| BC Astana | |||
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| Leagues | Kazakhstan Championship VTB United League West Asia Super League | ||
| Founded | 2011; 13 years ago (2011) | ||
| History | BC Astana (2011–present) | ||
| Arena | Saryarka Velodrome (capacity: 10,000) Zhekpe-zhek (capacity: 5,000) | ||
| Location | Astana, Kazakhstan | ||
| Team colors | Black, blue | ||
| President | Samson Arakelyan | ||
| Head coach | Fotis Takianos | ||
| Championships | 10 Domestic titles 9 Domestic cups | ||
| Website | pbcastana | ||
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Astana Basketball Club (Kazakh: Astana Basketbol Kluby), commonly referred to as BC Astana, is a Kazakh professional basketball club that is based in Astana, Kazakhstan. Founded in 2011, it has competed in the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship and the VTB United League since, obtaining many domestic titles in the process.
BC Astana was created in March 2011, with the aim of competing in the VTB United League. Valery Tikhonenko was chosen as the team's general director. There were doubts expressed by other clubs in the VTB United League, about whether or not the club would be a good addition to the competition, due to the lack of basketball tradition in Kazakhstan; but the side answered all the admission requirements, including their budget, stadium (a revamped Saryarka Velodrome) and the proximity of hotels, and an international airport. The side received the totality of its funding from the Samruk-Kazyna sovereign wealth fund.[1][2]
They would sign a number of Kazakhstani players from successful side Astana Tigers, also recruiting their head coach, Vitaly Strebkov, to serve as the team's assistant coach.[3][4]
In their first season in the VTB United regional league, the team from Kazakhstan won 7 games out of 16 during 2011–12 regular season, including games against strong sides, such as Žalgiris and the defending title holders, Khimki, nearly reaching the playoffs.[5] They had more success on the domestic front, winning the Kazakhstani national domestic league championship, and the Kazakhstani Cup.
The team became a part of the Astana Presidential Club multi-sports club, when it was formed in December 2012.
BC Astana plays its home basketball games at the Saryarka Velodrome, which has a seating capacity of 10,000 people for basketball games.
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench | |||
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| C | Dmitriy Gavrilov | Askar Maidekin | |||
| PF | Devin Davis | Igor Kanygin | |||
| SF | Maxim Marchuk | Ruslan Aitkali | |||
| SG | Roman Marchuk | Vadim Chsherbak | |||
| PG | Rustam Murzagaliyev | Markell Johnson |
| Season | Domestic competitions | Kazakhstani Cup | Regional competitions | Continental competitions | |||||||
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| Tier | League | Pos. | Postseason | League | Pos. | Result | Tier | League | Result | ||
| 2011–12 | 1 | KBC | 1 | Champion | Winner (x2) |
7
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— | DNP | |||
| 2012–13 | 1 | KBC | 1 | Champion | Winner |
5
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1R
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DNP | |||
| 2013–14 | 1 | KBC | 1 | Champion | Winner |
5
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1R
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DNP | |||
| 2014–15 | 1 | KBC | 1 | Champion | DNP |
8
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QF
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3
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FIBA EuroChallenge |
T16
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| 2015–16 | 1 | KBC | 2 | Runners-up | DNP |
15
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— |
3
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FIBA Europe Cup |
RS
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| 2016–17 | 1 | KBC | 1 | Champion | Winner |
8
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QF
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DNP | |||
| 2017–18 | 1 | KBC | 1 | Champion | Winner |
10
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— | FIBA Asia Champions Cup |
Bronze
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| 2018–19 | 1 | KBC | 1 | Champion | Winner |
6
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QF
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DNP | |||
| 2019–20 | 1 | KBC | 1 | Champion | DNP |
9
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— | DNP | |||
| 2020–21 | 1 | KBC | 1 | Champion | Winner |
12
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— | FIBA Asia Champions Cup | |||
| 2021–22 | 1 | KBC | 1 | Champion |
10
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— | DNP | ||||
Matteo Boniciolli: (2011–13)
Aleksandar Trifunović: (2013–15)
Ramūnas Butautas: (2015–16)
Ilias Papatheodorou: (2016–17) Kostas Flevarakis: (2017–2018)
Mikhail Karpenko: (2018)
Emil Rajković: (2018–2021) Darko Ruso: (2021–2022) Dejan Parežanin: (2022) Oleg Kisilev: (2022–2024) Fotis Takianos: (2024–present)
- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team.
Leonidas Kaselakis Dimitrios Katsivelis
Dmitriy Gavrilov Rustam Murzagaliyev Anton Ponomarev Anatoliy Kolesnikov
Jānis Blūms Ojārs Siliņš Ivan Paunić
Justin Carter Anthony Clemmons Jerry Johnson Adonis Thomas Isaiah Whitehead|
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