About

BC Khimki first opened its doors in 1997 and it took only six years to qualify for the Russian League semifinals and the first of three straight Russian Cup semifinal appearances. In 2006, BC Khimki reached the Russian League and Russian Cup finals, but fell to CSKA Moscow in both, while Joventut Badalona beat Khimki in the 2006 FIBA EuroCup final.

The young club’s hard work paid off when it downed CSKA in the 2008 Russian Cup final for its first crown of any kind. That season, BC Khimki also reached the first of three consecutive Russian League finals and made its ULEB Cup debut, in which it reached the Last 16. BC Khimki made more big strides in 2008/2009 by reaching the EuroCup title game, but fell short against Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius.

In its EuroLeague debut a year later, BC Khimki showed it was no average newcomer and reached the Top 16. The club added more silverware to the trophy room by winning the VTB United League in 2011 at CSKA’s expense and a year later downed Valencia Basket in the 2012 EuroCup Finals for its first continental title behind the play of Zoran Planinic, Vitaly Fridzon and Kresimir Loncar. The following season, Khimki’s third EuroLeague campaign finished a win short of a place in the playoffs, but it was also the first of the two straight title-free seasons.

However, BC Khimki learned from its mistakes in the 2014/2015 season. The team won its regular season and Last 32 groups and swept three of its four elimination round series – including the EuroCup Finals against Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas. It was an outstanding season in which Tyrese Rice was chosen as the EuroCup MVP and also earned EuroCup Finals MVP honors. Petteri Koponen joined Rice on the All-EuroCup First Team and Rimas Kurtinaitis became the first head coach to win the competition three times. That season Khimki also reached the VTB League finals, but lost to CSKA.

In 2016/2017, Alexey Shved was named 7DAYS EuroCup MVP and BC Khimki reached the EuroCup quarterfinals and VTB finals. Last season, back in the EuroLeague, Khimki made the playoffs before losing to CSKA Moscow. Shved had another amazing year including a new record for points scored in a season. Now, BC Khimki looks to go one step further.

Khimki Moscow Region played its second consecutive EuroLeague season in 2018/2019, but things did not go as planned. The team struggled after losing its two biggest stars — Alexey Shved and Anthony Gill — to respective injuries for the majority of the season. Khimki lost its first four regular-season games and just as the team seemed to improve with three wins in the next five games, Shved went down and Gill soon joined him in the injured list. Khimki found new leaders in Malcolm Thomas and Jordan Mickey, changed its basketball philosophy and stayed competitive for the best part of the regular season, reaching Round 22 with a 9-13 record. Khimki, however, lost its final eight regular-season games, putting a bitter end to its EuroLeague season. With Shved back, Khimki roared to life in VTB United League action, where it defeated Astana in the quarterfinals and UNICS Kazan — without home-court advantage — in the semifinals to clinch a spot in the 2019/2020 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. CSKA stood in its way to the title, but Khimki was able to finish a difficult season on a positive note.


BC Khimki seasons

1997/1998 – First place in the First league
1998/1999 – First place in the High league
1999/2000 – Ninth place in the Russian Championship
2000/2001 – Seventh place in the Russian Championship
Group qualification for Korac Cup
2001/2002 – Seventh place in the Russian Championship
Group qualification for Korac Cup
2002/2003 – Fourth place in the Russian Championship
Semifinals of the Russian Cup
Participates in Pan-European stage of FIBA Champion Cup
2003/2004 – Fifth place in the Russian Championship
Semifinals of the Russian Cup
FIBA Europe League Play-offs
2004/2005 – Fourth place in the Russian Championship
Fourth Place in the Russian Federation Cup
Third place in the FIBA Europe League
2005/2006 – Silver medals of the Russian Championship
Silver medals in the Russian Federation Cup
Second place in the FIBA Europe Cup
2006/2007 – Bronze medals of the Russian Championship
2007/2008 — The winner of Russian Cup
Second place in Russian Superleague
Second place in Russian Championship
2008/2009 — The silver medalist of Russian Championship
The silver medalist of Russian Superleague
The silver medalist of Eurocup
The silver medalist of VTB Promo-Cup
2009/2010 — The silver medalist of Russian Championship
Euroleague TOP-16 participant
VTB United League Final Four
Russian Cup Final Four
2010/2011 — VTB United League winner
The silver medalist of Russian Championship
2011/2012 — Eurocup winner
The silver medalist of Russian Championship
2012/2013 — Russian championship PBL silver medalist
2013/2014 — Russian Cup semifinalist
EuroCup Top 16
2014/2015 — EuroCup winner
The silver medalist of Russian Championship
2015/2016 — EuroLeague Top 16
2016/2017 — VTB United League silver medalist
The silver medalist of Russian Championship
2017/2018 — VTB United League silver medalist
The silver medalist of Russian Championship
EuroLeague play-offs
2018/2019 — VTB United League silver medalist
The silver medalist of Russian Championship