BC UNICS

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Their home arena is Basket-Hall Kazan.

History

1991-1999

UNICS was established in 1991. Though officially the club's men's professional club was founded in 1991 (when it first began to play in the lowest level of the national pro leagues), UNICS traces its origins back to KSU's college team Burevestnik, which participated in the USSR student championships from 1957. Because of this, the name 'UNICS' is an abbreviation – UNIversity, Culture, Sport.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Between 1994 and 1997, UNICS secured a berth in Russia's first division. In 1997, UNICS was promoted to the Russian Basketball Super League A, which was at the time the top-tier level Russian league. A year later, Yevgeny Bogachev, the chairman of the National Bank of the Tatarstan, became the president of the club.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

2000-2019

The team placed second to CSKA in the Russian Basketball Super League in 2001 and 2002, a year in which it also reached the Saporta Cup semifinals, losing against the Greek club Maroussi in the semifinals. UNICS' first title was the Russian Cup in March 2003, with an 81–82 overtime victory over CSKA. Kazan hosted the FIBA Europe League final four, which was eventually named the FIBA EuroChallenge, in April 2004. UNICS won its regular season group, and advanced to the final four, where the club was crowned the FIBA Europe League champions. The MVP of the tournament's final four. By the 2005–06 season, UNICS went one level up, and made its ULEB Cup (later named EuroCup) debut. However, things turned south quickly, as UNICS lost at home against Roma in the tournament's eighth finals’ second leg, and crashed out. The team the next season made it to the ULEB Cup semifinals, before losing to the eventual league champs Real Madrid. It also returned to the Russian League finals, losing against CSKA.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In the 2007–08 season, UNICS made it to the ULEB Cup (now called EuroCup) Final Eight, but fell to Akasvayu Girona in the quarterfinals. UNICS finally broke through in the EuroCup in the 2010–11 season, by winning its regular season and Last 16 groups, before sweeping its quarterfinal series against Pepsi Caserta. UNICS beat KK Cedevita 87–66, in the semifinals, behind 27 points from Terrell Lyday, and registered a 92–77 win against Cajasol Sevilla, in the title game. Marko Popović had a EuroCup Finals record of 11 assists, to lead UNICS to the title. In the Russian League, UNICS had a 21–6 record, to finish the regular season atop the standings, but then went out in the playoff semifinals, after a five-game duel against BC Khimki. The club then competed in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague in the following season.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It made its EuroLeague debut in the 2011–12 season. In the Russian League it finished first at the end of the regular season, and reached the playoff semifinals.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

2020-present

Jarrell Brantley left the team in early 2022 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[2] The team is suing him for $250,000, and trying to prevent him from signing with a G League team.^[2] Similarly, Americans Isaiah Canaan, John Brown, and John Holland left the team after the invasion.^[3]

On February 28, 2022, EuroLeague Basketball suspended the team because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[1]

Lorenzo Brown and Marco Spissu decided not to break their contracts and stayed with the team until the end of VTB League.Template:Fact

