BC Samara

BC Samara
Leagues	VTB United League
Founded	1976; 49 years ago (1976)
History	List BC Azot Tolyatti (1976–1977) BC Stroitel Kuybyshev (1977–1991) BC Stroitel Samara (1991–1994) BC Samara (1994–2002) CSK VVS-Samara (2002–2010) BC Samara SGEU (2012–2014) BC Samara (2014–present)
Arena	Ice Sports Palace
Capacity	5,000
Location	Samara, Russia
Team colors	Blue, Orange
President	Kamo Poghosyan
Head coach	Vladislav Konovalov
Championships	1 FIBA EuroCup Challenge 1 Russian Cup
Website	bcsamara.com
Home Away

BC Samara (Russian: БК Самара) is a Russian professional basketball team based in Samara.

Club was founded in Tolyatti as BC Azot. Club was a silver medalist of the Russian Super League 1 in 1992, and a 3-time bronze medalist, 1993, 1997, and 1998.^{[citation needed]}

Another club from Samara was formally patronized by the Russian Air Force (VVS). After the collapse of Soviet Union, most of the staff of basketball club SKA Alma-Ata and basketball players along with coach moved to Samara and new club "CSK VVS" was founded. The club was registered in the first edition of Russian basketball league.^{[citation needed]}

In 1997, after bankruptcy, club was moved to Tula, Russia and founded as Arsenal Tula.

In 2002, CSK VVS was refounded and merged with BC Samara, to form a new club called "CSK VVS - Samara". In the 2006–07 season, this club won the championship of the European-wide 4th tier-level league, the FIBA EuroCup.^{[citation needed]}

However, CSK VVS- Samara went bankrupt in 2009 and team could not participate in the 2009–10 Russian Super League 1 season.^[1] Thus, it was replaced in the league by Krasnye Krylya Samara.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, CSK VVS - Samara was refounded as "Samara SGEU" and in 2014 club got back its old name "Samara". BC Samara won Russian Super League 1 twice in season 2018-19 and 2020-21.^{[citation needed]}

In 2022 BC Samara joined VTB United League.^{[citation needed]}

• FIBA EuroCup Challenge

Champions (1): 2006–07

• Russian Basketball Super League

Champions (2): 2018–19, 2020-21

• Russian Cup

Champions (2): 2019–20, 2021-22

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  Logo (until 2019)
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  Logo (2019–present)

BC Samara roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 1 Chevarenkov, Artem 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 29 – (1996-03-12)12 March 1996 PG 3 Kuznetcov, Alexandr 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 27 – (1998-03-13)13 March 1998 G 4 Sheiko, Gleb 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1996-11-19)19 November 1996 F 10 Mikhailovskii, Nikita 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (2000-09-10)10 September 2000 F 12 Savrasov, Andrey 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (2000-11-30)30 November 2000 C 14 Minchenko, Evgeny 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 31 – (1994-12-13)13 December 1994 F 16 Pokhodiaev, Danila 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (2001-02-04)4 February 2001 C 18 Kalinov, Valeriy 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 26 – (1999-08-01)1 August 1999 G 23 Kulagin, Mikhail 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 31 – (1994-08-04)4 August 1994 C 27 Kosyakov, Nikita 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 20 – (2005-01-17)17 January 2005 SF 30 Chikarev, Danila 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (2001-11-18)18 November 2001 G 53 Cheburkin, Dmitriy 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 28 – (1997-06-16)16 June 1997	Head coach Vladislav Konovalov Assistant coach(es) Igor Grachev Ilya Loktionov Dmitry Bazarevich Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: December 20, 2025

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: 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 Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Sergei Bazarevich (2005–06, 2022–present)
• Valeri Tikhonenko (2005–09)

• Official Website (in Russian)
• Eurobasket.com Team Info