# BC Zenit Saint Petersburg

Departments of Zenit Saint Petersburg :
| Football (Men) | Football (Reserve) | Football (Women) | Basketball |
| Basketball (Reserve) | Volleyball | Handball | |
BC Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russian: БК Зенит Санкт Петербург), formerly known as BC Dynamo Moscow Region (2003–2007) and BC Triumph Lyubertsy (2007–2014), is a Russian professional basketball team that is located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, since 2014. The club competes domestically in the VTB United League, and competed in the EuroLeague. On February 28, 2022, EuroLeague Basketball suspended the team because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Their home court is Sibur Arena. The club is sponsored by Gazprom. Since the team moved to Saint Petersburg in 2014, the team is a part of the multi-sports club Zenit, of which the football club FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, is also a part. Alexander Tserkovny is a general manager of the club since July 16, 2018.

## History
### Dynamo Moscow

The club was originally established in 2003, under the name BC Dynamo Moscow Region, and registered into the Russian Superleague A.

### Triumph Lyubertsy

In 2007, the basketball club of Dynamo Moscow Region disbanded and became the newly reformed club of BC Triumph Lyubertsy Moscow Region. Triumph Lyubertsy retained all the records of the Dynamo Moscow Region club, through the acquisition of the club's rights. In the 2013–14 season, Triumph reached the final of the EuroChallenge, in which it lost to Reggio Emilia by a score of 65–79.

### Zenit
#### 2014-2019

In July 2014, the club announced it was relocating from Lyubertsy to Saint Petersburg, and was changing its name to BC Zenit Saint Petersburg. The club retained the rights of BC Triumph Lyubertsy, and also its place in both the VTB United League and the EuroCup. Meanwhile, the club tried to retain a second club in Lyubertsy, that would compete in the Russian Super League 1. As a result, the basketball club became a section of the Zenit sports club, which already contained Zenit FC, a football club.
The team finished fifth in the 2014–15 season, but was eliminated in the quarter-finals. In 2016, Zenit moved from the Sibur Arena to the Yubileyni Arena. In the following four seasons, Zenit qualified for the semi-finals every time, but never reached the league finals.
On 27 June 2019, EuroLeague Basketball awarded Zenit a wild card for the 2019–20 EuroLeague. This would mark Zenit's debut in the highest European tier.

#### 2020-present

In early 2022, in light of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, American-Puerto Rican Shabazz Napier left the team. Also leaving the team were Americans Billy Baron, Alex Poythress, Conner Frankamp, Tyson Carter, Jordan Mickey, and Jordan Loyd, as well as Lithuanians Arturas Gudaitis and Mindaugas Kuzminskas, and Polish player Mateusz Ponitka.
On February 28, 2022, EuroLeague Basketball suspended the team because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
On June 5, 2022 BC Zenit has become VTB United League champion beating CSKA Moscow in 7 games.

## Arenas

When the club moved to St. Petersburg, they first played their home games at the 7,120 seat Sibur Arena. They then moved to the newly renovated 7,000 seat Yubileyni Arena. When the club was previously based in Lyubertsy, they played their home games at the 4,000 seat Triumph Sports Palace arena.
Arenas :
| Arena | City | Capacity | Tenure |
| Triumph Sports Palace | Lyubertsy | 4,000 | 2003–2014 |
| KSK Arena | Saint Petersburg | 7,120 | 2014–present |
| Yubileyny Sports Palace | Saint Petersburg | 7,000 | 2016–present |

## Honours
### Domestic competitions

* VTB United League
** Winners (1): 2021–22
* VTB United League Supercup
** Winners (2): 2022, 2023
* Russian Cup
** Winners (1): 2024

### European competitions

* FIBA Europe Conference North
** Winners (2): 2004, 2005
* FIBA EuroCup Challenge
** Runner-up (1): 2005
* FIBA EuroChallenge
** Runner-up (1): 2014
** Third place (2): 2009, 2012

### Other competitions

* Vladimir Kondrashin and Alexander Belov Tournament
** Winners (2): 2021, 2022.

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Russian Cup | European competitions | European competitions |
| Dynamo Moscow Region |||||||
| 2003–04 | 1 | Superliga A | 6th | | | |
| 2004–05 | 1 | Superliga A | 7th | | | |
| 2005–06 | 1 | Superliga A | 6th | | | |
| 2006–07 | 1 | Superliga A | 6th | | | |
| Triumph Lyubertsy |||||||
| 2007–08 | 1 | Superliga A | 4th | | 2 ULEB Cup | RS |
| 2008–09 | 1 | Superliga A | 5th | | 3 EuroChallenge | 3rd |
| 2009–10 | 1 | Superliga А | 6th | Quarterfinalist | 2 Eurocup | RS |
| 2010–11 | 1 | PBL | 10th | | 3 EuroChallenge | QR |
| 2011–12 | 1 | PBL | 3rd | Quarterfinalist | 3 EuroChallenge | 3rd |
| 2012–13 | 1 | PBL | 5th | | 2 Eurocup | EF |
| 2013–14 | 1 | United League | 5th | Quarterfinalist | 3 EuroChallenge | RU |
| Zenit Saint Petersburg |||||||
| 2014–15 | 1 | United League | 5th | Second qualifying round | 2 Eurocup | EF |
| 2015–16 | 1 | United League | 3rd | Runner-up | 2 Eurocup | EF |
| 2016–17 | 1 | United League | 3rd | | 2 EuroCup | QF |
| 2017–18 | 1 | United League | 3rd | | 2 EuroCup | QF |
| 2018–19 | 1 | United League | 4th | First round | 2 EuroCup | T16 |
| 2019–20 | 1 | United League | 6th | — | 1 EuroLeague | 18th place |
| 2020–21 | 1 | United League | 3rd | | 1 EuroLeague | QF |
| 2021–22 | 1 | United League | 1st | Supercup Runner-up | 1 EuroLeague | SP |

## Players
### Current roster

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

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Inactive |
| C | Vince Hunter | Alex Poythress | Egor Ryzhov | |
| PF | Andrey Vorontsevich | Okaro White | | |
| SF | Sergey Karasev | Georgy Zhbanov | Pavel Zemskiy | |
| SG | Dwayne Bacon | Alexey Shved | | |
| PG | Trent Frazier | Aleksandr Shcherbenev | Denis Zakharov | Xavier Moon |

### 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.
* Luke Nevill
* J. R. Bremer
* Kyle Landry
* Kevin Pangos
* Gal Mekel
* Yuval Naimi
* Jānis Timma
* Giedrius Gustas
* Egor Vyaltsev
* Sergey Karasev
* Vasily Karasev
* Ivan Zoroski
* Nenad Krstić
* Ognjen Aškrabić
* Uros Slokar
* Stefan Marković
* Kerem Tunçeri
* Alan Anderson
* Davon Jefferson
* Jordan Loyd
* Paul Miller

## Head coaches

Head coaches :
| Name | Tenure |
| Evgeny Kovalenko | 2003—2005 |
| Aleksandr Vasin | 2005 |
| Rūtenis Paulauskas | 2005—2007 |
| Dmitry Shakulin | 2007 |
| Stanislav Yeryomin | 2007—2010 |
| Valdemaras Chomičius | 2010–2012 |
| Vasily Karasev | 2012–2018 |
| Joan Plaza | 2018–2020 |
| Xavi Pascual | 2020–present |