
* Kevin Pangos
* Gal Mekel
* Yuval Naimi
* Jānis Timma
* Giedrius Gustas
* Egor Vyaltsev
* Sergey Karasev
* Vasily Karasev
* Ivan Zoroski
* Nenad Krstić
* Ognjen Aškrabić
* Uros Slokar
* Stefan Marković
* Kerem Tunçeri
* Alan Anderson
* Davon Jefferson
* Jordan Loyd
* Paul Miller

## Head coaches

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Head coaches

Name  | Nationality  | Tenure  | Trophies
Evgeny Kovalenko |  | 2003—2005 |
Aleksandr Vasin |  | 2005 |
Rūtenis Paulauskas |  | 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

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1. ^ a b "EuroLeague suspended Russian teams". basketnews.com.
2. ^ "What does Zenit's new basketball team mean for the football club?". russianfootballnews.com. 21 November 2014.
3. ^ Triumph Lyubertsy - BC Emilia : 65:79 (Match report) ScoresPro.com
4. ^ "Club profile: Zenit St Petersburg". EuroCup Basketball. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014.
5. ^ "Triumph Lyubertsy becomes Zenit St Petersburg". Welcome to 7DAYS EuroCup.[dead link‍]
6. ^ «Триумф» будет выступать под названием «Зенит» в Санкт-Петербурге; Championat.ru, 18 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014
7. ^ "ECA Board approves proposed team lists for 2019-20, discusses future". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
8. ^ Cohen, Alexander (February 28, 2022). "Shabazz Napier returns to U.S. from Saint Petersburg". www.basketballnews.com.
9. ^ "Guerre en Ukraine : ces joueurs étrangers qui n'ont pas quitté les équipes russes engagées en Euroleague | Basket Europe". March 11, 2022.
10. ^ "Zenit beats CSKA in Game 7 and wins its first VTB League title". eurohoops.net. 2022-06-05. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
11. ^ "ГЛАВНАЯ АРЕНА {{in lang|ru}}". Archived from the original on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
12. ^ "Спортивный комплекс "Юбилейный"". www.yubi.ru.
13. ^ "Баскетбольный клуб "Зенит"". Zenit Basketball Club.
14. ^ "Triumph Sports Palace". bgbasket.com.
15. ^ Triumph Sports Palace Capacity: 4 000.

## External links

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* Official Website
* Eurobasket.com Team Page

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Zenit Saint Petersburg current roster

* 0 Frazier
* 1 Shcherbenev
* 3 Zakharov
* 7 Karasev
* 10 Ryzhov
* 12 Zhbanov
* 13 Volkhin
* 14 Spellman
* 22 Poythress
* 24 Bacon
* 32 Hunter
* 33 Vorontsevich

* Head coach: Pascual
* Assistant coaches: Zorzano
* Panagiotopoulos
* Uchaykin

* v
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VTB United League

Seasons|

* 2008 Promo-Cup
* 2009–10
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23

Playoffs|

* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021

Finals|

* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021

Supercup|

* 2021
* 2022

All-Star Game|

* 2017
* 2018

Clubs|

| Current|

* Astana
* Avtodor Saratov
* CSKA Moscow
* Enisey
* Lokomotiv-Kuban
* MBA Moscow
* Minsk
* Nizhny Novgorod
* Parma
* Samara
* UNICS Kazan
* Zenit Saint Petersburg

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Former|

* Anwil Włocławek
* ASK Riga
* Asseco Prokom
* Azovmash Mariupol
* Bisons Loimaa
* Budivelnyk Kyiv
* ČEZ Nymburk
* Dnipro
* Donetsk
* Dynamo Moscow
* Espoon Honka
* Kalev/Cramo
* Khimki
* Krasny Oktyabr
* Krasnye Krylya
* Kyiv
* Lietuvos rytas
* Neptūnas Klaipėda
* Šiauliai
* Spartak Saint Petersburg
* Torpan Pojat
* Turów Zgorzelec
* VEF Rīga
* VITA Tbilisi
* Žalgiris Kaunas
* Zielona Góra

Awards|

* Hall of Fame
* Most Valuable Player
* Playoffs MVP
* Supercup MVP
* Coach of the Year
* Young Player of the Year
* Sixth Man of the Year
* Defensive Player of the Year
* Top Player

Statistics|

* Records
* Scoring
* Rebounds
* Assists
* Steals
* Blocks
* Free Throw Percentage

Other|

* Russian Professional Basketball Championship
* Russian clubs in international competitions

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*[No.]: Jersey number
*[Nat.]: Nationality
*[Ht.]: Height
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