BC Budivelnyk

Budivelnyk
Budivelnyk
Nickname	Konstruktor (Constructor); Budivel'nyk (Builder)
Leagues	European North Basketball League
Founded	1945; 79 years ago
History	List SKIF Kyiv; (1945–1962); Stroitel; (1962–1989); BC Budivelnyk; (1989–2018; 2020–present);
Arena	Kyiv Sports Palace
Capacity	7,000
Location	Kyiv, Ukraine
Team colors	Yellow, Blue, Navy ;
Main sponsor	PrivatBank
President	Bohdan Guliamov
Head coach	Igors Miglinieks
Ownership	PrivatBank
Championships	1 Soviet Championship ; 11 Ukrainian Championships; 3 Ukrainian Cups
Website	budivelnyk.ua
Home	Away

BC Budivelnyk Kyiv (in Ukrainian: Будівельник Київ) is a Ukrainian professional basketball club based in Kyiv. The club plays in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. In June 2018, it was forced to withdraw from the Superleague due to open debts. Two years later, the club returned its activities. The club holds a record eleven Ukrainian championships and three Ukrainian Cups, as well as a Soviet championship (1989).

Budivelnyk is owned and operated by the banking and investing company PrivatBank.

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 six 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.

BC Budivelnyk alternate 1962 logo.

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.^[1]

In the 2020 offseason, the Budivelnyk club restarted its activities and signed up for the 2020–21 SuperLeague season.^[2] Its transfer ban by the FIBA, which was enforced in 2018, was lifted.^[3]

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. The team is nicknamed as, "Konstruktor" (Constructor) and "Stroitel" (Russian for "Builder").

Arena

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

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BC Budivelnyk Kyiv roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PG	1	Vasiliauskas, Šarūnas	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	35 – (1989-03-27)27 March 1989
F/C	2	Grant, Jerai	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	35 – (1989-01-10)10 January 1989
SF	7	Grytsak, Andriy	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	24 – (2000-06-12)12 June 2000
SG	8	Berhanemeskel, Johnny	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	32 – (1992-10-30)30 October 1992
SG	10	Goodwin, Archie	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	30 – (1994-08-17)17 August 1994
SF	12	Krutous, Pavlo	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	32 – (1992-04-09)9 April 1992
PF	13	Bobrov, Vyacheslav	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	32 – (1992-09-19)19 September 1992
F/C	15	Brown, Alec	2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)	32 – (1992-07-23)23 July 1992
SF	21	Kolomoisky, Israel	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	25 – (1999-01-27)27 January 1999
SG	34	Tyrtyshnik, Illya	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	26 – (1998-09-07)7 September 1998
PG	45	Zotov, Vitaliy	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	27 – (1997-03-03)3 March 1997
PF	51	Tykhonov, Dmytro	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	32 – (1992-01-19)19 January 1992

Head coach

Valery Plekhanov

Assistant coach(es)

Leonid Yailo
Yanick Murry

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: March 23, 2023

Honors

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

Ukrainian Cup Winners (2014)

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Ukrainian Cup	Other competitions		European competitions
2004–05	1	SuperLeague	7th
2005–06	1	SuperLeague	9th
2006–07	1	SuperLeague	10th
2007–08	1	SuperLeague	10th
2008–09	1	UBL	2nd	Winner^[a]
2009–10	1	SuperLeague	2nd	Semifinalist
2010–11	1	SuperLeague	1st				1 Euroleague	QR2
2010–11	1	SuperLeague	1st				2 Eurocup	QF
2011–12	1	SuperLeague	4th	Winner	United League	RS
2012–13	1	SuperLeague	1st				2 Eurocup	SF
2013–14	1	SuperLeague	1st	Champion			1 Euroleague	RS
2013–14	1	SuperLeague	1st	Champion			2 Eurocup	QF
2014–15	1	SuperLeague	3rd	Champion
2015–16	1	SuperLeague	2nd
2016–17	1	SuperLeague	1st	Runner-up
2017–18	1	SuperLeague	5th	Quarterfinalist			3 Champions League	QR2
2018–20	Inactive
2020–21	1	SuperLeague

^ In the 2008–09 season, Budivelnyk played in the UBL Cup tournament.

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.