BC Budivelnyk

History

Founded in the club's current form in 1962, the club was one of the leading clubs in Soviet League basketball. It was formed out of another team from Kyiv, SKIF, that was originally established in 1945. The team was established as a team of the Republican Trade Union Volunteer Sport Society Avanhard, under sponsorship of the local municipal building company Kyivmiskbud-4 (Kyiv-City-Construction-4). In Soviet times, the team played at the 7,000 seat Kyiv Sports Palace. The team won the Soviet League in 1989, and the Ukrainian League 11th times.

Following the team's long period of success, a period of time in which the team declined ensued, and it was relegated to the lower Ukrainian division, due to financial problems. However, in 2006, the team was rescued by a group of businessmen who invested considerable resources into it, thus allowing it to return to the top league of Ukrainian basketball. Within two years, the team once again became one of the strongest teams in Ukraine, finishing second in the Ukrainian National League.

In March 2010, the management of Budivelnyk held a joint press conference with the CEO and President of Euroleague Basketball Company, Jordi Bertomeu, announcing that they might join the EuroLeague in the next few years. Eventually, a wildcard was conceded to the team for the 2013–14 EuroLeague season.

On 21 June 2018, the FBU announced Budivelnyk was not allowed to participate in the Ukrainian Superleague due to debts with their players.

In the 2020 offseason, the Budivelnyk club restarted its activities and signed up for the 2020–21 SuperLeague season. Its transfer ban by the FIBA, which was enforced in 2018, was lifted.

Name

The original team played under the name of SKIF, from 1945 to 1962. The current team plays under the current name since 1962. The team's name means "Builder" in Ukrainian.

Arena

Main article: Palace of Sports, Kyiv

BC Budivelnyk played their home games at Kyiv Sport Palace. It was built in 1960 and it has capacity of 7,000 seats.

Current players

Current roster

Honors

• Soviet Union League (1):
  • [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|17px]] Gold – 1989
  • [[File:Silver medal blank.svg|17px]] Silver - 1965, 1966, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982
  • [[File:Bronze medal blank.svg|17px]] Bronze – 1962, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1983, 1984, 1990
• Soviet Union Cup (0):
  • [[File:Silver medal blank.svg|17px]] Runner Up - 1969, 1972
• Ukrainian SuperLeague (11):
  • [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|17px]] Gold - 1992 - 1997, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2023
  • [[File:Silver medal blank.svg|17px]] Silver - 1998, 2010
  • [[File:Bronze medal blank.svg|17px]] Bronze - 1999
• Ukrainian Cup (3):
  • [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|17px]] Winner – 2012, 2014, 2015

Season by season

Notable players

Notable players

• UKR Volodymyr Tkachenko
• UKR Oleksandr Bilostinny
• UKR Sasha Volkov
• UKR Anatoliy Polyvoda
• UKR Serhiy Kovalenko
• UKR Vitaly Potapenko
• UKR Anatolij Kovtun
• DOM Luis Flores
• GBR Andrew Betts
• LTU Tomas Delininkaitis
• LTU Dainius Šalenga
• LTU Darjuš Lavrinovič
• LTU Šarūnas Vasiliauskas
• MNE Suad Šehović
• USA Cat Barber
• USA Maceo Baston
• USA Malcolm Delaney
• USA Khalid El-Amin
• USA Archie Goodwin
• USA Brice Johnson
• USA Leo Lyons
• USA Jack McClinton
• USA Derrick Zimmerman
• USA UKR Steve Burtt Jr.

References

References

1. (21 June 2018). "Київський "Будівельник" не допустили до участі в Суперлізі - Спорт 24". 24 Канал.
2. (21 September 2020). "Легендарний київський "Будівельник" близький до відродження Повний текст читайте тут". Glavcom.ua.
3. (7 October 2020). "Знято трансферний "бан": титулований "Будівельник" виступить у Суперлізі". UNN.