BC Zenit Saint Petersburg (), 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.
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.Triumph Lyubertsy - BC Emilia : 65:79 (Match report) ScoresPro.com
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.«Триумф» будет выступать под названием «Зенит» в Санкт-Петербурге; Championat.ru, 18 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014 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 seatTriumph Sports Palace Capacity: 4 000. Triumph Sports Palace arena.
ArenasArenaCityCapacityTenure 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 Russian Professional Basketball Championship / 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 SeasonTierLeagueRussian Cup European competitions Dynamo Moscow Region2003–041 Superliga A6th 2004–051 Superliga A7th 2005–061 Superliga A6th 2006–071 Superliga A6th Triumph Lyubertsy2007–081 Superliga A4th 2 ULEB Cup 2008–091 Superliga A5th 3 EuroChallenge 3rd2009–101 Superliga А6th Quarterfinalist 2 Eurocup 2010–111 PBL10th 3 EuroChallenge 2011–121 PBL3rd Quarterfinalist 3 EuroChallenge 3rd2012–131 PBL5th 2 Eurocup 2013–141 United League5th Quarterfinalist 3 EuroChallenge Zenit Saint Petersburg2014–151 United League5th Second qualifying round 2 Eurocup 2015–161 United League3rd Runner-up 2 Eurocup 2016–171 United League3rd 2 EuroCup 2017–181 United League3rd 2 EuroCup 2018–191 United League4th First round 2 EuroCup 2019–201 United League6th — 1 EuroLeague 18th place2020–211 United League3rd 1 EuroLeague 2021–221 United League 1st Supercup Runner-up 1 EuroLeague 2022–231United League4th2023–241United League3rd2024–251United League2nd
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Notable players
Head coaches Head coachesNameNationalityTenureTrophies 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 2020–2025 Aleksander Sekulić 2025–2026 Dejan Radonjić 2026 Rostislav Vergun 2026 Duško Ivanović 2026–present
References
External links Official Website Eurobasket.com Team Page