BC Alytus ( lt, Krepšinio Klubas Alytus) is the historical

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club of

Alytus Alytus is a city with municipal rights in southern Lithuania. It is the capital of Alytus County. Its population in 2022 was 53,925. Alytus is the historical centre of the Dzūkija region. The city lies on the banks of the Nemunas River. The maj ...

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

. It was founded in 2005, as a successor to

BC Alita BC Alita was a basketball club from Alytus, Lithuania. It was founded in 1995, when the BC Savy Vilnius headquarters moved the club to Alytus, as part of the geographical expansion of the LKL. The team was named after its sponsor, Alita. BC A ...

, and participated in the

Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL) (''English'': Lithuanian Basketball League), also known as Betsafe LKL for sponsorship reasons, is the premier professional men's club basketball league in Lithuania. It is composed of 12 teams, and it is a member o ...

(Lithuanian Basketball League) and the

Baltic Basketball League Baltic Basketball League (BBL) was the Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004. The league mainly focused on teams from the Baltic states, but teams from Sweden, Russia, Kazakhstan, Finland, and Belarus have participated in the Baltic L ...

for a few seasons. In 2011 BC Alytus went to bankruptcy, and another basketball club, called

BC Savanoris BC Savanoris ( lt, Krepšinio Klubas Savanoris) is basketball club of Alytus, Lithuania. It was founded in 2011 and replaced BC Alytus in national pyramid of basketball. Because of shortage of direct links with BC Alytus, club started competing in ...

, later becoming

BC Dzūkija BC Dzūkija ( lt, Krepšinio klubas Dzūkija) was a basketball club located in Alytus, Lithuania. It was founded in 2012 and participated in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL). It was the newest basketball club based in Alytus after BC Alita and B ...

, was established in Alytus.

Achievements

Notable players

Saulius Kazevičius Saulius is a Lithuanian masculine given name. People named Saulius include: *Saulius Ambrulevičius (born 1992), Lithuanian figure skater * Saulius Atmanavičius (born 1970), Lithuanian footballer * Saulius Binevičius (born 1979), freestyle swim ...

Nerijus Varnelis Nerijus is a Lithuanian masculine given name. People named Nerijus include: * Nerijus Astrauskas (born 1980), football striker who plays for FK Žalgiris Vilnius in the Lithuanian A Lyga * Nerijus Barasa (born 1978), Lithuanian footballer, r ...

Andrius Aleksandrovas Andrius is a Lithuanian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the English language name Andrew. People with the name Andrius include: * Andrius Algirdaitis (c.1325–1399), Duke of Pskov and Polotsk * Andrius Arlauskas (born 1986), Lithuanian ...

Mindaugas Jaruševičius Mindaugas (german: Myndowen, la, Mindowe, orv, Мендог, be, Міндоўг, pl, Mendog, c. 1203–1263) is the first known Grand Duke of Lithuania and the only crowned King of Lithuania. Little is known of his origins, early life, or r ...

Žygimantas Janavičius Žygimantas Janavičius (born February 20, 1989) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Neptūnas Klaipėda of the Lithuanian Basketball League. Standing at tall and weighing , he plays as a point guard. Career Janavičius made his ...

Tadas Klimavičius Tadas Klimavičius (born 10 October 1982) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, who last played for Vytautas Prienai-Birštonas of the Lithuanian Basketball League. He is a power forward. He also represented Lithuania national basketb ...

Darjuš Lavrinovič Darjuš Lavrinovič ( pl, Dariusz Ławrynowicz, born 1 November 1979) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the BC Vytis of the National Basketball League. He is 2.12m (6' 11½") in height. He plays the center position. He is also a ...

Kšyštof Lavrinovič Kšyštof Lavrinovič ( pl, Krzysztof Ławrynowicz; born November 1, 1979) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the BC Vytis of the National Basketball League. He plays at the power forward and center positions. Professional career ...

References

External links

Official website of Alytus

BC Alytus LKL.lt
Basketball teams in Lithuania Sport in Alytus 2005 establishments in Lithuania {{Lithuania-sport-stub