BC Samara

For the ice hockey team, see CSK VVS Samara (ice hockey).

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

BC Samara
Leagues	VTB United League
Founded	1976; 49 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)
Arena	Ice Sports Palace
Capacity	5,000
Location	Samara, Russia
Team colors	Blue, Orange
President	Kamo Poghosyan
Head coach	Sergei Bazarevich
Championships	1 FIBA EuroCup Challenge 1 Russian Cup
Website	bcsamara.com
Home Away

History

BC Samara (1976–2002)

Club was founded in Tolyatti as BC Azot. Club was a silver medalist of the Russian Super League 1 in 1992, and a 3-time bronze medalist, 1993, 1997, and 1998.^{[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, most of the staff of basketball club SKA Alma-Ata and basketball players along with coach moved to Samara and new club "CSK VVS" was founded. The club was registered in the first edition of Russian basketball league.^{[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 and team could not participate in the 2009–10 Russian Super League 1 season.^[1] Thus, it was replaced in the league by Krasnye Krylya Samara.^{[citation needed]}

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 2018-19 and 2020-21.^{[citation needed]}

In 2022 BC Samara joined VTB United League.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

• FIBA EuroCup Challenge

Champions (1): 2006–07

• Russian Basketball Super League

Champions (2): 2018–19, 2020-21

• Russian Cup

Champions (2): 2019–20, 2021-22

Logos

• 
  Logo (until 2019)
• 
  Logo (2019–present)

Players

Current roster

BC Samara roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age C 3 Zverev, Nikita 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 31 – (1994-04-06)6 April 1994 G 10 Kardanakhishvili, Anton 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – (2002-03-19)19 March 2002 F/C 12 Tumanov, Yaroslav 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 20 – (2004-10-28)28 October 2004 C 28 Gafurov, Philip 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 23 – (2001-06-23)23 June 2001 G 29 Pichkurov, Vladimir 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 35 – (1990-01-09)9 January 1990 F 30 Chikarev, Danila 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 23 – (2001-11-18)18 November 2001 F 45 Sheleketo, Maxim 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 38 – (1987-01-04)4 January 1987 SG Roberson, Justin 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 31 – (1993-07-08)8 July 1993	Head coach Sergei Bazarevich Assistant coach(es) Alexander Porinkevich Vladislav Konovalov Dmitry Bazarevich Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: October 15, 2022

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.

• Sergei Chikalkin (1996–98, 2008–10)
• Milan Preković (2001–02)
• Aleksandar Čubrilo (2001–02)
• Joe Wylie (2001–02)
• Giorgi Tsintsadze (2004–05)
• James Wade (2004)
• Omar Cook (2006–07)
• Kelvin Gibbs (2006–07)
• Georgios Diamantopoulos (2006–07)
• Nikita Shabalkin (2006–07)
• Sam Clancy, Jr. (2008–09)
• Andrew Sullivan (2008–09)
• Ikechukwu Nwamu (2021)
• Malcolm Thomas (2022–present)

Head coaches

• Sergei Bazarevich (2005–06, 2022–present)
• Valeri Tikhonenko (2005–09)