BC Kyiv is the
UkrainianUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
professional
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
club that is based in
KievKiev 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 capacitySeating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, both in terms of the physical space available, and in terms of limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that seats two to a stadium that seats...
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 SuperLeagueThe 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 EuroCupThe EuroChallenge is the 3rd tier level transnational men's professional club basketball competition in Europe. It is organized and run by FIBA Europe...
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 ZimmermanDerrick 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 GoodridgeVernon 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 AustinMario 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 ErvinGary 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
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 VolkovAlexander 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 LokhmanchukAlexander 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 LukovskiDragan 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 HarrisMichael "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 NikolićGoran Nikolić is a Montenegrin professional basketball player. He is 2.07 m in height and 111 kg in weight....
Rimas KurtinaitisRimas 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 ErvinGary 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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