BC Azovmash

Azovmash Mariupol
Leagues	Ukrainian SuperLeague VTB United League Eurocup
Founded	1991
History	1991–present
Arena	Azovmash Arena
Arena Capacity	3,022
Location	Mariupol, Ukraine
Team colors	Blue, White, Orange
President	Aleksandr Savchuk
Head coach	Mirko Ocokoljic
Championships	7 Ukrainian Championships 5 Ukrainian Cups
Website	www.bcazovmash.com.ua/en/index/
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BC Azovmash (Ukrainian: БК "Азовмаш") is a Ukrainian professional basketball club. It was founded in 1991 in the city of Mariupol in South-Eastern Ukraine. It now takes part in 4 competitions: Ukrainian SuperLeague, Ukrainian Cup, VTB United League and the ULEB Eurocup and its home court is Azovmash Arena. It is one of the strongest teams in Ukraine along with BC Kyiv, BC Khimik and, BC Cherkasy. The team's performance peak was an appearance in the EuroCup Final of 2007, against Akasvayu Girona.

History

The club was founded in 1990. Azovmash moved up from the Ukrainian third to first division by 1999. Azovmash won the 2002 Ukrainian SuperLeague title. Azovmash added another Ukrainian title in 2004 and following the arrival of point guard Khalid El-Amin, won the domestic championship again in 2006 and 2007.

In 2007, with players like Kenan Bajramović, Panagiotis Liadelis, Serhiy Lishchuk and El-Amin, Azovmash reached the FIBA EuroCup Final Four, defeating Italian Serie A club Virtus Bologna by a point in the semis before falling to Spanish Liga ACB club Akasvayu Girona in the title game. In 2008, Azovmash reached the elimination rounds ULEB Cup and won the Ukrainian domestic championship and cup.

Roster

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BC Azovmash roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SF 4 Pustozvonov, Maksym 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) – (1987-04-16)16 April 1987 G 9 Lutsenko, Maksim 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) – (1993-01-30)30 January 1993 PG 11 Zabirchenko, Dmitriy 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) – (1984-06-15)15 June 1984 F 12 Luhovtsov, Kristian 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 86 kg (190 lb) – (1994-03-13)13 March 1994 C 14 Zaytsev, Igor 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 101 kg (223 lb) – (1989-05-11)11 May 1989 C 15 Natyazhko, Kirill 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 120 kg (265 lb) – (1990-11-30)30 November 1990 G 17 Lukashov, Denis 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) – (1989-04-30)30 April 1989 G 18 Slipenchuk, Artem 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) – (1989-11-28)28 November 1989	Head coach Sergey Zavalin Assistant coach(es) Ocokoljic Mirko Team manager Oleksandr Skutyelnik Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: September 14, 2013

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	Ukrainian Cup	VTB United	European competitions
2008–09	1	SuperLeague	1	Champion	Winner	–	2 Eurocup – Top 16
2009–10	1	SuperLeague	6	Champion	Semifinalist	–	2 Eurocup – Regular season
2010–11	1	SuperLeague	3	Semifinalist	Finalist	4th place	2 Eurocup – Regular season
2011–12	1	SuperLeague	3	Finalist	–	Group stage	2 Eurocup – Regular season
2012–13	1	SuperLeague	3	Finalist	–	Group stage	2 Eurocup – Regular season
2013–14	1	SuperLeague	4	Third–place	–	Group stage	–

Honours

• Ukrainian SuperLeague:
  • Gold - 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Silver - 2005, 2012, 2013
  • Bronze - 2001, 2002
• Ukrainian Cup:
  • Gold - 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009
  • Silver - 2007
• FIBA EuroCup:
  • Gold Conference North - 2003
  • Finalist of the EuroCup 2006-07

Notable players

Oleksandr Rayevsky Serhiy Lishchuk Oleksander Lokhmanchuk Kyrylo Fesenko Thomas Van Den Spiegel Kenan Bajramović Slaven Rimac Robert Archibald Panagiotis Liadelis Nikola Radulović Sandis Valters Tomas Delininkaitis Simonas Serapinas Aleksandar Ćapin

William Avery Rodney Buford R. T. Guinn Tyus Edney Khalid El-Amin Junior Harrington Jermaine Jackson Kris Lang Carlos Powell Marc Salyers Dijon Thompson

External links

• Official Site (Russian)
• Official English Site
• Eurocup Team Profile
• Eurobasket.com Team Profile
• Official Fan Club (Russian)