BC Azovmash

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Azovmash Mariupol
Azovmash Mariupol logo
Leagues Ukrainian SuperLeague
VTB United League
Eurocup
Founded 1991
History 1991–present
Arena Azovmash Arena
Arena Capacity 3,022
Location Mariupol, Ukraine
Team colors Blue, White, Orange
              
President Aleksandr Savchuk
Head coach Mirko Ocokoljic
Championships 7 Ukrainian Championships
5 Ukrainian Cups
Website www.bcazovmash.com.ua/en/index/
Uniforms
Kit body cuciturerev.png
Home jersey
Kit shorts.png
Team colours
Home
Kit body whitethinlines.png
Away jersey
Kit shorts whitesides.png
Team colours
Away

BC Azovmash (Ukrainian: БК "Азовмаш") is a Ukrainian professional basketball club. It was founded in 1991 in the city of Mariupol in South-Eastern Ukraine. It now takes part in 4 competitions: Ukrainian SuperLeague, Ukrainian Cup, VTB United League and the ULEB Eurocup and its home court is Azovmash Arena. It is one of the strongest teams in Ukraine along with BC Kyiv, BC Khimik and, BC Cherkasy. The team's performance peak was an appearance in the EuroCup Final of 2007, against Akasvayu Girona.

History

The club was founded in 1990. Azovmash moved up from the Ukrainian third to first division by 1999. Azovmash won the 2002 Ukrainian SuperLeague title. Azovmash added another Ukrainian title in 2004 and following the arrival of point guard Khalid El-Amin, won the domestic championship again in 2006 and 2007.

In 2007, with players like Kenan Bajramović, Panagiotis Liadelis, Serhiy Lishchuk and El-Amin, Azovmash reached the FIBA EuroCup Final Four, defeating Italian Serie A club Virtus Bologna by a point in the semis before falling to Spanish Liga ACB club Akasvayu Girona in the title game. In 2008, Azovmash reached the elimination rounds ULEB Cup and won the Ukrainian domestic championship and cup.

Roster

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

BC Azovmash roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SF 4 Ukraine Pustozvonov, Maksym 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1987-04-16)16 April 1987
G 9 Ukraine Lutsenko, Maksim 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1993-01-30)30 January 1993
PG 11 Ukraine Zabirchenko, Dmitriy 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1984-06-15)15 June 1984
F 12 Ukraine Luhovtsov, Kristian 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 86 kg (190 lb) Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1994-03-13)13 March 1994
C 14 Ukraine Zaytsev, Igor 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 101 kg (223 lb) Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1989-05-11)11 May 1989
C 15 Ukraine Natyazhko, Kirill 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 120 kg (265 lb) Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1990-11-30)30 November 1990
G 17 Ukraine Lukashov, Denis 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1989-04-30)30 April 1989
G 18 Ukraine Slipenchuk, Artem 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.(1989-11-28)28 November 1989
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Updated: September 14, 2013

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Postseason Ukrainian Cup VTB United European competitions
2008–09 1 SuperLeague 1 Champion Winner 2 Eurocup – Top 16
2009–10 1 SuperLeague 6 Champion Semifinalist 2 Eurocup – Regular season
2010–11 1 SuperLeague 3 Semifinalist Finalist 4th place 2 Eurocup – Regular season
2011–12 1 SuperLeague 3 Finalist Group stage 2 Eurocup – Regular season
2012–13 1 SuperLeague 3 Finalist Group stage 2 Eurocup – Regular season
2013–14 1 SuperLeague 4 Third–place Group stage

Honours

Notable players

External links