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UNICS Kazan
UNICS Kazan logo
LeaguesRussian Basketball Super League
Founded1991
History1991 - present
ArenaKazan Sports Hall
(main arena capacity 7500)
LocationKazan, Russia
Team colorsGreen and White
PresidentYevgeny Borisovich Bogachev
Head coachAntanas Sireika
Championships
1 Russian National Cup (2003)
1 Euroleague FIBA (2004)
Websitewww.unics.ru

UNICS Kazan is a team 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 LeagueA, 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

  • 1997-1998 - Superleague A - 5th; Korac Cup - preliminary round;
  • 1998-1999 - Superleague A - 5th; Saporta Cup - 1/16 finals;
  • 1999-2000 - Superleague A - 3rd; Korac Cup - 1/16 finals;
  • 2000-2001 - Superleague A - 2nd; Saporta Cup - 1/2 finals;
  • 2001-2002 - Superleague A - 2nd; Saporta Cup - 1/4 finals;
  • 2002-2003 - Superleague A - 3rd; Russian Cup - Winner; FIBA Champions Cup - 1/4 finals; NEBL - Winner;
  • 2003-2004 - Superleague A - 2nd; Russian Cup - 1/2 finals; Euroleague FIBA - Winner;
  • 2004-2005 - Superleague A - 3rd; Russian Cup - Finals; Euroleague FIBA - 1/4 finals;
  • 2005-2006 - Superleague A - 4th; Russian Cup - 1/2 finals; ULEB Cup - 1/8 finals;
  • 2006-2007 - Superleague A - 2nd; Russian Cup - Finals; ULEB Cup - 1/2 finals;

Famous Players


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

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