BC Khimki () is a Russian professional

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. The club's senior men's first team participates in the

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. The club's full official name is BC Khimki Moscow Region. Khimki has a Moscow-based rivalry with the Russian club

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History

BC Khimki was founded on January 5, 1997, and won the first seasons' championship of its regional league, to earn a place in the Russian Superleague A. The following year, Khimki positioned itself among the top 10 basketball clubs in Russia, guaranteeing a place in the 3rd-tier European cup competition, the

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. There, the team competed against a group of defeated leaders of the

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, YUBA Liga, and Bulgarian League. The team remained in a middle position in the Russian Super League until the 2002–03 season. That year the club finished in fourth place in the Russian Super League. During the subsequent years, the Russian high society behind the club decided to make the roster stronger, by signing players such as Gianmarco Pozzecco, Óscar Torres, and Rubén Wolkowyski. The team then participated several times in European-wide continental tournaments, like the 3rd-tier level

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and the 2nd-tier level EuroCup. In 2006, Khimki played in the EuroChallenge's championship game, against

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. On 7 October 2006, Khimki played in a game against the

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, losing by a score of 98 to 91. Khimki won the Russian Cup title in 2008, and played in the EuroCup championship game in 2009. The team played in the European 1st-tier level

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, for the first time in the 2009–10 season, and also played in the EuroLeague during the 2010–11 season and the 2012–13 season. The team also won the EuroCup championship in

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and

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Arenas

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and EuroCup home games at the 4,000 seat Khimki Basketball Center. In the 2015–16 season, Khimki played its

home games at the 5,000 seat Krylatskoye Sports Palace. For the 2017–18 season, Khimki began playing its home EuroLeague games at the 7,280 seat Mytishchi Arena.

Club identity

Logos

On August 9, 2016, Khimki adopted a new logo to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Khimki logo.png, The original Khimki logo (used until 2016). BC Khimki 2016 logo.png, The club's 20 year anniversary logo (2016–present).

Season by season

Notes: : In 2013, the

replaced the PBL as Russia's first tier league.

Titles and honours

Domestic competitions

* Russian Championship ( RSL / PBL / VTB): **''Runners-up'' (11): 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 * Russian Cup: **Winners (1): 2008 **''Runners-up'' (1): 2006

Regional competitions

: **Winners (1):

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

**''Runners-up'' (4):

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

European competitions

* EuroCup: **Winners (2):

**''Runners-up'' (1):

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

: **''Runners-up'' (1):

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

Other competitions

*Sevilla, Spain Invitational Game: **Winners (1): 2009 *Fuenlabrada, Spain Invitational Game: **Winners (1): 2009 * Trofeo Costa de Sol **Winners (1): 2015 *

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: **Winners (1): 2017

Players

Current roster

Notable players

Head coaches

* Sergey Elevich: 1997–2007 * Kęstutis Kemzūra: 2007–2008 * Sergio Scariolo: 2008–2010 * Oleg Meleshchenko: 2010–2011 *

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: 2011–2016, 2019–2021 *

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: 2016–2017 * Georgios Bartzokas: 2017–2019 * Andrey Maltsev: 2021–present

References

External links

*
Euroleague.net Team ProfileEurobasket.com Team Profile
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