Wikipedia - 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 Astana, Kazakhstan. Founded in 2011, it has competed in the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship and the VTB United League since, obtaining many domestic titles in the process.
History
BC Astana was created in March 2011, with the aim of competing in the VTB United League. Valery Tikhonenko was chosen as the team's general director. There were doubts expressed by other clubs in the VTB United League, about whether or not the club would be a good addition to the competition, due to the lack of basketball tradition in Kazakhstan; but the side answered all the admission requirements, including their budget, stadium (a revamped Saryarka Velodrome) and the proximity of hotels, and an international airport. The side received the totality of its funding from the Samruk-Kazyna sovereign wealth fund.
They would sign a number of Kazakhstani players from successful side Astana Tigers, also recruiting their head coach, Vitaly Strebkov, to serve as the team's assistant coach.
In their first season in the VTB United regional league, the team from Kazakhstan won 7 games out of 16 during 2011–12 regular season, including games against strong sides, such as Žalgiris and the defending title holders, Khimki, nearly reaching the playoffs. They had more success on the domestic front, winning the Kazakhstani national domestic league championship, and the Kazakhstani Cup.
The team became a part of the Astana Presidential Club multi-sports club, when it was formed in December 2012.
A klubot 2011-ben alapították, és a Kazah Kosárlabda Szuperligában kezdett játszani. A csapat 2014-ben nyerte meg első bajnoki címét, majd 2015-ben és 2017-ben is megismételte ezt a sikert.
2016-ban a BC Asztana bejutott a FIBA Europe Cup döntőjébe, ahol a francia Strasbourg ellen kikapott. 2017-ben a csapat ismét bejutott a döntőbe, ahol ezúttal a német Alba Berlin ellen maradt alul.
A BC Asztana az egyik legerősebb kosárlabdacsapat Kazahsztánban. A csapatban olyan játékosok szerepeltek, mint Ante Tomić, Sonny Weems és Jeremy Evans.