UNICS Kazan

	UNICS Kazan
Founded	1991
Hall	Basket-Hall Arena ; (7,500 seats)
Homepage	www.unics.ru
president	Yevgeny Bogachev
director	Vladimir Supriyanovich
Trainer	Dimitris Priftis
league	VTB United League;
Colours	Green / white / black
home	Away
	successes
	Winner ULEB Eurocup 2011 ; Winner FIBA EuroCup 2004 ; Winner Russian Cup (3 ×) 2003, 2009, 2014

UNICS Kazan is a professional basketball club from Russia . The association is based in the city of Kazan in the Republic of Tatarstan in the Volga Federal District . UNICS - is on the transcription UNI versität- C ulture- S port.

history

The history of the predecessor club of UNICS begins in 1957 at the University of Kazan. The team achieved some success in student basketball and in 1965 and 1970 it became the best university team in the Soviet Union.

The re-establishment took place in 1991. The first few years they played lower class up to promotion to the Russian super league in the 1996/97 season. After two very successful years, each with a fifth place in the regular championship, UNICS established itself as one of the strongest Russian teams in the new millennium. The first national title was won in 2003 with the Russian Cup, when they beat CSKA 82:81 in overtime. The first European title followed in 2004 when they won the Final Four in the FIBA EuroCup against Maroussi with 87:63. In the following years they were consistently among the top four teams in the Russian championship, but the next success was a long time coming until 2009, when they won the Russian Cup again. The most successful year in the history of UNICS so far was the year 2011 when they finished third in the Russian championship after winning the regular season and then won the ULEB Eurocup . The following year they started in the ULEB Euroleague for the first time and reached the quarter-finals. The next title win came in 2014 with victory in the national cup. In the same year UNICS reached the final of the Eurocup, but lost to Valencia in two games.

Season overview

season	league	Regular	Play-off	Europe	Regional
1997-98	Superleague A	5. (West)	7th	Korać Cup group stage
1998-99	Superleague A	5.	5.	Cup Winners' Cup 1/16 Final
1999-00	Superleague A	3.	3.	Korać Cup 1/16 final
2000-01	Superleague A	2.	2.	Cup winners' cup semifinals
2001-02	Superleague A	2.	2.	Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals
2002-03	Superleague A	3.	3.	FIBA EuroCup quarter-finals	NEBL winner
2003-04	Superleague A	2.	2.	FIBA EuroCup winner
2004-05	Superleague A	3.	3.	FIBA EuroCup quarter-finals
2005-06	Superleague A	4th	4th	ULEB Cup round of 16
2006-07	Superleague A	2.	2.	ULEB Cup semifinals
2007-08	Superleague A	3.	6th	ULEB Cup quarterfinals (Final Eight)
2008-09	Superleague A	4th	3.	ULEB Eurocup Top-16
2009-10	Superleague A	3.	3.	ULEB Eurocup Top-16	VTB League 2.
2010-11	PBL	1.	3.	ULEB Eurocup winner	VTB League 3.
2011-12	PBL	6th	5.	ULEB Euroleague quarterfinals	VTB League 2.
2012–13	PBL	6th		ULEB Eurocup quarter finals	VTB League quarter-finals
2013-14	VTB League	1. Gr. A.	Semifinals	ULEB Eurocup Final
2014–15	VTB League	6th	Quarter finals	ULEB Eurocup semifinals
2015–16	VTB League	2.	final	ULEB Eurocup round of 16
2016–17	VTB League	5.	Quarter finals	ULEB Euroleague Top 16
2017-18	VTB League	4th	4th	ULEB Eurocup quarter finals
2018–19	VTB League	2.	Semifinals	ULEB Eurocup semifinals

Current squad

Squad UNICS Kazan in the 2015/2016 season

Attention: The squad information is out of date!
(current season: 2020/2021)

player
No.	Nat.	Surname	birth	size	info	Last club
		Guards ( PG , SG )
5	United States	Keith Langford	09/15/1983	193
6th	Russia	Dmitri Neswankin	10/11/1993	186
7th	Russia	Anton Ponkraschow	04/23/1986	200	A-Nat	Russia Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd
10	Spain	Joaquim Colom	11/01/1988	188		Spain Bilbao Basket
33	Russia	Ruslan Khabirov	03/05/1991	192
		Forwards ( SF , PF )
11	Russia	Valery Lichodei	10/23/1986	204
12	Russia	Wadim Panin	02/10/1984	203
15th	Russia	Pyotr Gubanov	04/03/1987	207
19th	Russia	Evgeni Fidij	07/28/1991	205		Russia Krasnye Krylja Samara
21st	Greece	Konstantinos Kaimakoglou	03/15/1983	204
22nd	United States	Latavious Williams	03/29/1989	203		Spain Bilbao Basket
24	Lithuania	Artūras Milaknis	06/16/1986	195		Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas
70	Russia	Vladislav Yevstafiev	04/09/1993	202
		Center ( C )
9	Belarus	Artyom Parachovsky	10/06/1987	211	A-Nat	Russia BK Nizhny Novgorod