2019–20 BC Zenit Saint Petersburg season

Zenit Saint Petersburg
2020–21 season
Chairman	Alexander Tserkovny
Head coach	Xavi Pascual
Arena	Sibur Arena
VTB United League	Scheduled
EuroLeague	Scheduled
Home	Away
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →
	All statistics correct as of 18 August 2019.

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.

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

Squad information

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Zenit Saint Petersburg roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G/F	9	Hollins, Austin	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	33 – (1991-11-08)8 November 1991
PF	10	Thomas, Will	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	38 – (1986-07-01)1 July 1986
PG	13	Khvostov, Dmitry	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	35 – (1989-10-21)21 October 1989
C	14	Pushkov, Anton	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	36 – (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)	33 – (1991-06-29)29 June 1991
SF	25	Ponitka, Mateusz	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	31 – (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)	31 – (1993-06-19)19 June 1993
F/C		Poythress, Alex	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	31 – (1993-09-06)6 September 1993
G		Baron, Billy	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	34 – (1990-12-11)11 December 1990
SG		Fridzon, Vitaly	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	39 – (1985-10-14)14 October 1985

Head coach

Xavi Pascual

Assistant coach(es)

Inigo Zorzano
Adamantios Panagiotopoulos
Sergey Voznyuk

Team manager

Manos Papadopoulos

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: September 26, 2019

Depth chart

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

In

Pos.	Player	Moving from	Date	Ref.
G	Andrew Albicy	Andorra	17 June 2019	^[2]
PG	Alex Renfroe	Partizan	19 June 2019	^[3]
PF/C	Andrey Zubkov	Khimki	24 June 2019	^[4]
PG	Dmitry Khvostov	Lokomotiv Kuban	26 June 2019	^[5]
G/F	Mateusz Ponitka	Lokomotiv Kuban	4 July 2019
G/F	Anton Ponkrashov	UNICS Kazan	7 July 2019	^[6]
C	Gustavo Ayón	Real Madrid	26 July 2019	^[7]

Out

Pos.	#	Player	Moving to	Date	Ref.
G/F	7	Sergey Karasev	End of contract	31 May 2019	^[8]
C	10	Andrey Desyatnikov	End of contract	4 July 2019	^[9]
PG	9	Gal Mekel	End of contract	6 July 2019	^[10]

Pre-seasons and friendlies

Matches

5 September 2019	Unicaja	vs.	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Málaga, Spain
20:00

6 September 2019	Real Madrid	vs.	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Málaga, Spain

12 September 2019	Betis	vs.	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Málaga, Spain

13 September 2019	TBA	vs.	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Málaga, Spain

19 September 2019	Obras Sanitarias	vs.	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Madrid, Spain

20 September 2019	TBA	vs.	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Madrid, Spain

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	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

League table

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

Source: VTB United League

Matches

1 October 2019 1	Zielona Góra	vs.	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Zielona Góra, Poland

				Arena: CRS Hall Zielona Góra

7 October 2019 2	CSKA Moscow	vs.	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Moscow, Russia

				Arena: USC CSKA

13 October 2019 3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	vs.	Nizhny Novgorod	Saint Petersburg, Russia

				Arena: Sibur Arena

21 October 2019 4	Kalev	vs.	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Tallinn, Estonia

				Arena: Saku Suurhall

27 October 2019 5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	vs.	Lokomotiv Kuban	Saint Petersburg, Russia

				Arena: Sibur Arena

4 November 2019 6	Astana	vs.	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

				Arena: Saryarka Velodrome

11 November 2019 7	Zenit Saint Petersburg	vs.	Enisey	Saint-Petersburg, Russia

				Arena: Sibur Arena

25 November 2019 8	UNICS	vs.	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Kazan, Russia

				Arena: Basket-Hall

References

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

External links

Official website Archived 2022-04-25 at the Wayback Machine

[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.

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