Honours

Domestic competitions

VTB United League

Champions (1): 2023

Russian Cups

Champions (3): 2003, 2009, 2014

European competitions

EuroCup

Champions (1): 2011

EuroChallenge

Champions (1): 2004

North European League

Champions (1): 2003

Season by season

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1997–98	1	Superleague A	7th		3 Korać Cup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />GSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1998–99	1	Superleague A	5th		2 Saporta Cup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />R32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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2000–01	1	Superleague A	2nd		2 Saporta Cup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />SFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2001–02	1	Superleague A	2nd		2 Saporta Cup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2002–03	1	Superleague A	3rd	Winner	3 FIBA Champions Cup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NEBL	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />CScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2003–04	1	Superleague A	2nd	Third place	3 FIBA Europe League	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />CScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2004–05	1	Superleague A	3rd	Runner-up	3 FIBA Europe League	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2005–06	1	Superleague A	4th	Third place	2 ULEB Cup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />EFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2006–07	1	Superleague A	2nd	Runner-up	2 ULEB Cup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2007–08	1	Superleague A	6th	Semifinals	2 ULEB Cup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2008–09	1	Superleague A	3rd	Winner	2 Eurocup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />T16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2009–10	1	Superleague A	3rd	Runner-up	2 Eurocup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />T16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	United League	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RUScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2010–11	1	PBL	3rd		1 Euroleague	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QR2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	United League	3rd
2010–11	1	PBL	3rd		2 Eurocup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />CScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	United League	3rd
2011–12	1	PBL	5th		1 Euroleague	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	United League	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RUScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2012–13	1	PBL	6th		1 Euroleague	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QR2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	United League	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2012–13	1	PBL	6th		2 Eurocup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	United League
2013–14	1	VTB United League	3rd	Winner	2 Eurocup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RUScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2014–15	1	VTB United League	6th	Second qualifying	1 Euroleague	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2014–15	1	VTB United League	6th	Second qualifying	2 Eurocup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />SFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2015–16	1	VTB United League	2nd	First qualifying	2 Eurocup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />EFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2016–17	1	VTB United League	5th	Round of 64	1 EuroLeague	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2017–18	1	VTB United League	4th		2 EuroCup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2018–19	1	VTB United League	3rd	First round	2 EuroCup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />SFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2019–20	1	VTB United League	4th		2 EuroCup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />R16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2020–21	1	VTB United League	2nd		2 EuroCup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RUScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2021–22	1	VTB United League	3rd		1 EuroLeague	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />SPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	United League Supercup	3rd
2022–23	1	VTB United League	1st	Round of 8			United League Supercup	7th
2023–24	1	VTB United League	2nd				United League Supercup	2nd

Players

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Current roster

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Depth chart

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Notable players

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bold – FIBA World and FIBA Europe champions and medalists

Russian

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Template:Flagicon Ruslan Avleev (1997–01, 04–06) – 301 games, 19.2 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Petr Samoylenko (1998–07, 08–13) – 774 games, 5.8 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Alexander Petrenko (1999–00) – 58 games, 13.2 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Evgeniy Pashutin (2000–02) – 86 games, 8.5 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Valentin Kubrakov (2000–02, 03–04) – 121 games, 8.5 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Igor Kudelin (2002–03, 06–07) – 35 games, 8.1 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Sergei Chikalkin (2002–03, 05–09) – 187 games, 10.6 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Andrei Fetisov (2002–03) – 20 games, 6.2 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Viktor Keirou (2003–05, 07–08) – 83 games, 5.4 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Vadim Panin (2006–07) – 35 games, 6.1 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Dmitri Sokolov (2006–09) – 128 games, 6.8 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Nikolay Padius (2007–08, 10–11) – 59 games, 5.3 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Fedor Likholitov (2009–10) – 10 games, 2.5 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Zakhar Pashutin (2010–12) – 102 games, 4.3 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Aleksey Savrasenko (2011–12) – 56 games, 4.6 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Nikita Shabalkin (2012–13) – 28 games, 6.3 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Egor Koulechov (2020–21)

Foreign

bold – former NBA players; Olympics, FIBA World and FIBA Europe champions and medalists

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USA

Template:Flagicon Glen Whisby (2000–01) – 51 games, 10.4 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Anthony Bonner (2001–02) – 8 games, 14.9 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Michael McDonald (2001–02) – 45 games; 12.2 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Acie Earl (2001–02) – 30 games, 11.8 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Dickey Simpkins* (2002–03) – 38 games, 12.3 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Kebu Stewart (2002–03) – 18 games, 8.3 ppg;
Template:Flagicon LaMarr Greer (2003–04) – 41 games; 12 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Joe Ira Clark (2004–05) – 41 games, 7.8 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Paul Shirley (2004–05) – 9 games, 4.9 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Shammond Williams (2004–05) – 57 games, 17.1 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Travis Best (2005–06) – 40 games, 11.5 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Samaki Walker* (2005–06) – 4 games, 7 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Sam Clancy, Jr. (2005–06) – 30 games, 4 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Jarod Stevenson (2006–07) – 32 games; 10.4 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Mateen Cleaves (2006–07) – 11 games, 5 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Jerry McCullough (2006–08) – 80 games, 6.8 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Tariq Kirksay (2007–09) – 95 games, 9.3 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Joseph Forte (2007–08) – 11 games, 8.4 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Marc Jackson (2008–09) – 19 games, 6.5 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Terrell Lyday (2008–13) – 243 games, 12.2 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Ricky Minard (2010–11) – 48 games, 7.4 pts;
Template:Flagicon Kelly McCarty (2010–13) – 114 games, 9.5 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Henry Domercant (2011–12) – 58 games, 13.4 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Lynn Greer (2011–12) – 55 games, 8 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Mike Wilkinson (2011–13) – 63 games, 7.1 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Mire Chatman (2012–13) – 45 games, 8.5 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Chuck Eidson (2012–13) – 48 games, 13.6 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Drew Goudelock (2013–14) – 46 games, 19.3 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon John Holland (2020)
Template:Flagicon O. J. Mayo (2021–22) – 9 games, 7.2 ppg;

