BC Politekhnika-Halychyna
| Politekhnika-Halychyna | |||
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| Nickname | "Students", "Lions" | ||
| Leagues | Ukrainian League | ||
| Founded | 1994 | ||
| Arena | SP "Halychyna" | ||
| Location | Lviv, Ukraine | ||
| Team colors | Green, white, black | ||
| Head coach | Cyril Pohostinskyi | ||
| Championships | 1994, 1999 | ||
| Website | bcpg.in.ua | ||
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BC Politekhnika-Halychyna (Ukrainian: БК "Політехніка-Галичина") is a professional basketball club from Lviv, Ukraine. The club currently participates in the Ukrainian Basketball Superleague. Club was founded in 1994 under the name "Lviv Polytechnic". The team represented the Lviv Polytechnic National University. The current name is from 2006 with sponsorship reasons (sponsor – refining complex "Galychyna"). Home arena – sports palace " Halychyna".
In 1993, Lviv Polytechnic, made up of students who attended the university won a prestigious international tournament in France. This success and the achievements of previous years prompted the rector of the university, Yuri Rudavskyi, to establish a university professional basketball team. That same season, 1993–1994, Lviv team went undefeated in the Ukrainian second league, going 30-0. The next season, 1994–1995, the team finished third in the first division and was promoted to the Premier League. In order to become champions of the competition, the team took four seasons.
From 2000 to 2008 Polytechnic played in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. In the summer of 2006 the club changed its name to Politehnica-Halychyna (given to the new owner – refining complex "Galychyna") and had a very successful season in 2007–2008. Under the leadership of the Belarusian coach Valentin Voronin, the team finished fourth place in the Super League . Also, the team made it to the Ukrainian Final Four Cup, which won the bronze medal.
In the 2008–2009 season, the club decided to participate in the newly established Ukrainian Basketball League. On May 15, 2009, the newly established Association of Basketball Clubs of Ukraine "Superleague" Association became the organizer of the Championship, Cup and Super League All-Star Game. Since then, Politehnica-Halychyna has been a member of the Association of basketball clubs of Ukraine and regular participant of the Superleague Championship. Politehnica-Halychyna initially struggled in the Super League. In fact during the first two seasons the team finished in 11th place. In the 2011–12 season, it found itself in last place.
Fortunately, at the end of the disastrous year, Serbian coach Željko Lukajić was hired and the team improved significantly. And the fact that Lukajić remained head coach of Politehnica-Halychyna after the 2012–2013 season only added optimism Lviv fans. Moreover, in the off-season club signed several experienced players.
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