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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.
Spartak & K Vidone Women sú jedným z najúspešnejších tímov v ruskom ženskom basketbale. Získali 10 titulov majstra Ruska, 8 ruských pohárov a 3 Euroligy. Tím tiež reprezentoval Rusko na rôznych medzinárodných súťažiach, vrátane majstrovstiev Európy a majstrovstiev sveta.
Medzi najznámejšie hráčky, ktoré hrali za Spartak & K Vidone Women, patria:
* Maria Stepanova
* Ilona Korstin
* Becky Hammon
* Diana Taurasi
* Candace Parker
Tím v súčasnosti vedie tréner Miguel Mendez. Kapitánkou tímu je Maria Vadeeva.
Domovskou arénou tímu je Palác športov Vidnoe s kapacitou 2 500 miest.