BC Nizhny Novgorod

Pari Nizhny Novgorod
League	VTB United League
Founded	2000; 24 years ago (2000)
History	NBA Nizhny Novgorod 2001–2009 BC Nizhny Novgorod 2009–2022 BC Pari Nizhny Novgorod 2022–present
Arena	CEC Nagorny
Capacity	5,600
Location	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Team colors	Black, White
Head coach	Zoran Lukić
Website	nn-basket.ru
Home Away

BC Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: БК «Нижний Новгород»), commonly known as simply Nizhny Novgorod, also known as Pari Nizhny Novgorod for sponsorship reasons, is a Russian professional basketball club from the city of Nizhny Novgorod. It participates in the VTB United League.

Basketball club Nizhny Novgorod is the only professional men's basketball team in Nizhny Novgorod and the region. It was founded in 2000. It played in the Russian Third Division. In the 2001–02 season the club was named Nizhegorodsky Basketball Academy, or NBA.^{[citation needed]} Since then it had changed several names: NBA (2001–2002), NBA-Seti-NN (2002–2004), NBA-Telma (2004–2006). After the 2005–06 season the team entered the Superleague B and was called NBA-Nizhny Novgorod.^{[citation needed]}

Two seasons in the Superleague B were successful for NBA-NN, with the 5th and the 6th places. In 2008–09 the team finished only the 7th.^{[citation needed]} In October 2008 there were changes in the management. The new Minister for Investment Policies of Nizhny Novgorod region, Olympic champion Dmitri Svatkovskiy became the President of the club. Sergei Panov – the twelve times champion of Russia, Euroleague champion, silver medallist of the World and European championships – became the general manager.^{[citation needed]}

Before the season 2009–10 the management worked on the players selection ending with the entire changes to the team roster. Beside this the club changed its name to BC Nizhny Novgorod (BCNN).^{[citation needed]} By the end of the 2010 season the team took the first place in the Superleague B which respectively granted them the right to play in the elite division of the Russian basketball.^{[citation needed]}

During the 2010–11 season BCNN was among those clubs who had founded the new Russian Professional Basketball League. Also the team played in the EuroChallenge in 2010–11, not having much success though getting new international cup experience. In the Cup of Russia 2010–11 season, for the first time in its history BCNN took part in the Final of the Four winning silver medals.^{[citation needed]}

During its first year in the Russian basketball elite division, Nizhny Novgorod took the final fifth place in the Russian championship. In the 2011–12 season the team failed to enter the play-off of the Russian championship, finishing the season at #9.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2013–14 season Nizhny Novgorod reached the Finals of the VTB United League, in which it lost 0–3 to CSKA Moscow. Therefore, the team qualified for the 2014–15 EuroLeague regular season. The team reached the Top 16 over the likes of UNICS and Sassari. In 2015, Israeli NBA player Gal Mekel played for the team.

Total titles: 2

• VTB United League
  • Runners-up (1): 2013–14
• Russian Cup
  • Winner (1): 2023
  • Runner-up (4): 2011, 2018, 2019, 2024
• Russian Basketball Super League 1
  • Winner (1): 2010

• EuroCup
  • Semi-finalist (1): 2013–14

• Nesterov Cup
  • Winner (1): 2014
• Godella, Spain Invitational Game
  • Winner (1): 2014

Before the start of the 2016–17 season, Nizhny Novgorod changed its primary logo.^[1]

• 
  Logo used until 2016
• 
  Logo (2016–2022)
• 
  Logo (2022–present)

BC Nizhny Novgorod roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PF 5 Gankevich, Alexander 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 29 – (1995-08-05)5 August 1995 F/C 8 Apić, Dragan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 29 – (1995-10-03)3 October 1995 SG 9 Liutych, Vitali 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 32 – (1992-05-09)9 May 1992 PF 10 Chadov, Aleksandr 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 22 – (2001-11-20)20 November 2001 G 13 Khvostov, Dmitry 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 35 – (1989-08-21)21 August 1989 F 17 Karvanen, Maksim 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 25 – (1999-10-30)30 October 1999 G 22 Belenitskiy, Mikhail 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 22 – (2002-09-12)12 September 2002 PG 23 Lichutin, Maxim 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 24 – (2000-06-14)14 June 2000 SG 44 Baburin, Evgeny (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 37 – (1987-07-04)4 July 1987 SF Babushkin, Alexey (C) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 30 – (1994-04-04)4 April 1994	Head coach Zoran Lukić Assistant coach(es) Alexey Zhukov Sergey Kozin Sergey Sidnev Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: June 8, 2024

• Media related to BС Nizhny Novgorod at Wikimedia Commons
• Official site (in Russian)
• The history of the club (in Russian)
• Eurobasket.com Team Info