WBC Sparta&K
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| leagues = Russian Premier League
| founded = 1949
| history = ŽBK Spartak Moscow (1949–2009)
ŽBK Vidnoe (2009–2010)
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| location = Moscow, Russia
| colors = Red and White
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| championships = 4 EuroLeague Women
2 European SuperCup
1 EuroCup Women
2 Russian Premier League
| website = http://www.wbcs.ru
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Women's Basketball Club Sparta&K is a professional women's basketball team based in Vidnoye, Russia that plays in FIBA’s EuroLeague Women.
History
It won the 2005–06 EuroCup Women and the 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2009–10 EuroLeague Women championship and two SuperCup Women. It is currently the only team that has won 4 consecutive EuroLeague Women titles since 1991 when European Cup For Women's Champions Clubs was rebranded as the Euroleague Women.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
This is due in part to the team's supplementing of its otherwise Russian roster with seasoned WNBA American and other stars Lauren Jackson, Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Tamika Catchings, Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota, and others.
In 2010, the club was renamed to Sparta&K after the sports society Spartak were against the usage of the brand "Spartak" in December 2009. The last letter is devoted to murdered basketball sponsor Shabtai Kalmanovich.[https://www.wbcs.ru/club1/kalmanovich/ Клуб / Шабтай фон Калманович ]
Winners
FIBA Europe SuperCup Women: (2)
- 16px 2009, 2010
EuroLeague Women: (4)
- 15px 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
EuroCup Women: (1)
- 16px 2006
Russian Women's Basketball Premier League: (2)
- 15px 2007, 2008
Former players
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- {{flagicon|RUS}} Marina Karpunina
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Ilona Korstin
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Marina Kuzina
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Irina Osipova
- {{flagicon|USA}} Seimone Augustus
- {{flagicon|USA}} Sue Bird
- {{flagicon|USA}} Tamika Catchings
- {{flagicon|USA}} Candice Dupree
- {{flagicon|USA}} Sylvia Fowles
- {{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|RUS}} Becky Hammon
- {{flagicon|USA}} Janel McCarville
- {{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|RUS}} Epiphanny Prince
- {{flagicon|USA}} Diana Taurasi
- {{flagicon|USA}} Tina Thompson
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Lauren Jackson
- {{flagicon|BEL}} Emma Meesseman
- {{flagicon|FRA}} Isabelle Yacoubou
- {{flagicon|LAT}} Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota
- {{flagicon|MNE}} Jelena Škerović
- {{flagicon|SLO}} Nika Barič
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Tijana Ajduković
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Jelena Milovanović
- {{flagicon|SRB}} Sonja Petrović
- {{flagicon|ESP}} Elisa Aguilar
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.wbcs.ru/ Official site]
- [http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.teamID_92459.compID_jr6ZiXqeGhMBtfq1yxqV83.season_2009.roundID_6475.html FIBA team page]
{{WBC Spartak Moscow Region 2006–07 Euroleague Women champions}}
{{WBC Spartak Moscow Region 2007–08 Euroleague Women champions}}
{{WBC Spartak Moscow Region 2008–09 Euroleague Women champions}}
{{WBC Spartak Moscow Region 2009–10 Euroleague Women champions}}
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Category:Women's basketball teams in Russia
Category:Sport in Moscow Oblast
Category:EuroCup Women–winning clubs
Category:EuroLeague Women clubs
Category:Basketball teams established in 1949
Category:EuroLeague Women Champions
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