BC UNICS

UNICS Kazan
UNICS Kazan logo
Leagues	Russian Basketball Super League
Founded	1991
History	1991 - present
Arena	Basket Hall Arena (capacity 7500)
Location	Kazan, Russia
Team colors	Green and White
President	Yevgeny Borisovich Bogachev
Head coach	Antanas Sireika
Championships	1 Russian Cup (2003) 1 North European Basketball League (NEBL) (2003) 1 Euroleague FIBA (2004)
Website	www.unics.ru

UNICS Kazan is a professional basketball club in Kazan, Russia playing in the Russian Basketball Super League. Their home arena is Basket Hall Arena. The Club was founded in 1991 and began its appearance at the lowest of leagues. In 1997 it was promoted to the Russian Basketball Super League 'A', the top Russian league. A year later Yevgeny Borisovich Bogachev, the chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of Tatarstan, became the President of the club.

Achievements

• 1997-98 - Superleague A - 5th; Korac Cup - preliminary round;
• 1998-99 - Superleague A - 5th; Saporta Cup - 1/16 finals;
• 1999-00 - Superleague A - 3rd; Korac Cup - 1/16 finals (lost to the Cup finalist);
• 2000-01 - Superleague A - 2nd; Saporta Cup - 1/2 finals (lost to the Cup winner);
• 2001-02 - Superleague A - 2nd; Saporta Cup - 1/4 finals (lost to the Cup winner);
• 2002-03 - Superleague A - 3rd; Russian Cup - Winner; FIBA Champions Cup - 1/4 finals; NEBL - Winner;
• 2003-04 - Superleague A - 2nd; Russian Cup - 1/2 finals; Euroleague FIBA - Winner;
• 2004-05 - Superleague A - 3rd; Russian Cup - Finals; Euroleague FIBA - 1/4 finals;
• 2005-06 - Superleague A - 4th; Russian Cup - 1/2 finals; ULEB Cup - 1/8 finals;
• 2006-07 - Superleague A - 2nd; Russian Cup - Finals; ULEB Cup - 1/2 finals (lost to the Cup winner);

Notable Russian Players

• Ruslan Avleev (1997-01, 2004-06);
• Petr Samoylenko (1998-07);
• Anton Yudin (1999-03, 2004-06);
• Evgenii Pashutin (2000-02);
• Valentin Kubrakov (2000-02, 2003-04);
• Igor Kudelin (2002-03, 2006-07);
• Sergei Chikalkin (2002-03, 2005-07);
• Andrei Fetisov (2002-03);
• Alexander Miloserdov (2003-05; 2006-07);
• Sergei Toporov (2004-06);
• Vadim Panin (2006-07);
• Dmitriy Sokolov (2006-07);

Notable Foreign Players

• Anthony Bonner (2001-02)
• Damir Mršić (2002-03)
• Dickey Simpkins (2002-03)
• Eurelijus Žukauskas (2002-04)
• Kebu Stewart (2002-03)
• Chris Anstey (2003-05)
• Martin Müürsepp (2003-04; 2005-06)
• Saulius Stombergas (2003-04; 2005-07)
• Kaspars Kambala (2004-05)
• Paul Shirley (2004-05)
• Shammond Williams (2004-05)
• Travis Best (2005-06)
• Ksystof Lavrinovic (2005-07)
• Samaki Walker (2005-06)
• Mateen Cleaves (2006-07)

UNICS Kazan УНИКС
4		Jarod Stevenson	Small forward
6		Alexander Miloserdov	Shooting guard
7		Darjus Lavrinovic	Center
10		Vadim Panine	Shooting guard/Small forward
15		Sergei Chikalkin	Shooting guard
20		Dmitriy Sokolov	Center
21		Konstantin Nesterov	Power forward/Center
24		Jerry McCullough	Point guard
25		Aleksey Zhukanenko	Small forward/Power forward
30		Dusko Savanovic	Power forward
		Joseph Forte	Shooting guard
		Virgil Stanescu	Center
		Pavel Sergeev	Point guard/Shooting guard
		Tariq Kirksay	Small forward/Shooting guard