Australia

Template:Flagicon Chris Anstey (2003–05) – 93 games, 13.1 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Nathan Jawai (2011–12) – 46 games, 8.7 ppg;

Europe

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Template:Flagicon Slobodan Šljivančanin (1998–00) – 117 games, 10 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Branislav Vićentić (2001–02) – 29 games, 10.4 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Oliver Popović (2001–03) – 80 games, 14.6 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Damir Mršić (2002–03) – 31 games, 7.7 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Eurelijus Žukauskas (2002–04) – 78 games, 10 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Martin Müürsepp (2001–02, 03–04, 05–06) – 86 games, 11.3 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Saulius Štombergas (2003–04, 05–07, 09–10) – 144 games, 11 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Stevan Nađfeji (2004–05) – 40 games, 7.4 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Kaspars Kambala (2004–05) – 54 games, 14.5 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Kšyštof Lavrinovič (2005–07) – 78 games, 12.7 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Darjuš Lavrinovič (2006–08) – 68 games, 12.9 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Duško Savanović (2006–08) – 71 games, 10.3 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Marko Tušek (2007–08) – 36 games, 10.1 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Krešimir Lončar (2008–10) – 114 games, 11.8 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Marko Popović (2008–11) – 142 games, 13.9 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Vladimir Veremeenko (2008–13) – 249 games, 8.8 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Maciej Lampe (2009–11) – 96 games, 15.9 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Hasan Rizvić (2010–11) – 64 games, 5.4 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Slavko Vraneš (2010–11) – 39 games, 2.6 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Boštjan Nachbar (2011–12) – 22 games, 3.6 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Ian Vougioukas (2012–13) – 47 games, 10.9 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Kostas Kaimakoglou (2012–2021) – 37 games, 12.5 ppg;
Template:Flagicon Artūras Milaknis (2015–16);
Template:Flagicon Nenad Dimitrijević (2022–23) – VTB United League playoffs MVP;

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Template:Flagicon Milan Gurović (2004) and Template:Flagicon Hüseyin Beşok (2005) shortly were under contract with UNICS Kazan, but never played a single game for the team.

(*) former NBA champions

Head coaches

bold – Olympics, FIBA World and FIBA Europe champions and medalists

Template:Flagicon Stanislav Eremin – 2000–06;
Template:Flagicon Antanas Sireika – 2006–08;
Template:Flagicon Aco Petrović – 2008–09;
Template:Flagicon Valdemaras Chomičius – 2009–10;
Template:Flagicon Evgeniy Pashutin – 2010–12;
Template:Flagicon Aco Petrović – 2012–2013
Template:Flagicon Stanislav Eremin – 2013;
Template:Flagicon Andrea Trinchieri – 2013–2014
Template:Flagicon Argiris Pedoulakis – 2014–2014 ^[4]^[5]
Template:Flagicon Evgeniy Pashutin – 2014–2017
Template:Flagicon Dimitrios Priftis – 2017–2021
Template:Flagicon Velimir Perasović – 2021–

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Contents

History

1991-1999

2000-2019

2020-present

Honours

Domestic competitions

European competitions

Season by season

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

Russian

Foreign

Head coaches

References

External links

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History

1991-1999

2000-2019

2020-present

Honours

Domestic competitions

European competitions

Season by season

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

Russian

Foreign

Head coaches

References

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