Club

BC UGMK is the legal successor of the Sverdlovsk region teams. The club traces its history back to 1938, when the women's basketball team "Zenit" was created at the Ural Heavy Machinery Plant.

In 1958, after the merger of "Zenit" and "Avangard" (both teams were part of the sports society at the plant), the team "Trud" appeared.

Later, for 40 years (1960-2000), the team was named Uralmash, and from 2000 to 2001– Uralmash-UMMC. During these years, Ural basketball players have achieved success at the World Championships, European and Olympic Games. Lyudmila Edeleva became the European champion in 1960 and 1967.
Nelly Fominykh, captain of the USSR national team in 1968-1969, won the European championship three times (1964, 1966, 1968) and became world champion twice (1964, 1967).
Lyudmila Shvetsova became the European champion in 1968 and 1970. Olga Korosteleva (Barysheva) won the Olympic Games in 1976 and 1980, as well as the World Championship twice and the continental Championship four times. The symbol of the club is a fox, which appeared in the mid-90s, the prototype of which was Olga Korosteleva.
The club received its current name in 2001.

In 1947, the Ural basketball players won the title of champions of the RSFSR for the first time, which began the countdown of their achievements.

The greatest successes were under the guidance of coaches: Anatoly Novikov (bronze of the USSR championship in 1973), Galina Shalimova (bronze in 1974), Vladimir Koloskov (gold in 2002, 4 silver and 3 bronze of the Russian championships), Zoran Visic (gold of the Russian and Euroleague championships in 2003, silver in 2004 and 2006), Gundars Winds (gold of the 2009-2011 Russian Championships and Cup, Euroleague bronze), Olaf Lange (Euroleague gold 2013, 2016, European Super Cup gold, Russian Championship and Cup gold 2013-2017, Euroleague silver and bronze), Miguel Mendes (Euroleague gold 2018-2021, gold of the European Super Cup and the Russian Championship, gold of the Russian Super Cup in 2021, 2022, gold of the Russian Cup in 2019).