BC Nevėžis
Nevėžis-OPTIBET | |||
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Leagues | Lithuanian Basketball League | ||
Founded | 1992 | ||
History | BC Nevėžis (1992–2011) BC Kėdainiai Triobet (2011–2012) BC Nevėžis (2012–2020) Nevėžis-OPTIBET (2020–) | ||
Arena | Kėdainiai Arena | ||
Capacity | 2,200 | ||
Location | Kėdainiai, Lithuania | ||
Team colors | Green, black and white | ||
Team manager | Mindaugas Arlauskas | ||
Head coach | Gediminas Petrauskas | ||
Championships | LKAL Champions (2002) BBL Challenge Cup (2005) BBL Challenge Cup (2008) BBL Cup (2013) | ||
Website | www | ||
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BC Nevėžis (Lithuanian: Krepšinio klubas Nevėžis) is a professional Lithuanian basketball club which currently competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League.
History
BC Nevėžis was founded in 1992 by Stasys Mickevičius. In 1993 BC Nevėžis was renamed to KK Notra because of the club supporters UAB Notra. In 1999 because of the supporters changes, BC Notra was renamed to BC Nevėžis again until now. Club name came from the Nevėžis River, flowing through Kėdainiai city. Nevėžis first played in the second division LKAL (now - National Basketball League (Lithuania)), winning the title in 2002 and qualifying to the Lithuanian Basketball League. Nevėžis became a constant playoff contender, with the highest achievements being reaching the semifinals of the LKL in 2006, even taking future champion BC Lietuvos rytas to the limit, losing the series 1:2. They also reached the Baltic Basketball League semifinals in 2006, and won the BBL Challenge Cup in 2008. Nevėžis also won 3rd place in the LKF Cup in 2007 and 2012.
In 2017, after defeating the AEK Larnaca during the last qualification stage, Nevėžis qualified to the 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup season, their first-ever European competition.[1][2]
Players
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Updated: August 7, 2021 |
Depth chart
Squad changes for/during 2021–22 season
In
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Moving from | |
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HC | Gediminas Petrauskas | Pieno žvaigždės | |||
PG | Vytenis Čižauskas | Alytus Dzūkija | |||
8 | F | Paulius Murauskas | Žalgiris Kaunas | ||
PF/C | Danielius Lavrinovičius | Artland Dragons | |||
SF | Rihards Kuksiks | BK Ogre | |||
G | Marius Valinskas | Lietkabelis Panevėžys |
Out
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Moving to | |
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HC | Marius Kiltinavičius | Sūduva-Mantinga | |||
5 | G/F | Panagiotis Kalaitzakis | Lietkabelis Panevėžys | ||
7 | G/F | Justas Tamulis | CSU Sibiu | ||
22 | SF | Julius Kazakauskas | ALM Évreux Basket | ||
27 | C | Julius Jucikas | Neptūnas Klaipėda | ||
55 | PG | Rafa Luz | Bilbao Basket | ||
4 | C | Ariel Hukporti | Melbourne United |
- HC – Head coach
Logos
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Nevėžis logo (2017-2020)
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Nevėžis new logo (2020–present)
Season by season
Season | Tier | League | Pos. | National cup | Baltic League | Pos. | European competitions | |
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2000–01 | 2 | LKAL | 5th | |||||
2001–02 | 2 | LKAL | 1st | |||||
2002–03 | 1 | LKL | 10th | |||||
2003–04 | 1 | LKL | 7th | |||||
2004–05 | 1 | LKL | 6th | Challenge Cup | 1st | |||
2005–06 | 1 | LKL | 4th | Elite Division | 4th | |||
2006–07 | 1 | LKL | 5th | Third qualified | Elite Division | 10th | ||
2007–08 | 1 | LKL | 6th | Challenge Cup | 1st | |||
2008–09 | 1 | LKL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | Elite Division | 10th | ||
2009–10 | 1 | LKL | 12th | Fourth qualified | Elite Division | 10th | ||
2010–11 | 1 | LKL | 9th | Third round | Elite Division | 8th | ||
2011–12 | 1 | LKL | 7th | Third qualified | Elite Division | 7th | ||
2012–13 | 1 | LKL | 8th | Semifinalist | Regular season | |||
2013–14 | 1 | LKL | 8th | Fifth round | Quarterfinalist | |||
2014–15 | 1 | LKL | 10th | Group stage | ||||
2015–16 | 1 | LKL | 9th | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | |||
2016–17 | 1 | LKL | 9th | Quarterfinalist | ||||
2017–18 | 1 | LKL | 8th | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | R2 | |||
2018–19 | 1 | LKL | 9th | Round of 16 | ||||
2019–20 | 1 | LKL | 10th | Round of 16 | ||||
2020–21 | 1 | LKL | 10th | Second round |
Head coaches
- Marius Kiltinavičius: 2019–2020
- David Gale: 2020–2021
- Marius Kiltinavičius: 2021
- Gediminas Petrauskas: 2021–present
Notable players
- Lithuania:
- Jonas Mačiulis 2004–2005
- Simonas Serapinas 2003
- Darius Šilinskis 2004–2005, 2008–2010, 2012–2014
- Benas Veikalas 2007–2009
- Vilmantas Dilys 2013–2014
- Vidas Ginevičius 2011–2012, 2013-2014
- Greece
- Georgios Kalaitzakis 2019–2020
- Panagiotis Kalaitzakis 2019–2021
- Germany
- Ariel Hukporti 2020–present
- Italy
- Abramo Canka 2020–present
- Ukraine
- Oleksandr Kolchenko 2015–2016
References
- ^ ""Nevėžis" – viena koja FIBA Europos taurėje". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "Solidų pranašumą iššvaistęs "Nevėžis" pateko į FIBA Europos taurę". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ "Nevezis". LKL.lt (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "NEVEZIS KEDAINIAI". BBL.net. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
External links
- Official website (in Lithuanian)
- BC Nevėžis Fan page (Lithuanian)
- BC Nevėžis LKL.lt (Lithuanian)
- BC Nevėžis BBL.net (English)