History:In 1993-94 the region was represented by 2 teams: Baikal-IBS (later Ermal) from Irkutsk and Shakhter from Cheremkovo In 1994 top Ermal players joined Shakhter Cheremkovo In 2002 the team failed to assure finances, and was relegated to B Superleague, a new team in Irkutsk was created Zenit, but in 2004 the team lost the financial support of the aircraft factory, the team ceased to exist In 2004 a new team BC Irkut was founded taking over players from defunct Zenit In March 2011 club withdrew from the league because of financial difficulties
League achievements:
Russian Superleague 1 Finalist -2017Russian Superleague 1 Regular Season Runner-Up -2024 Russian Higher League Div.B Ural-Siberia Runner-Up -2006 Russian Higher League Div.B Ural-Siberia Champion -2007
European cups:
1998-1999: Korac Cup2000-2001: Korac Cup: took 4th place (1-5) in Group B |
League positions:
| Season | Tier | Division | W-L | Position + PlayOff | Cup | European competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-91 | 1 | Visshaya Liga | 11-11 | 19th (Group B) | ||
| 1991-92 | 1 | Superleague A | ||||
| 1992-93? | 1 | Superleague A | 13th | |||
| 1993-94 | 1 | Superleague A | 9th | |||
| 1994-95 | 1 | Superleague A | 4th, lost in Quarterfinals 0-3 to CSKA | |||
| 1995-96 | 1 | Superleague A | 10th, lost in Quarterfinals 0-2 to Dynamo MO | |||
| 1996-97 | 1 | Superleague A | 6th, lost in Quarterfinals 1-2 to Dynamo MO | |||
| 1997-98 | 1 | Superleague A | 2nd | |||
| 1998-01 | 1 | Superleague A | 3rd, lost in Quarterfinals 1-2 to Avtodor Saratov | Korac Cup | ||
| 2001-02? | 1 | Superleague A | 16-20 | 6th, lost in Quarterfinals 0-2 to Lokomotiv MV  | ||
| 2002-03 | 4 | 1 League |  | |||
| 2003-04? | 3 | Higher | | |||
| 2004-05 | 2 | Superleague 1 | ||||
| 2005-06 | 2 | Superleague 1 | ||||
| 2006-10 | 2 | Superleague 1 | ||||
| 2010-11 | 1 | Superleague | | |||
| 2011-12 | 4 | 1 League | | |||
| 2012-15 | 3 | Higher | | |||
| 2015-19 | 2 | Superleague 1 | ||||
| 2019-21 | 3 | Superleague 2 | | |||
| 2021-22 | 2 | Superleague 1 | 18-10 | 4th, lost in Quarterfinals 1-3 to Samara | ||
| 2022-23 | 2 | Superleague 1 | 16-12 | 7th, lost in Quarterfinals 0-3 to Runa Basket | ||
| 2023-24 | 2 | Superleague 1 | 22-8 | 2nd, lost in Quarterfinals 0-3 to Zenit-2 | ||
| 2024-25 | 2 | Superleague 1 | 14-16 | 9th | ||
| 2025-26 | 1 | Superleague | 18-10 | 4th |
