BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg
| BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg | |
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| Founded | 2004 |
| History |
Dynamo Saint Petersburg 2004–2006 |
| Arena | Yubileyny Sports Palace |
| Capacity | 7,700 |
| Location | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Team colors | Blue and White |
| President |
 Vladimir Rodionov |
| Head coach |
Yuri Selikhov
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| Championships |
1 FIBA Europe League 2005 |
BC Dynamo Saint Petersburg was a Russian professional basketball club based in Saint Petersburg.
Dynamo Saint Petersburg was formed during the 2004 summer when Vladimir Rodionov, owner of Avtodor Saratov, created the club by transferring Saratov's place in the first-tier Russian Super League along with some of its best players such as Vladimir Veremeenko. The ambitious club - with the aim of entering the Super League top four and qualifying for top European leagues such as the ULEB Cup and Euroleague - recruited coach David Blatt and players like Kelly McCarty, Ed Cota, Ognjen Aškrabić, Jón Stefansson and David Bluthenthal (who left after two months). It finished the European third-tier 2004–05 FIBA Europe League unbeaten to win the competition after downing BC Kyiv in the final with 24 points from Final Four MVP McCarty. Domestically the club, at one point second in the league, finished fifth in the regular season before losing in the playoff quarterfinals to BC Khimki, a team they had beaten in the Europe League semifinal.
The 2005–06 season saw a roster overhaul as Blatt left for Italians Benetton Treviso, Fotis Katsikaris was brought in to replace him and Cota and Stefánsson were substituted by Jerry McCullough, Damir Miljković and veteran Darryl Middleton. Defending their title in the EuroCup (the renamed Europe League), Dynamo was on the brink of elimination at the second group stage after three defeats in four games.
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