BC Khimki

Khimki Moscow Region
Nickname	Yellow-Blues
Leagues	VTB United League Euroleague
Founded	5 January 1997 (1997-01-05)
History	BC Khimki (1997–Present)
Arena	Basketball Center Krylatskoye Sports Palace
Arena Capacity	6,196 5,000
Location	Khimki, Moscow Region, Russia
Team colors	Blue and Yellow
President	Dmitry Golubkov
Head coach	Rimas Kurtinaitis
Championships	2 Eurocup 1 VTB United League 1 Russian Cup
Website	bckhimki.ru
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BC Khimki (Russian: БК "Химки") is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Khimki, Moscow Oblast. The club's first team participates in the Euroleague and the VTB United League. The club's full official name is BC Khimki Moscow Region.

History

BC Khimki is considered to be one of the most important basketball clubs in all of Russia. The team was founded on January 5, 1997, and won the first seasons' championship of its regional league, taking the opportunity to earn a place in the Russian Superleague A. The following year, Khimki positioned itself among the top 10 basketball clubs in the nation of Russia, guaranteeing a place in the 3rd-tier European cup competition, the Korać Cup. There, the team competed against a group of defeated leaders of the Turkish Basketball League, YUBA Liga, and Bulgarian League. In those years, the team featured such famous players as guard Sergei Bazarevich, Valery Sizov (Soviet Union national team player) and Russian national team player Vitaly Nosov.

The team remained in a middle position in the Russian Super League until the 2002–03 season. That year the club made an improvement, and the team finished in fourth place in the Russian Super League, demonstrating an excellent style of game. During the subsequent years, the Russian high society behind the club decided to make the roster even stronger, by signing players such as Gianmarco Pozzecco, Óscar Torres, and Rubén Wolkowyski.

The team has participated several times in recent years in continental tournaments like the 3rd-tier EuroChallenge and the 2nd-tier Eurocup. In 2006, Khimki played in the EuroChallenge's championship game against Joventut Badalona. On 7 October 2006, Khimki played in a game against the NBA club the Los Angeles Clippers, losing by a score of 98 to 91.

Khimki won the Russian Cup in 2008, and played in the Eurocup championship game in 2009. The team played in the 1st-tier Euroleague for the first time in the 2009–10 season, and also played in the Euroleague during the 2010–11 season and 2012–13 seasons. The team also won the Eurocup in 2012 and 2015, after winning over Valencia Basket and Herbalife Gran Canaria in the Finals, respectively.

Arenas

Khimki has played its homes at the Basketball Center of Moscow Region for both national domestic league games and European league games. Starting with the 2015–16 season, Khimki started playing Euroleague games at the Krylatskoye Sports Palace.

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	Cup competition	European competitions	Regional competitions
2001–02	1	Superleague A	6	Eight place	–	–	–
2002–03	1	Superleague A	4	Fourth place	Semifinalist	–	–
2003–04	1	Superleague A	5	Fifth place	Fourth place	–	–
2004–05	1	Superleague A	5	Semifinalist	Fourth place	3 FIBA Europe League – Third place	–
2005–06	1	Superleague A	3	Runner-up	Runner-up	3 FIBA EuroCup – Runner-up	–
2006–07	1	Superleague A	3	Semifinalist	–	2 ULEB Cup – Eightfinals	–
2007–08	1	Superleague A	2	Runner-up	Winner	2 ULEB Cup – Eightfinals	–
2008–09	1	Superleague A	2	Runner-up	–	2 Eurocup – Runner-up	VTB League – Runner-up
2009–10	1	Superleague A	2	Runner-up	Fourth place	1 Euroleague – Top 16	VTB League – Fourth place
2010–11	1	PBL	4	Runner-up	–	1 Euroleague – Regular season	VTB League – Champion
2011–12	1	PBL	4	Runner-up	–	2 Eurocup – Champion	VTB League – Quarterfinals
2012–13	1	PBL	2	–	–	1 Euroleague – Top 16	VTB League – Fourth place
2013–14	1	VTB League	1	Quarterfinalist	Semifinalist	2 Eurocup – Eightfinals	–
2014–15	1	VTB League	2	Runner-up	Quarterfinalist	2 Eurocup – Champion	–

Notes:

^1 In 2013, the VTB United League replaced the PBL as Russia's first tier league.

