BC Spartak Saint Petersburg is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. During the 2016–17 season, the club was named BC Kondrashin Belov (BCKB), after its former player Alexander Belov and its former head coach Vladimir Kondrashin.
History
The club was originally established on September 8, 1935, as BC Spartak Leningrad. The club then became known as BC Spartak Saint Petersburg in 1991.
The club was disbanded on July 31, 2014, due to financial problems. However, it was later reestablished for the 2016–17 season, under the name of BC Kondrashin Belov, in honor of Alexander Belov and Vladimir Kondrashin.
In February 2017, the club once again took the name of BC Spartak Saint Petersburg, and signed a sponsorship contract with VTB, one of the largest state-owned banks in Russia. In 2020 the team disbanded again.
The Club’s President, Andrei Sergeyevich Fetisov ,was involved later in forming other club named BC Spartak Leningrad Oblast.
Home arenas
The 7,000-seat Yubileyni Arena was the long-time home arena of BC Spartak Saint Petersburg. After that, the club moved to the 7,120-seat Sibur Arena.
From 2017 to 2020, the club hosts its games at the Nova Arena complex.
Honors
Domestic competitions
Soviet League / Russian Championship
Winners (2): 1974–75, 1991–92
Runners-up (9): 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1990–91, 1992–93 3rd place (6): 1968–69, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 2012–13 Soviet Cup / Russian Cup Winners (3): 1977–78, 1986–87, 2010–11 Runners-up (2): 1999–00, 2012–13
European competitions
FIBA Saporta Cup (Defunct) Winners (2): 1972–73, 1974–75 Runners-up (1): 1970–71
Season by season
The road to the European Cup victories
1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
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Players
Current roster
Notable players
Alexander Belov (1966–1978) Vladimir Arzamaskov (1969–1977) Ivan Dvorny (1969–1973) Sergei Tarakanov (1975–1979) Sergei Panov (1991–1993) Andrei Kirilenko (1997–1998) Anton Ponkrashov (2004–2006) Kasib Powell (2006–2007) Boniface N'Dong (2006–2007) Antonio Porta (2007–2008) Rafael Araújo (2007–2008) Joe Blair (2008–2009) Steve Leven (2008–2009) James White (2009–2010) Levance Fields (2009–2010) Pero Antić (2010–2011) Smush Parker (2010–2011) Patrick Beverley (2011–2012) Yotam Halperin Loukas Mavrokefalidis (2011–2013) Radoslav Peković (2017—)
Head coaches
Vladimir Kondrashin (1967–1995) Igors Miglinieks (2007–2008) Evgeniy Pashutin (2008–2009) Zvi Sherf (2010–2011) Jure Zdovc (2011–2013) Gundars Vētra (2013–2014) Sergei Grishaev (2015–2016) Alexey Vasileiv (2016–2017) Zakhar Pashutin (2017–)