BC Kharkivski Sokoly

BC Kharkivski Sokoly
BC Kharkivski Sokoly logo
NicknameThe Falcons (Ukrainian: Соколи)
LeaguesUkrainian Basketball Superleague
Founded2017; 8 years ago (2017)
HistoryKharkivski Sokoly
2017–present
ArenaSports Palace "Lokomotyv"
Capacity4,000
LocationKharkiv, Ukraine
Team colorsWhite, Navy Blie
   
Main sponsorAvantazh, SunOil, Porsche
Head coachUkraine Aleksey Zolotous
Team captainUkraine Igor Boyarkin
Websitesokoly.club

BC Kharkivski Sokoly (Ukrainian: Харківські Соколи; English: Kharkiv Falcons) is a Ukrainian basketball club based in Kharkiv. Founded in 2017,[1] the team made its debut in the Ukrainian Basketball Superleague in 2019.

History

Founded in 2017, Sokoly entered the Ukrainian Higher League, the country's second-tier league. In its first two seasons, the team finished 6th and 9th. After the 2018–19 season, Kharkiv based BC Politekhnik left the SuperLeague as it could not give financial guarantees.[2] Instead, Sokoly received a spot for the 2019–20 campaign.[3]

In July 2023 Aleksey Ivanovich Zolotous agreed with the club's management and will lead the "Kharkiv Falcons" in the 2023/2024 season during performances in the Higher League of Ukraine.

Season by season

Key
Playoff berth
Season Tier League Finish Wins Losses Win% Playoffs Ukrainian Cup Head coach
Kharkivski Sokoly
2018–19 2 Higher League 9th 19 18 .514 DNQ – Oleh Manoylenko
2019–20[a] 1 SuperLeague 9th[a] 4 22 .154 DNQ Round of 16 (eliminated by Politekhnik) Volodymyr Koval
Yevgen Murzin
Oleh Manoylenko
2020–21 1 SuperLeague 10th 9 31 .225 DNQ Oleh Manoylenko
Renatas Kurilionokas
  1. ^ a b The 2019–20 season was ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Players

Current roster

Kharkivski Sokoly roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 2 Ukraine Iskenderov, Artur 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 21 – (2003-03-07)7 March 2003
PG 3 Ukraine Boyarkin, Igor (C) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 29 – (1995-06-13)13 June 1995
PF 8 Ukraine Shevchenko, Volodymyr 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 30 – (1994-12-03)3 December 1994
PF 10 Ukraine Misyats, Oleksandr 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 33 – (1992-01-06)6 January 1992
SG 12 Ukraine Musiyenko, Anton 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 27 – (1997-10-31)31 October 1997
SF 15 United States Boggs, Brandon 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 32 – (1992-07-11)11 July 1992
PF/C 21 Ukraine Chumakov, Igor 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 34 – (1990-02-13)13 February 1990
SG 22 United States Paige, J.D. 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 28 – (1996-02-16)16 February 1996
SF 25 Ukraine Niemtsu, Illia 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 26 – (1998-07-30)30 July 1998
C 30 United States Pressley, Jervon 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 119 kg (262 lb) 32 – (1992-12-16)16 December 1992
PF 32 Ukraine Bondarenko, Mykyta 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 24 – (2000-04-28)28 April 2000
PF 37 Ukraine Tarasenko, Oleksandr Injured 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 28 – (1996-04-08)8 April 1996
PG 92 United States Graf, Dajuan 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 32 – (1992-12-16)16 December 1992
C 99 Ukraine Anisimov, Valerii 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 34 – (1990-07-25)25 July 1990
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 6 March 2021

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Jervon Pressley Igor Chumakov Valerii Anisimov
PF Volodymyr Shevchenko Brandon Boggs Oleksandr Tarasenko Mykyta Bondarenko
SF Oleksandr Misyats Illia Niemtsu
SG J.D. Paige Anton Musiyenko
PG Igor Boyarkin Dajuan Graf Artur Iskenderov

4+8 formula (colours: Ukrainian players; foreign players;)

