| WBC SpartaK | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Leagues | Russian Premier League | ||
| Founded | 1949 | ||
| History | ŽBK Spartak Moscow (1949–2009) ŽBK Vidnoe (2009–2010) | ||
| Location | Moscow, Russia | ||
| Team colors | Red and White | ||
| Championships | 4 EuroLeague Women 2 European SuperCup 1 EuroCup Women 2 Russian Premier League | ||
| Website | http://www.wbcs.ru | ||
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Women's Basketball Club Sparta&K is a professional women's basketball team based in Vidnoye, Russia that plays in FIBA’s EuroLeague Women.
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.
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
Marina Karpunina- Ilona Korstin
- Marina Kuzina
- Irina Osipova
Seimone Augustus- Sue Bird
- Tamika Catchings
- Candice Dupree
- Sylvia Fowles
- Becky Hammon
- Janel McCarville
- Epiphanny Prince
- Diana Taurasi
- Tina Thompson
Lauren Jackson
Emma Meesseman
Isabelle Yacoubou
Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota
Jelena Škerović
Nika Barič
Tijana Ajduković- Jelena Milovanović
- Sonja Petrović
Elisa Aguilar
References
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