BC Almaty
| Almaty Legion | |
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| Leagues | Kazakhstan Basketball Championship |
| Founded | 2006 |
| History |
BC Almaty (2006–2014) Almaty Legion (2014–present) |
| Arena | Sports complex Dostyk |
| Location | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Team colors | White, Blue |
| President | Oleg Severgin |
| Head coach | Alexander Chernov |
| Championships | 1 Domestic Cups |
| Website | al-bclegion.kz (Russian) |
Basketball Club "BC" Almaty (Russian: Баскетбольный клуб "БК" Алматы) is a Kazakhstani professional basketball club based in the city of Almaty in southern Kazakhstan.
Founded in 2006, it has played under the name Almaty Legion (Russian: Алматинский легион) since 2014. The club has competed in the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship - losing twice in the championship final – and the Kazakhstan Basketball Cup, which they won in 2015.
For the 2014–15 season, the team also competed in the Russian Basketball Super League, the professional second division league in Russia.
BC Almaty was founded in December 2006 by the municipality of Almaty, it was managed by the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of that city. In July 2014, the club became a limited liability partnership, with the municipality selling the totality (100%) of its shares in the club as part of a privatization campaign.
In their first season in the Kazakhstan Basketball Championship in 2007–08, they reached the championship finals, losing to the Astana Tigers.
After the Tigers turned down an invitation to play in the 2008 FIBA Asia Champions Cup, Almaty replaced them. In their first international foray they reached the quarterfinal stage, losing to eventual champions Saba Battery.
In the 2014 off-season, BC Almaty went through a re-branding, changing its name to Almaty Legion (Russian: Алматинский легион), though it retained the former designation as its legal name, also changing its logo.SKA Almaty, who had played in the Soviet league in the 1980s, was merged into BC Almaty to serve as the reserve squad in the second division Higher league under the name Almaty Legion KazNU (Russian: Алматинский Легион КазНУ).
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