BC Samara

BC Samara
BC Samara logo
LeaguesVTB United League
Founded1976; 50 years ago (1976)
History
List
  • BC Azot Tolyatti
    (1976–1977)
    BC Stroitel Kuybyshev
    (1977–1991)
    BC Stroitel Samara
    (1991–1994)
    BC Samara
    (1994–2002)
    CSK VVS-Samara
    (2002–2010)
    BC Samara SGEU
    (2012–2014)
    BC Samara
    (2014–present)
ArenaIce Sports Palace
Capacity4,713
LocationSamara, Russia
Team colorsBlue, Orange
   
PresidentKamo Poghosyan
Head coachMilos Pavicevic
Championships1 FIBA EuroCup Challenge
1 Russian Cup
Websitebcsamara.com

BC Samara (Russian: БК Самара) is a Russian professional basketball team based in Samara.

History

BC Samara (1976–2002)

Club was founded in Tolyatti as BC Azot.[citation needed]

CSK VVS (1992–2002)

Another club from Samara was formally patronized by the Russian Air Force (VVS). After the collapse of Soviet Union, staff of basketball club SKA Alma-Ata and basketball players along with coach moved to Samara and new club "CSK VVS" was founded.[citation needed]

In 1997, after bankruptcy, club was moved to Tula, Russia and founded as Arsenal Tula.

CSK VVS - Samara (2002–2010)

In 2002, CSK VVS was refounded and merged with BC Samara, to form a new club called "CSK VVS - Samara". In the 2006–07 season, this club won the championship of the European-wide 4th tier-level league, the FIBA EuroCup.[citation needed]

However, CSK VVS- Samara went bankrupt in 2009. Thus the team could not participate in the 2009–10 Russian Super League 1 season.

BC Samara (2012–present)

In 2012, CSK VVS - Samara was refounded as "Samara SGEU" and in 2014 club got back its old name "Samara". BC Samara won Russian Super League 1 twice in season.[citation needed] In 2022 BC Samara joined VTB United League.[citation needed]

Honours

Champions (1): 2006–07
Champions (2): 2018–19, 2020-21
Champions (2): 2019–20, 2021-22

Logos

Players

Current roster

BC Samara roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 1 Russia Chevarenkov, Artem 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 30 – (1996-03-12)12 March 1996
PG 3 Russia Kuznetcov, Alexandr 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 28 – (1998-03-13)13 March 1998
G 4 Russia Sheiko, Gleb 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1996-11-19)19 November 1996
F 10 Russia Mikhailovskii, Nikita 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (2000-09-10)10 September 2000
F 12 Russia Savrasov, Andrey 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (2000-11-30)30 November 2000
C 14 Russia Ukraine Minchenko, Evgeny 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 31 – (1994-12-13)13 December 1994
F 16 Russia Pokhodiaev, Danila 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (2001-02-04)4 February 2001
C 18 Russia Kalinov, Valeriy 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 27 – (1999-08-01)1 August 1999
G 23 Russia Kulagin, Mikhail 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 32 – (1994-08-04)4 August 1994
C 27 Russia Kosyakov, Nikita 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 21 – (2005-01-17)17 January 2005
SF 30 Russia Chikarev, Danila 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (2001-11-18)18 November 2001
G 53 Russia Cheburkin, Dmitriy 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1997-06-16)16 June 1997
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Russia Igor Grachev
  • Russia Ilya Loktionov
  • Russia Dmitry Bazarevich
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: December 20, 2025

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

Notable players

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.

Head coaches

References

  1. ↑ "БК "ЦСК ВВС-Самара" прекращает существование". Российская газета (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-12-25.