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Women's Basketball Club Sparta&K is a women's basketball team based in Vidnoye, Russia that plays in
FIBA
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word ''amateur'' from its nam ...
’s EuroLeague Women.
History
It won the 2005–06EuroCup Women
The EuroCup Women (officially ''FIBA EuroCup Women'') is the second-level basketball competition with teams from associate members of FIBA Europe.
It succeeds the Ronchetti Cup
The Ronchetti Cup (called till 1996 ''European Cup Liliana Ronchett ...
and the 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2009–10 EuroLeague Women championship and two SuperCup Women. It is currently the only team that has won 4 consecutive EuroLeague Women titles since 1991 when European Cup For Women's Champions Clubs was rebranded as the Euroleague Women.
This is due in part to the team's supplementing of its otherwise Russian roster with seasoned WNBA American and other stars Lauren Jackson
Lauren Elizabeth Jackson (born 11 May 1981) is an Australian professional basketball player. The daughter of two national basketball team players, Jackson was awarded a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in 1997, when she ...
, Sue Bird
Suzanne Brigit Bird (born October 16, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player who played her entire career with the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association ( WNBA) Bird was drafted by the Storm first over ...
, Diana Taurasi
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, Tamika Catchings
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, Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota
Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota (born August 12, 1983) is a former Latvian basketball player. She ended her career in 2016. She is a daughter of former VEF Rīga star player Andris Jēkabsons.
Jēkabsone-Žogota played for Dynamo Moscow. She joined t ...
, and others.
In 2010, the club was renamed to Sparta&K after the sports society Spartak were against the usage of the brand "Spartak" in December 2009. The last letter is devoted to murdered basketball sponsor Shabtai Kalmanovich
Shabtai Kalmanovich ( he, שבתאי קלמנוביץ', lt, Šabtajus Kalmanovičius, russian: Шабтай Генрихович Калманович; 18 December 1947 – November 2, 2009), alternatively spelled Shabtai Kalmanovic,Клуб / Шабтай фон Калманович
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2009, 2010
EuroLeague Women: (4)
* 15px 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
2006
Official site
Women's basketball teams in Russia Sport in Moscow Oblast Spartak Moscow EuroCup Women-winning clubs EuroLeague Women clubs Basketball teams established in 1949 {{Europe-basketball-team-stub
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Winners
FIBA Europe SuperCup Women
The SuperCup Women (or Women SuperCup) is a super cup competition organized by FIBA Europe and contested between the winners of EuroLeague Women and EuroCup Women.
History
The first edition of the Cup took place on October 20, 2009, and was conte ...
: (2)
* 2009, 2010
EuroLeague Women: (4)
* 15px 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
EuroCup Women
The EuroCup Women (officially ''FIBA EuroCup Women'') is the second-level basketball competition with teams from associate members of FIBA Europe.
It succeeds the Ronchetti Cup
The Ronchetti Cup (called till 1996 ''European Cup Liliana Ronchett ...
: (1)
* 2006
Russian Women's Basketball Premier League
The Russian Women's Basketball Premier League is the premier women's basketball competition in Russia. The category consists of 11 teams playing a total of 20 rounds. At the end of the regular season the top eight teams play the play-offs througho ...
: (2)
* 15px 2007, 2008
Current roster
Former players
* Marina Karpunina *Ilona Korstin
Ilona Kalyuvna Korstin (russian: Илона Кальювна Корстин; born May 30, 1980) is a retired Russian basketball forward of Estonian origin, who competed for her native Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics ...
* Marina Kuzina
Marina Kuzina (born 19 July 1985 in Moscow) is a Russian basketball
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* Irina Osipova
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* Seimone Augustus
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* Sue Bird
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* Tamika Catchings
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* Candice Dupree
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* Sylvia Fowles
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* Janel McCarville
Janel McCarville (born November 3, 1982) is an American professional basketball player from Custer, Wisconsin who is currently a WNBA free agent.
High school years
Born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, McCarville attended Stevens Point Area Senior ...
* Diana Taurasi
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* Tina Thompson
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* Becky Hammon
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* Epiphanny Prince
Epiphanny Prince (born January 11, 1988) is a Russian-American professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Galatasaray of Turkey as well as the Russia women's national basketball t ...
* Lauren Jackson
Lauren Elizabeth Jackson (born 11 May 1981) is an Australian professional basketball player. The daughter of two national basketball team players, Jackson was awarded a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in 1997, when she ...
* Isabelle Yacoubou
Isabelle Yacoubou (born 21 April 1986) is a Beninese-born French basketball player. She plays for France women's national basketball team. She has competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics where France won a silver medal. Since May 2004 she also hol ...
* Sonja Petrović
* Elisa Aguilar
Elisabeth Aguilar López (born 15 October 1976 in Madrid) is a former Spanish women's basketball player, member of the Spanish women's basketball team. After four years at George Washington Colonials, she spent most of her senior career in Spa ...
* Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota
Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota (born August 12, 1983) is a former Latvian basketball player. She ended her career in 2016. She is a daughter of former VEF Rīga star player Andris Jēkabsons.
Jēkabsone-Žogota played for Dynamo Moscow. She joined t ...
* Jelena Milovanović
Jelena Brooks (; sr-cyr, Јелена Брукс, ; born April 28, 1989) is a Serbian professional women's basketball player for UNIQA Sopron. Standing at , she plays at the power forward position. She also represents the Serbian national baske ...
* Jelena Škerović
Jelena Škerović (born 23 December 1980) is a Montenegrin female basketball coach and former player. Currently she is head coach of Lotos Gdynia
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* Tijana Ajduković
Tijana Ajduković ( sr-cyr, Тијана Ајдуковић; born 3 June 1991) is a Serbian professional women's basketball player who plays for USK Praha (women's basketball) of the Czech League. Standing at , she plays at the center position. S ...
References
External links
Official site
Women's basketball teams in Russia Sport in Moscow Oblast Spartak Moscow EuroCup Women-winning clubs EuroLeague Women clubs Basketball teams established in 1949 {{Europe-basketball-team-stub