BC Budivelnyk

Budivelnyk
Nickname	Konstruktor (Constructor) Stroitel (Builder)
Leagues	Ukrainian SuperLeague
Founded	1945
History	SKIF Kiev (1945–1962) Budivelnyk Kyiv (1962–present)
Arena	Kiev Sports Palace (capacity: 7,000)
Location	Kiev, Ukraine
Team colors	Yellow, Blue, Navy
President	Bohdan Guliamov
Head coach	Vitaliy Cherniy
Championships	1 Soviet Championship 8 Ukrainian Championships 3 Ukrainian Cups
Website	budivelnyk.ua
Uniforms
Home Away

BC Budivelnyk alternate 1962 logo.

BC Budivelnyk (in Ukrainian: Будівельник Київ) is a Ukrainian professional basketball club based in Kiev. The club is currently playing in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague and the Eurocup internationally. Budivelnyk is owned and operated by the banking and investing company PrivatBank.

History

Founded in the club's current form in 1962, the club was one of the leading clubs in Soviet League basketball. It was formed out of another team from Kiev, SKIF, that was originally established in 1945. The team was established as a team of the Republican Trade Union Volunteer Sport Society Avanhard, under sponsorship of the local municipal building company Kyivmiskbud-4 (Kyiv-City-Construction-4). In Soviet times, the team played at the 7,000 seat Kiev Sports Palace. The team won the Soviet League in 1989, and the Ukrainian League six times.

Following the team's long period of success, a period of time in which the team declined ensued, and it was relegated to the lower Ukrainian division, due to financial problems. However, in 2006, the team was rescued by a group of businessmen who invested considerable resources into it, thus allowing it to return to the top league of Ukrainian basketball. Within two years, the team once again became one of the strongest teams in the Ukraine, finishing second in the Ukrainian National League.

In March 2010, the management of Budivelnyk held a joint press conference with the CEO and President of Euroleague Basketball Company, Jordi Bertomeu, announcing that they might join the Euroleague in the next few years. Eventually, a wildcard was conceded to the team for the 2013–14 Euroleague.

Name

The original team played under the name of SKIF, from 1945 to 1962. The current team plays under the current name since 1962. The team's name means "Builder" in Ukrainian. The team is nicknamed as, "Konstruktor" (Constructor) and "Stroitel" (Russian for "Builder").

Arena

BC Budivelnyk play their home games at Kiev Sport Palace. It was built in 1960 and it has capacity of 7,000 seats.

Honors

• Soviet Union League (1):
  • Gold – 1989
  • Silver - 1965, 1966, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982
  • Bronze – 1962, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1983, 1984, 1990
• Soviet Union Cup (0):
  • Runner Up - 1969, 1972
• Ukrainian SuperLeague (9):
  • Gold - 1992, 1997, 2011, 2013, 2014
  • Silver - 1998, 2010
  • Bronze - 1999
• Ukrainian Cup (3):
  • Winner – 2012, 2014, 2015

Ukrainian Cup Winners (2014)

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	Ukrainian Cup	VTB United	European competitions
2004–05	1	SuperLeague	7	Quarterfinalist	–	–	–
2005–06	1	SuperLeague	9	–	–	–	–
2006–07	1	SuperLeague	10	–	–	–	–
2007–08	1	SuperLeague	10	–	–	–	–
2008–09	1	UBL	2	Runner-up	Winner[upper-alpha 1]	–	–
2009–10	1	SuperLeague	1	Runner-up	Semifinalist	–	–
2010–11	1	SuperLeague	1	Champion	–	–	2 Eurocup – Quarterfinalist
2011–12	1	SuperLeague	2	Fourth place	Winner	Group stage	–
2012–13	1	SuperLeague	1	Champion	–	–	2 Eurocup – Semifinalist
2013–14	1	SuperLeague	2	Champion	Winner	–	1 Euroleague – Regular season
							2 Eurocup – Quarterfinalist
2014–15	1	SuperLeague	2	Third place	Winner	–
2015–16	1	SuperLeague	2	Runner-up	–	–

1. UBL Cup tournament.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

BC Budivelnyk roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SF 8 Lutsenko, Maksym 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 23 – 30 January 1993 F 10 Gorbenko, Sergiy 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 31 – 13 July 1985 G 11 Nerush, Olexandr 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 33 – 17 January 1983 F 30 Krutous, Pavlo 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 24 – 4 September 1992 PF 15 Kondratyev, Vladyslav 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 26 – 19 February 1990 PG 45 Zotov, Vitaliy 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 19 – 3 March 1997 F 9 Malysh, Andriy 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 23 – 7 June 1993 C 17 Motorchuk, Vyacheslav 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 24 – 17 February 1992 PG 20 Butskyy, Artem 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 35 – 20 August 1981	Head coach Volodymyr Koval Assistant coach(es) Leonid Iaylo Paulius Juodis Athletic trainer(s) Oskars Ernšteins Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 4, 2016

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C		Michailas Anisimovas	Konstantin Anikienko
PF	Olexandr Tischenko	Artur Drozdov
SF		Sergyi Gorbenko
SG		Alexandr Nerush
PG	Stephen Alexander		Andriy Lebedintsev

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

• Played at least one season for the club.
• Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
• Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time.
• To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

Volodymyr Tkachenko Oleksandr Bilostinny Oleksandr Volkov Anatoliy Polyvoda Serhiy Kovalenko Vitaly Potapenko

Maceo Baston Malcolm Delaney Khalid El-Amin Leo Lyons Jack McClinton Derrick Zimmerman

Luis Flores Andrew Betts Tomas Delininkaitis Dainius Šalenga Darjuš Lavrinovič Suad Šehović

External links

• Official website (Ukrainian) (Russian) (English)
• Eurobasket.com Club Info