BC Spartak Saint Petersburg

The club was originally established on September 8, 1935, as BC Spartak Leningrad. The club then became known as BC Spartak Saint Petersburg in 1991.^{[citation needed]}

The club was disbanded on July 31, 2014, due to financial problems. However, it was later reestablished for the 2016–17 season, under the name of BC Kondrashin Belov, in honor of Alexander Belov and Vladimir Kondrashin.^{[citation needed]}

In February 2017, the club once again took the name of BC Spartak Saint Petersburg,^[1] and signed a sponsorship contract with VTB, one of the largest state-owned banks in Russia.^{[citation needed]} In 2020 the team disbanded again.

The Club’s President, Andrei Sergeyevich Fetisov ,was involved later in forming other club named BC Spartak Leningrad Oblast.

The 7,000-seat^[2] Yubileyni Arena was the long-time home arena of BC Spartak Saint Petersburg. After that, the club moved to the 7,120-seat^[3] Sibur Arena.

From 2017 to 2020, the club hosts its games at the Nova Arena complex.^{[citation needed]}

Domestic competitions edit

Soviet League / Russian Championship

• Winners (2): 1974–75, 1991–92
• Runners-up (9): 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1990–91, 1992–93
• 3rd place (6): 1968–69, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 2012–13

Soviet Cup / Russian Cup

• Winners (3): 1977–78, 1986–87, 2010–11
• Runners-up (2): 1999–00, 2012–13

European competitions edit

FIBA Saporta Cup (Defunct)

• Winners (2): 1972–73, 1974–75
• Runners-up (1): 1970–71

The road to the European Cup victories edit

1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Round Team Home   Away   1st Bye 2nd Solna 104–64 115–67 QF Mobilquatro Milano 72–57 54–59 Spartak ZJŠ Brno 82–74 82–77 SF Juventud Schweppes 95–64 57–54 F Jugoplastika 77–62

1974–75 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup Round Team Home   Away   2nd Bye QF Sinudyne Bologna 93–70 58–69 Jugoplastika 98–78 69–71 Moderne 119–79 60–60 SF CSKA Septemvriisko zname 79–69 64–57 F Crvena zvezda 63–62

Current roster edit

Spartak Saint Petersburg roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 3 Bubnov, Dmitry 187 m (613 ft 6 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 26 – (1997-07-27)27 July 1997 F 4 Shpakov, Feodor 203 m (666 ft 0 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 27 – (1997-01-20)20 January 1997 PF 5 Bartunov, Oleg (C) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 39 – (1985-03-19)19 March 1985 C 6 Nikolaev, Valeriy 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 35 – (1988-08-09)9 August 1988 F 7 Kholoponin, Denis 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 42 – (1981-12-02)2 December 1981 PG 8 Zuev, Vitali 183 m (600 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 34 – (1989-12-03)3 December 1989 G 11 Kubykin, Arseni 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 28 – (1996-03-10)10 March 1996 C 14 Sharnin, Edward 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 26 – (1997-07-20)20 July 1997 F 15 Luppo, Ilya 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 30 – (1994-01-20)20 January 1994 C 25 Tsvetkov, Alexey 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 40 – (1984-05-13)13 May 1984 F 33 Komissarenko, Grigori 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 26 – (1998-05-20)20 May 1998	Head coach Zakhar Pashutin Assistant coach(es) Nikolai Shmanov Team manager Alexey Fetisov Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: December 26, 2017

Notable players edit

Head coaches edit

• FC Spartak Leningrad

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