WBC Sparta&K

Women's Basketball Club Sparta&K is a professional women's basketball team based in Vidnoye, Russia that plays in FIBA’s EuroLeague Women.

WBC SpartaK
LeaguesRussian Premier League
Founded1949
HistoryŽBK Spartak Moscow (1949–2009)
ŽBK Vidnoe (2009–2010)
LocationMoscow, Russia
Team colorsRed and White
   
Championships4 EuroLeague Women
2 European SuperCup
1 EuroCup Women
2 Russian Premier League
Websitehttp://www.wbcs.ru

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.

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.[1]

Winners

FIBA Europe SuperCup Women: (2)

  • 2009, 2010

EuroLeague Women: (4)

  • 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

EuroCup Women: (1)

  • 2006

Russian Women's Basketball Premier League: (2)

  • 2007, 2008

Former players

References
  1. Клуб / Шабтай фон Калманович


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