BC SKA Alma-Ata (russian: баскетбольный клуб СКА Алма-Ата) was a former Soviet basketball club from the city of

Alma-Ata Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...

. In 2013 the club has merged into

BC Almaty Basketball Club "BC" Almaty (russian: Баскетбольный клуб "БК" Алматы) is a Kazakhstani professional basketball club based in the city of Almaty in southern Kazakhstan. Founded in 2006, it has played under the name Almaty ...

to serve as the reserve squad in the second division Higher league under the name Almaty Legion KazNU (russian: Алматинский Легион КазНУ)

History

In 1978 in Alma-Ata (now

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of ...

) on the basis of the

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society "SKA" (спортивный клуб Армии) created the eponymous basketball club. The team played in the lower leagues, up to 1985, when the team won the first league championship and promoted to the USSR Premier Basketball League. In the seasons 1988-89 and 1989-90 SKA held the final 4 of the Premier League. In the Open CIS Cup of 1991-92 the team began as the SKA, and in 1992 finish the league season already as "Zhulduz" and won the "silver" medal, against the champions of Spartak Leningrad. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the most of the staff of SKA, basketball players along with coach Oleg Kim moved to

Samara Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara rivers, with a population ...

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and immediately declared to the big leagues of the first championship of Russia in 1992 as CSK VVS Samara. The rest of the club under the name ''CSKA Almaty'' (ЦСКА Алмату) continued to play in the new formed Kazakhstan basketball leagues. In the 2009-10 season the club won the championship of Kazakhstan's second league,http://www.asia-basket.com/team.asp?Cntry=KAZ&Team=10331 2009/2010 season Second League Kazakhstan having won 24 games out of 24, had a right to play in the Premier League.

Names through history

* 1978-1991 ''SKA Alma-Ata'' * 1992-1993 ''Zhulduz'' * 1993-2013 ''CSKA Almaty'' * 2013-to present ''Almaty Legion KazNU''

References

{{Reflist Basketball teams established in 1978 Basketball teams in Kazakhstan