BC Astana

Astana Basketball Club (Kazakh: Astana Basketbol Kluby), commonly referred to as BC Astana, is a Kazakh professional basketball club that is based in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.

Founded in 2011, it has competed in the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship and the VTB United League since, obtaining a slew of domestic titles in the process.

BC Astana logo
Leagues Kazakhstan Championship
VTB United League
FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Founded 2011; 9 years ago
History BC Astana
(2011–present)
Arena Saryarka Velodrome
(capacity: 10,000)
Zhekpe-zhek
(capacity: 5,000)
Location Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Team colors Black, blue
   
President Valeri Tikhonenko
Head coach Emil Rajković
Championships 8 Domestic Titles
7 Domestic Cups
Website pbcastana.kz/en

Honours

Kazakhstan Basketball Championship:

  • 8x Champion: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Kazakhstan Basketball Cup:

  • 7x Winner: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019

FIBA Asia Champions Cup:

  • Bronze: 2017

Head coaches

  • 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-)

Current roster

2020/2021 Team Roster
(Updated 08-11-2020)
Head Coach : Emil Rajković:
Adonis Thomas (USA)
Devyn Marble (USA)
Ojars Silins (Latvia)
Jeremiah Hill (USA)
Robert Pan
Nikolay Bazhin
Vadim Shcherbak
Rustam Murzagaliyev
Anton Ponomarev
Michael Thompson (USA)
Andrey Litvinenko
Askar Maidekin
Dmitriy Gavrilov
Maxim Marchuk
Martins Meiers (Latvia)
Ruslan Aitkali