BC Khimki

BC Khimki (БК Химки) is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Khimki, Moscow Oblast. The club's senior men's first team participates in the Russian Basketball Super League 1. The club's full official name is BC Khimki Moscow Region. Khimki has a Moscow-based rivalry with the Russian club CSKA Moscow.

History
BC Khimki was founded on January 5, 1997, and won the first seasons' championship of its regional league, to earn a place in the Russian Superleague A. The following year, Khimki positioned itself among the top 10 basketball clubs in Russia, guaranteeing a place in the 3rd-tier European cup competition, the FIBA Korać Cup. There, the team competed against a group of defeated leaders of the Turkish Super League, YUBA Liga, and Bulgarian League.

The team remained in a middle position in the Russian Super League until the 2002–03 season. That year the club finished in fourth place in the Russian Super League. During the subsequent years, the Russian high society behind the club decided to make the roster stronger, by signing players such as Gianmarco Pozzecco, Óscar Torres, and Rubén Wolkowyski.

The team then participated several times in European-wide continental tournaments, like the 3rd-tier level FIBA EuroChallenge and the 2nd-tier level EuroCup. In 2006, Khimki played in the EuroChallenge's championship game, against Joventut Badalona. On 7 October 2006, Khimki played in a game against the NBA club the Los Angeles Clippers, losing by a score of 98 to 91.

Khimki won the Russian Cup title in 2008, and played in the EuroCup championship game in 2009. The team played in the European 1st-tier level EuroLeague, for the first time in the 2009–10 season, and also played in the EuroLeague during the 2010–11 season and the 2012–13 season. The team also won the EuroCup championship in 2012 and 2015.

Arenas
Khimki plays its VTB United League and EuroCup home games at the 4,000 seat Khimki Basketball Center. In the 2015–16 season, Khimki played its EuroLeague home games at the 5,000 seat Krylatskoye Sports Palace. For the 2017–18 season, Khimki began playing its home EuroLeague games at the 7,280 seat Mytishchi Arena.

Logos
On August 9, 2016, Khimki adopted a new logo to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

Season by season
Notes:
 * In 2013, the VTB United League replaced the PBL as Russia's first tier league.

Domestic competitions

 * Russian Championship (RSL / PBL / VTB) :
 * Runners-up (11): 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
 * Russian Cup:
 * Winners (1): 2008
 * Runners-up (1): 2006

Regional competitions

 * VTB United League:
 * Winners (1): 2011
 * Runners-up (4): 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019

European competitions

 * EuroCup:
 * Winners (2): 2012, 2015
 * Runners-up (1): 2009
 * FIBA EuroChallenge:
 * Runners-up (1): 2006

Other competitions

 * Sevilla, Spain Invitational Game:
 * Winners (1): 2009
 * Fuenlabrada, Spain Invitational Game:
 * Winners (1): 2009
 * Trofeo Costa de Sol
 * Winners (1): 2015
 * Gomelsky Cup:
 * Winners (1): 2017

Notable players
• 🇷🇺 Vitaly Fridzon

• 🇷🇺 Vasily Karasev

• 🇷🇺 Sergei Karaulov

• 🇷🇺 Kelly McCarty

• 🇷🇺 Sergei Monia

• 🇷🇺 Nikita Morgunov

• 🇷🇺 Timofey Mozgov

• 🇷🇺 Pavel Podkolzin

• 🇷🇺 Aleksey Savrasenko

• 🇷🇺 Nikita Shabalkin

• 🇷🇺 Alexey Shved

• 🇧🇾 Vladimir Veremeenko

• 🇦🇷 Carlos Delfino

• 🇦🇷 Rubén Wolkowyski

• 🇧🇿 Milt Palacio

• 🇻🇪 Óscar Torres

• 🇧🇦 Ratko Varda

• 🇫🇮 Teemu Rannikko

• 🇫🇮 Petteri Koponen

• 🇫🇷 Jérôme Moïso

• 🇩🇪 Ademola Okulaja

• 🇮🇪 Pat Burke

• 🇮🇹 Gianmarco Pozzecco

• 🇱🇹 Paulius Jankūnas

• 🇱🇹 Robertas Javtokas

• Jānis Timma

• 🇵🇱 Maciej Lampe

• 🇭🇷 Zoran Planinić

• 🇭🇷 Krešimir Lončar

•  Zoran Dragić

• 🇲🇪 Marko Todorović

• 🇪🇸 Carlos Cabezas

• 🇪🇸 Jorge Garbajosa

• 🇪🇸 Raül López

• 🇺🇸 Melvin Booker

• 🇺🇸 Daniel Ewing

• 🇺🇸 Keith Langford

• 🇺🇸 Chris Quinn

• 🇺🇸 Clay Tucker

• 🇺🇸 Paul Davis

• 🇺🇸 James Augustine

• 🇺🇸 Tyler Honeycutt

• 🇺🇸 Thomas Robinson

• 🇺🇸 James Anderson

• 🇺🇸 Jordan Mickey

Head coaches

 * 🇷🇺 Sergey Elevich: 1997–2007
 * 🇱🇹 Kęstutis Kemzūra: 2007–2008
 * 🇮🇹 Sergio Scariolo: 2008–2010
 * 🇷🇺 Oleg Meleshchenko: 2010–2011
 * 🇱🇹 Rimas Kurtinaitis: 2011–2016, 2019–2021
 * 🇲🇪 Duško Ivanović: 2016–2017
 * 🇬🇷 Georgios Bartzokas: 2017–2019
 * 🇷🇺 Andrey Maltsev: 2021–present