BC Samara

Club was founded in Tolyatti as BC Azot. Club was a silver medalist of the Russian Super League 1 in 1992, and a 3-time bronze medalist, 1993, 1997, and 1998.{{fact|date=March 2022}}

Another club from Samara was formally patronized by the Russian Air Force (VVS). After the collapse of Soviet Union, most of the staff of basketball club SKA Alma-Ata and basketball players along with coach moved to Samara and new club "CSK VVS" was founded. The club was registered in the first edition of Russian basketball league.{{fact|date=March 2022}}

In 1997, after bankruptcy, club was moved to Tula, Russia and founded as Arsenal Tula.

In 2002, CSK VVS was refounded and merged with BC Samara, to form a new club called "CSK VVS - Samara". In the 2006–07 season, this club won the championship of the European-wide 4th tier-level league, the FIBA EuroCup.{{fact|date=November 2022}}

However, CSK VVS- Samara went bankrupt in 2009 and team could not participate in the 2009–10 Russian Super League 1 season.{{Cite web|url=https://rg.ru/2009/06/18/klub.html|title=БК "ЦСК ВВС-Самара" прекращает существование|website=Российская газета|language=ru|access-date=2019-12-25}} Thus, it was replaced in the league by Krasnye Krylya Samara.{{fact|date=March 2022}}

In 2012, CSK VVS - Samara was refounded as "Samara SGEU" and in 2014 club got back its old name "Samara". BC Samara won Russian Super League 1 twice in season 2018-19 and 2020-21.{{fact|date=March 2022}}

In 2022 BC Samara joined VTB United League.{{fact|date=November 2022}}

• FIBA EuroCup Challenge

:Champions (1): 2006–07

• Russian Basketball Super League

:Champions (2): 2018–19, 2020-21

• Russian Cup

:Champions (2): 2019–20, 2021-22

BC Samara logo.png|Logo (until 2019)

BC Samara 2022 logo.png|Logo (2019–present)

{{Basketball roster header | team=BC Samara}}

{{player3 | num= 3 | nat=RUS | first= Nikita | last= Zverev | pos=C | m=2.10 | year=1994 | month= 04 | date= 06}}

{{player3 | num= 10| nat=RUS | first =Anton | last=Kardanakhishvili | pos= G | m= 1.95| year= 2002| month= 03 | date= 19}}

{{player3 | num= 12| nat=RUS | first= Yaroslav | last= Tumanov | pos= FC| m= 2.01| year= 2004| month= 10 | date= 28}}

{{player3 | num= 28| nat=RUS | first=Philip | last=Gafurov | pos=C | m=2.12 | year=2001 | month=06 | date= 23}}

{{player3 | num= 29| nat=RUS | first=Vladimir | last=Pichkurov | pos=G | m=1.98 | year=1990 | month=01 | date= 09}}

{{player3 | num= 30| nat=RUS | first=Danila | last=Chikarev | pos=F | m=1.98 | year=2001 | month=11 | date= 18}}

{{player3 | num= 45| nat=RUS | first=Maxim | last=Sheleketo | pos=F | m=2.05 | year=1987 | month=01 | date= 04}}

{{player3 | num= | nat=USA | first=Justin | last=Roberson | pos=SG | m=1.85 | year=1993 | month=7 | date= 08}}

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| head_coach =

• {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergei Bazarevich

| asst_coach =

• {{flagicon|RUS}} Alexander Porinkevich
• {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladislav Konovalov
• {{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitry Bazarevich

| roster_url = https://bcsamara.com/team/

| accessdate = October 15, 2022

}}

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• {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergei Chikalkin (1996–98, 2008–10)
• {{flagicon|SRB}} Milan Preković (2001–02)
• {{flagicon|SRB}} Aleksandar Čubrilo (2001–02)
• {{flagicon|USA}} Joe Wylie (2001–02)
• {{flagicon|GEO}} Giorgi Tsintsadze (2004–05)
• {{flagicon|USA}} James Wade (2004)
• {{flagicon|USA}} Omar Cook (2006–07)
• {{flagicon|USA}} Kelvin Gibbs (2006–07)
• {{flagicon|GRE}} Georgios Diamantopoulos (2006–07)
• {{flagicon|RUS}} Nikita Shabalkin (2006–07)
• {{flagicon|USA}} Sam Clancy, Jr. (2008–09)
• {{flagicon|UK}} Andrew Sullivan (2008–09)
• {{flagicon|NGA}} Ikechukwu Nwamu (2021)
• {{flagicon|USA}} Malcolm Thomas (2022–present)

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• {{flagicon|RUS}} Sergei Bazarevich (2005–06, 2022–present)
• {{flagicon|RUS}} Valeri Tikhonenko (2005–09)

{{Reflist}}

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• [http://www.bcsamara.com/ Official Website] {{in lang|ru}}
• [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Russia/BC-Samara-SGEU/18725 Eurobasket.com Team Info]

{{BC Samara current roster}}

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