BC Šilutė is a professional

Šilutė Šilutė (, previously ''Šilokarčiama'', german: link=no, Heydekrug), is a city in the south of the Klaipėda County, Lithuania. The city was part of the Klaipėda Region and ethnographic Lithuania Minor. Šilutė was the interwar capital of Š ...

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 ...

basketball club, currently playing in National Basketball League. BC Šilutė was founded in 1990 and currently is the oldest participant in NKL. From 1993 to 1999 seasons, BC Šilutė played in

super

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league LKL, their highest achievement in LKL was

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medal. During 2004-2005 season, BC Šilutė won

LKAL LKAL - Lietuvos Krepšinio A Lyga (English: Lithuanian Basketball A League), was the second Lithuanian basketball league until it ceased to exist in the spring of 2005. The new created league named ''NKL'', Nacionalinė Krepšinio Lyga (Natio ...

championship.

Club achievements

*1993-1994 season: LKL 7th place *1994-1995 season: LKL 5th place *1995-1996 season: LKL 4th place/ FIBA Korać cup 1/16 *1996-1997 season: LKL 3rd place *1997-1998 season: LKL 6th place *1998-1999 season: LKL 10th place *1999-2000 season:

3rd place *2000-2001 season:

6th place *2001-2002 season:

7th place * 2002-2003 season:

2nd place * 2003-2004 season:

5-8th place (

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) * 2004-2005 season:

1st place * 2005-2006 season: NKL 13th place * 2006-2007 season: NKL 4th place * 2007-2008 season: NKL 5th place * 2008-2009 season: NKL 15th place * 2009-2010 season: NKL 15th place * 2010-2011 season: NKL 11th place * 2011-2012 season: NKL 14th place * 2012-2013 season: NKL 16th place * 2013-2014 season: NKL 8th place (Quarterfinals) * 2014-2015 season: NKL 13th place * 2015-2016 season: NKL 11th place * 2016-2017 season: NKL 7th place * 2017-2018 season: NKL 4th place (Quarterfinals) * 2018-2019 season: NKL 12th place * 2019-2020 season: NKL 3rd place

Team roster

Notable players and coaches

Mindaugas Timinskas Mindaugas Timinskas (born March 28, 1974) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and basketball coach. He represented the senior Lithuanian national basketball team. College career Born in Šilutė, Lithuanian SSR, Timinskas play ...

(1997–1998) - player *

Robertas Kuncaitis Robertas Kuncaitis (born January 9, 1964, in Šilutė, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for BC Khimki. He was a head coach of Neptūnas and assistant coach of the Lithuania national basketball te ...

(2002–2004) -

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* Kęstutis Kemzūra (1996–1998) - player *

Marijonas Petravičius Marijonas Petravičius (born October 24, 1979) is a Lithuanian retired professional basketball player. He was a member of the Lithuania national team. He mainly played the center position, but he could also play the power forward position. Prof ...

(1997–1998) - player * Žydrūnas Stankus (1995–1998) - player * Marius Kasiulevičius (2004–2005) - player * Evaldas Dainys (2002–2003) - player * Jonas Elvikis (2002–2003) - player

External links

BC Šilutė NKLyga.lt
Silute Šilutė Basketball teams established in 1990 1990 establishments in Lithuania National Basketball League (Lithuania) teams {{Lithuania-sport-stub