A basketball team �Gala’ will preserve the backbone of the team, which is to join the Challenge Cup tournament in this season. Farid Mammadov, the President of the club, said that the key players will not leave the team in the national championship. They are Fuad Niftaliyev, Alexander Rindin, Darus Lukminas, and more probably Andris Majutis, a Lithuanian legionary
Rivals for Gala in the Challenge Cup will be Ural-Grate of Perm (Russia) and Kimki of Ukraine.