BC Kyiv
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BC Kyiv is the Ukrainian
Ukraine
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 professional basketball
Basketball
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 club that is based in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

. The club's home court for Ukrainian domestic league matches is the Meridian Sports Complex, which has a seating capacity
Seating capacity
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 of 1,500. Large attendance games and European-wide competition games are held at the 7,000 seat Kiev Sports Palace.

History

The club was founded in 1999. Kyiv won the Ukrainian SuperLeague
Ukrainian Basketball Super League
The Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague is the top professional basketball league in Ukraine.-2010–2011 Teams:* Azovmash Mariupol* BC Kyiv* Khimik Yuzhny* MBС Mykolaiv* BC Donetsk* BC Budivelnik* BC Halychyna* BC Hoverla* BC Dnipro-Azot...

 in 2000 and 2005, and also reached the FIBA EuroCup
EuroChallenge
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 final in 2005.

Roster


! | No
! | Player
! | Height
! | Position
! | Year born
|-
| 4 ||   Aleksandr Riabchuk || 1.86 || PG || 1989
|-
| 5 ||   Denis Noskov || 2.01 || SF || 1990
|-
| 6 ||   Maksym Sandul || 2.06 || C || 1991
|-
| 7 ||   Oleksandr Tischenko || 2.06 || C || 1989
|-
| 8 ||  Derrick Zimmerman
Derrick Zimmerman
Derrick Dewayne Zimmerman is an American professional basketball player. He played collegiately at Mississippi State University....

 || 1.91 || PG || 1981
|-
| 9 ||   Ruslan Otverchenko || 1.95 || SG || 1990
|-
| 10 ||   Vladyslav Podolyan || 1.96 || SG || 1986
|-
| 11 ||   Ivan Polyezhayev || 2.04 || F/C || 1989
|-
| 12 ||  Vernon Goodridge
Vernon Goodridge
Vernon Goodridge is an American professional basketball player. Goodridge was the 5th overall pick in the 2010 NBA Development League Draft by the Armor. He attended Mississippi State University and La Salle University. He is from Brooklyn, New York...

 || 2.06 || PF || 1984
|-
| 13 ||   Vyacheslav Bobrov || 2.02 || SF || 1992
|-
| 14 ||  Mario Austin
Mario Austin
Mario Trevon Austin is an American professional basketball player. Drafted 36th overall in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls, Mario did not make the roster following training camp and left to play overseas.He began his professional career with CSKA Moscow, but was released after an injury...

 || 2.06 || F/C || 1982
|-
| 15 ||  Gary Ervin
Gary Ervin
Gary Ervin is an American basketball player.-Early Career in America:Ervin completed his junior playing career in the United States with the University of Arkansas after transferring from Mississippi State University where he played from 2003-2005. He was a part of the Arkansas Razorbacks NCAA...

 || 1.82 || PG || 1983
|-
| 30 ||   Pavlo Burenko || 1.84 || PG || 1990
|-
| 32 ||   Pankracije Barac || 1.96 || SG || 1981
|-
| 55 ||   Artem Shvets || 2.02 || G/F || 1985

|}

Honors

  • Ukrainian SuperLeague
    Ukrainian Basketball Super League
    The Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague is the top professional basketball league in Ukraine.-2010–2011 Teams:* Azovmash Mariupol* BC Kyiv* Khimik Yuzhny* MBС Mykolaiv* BC Donetsk* BC Budivelnik* BC Halychyna* BC Hoverla* BC Dnipro-Azot...

    :
    • Gold - 2000, 2005
    • Silver - 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
    • Bronze - 2003

  • Ukrainian Cup:
    • Gold - 2007
    • Silver - 2006, 2008, 2010

  • FIBA EuroCup:
    • Silver - 2005
    • Bronze - 2006

Notable players

Alexander Volkov
Alexander Volkov (basketball)
Alexander Anatolevich "Sasha" Volkov is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. At 6'10" , he played the forward position.Volkov won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics as a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team...

 (Player, and one of the founders of the club.) Alexander Lokhmanchuk
Alexander Lokhmanchuk
Alexander Lokhmanchuk is a former professional basketball player of Ukraine. The retired small and power forward is 2.09 m tall. Currently is an assistant coach of the Budivelnyk Kyiv junior team.-Career:*1990-92 Budivelnyk Kyiv...

 Dragan Lukovski
Dragan Lukovski
Dragan Lukovski is a Serbian basketball player. He is 185 cm tall, 85 kg and plays point guard.-Career:*1993–94 Spartak Subotica*1994–95 Vojvodina*1995–99 Partizan...

 Mike Harris
Mike Harris (basketball)
Michael "Mike" Harris is an American professional basketball player.-College career:Harris played college basketball for Rice University and finished his career as Rice's all-time leading scorer and rebounder .-Pro career:Harris played professionally for BC Kyiv of the Ukrainian Super League...

 Ioannis Giannoulis Goran Nikolić
Goran Nikolic
Goran Nikolić is a Montenegrin professional basketball player. He is 2.07 m in height and 111 kg in weight....

 Rimas Kurtinaitis
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Rimas Kurtinaitis is a basketball trainer, head coach of the VEF Riga, retired Soviet and Lithuanian basketball player who was a member of the USSR and Lithuanian national basketball teams. He played as a shooting guard and is the only non-NBA player to participate in the NBA All-Star Three Point...

 Gary Ervin
Gary Ervin
Gary Ervin is an American basketball player.-Early Career in America:Ervin completed his junior playing career in the United States with the University of Arkansas after transferring from Mississippi State University where he played from 2003-2005. He was a part of the Arkansas Razorbacks NCAA...

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