2019–20 BC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

The 2019–20 BC Zenit Saint Petersburg season will be the 17th season in the existence of the club and its 6th season as the team entitled Zenit. The club will play in the VTB United League and EuroLeague.

Zenit Saint Petersburg
2020–21 season
ChairmanAlexander Tserkovny
Head coachXavi Pascual
ArenaSibur Arena
VTB United LeagueScheduled
EuroLeagueScheduled
← 2018–19
2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 18 August 2019.

It will be the second season under head coach Joan Plaza. On 27 June 2019, EuroLeague Basketball announced it awarded Zenit a wild card for the 2019–20 EuroLeague.[1] This season therefore marks Zenit's debut in the highest European tier.

To participate in the tournament, the roster of Zenit was mostly changed - not only foreign but also Russian experienced players left the team: Andrey Desyatnikov, Evgeny Valiev and Sergey Karasev moved to Khimki. They were changed by also experienced players from other Russian clubs: Andrey Zubkov (from Khimki), Anton Ponkrashov (from UNICS Kazan), Dmitry Khvostov and Mateusz Ponitka (both - from Lokomotiv Kuban) and some players from foreign leagues: Andrew Albicy (from Andorra), Alex Renfroe (from Partizan Belgrade), Austin Hollins (from Rasta Vechta), Gustavo Ayón (from Real Madrid), Will Thomas (from Valencia), Colton Iverson and Tim Abromaitis (both - from Iberostar Tenerife).

Players edit

Squad information edit

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Zenit Saint Petersburg roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G/F 9   Hollins, Austin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1991-11-08)8 November 1991
PF 10   Thomas, Will 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 37 – (1986-07-01)1 July 1986
PG 13   Khvostov, Dmitry 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 34 – (1989-10-21)21 October 1989
C 14   Pushkov, Anton 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 35 – (1988-11-22)22 November 1988
SF 16   Trushkin, Vladislav 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1993-05-05)5 May 1993
PF 20   Zubkov, Andrey 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 32 – (1991-06-29)29 June 1991
SF 25   Ponitka, Mateusz 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 30 – (1993-10-29)29 October 1993
G   Pangos, Kevin 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 31 – (1993-01-26)26 January 1993
G/F   Rivers, K.C. 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 37 – (1987-03-01)1 March 1987
C   Gudaitis, Artūras 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 30 – (1993-06-19)19 June 1993
F/C   Poythress, Alex 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 30 – (1993-09-06)6 September 1993
G   Baron, Billy 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 33 – (1990-12-11)11 December 1990
SG   Fridzon, Vitaly 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 38 – (1985-10-14)14 October 1985
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Inigo Zorzano
  •   Adamantios Panagiotopoulos
  •   Sergey Voznyuk
Team manager
  •   Manos Papadopoulos

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

Updated: September 26, 2019

Depth chart edit

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Arturas Gudaitis Anton Pushkov
PF Will Thomas Alex Poythress Andrey Zubkov
SF Mateusz Ponitka K.C. Rivers Vladislav Trushkin
SG Austin Hollins Billy Baron Evgeny Voronov
PG Kevin Pangos Alex Renfroe Dmitry Khvostov

Transactions edit

Pre-seasons and friendlies edit

Matches edit

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L PF PA PD Win %
VTB United League 1 October 2019 Round 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
EuroLeague 4 October 2019 Round 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !

Source: Competitions

VTB United League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1   CSKA Moscow 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to playoffs
2   UNICS 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Khimki 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Lokomotiv Kuban 0 0 0 0 0 0
5   Zenit Saint Petersburg 0 0 0 0 0 0
6   Astana 0 0 0 0 0 0
7   Kalev/Cramo 0 0 0 0 0 0
8   Nizhny Novgorod 0 0 0 0 0 0
9   Enisey 0 0 0 0 0 0
10   Avtodor Saratov 0 0 0 0 0 0
11   Zielona Góra 0 0 0 0 0 0
12   Parma 0 0 0 0 0 0
13   Tsmoki Minsk 0 0 0 0 0 0

Matches edit

References edit

  1. ^ "ECA Board approves proposed team lists for 2019-20, discusses future". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Эндрю Альбиси — в "Зените"" (in Russian). Zenit Basket Official. June 17, 2019. Archived from the original on June 17, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  3. ^ "Zenit adds guard Renfroe". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Andrey Zubkov signs with Zenit". Sportando. June 24, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  5. ^ "Dmitriy Khvostov signs with Zenit". Sportando. June 26, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  6. ^ "Anton Ponkrashov signed with Zenit!". fc-zenit.ru. July 17, 2019.
  7. ^ "Zenit shocks market, signs Ayon!". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Сергей Карасёв покидает "Зенит"". basket.fc-zenit.ru. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Андрей Десятников покинул "Зенит"". basket.fc-zenit.ru. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Gal Mekel leaves Zenit St. Petersburg". Retrieved 7 July 2019.

External links edit