Squad changes 2020/2021

In

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
25 SF Ukraine Illia Niemtsu 22 Zaporizhya Ukraine 1 year 2021 Free 22 Jul 2020 [4]
10 PF/C Ukraine Oleksandr Misyats 28 Prometey Ukraine 1 year 2021 Free 24 Jul 2020 [5]
32 PF United States LaRon Dendy 31 APOEL Cyprus 1 year 2021 Free 29 Jul 2020 [6]
92 PG United States Dajuan Graf 27 VfL Kirchheim Knights Germany 1 year 2021 Free 31 Jul 2020 [7]
8 PF Ukraine Volodymyr Shevchenko 25 Zaporizhya Ukraine 1 year 2021 Free 5 Aug 2020 [8]
21 PF/C Ukraine Igor Chumakov 30 Dnipro Ukraine 1 year 2021 Free 10 Aug 2020 [9]
15 SF United States Brandon Boggs 28 Kobrat Finland 1 year 2021 Free 18 Aug 2020 [10]
30 C United States Jervon Pressley 28 Zaporizhya Ukraine 1 year 2021 Free 19 Jan 2021 [11]
22 SG United States J.D. Paige 25 Ponte Prizreni Kosovo 1 year 2021 Free 27 Feb 2021
99 C Ukraine Valerii Anisimov 30 Kryvbas Ukraine 1 year 2021 Free 27 Jan 2021

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
15 C Ukraine Dmytro Tykhonov 27 BC Zaporizhya Ukraine mutual consent 18 Jun 2020 [12]
47 PF/C Ukraine Oleksandr Tishchenko 31 Ternopil Ukraine mutual consent 12 Aug 2020 [13]
23 PF/C United States Delwan Graham 31 Ironi Ramat Gan Israel mutual consent 8 October 2020
32 SG United States Kareem Jamar 27 mutual consent
22 SG United States Zach Jackson 22 Leicester Riders United Kingdom mutual consent
13 SG Ukraine Roman Kozlov 29 Budivelnyk Ukraine mutual consent
17 PG Ukraine Andrii Shapovalov 27 Kryvbas Ukraine mutual consent
32 PF/C United States LaRon Dendy 32 mutual consent 15 Jan 2021 [14]

Squad changes 2019/2020

In

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving from Type Ends Transfer fee Date Source
47 PF Ukraine Dmytro Lypovtsev 33 Cherkaski Mavpy Ukraine 1 year 2020 Free 19 Aug 2019 [15]
13 SG Ukraine Roman Kozlov 29 BC Politekhnik Ukraine 1 year 2020 Free 20 Aug 2019 [16]
3 PG Ukraine Igor Boyarkin 24 Cherkaski Mavpy Ukraine 1 year 2020 Free 22 Aug 2019 [17]
17 PG United States Deonte Burton 28 Bendigo Braves Australia 1 year 2020 Free 28 Aug 2019 [18]
8 PF Lithuania Paulius Žalys 24 Lafayette Leopards United States 1 year 2020 Free 1 Sep 2019 [19]
21 C United States Gene Teague 29 Toros de Aragua Venezuela 1 year 2020 Free 2 Sep 2019 [20]
37 PF Ukraine Oleksandr Tarasenko 23 BC Zaporizhya Ukraine 1 year 2020 Free 3 Sep 2019 [21]
22 SF United States Zach Jackson 23 Omaha Maverics United States 1 year 2020 Free 5 Sep 2019 [22]
17 PG Ukraine Andrii Shapovalov 26 Sokół Ostrów Mazowiecka Poland 1 year 2020 Free 6 Sep 2019 [23]
15 C Ukraine Dmytro Tykhonov 27 BC Barsy Atyrau Kazakhstan 1 year 2020 Free 29 Sep 2019 [24]
32 SG United States Kareem Jamar 27 Elitzur Yavne Israel 1 year 2020 Free 30 Sep 2019 [25]
47 PF Ukraine Oleksandr Tishchenko 30 Kyiv-Basket Ukraine 1 year 2020 Free 16 Oct 2019 [26]
12 SG Ukraine Anton Musiyenko 22 Kyiv-Basket Ukraine 1 year 2020 On loan 28 Oct 2019 [27]
31 PG United States DeAndre Burnett 25 Leicester Riders United Kingdom 1 year 2020 Free 1 Dec 2019 [28]
23 PF/C United States Delwan Graham 31 Al-Wehda Club Saudi Arabia 1 year 2020 Free 25 Dec 2019 [29]