Titles and honours

Domestic competititons

• Russian Championship (PBL & VTB):
  • Runners-up (8): 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
• Russian Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2008
  • Runners-up (1): 2006

Regional competitions

• VTB United League:
  • Winners (1): 2011

European competitions

• Eurocup:
  • Winners (2): 2012, 2015
  • Runners-up (1): 2009
• EuroChallenge:
  • Runners-up (1): 2006

Players

Current roster

BC Khimki roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age C 13 Requilman, McDo (C) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 245 lb (111 kg) – (1999-05-13)13 May 1999 G/F 6 Requilman, Allego 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 190 lb (86 kg) – (2004-08-06)6 August 2004 PG 9 Requilman, Aldrix 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 185 lb (84 kg) – (2003-06-09)9 June 2003 PF 45 Ganacias, Ecko 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 240 lb (110 kg) SG 19 Dumal-in, Rovick 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 198 lb (90 kg) – (2006-09-09)9 September 2006 SF 14 Requilman, Jerome 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 215 lb (98 kg) – (2000-09-14)14 September 2000 G/F 38 Ridao, Vincent 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 200 lb (91 kg) C 29 Tamonte, Rell 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 250 lb (110 kg) PG 27 Ubilas, Jeremiah 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 180 lb (82 kg) – (2007-12-17)17 December 2007 C 11 Luz, Gab (RS/I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 270 lb (120 kg) – (2002-02-11)11 February 2002 F/C 24 Bueno, James (RS/I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 230 lb (100 kg) – (2003-08-14)14 August 2003 PG 33 Sudario, Jared (RS/I) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 195 lb (88 kg) – (2002-05-25)25 May 2002 SG 17 Fariñas, Hendrix (RS/I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 205 lb (93 kg) – (2003-11-18)18 November 2003 SF 44 Fabros, Sean (RS/I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 220 lb (100 kg) – (2002-11-04)4 November 2002	Head coach Gibbet Requilman Assistant coach(es) Jong-Jong Requilman Rodolfo Requilman, Jr. Dencio Requilman Raymond Requilman Elly Requilman Carlo Requilman Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: January 11, 206

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Paul Davis	Josh Boone	Dmitri Sokolov	Ruslan Pateev
PF	Marko Todorovic	James Augustine		Maxim Sheleketo
SF	Sergei Monia	Tyler Honeycutt		Stanislav Ilnitskiy
SG	Alexey Shved	Zoran Dragic	Egor Vyaltsev
PG	Tyrese Rice	Petteri Koponen

Notable players

Aleksandr Dedushkin Vladimir Dyachok Vitaly Fridzon Vasily Karasev Sergei Karaulov Kelly McCarty Nikita Morgunov Timofey Mozgov Alexander Petrenko Pavel Podkolzin Anton Ponkrashov Aleksey Savrasenko Nikita Shabalkin Alexey Shved Vladimir Veremeenko

Carlos Delfino Rubén Wolkowyski Milt Palacio Ratko Varda Teemu Rannikko Petteri Koponen Jérôme Moïso Ademola Okulaja Pat Burke Gianmarco Pozzecco Paulius Jankūnas Robertas Javtokas Maciej Lampe Zoran Planinić Krešimir Lončar

Zoran Dragić Carlos Cabezas Jorge Garbajosa Raül López Melvin Booker Daniel Ewing Keith Langford Chris Quinn Clay Tucker Mike Wilkinson Óscar Torres

Notable coaches

• Kęstutis Kemzūra
• Sergio Scariolo
• Rimas Kurtinaitis

External links

• Official website (Russian) (English)
• Euroleague.net Team Profile
• Eurobasket.com Team Profile