Today Astana hosts Enisey from Krasnoyarsk as part of the VTB United League.

Krasnoyarsk is the largest business, industrial and cultural center of Eastern Siberia. The city is distinguished by unique landscapes, mountain landscapes, a mighty Siberian forest and the famous Stolby nature reserve.

The history of the team dates back to 1981, when the Polytechnic team was created on the basis of the Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic Institute. In 1988, in Neryungri, during the final competition of the USSR Cup for the teams of Siberia and the Far East, «Polytechnic» became the first.

The Enisey men's team is the champion of the Russian Superleague B (2006/07), a two-time silver medalist (2004/05, 2005/06), and a bronze medalist of the Russian Cup (2010/11).

In the 2011/12 season, the team took part in the VTB United League for the first time.

An interesting fact: in 2016-2020, Astana center Igor Kanygin played for Enisey.

Now the head coach of the team is 55-year-old specialist Drazen Anzulovich, and the leaders are 27-year-old center James Thompson (averaging 12 points per game, making 7.2 rebounds per game) and 30-year-old defender Angelo Warner (averaging 11.6 points per game). match, makes 3.9 assists per game).

The statistics of head-to-head meetings between Enisey and Astana are in favor of Krasnoyarsk: 10 wins against 6.




“Two teams that have one victory each in their assets. We missed the victories and the fans, of course, too, so this game will turn out to be fundamental. We want to win this victory first of all for ourselves, in order to see our progress as a team and each individual player, that we are going slowly but surely, following the coaching instructions and giving ourselves completely on the court at every moment, on every square meter! ”, — Daniil Aksenov, point guard of Astana, said before the match.

“In the game with Yenisei, we will try to break our losing streak and give positive emotions to our fans,” Oleg Kiselev, head coach of the capital team, commented on the upcoming match.

The match will start at 15:00 at the Saryarka cycle track. Come support the team!

You can buy tickets on the Zakazbiletov.kz website.

Detailed information about the tournament, standings, schedule, and match results are published in the Tournaments section.

Astana lost to Eniseiy in the match of the VTB United League.

The match, held at the Saryarka cycle track, ended with the guests' victory with a score of 57:88.

The best in Enisey were James Thompson (15 points), Timofey Gerasimov (12 points, 5 rebounds), and Alexander Gudumak (11 points). Oleg Balashov (15 points) and Daniil Aksenov (11 points) scored among the hosts.
 
«Congratulations to the team on the victory. We had a good match. We approached the opponent with great respect, conducted an analysis, and saw how they beat PARMA-PARI. But the most important thing for me is that my team follows the rules of our own game and performs tactical tasks well. I can say that this is the first match this season where I am absolutely satisfied with the game for all 40 minutes; we worked as a well-oiled machine,» said the head coach of the guests Drazen Anzulovic, after the match.

Ahead is a pause for national team games, and on November 18, Astana will host CSKA Moscow at its arena.

Detailed information about the tournament, standings, schedule, and match results are published in the Tournaments section.