BC Khimki () is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Khimki, Moscow Oblast. The club's senior men's first team participates in the Russian Basketball Super League 1. The club's full official name is BC Khimki Moscow Region. Khimki has a Moscow-based rivalry with the Russian club CSKA Moscow.
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 FIBA Korać Cup. There, the team competed against a group of defeated leaders of the Turkish Super League, 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 FIBA EuroChallenge and the 2nd-tier level EuroCup. In 2006, Khimki played in the EuroChallenge's championship game, against Joventut Badalona. On 7 October 2006, Khimki played in a game against the NBA club the Los Angeles Clippers, 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 EuroLeague, 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 2012 and 2015.
Arenas
Khimki plays its VTB United League and EuroCup home games at the 4,000 seat Khimki Basketball Center. In the 2015–16 season, Khimki played its EuroLeague home games at the 5,000 seatPalace of Sports «Dynamo» in Krylatskoye. 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.
Season by season SeasonTierDivisionRussian Cup European competitions Other competitions 2001–021Superleague A 8th 2002–031Superleague A 4th Semifinalist 2003–041Superleague A 5th Fourth place 2004–051Superleague A 4th Fourth place 3 FIBA Europe League 3rd 2005–061Superleague A 2nd Runner-up 3 FIBA EuroCup 2006–071Superleague A 3rd 2 ULEB Cup 2007–081Superleague A 2nd Winner 2 ULEB Cup 2008–091Superleague A 2nd 2 Eurocup United League 2009–101Superleague A 2nd Fourth place1 Euroleague United League 4th 2010–111PBL 2nd 1 Euroleague United League 2011–121PBL 2nd 2 Eurocup United League 2012–131PBL 2nd 1 Euroleague United League 4th 2013–141United League 5th Semifinalist 2 Eurocup 2014–151United League 2nd Quarterfinalist 2 Eurocup 2015–161United League 4th 1 Euroleague 2016–171United League 2nd Top 16 2 EuroCup 2017–181United League 2nd 1 EuroLeague 2018–191United League 2nd Top 16 1 EuroLeague 2019–201United League 1st 1 EuroLeague 2020–211United League 7th 1 EuroLeague 2021–222Super League 1 11th Top 32 2022–232Super League 1 4th Fourth place 2023–242Super League 1 2nd Top 16
Notes: In 2013, the VTB United League 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 VTB United League: Winners (1): 2011 Runners-up (4): 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
European competitions EuroCup: Winners (2): 2012, 2015 Runners-up (1): 2009 FIBA EuroChallenge: Runners-up (1): 2006
Other competitions Sevilla, Spain Invitational Game: Winners (1): 2009 Fuenlabrada, Spain Invitational Game: Winners (1): 2009 Trofeo Costa de Sol Winners (1): 2015 Gomelsky Cup: 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 Rimas Kurtinaitis: 2011–2016, 2019–2021 Duško Ivanović: 2016–2017 Georgios Bartzokas: 2017–2019 Andrey Maltsev: 2021–2025 Gleb Plotnikov: 2025–2026 Roman Semerninov: 2026–present
See also Moscow Basketball derby
References
External links
Euroleague.net Team Profile Eurobasket.com Team Profile