BC Nizhny Novgorod (), commonly known as simply Nizhny Novgorod, also known as Pari Nizhny Novgorod for sponsorship reasons, is a Russian professional basketball club from the city of Nizhny Novgorod. It participates in the VTB United League.
History Basketball club Nizhny Novgorod is the only professional men's basketball team in Nizhny Novgorod and the region. It was founded in 2000. It played in the Russian Third Division. In the 2001–02 season the club was named Nizhegorodsky Basketball Academy, or NBA. Since then it had changed several names: NBA (2001–2002), NBA-Seti-NN (2002–2004), NBA-Telma (2004–2006). After the 2005–06 season the team entered the Superleague B and was called NBA-Nizhny Novgorod.
Two seasons in the Superleague B were successful for NBA-NN, with the 5th and the 6th places. In 2008–09 the team finished only the 7th. In October 2008 there were changes in the management. The new Minister for Investment Policies of Nizhny Novgorod region, Olympic champion Dmitri Svatkovskiy became the President of the club. Sergei Panov – the twelve times champion of Russia, Euroleague champion, silver medallist of the World and European championships – became the general manager.
Before the season 2009–10 the management worked on the players selection ending with the entire changes to the team roster. Beside this the club changed its name to BC Nizhny Novgorod (BCNN). By the end of the 2010 season the team took the first place in the Superleague B which respectively granted them the right to play in the elite division of the Russian basketball.яуйи
During the 2010–11 season BCNN was among those clubs who had founded the new Russian Professional Basketball League. Also the team played in the EuroChallenge in 2010–11, not having much success though getting new international cup experience. In the Cup of Russia 2010–11 season, for the first time in its history BCNN took part in the Final of the Four winning silver medals.
During its first year in the Russian basketball elite division, Nizhny Novgorod took the final fifth place in the Russian championship. In the 2011–12 season the team failed to enter the play-off of the Russian championship, finishing the season at #9.
In the 2013–14 season Nizhny Novgorod reached the Finals of the VTB United League, in which it lost 0–3 to CSKA Moscow. Therefore, the team qualified for the 2014–15 EuroLeague regular season. The team reached the Top 16 over the likes of UNICS and Sassari. In 2015, Israeli NBA player Gal Mekel played for the team.
Honours Total titles: 2 Domestic competition VTB United League Runners-up (1): 2013–14 Russian Cup Winner (1): 2023 Runner-up (4): 2011, 2018, 2019, 2024, 2025 Russian Basketball Super League 1 Winner (1): 2010
European competition EuroCup Semi-finalist (1): 2013–14
Logos Before the start of the 2016–17 season, Nizhny Novgorod changed its primary logo.
Season by season SeasonTierLeagueRussian CupEuropean competitions 2000–01 3 Higher League16th 2001–02 3 Higher League4th 2002–03 3 Higher League3rd First round 2003–04 3 Higher League9th Round of 64 2004–05 3 Higher League6th First round 2005–06 3 Higher League3rd First round 2006–07 2 Superliga B5th Round of 16 2007–08 2 Superliga B6th Round of 16 2008–09 2 Superliga B7th Round of 32 2009–10 2 Superliga B1st Round of 16 2010–11 1 PBL5thRunner-up 3 EuroChallenge 2011–12 1 PBL9th 3 EuroChallenge VTB United 2012–13 1 PBL8th VTB United 2013–14 1 VTB United 2 Eurocup 2014–15 1 VTB United4th 1 Euroleague 2015–16 1 VTB United7th 2 Eurocup 2016–17 1 VTB United9th 2 EuroCup 2017–18 1VTB United7thRunner-up 3 Champions League 4 FIBA Europe Cup 2018–19 1 VTB United6thRunner-up 3 Champions League 2019–20 1 VTB United8th 3 Champions League 2020–21 1 VTB United5th 3 Champions League 2021–22 1 VTB United8th 3 Champions League 2022–23 1 VTB United5thWinner
Roster
References
External links
Official site The history of the club Eurobasket.com Team Info