Out

No. Pos. Nat. Name Age Moving to Type Transfer fee Date Source
17 PG United States Deonte Burton 28 mutual consent 23 Sep 2019 [30]
47 PF Ukraine Dmytro Lypovtsev 33 BC Zaporizhya Ukraine mutual consent 23 Oct 2019 [31]
31 PG Ukraine Yaroslav Udodenko 32 mutual consent Nov 2019
8 PF Lithuania Paulius Žalys 24 Rapla KK Estonia mutual consent Nov 2019
21 C United States Gene Teague 30 CEB Puerto Montt Chile mutual consent 13 Dec 2019
31 PG United States DeAndre Burnett 26 Free agent mutual consent 24 Feb 2020

Notable players

References

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  2. ^ "Політехнік не підтвердив фінансові гарантії для участі у Суперлізі". fbu.ua. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Харківські Соколи стануть новачком Суперліги Парі-Матч". fbu.ua. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Харківські Соколі підписали молодого форварда" (in Ukrainian). 22 July 2020.
  5. ^ ""Харьковские Соколы" усилились лидером "Политехника"" (in Ukrainian). 24 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Харківські Соколи підписали першого легіонера" (in Ukrainian). 29 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Харківські Соколи підписали американського захисника" (in Ukrainian). 31 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Харківські Соколи підсилилися українським форвардом" (in Ukrainian). 5 Aug 2020.
  9. ^ "Харківські Соколи підписали українського форварда" (in Ukrainian). 10 Aug 2020.
  10. ^ "Харківські Соколи підписали американського форварда" (in Ukrainian). 18 Aug 2020.
  11. ^ "Харківські Соколі підписали молодого форварда" (in Ukrainian). 19 Jan 2021.
  12. ^ "БК "Запорожье" подписал форварда испанского клуба и бигмэна "Харьковских Соколов"" (in Russian). 18 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Олександр Тищенко перейшов у Тернопіль" (in Ukrainian). 12 Aug 2020.
  14. ^ "БК "Запорожье" подписал форварда испанского клуба и бигмэна "Харьковских Соколов"" (in Ukrainian). 15 Jan 2021.
  15. ^ ""Харківські Соколи" підписали форварда "Черкаських Мавп" Липовцева" (in Ukrainian). 19 August 2019.
  16. ^ ""Харьковские Соколы" усилились лидером "Политехника"" (in Russian). 20 August 2019.
  17. ^ ""Харьковские Соколы" пополнились игроком сборной Украины" (in Russian). 22 August 2019.
  18. ^ "Харківські Соколи підсилились першим легіонером" (in Ukrainian). 28 August 2019.
  19. ^ "Харківськи Соколи підсилились литовським форвардом" (in Ukrainian). 1 September 2019.
  20. ^ "Харківські Соколи уклали угоду з американським центровим" (in Ukrainian). 2 September 2019.
  21. ^ "Харківськи Соколи підсилились литовським форвардом" (in Ukrainian). 3 September 2019.
  22. ^ "Харьковские Соколы подписали американского форварда Джексона" (in Russian). 5 September 2019.
  23. ^ "Харківські Соколи повернули з Польщі українського захисника" (in Ukrainian). 6 September 2019.
  24. ^ ""Харьковские Соколы" подписали украинского центрового из зарубежного чемпионата" (in Russian). 29 September 2019.
  25. ^ "Харківські Соколи підписали американського легіонера" (in Ukrainian). 30 September 2019.
  26. ^ "ОЛЕКСАНДР ТИЩЕНКО ПЕРЕЙШОВ ДО ХАРКІВСЬКИХ СОКОЛІВ" (in Ukrainian). 16 October 2019.
  27. ^ "АНТОН МУСІЄНКО ПЕРЕЙШОВ ДО ХАРКІВСЬКИХ СОКОЛІВ" (in Ukrainian). 28 October 2019.
  28. ^ "Харківські Соколи підписали американського захисника" (in Ukrainian). 1 December 2019.
  29. ^ "Харківські Соколи підписали одного з найкращих центрових Суперліги" (in Ukrainian). 25 December 2019.
  30. ^ "Володимир Коваль: Деонте Бартон залишив Харківські Соколи" (in Ukrainian). 23 September 2019.
  31. ^ "Дмитрий Липовцев продолжит карьеру в Запорожье" (in Russian). 23 October 2019.