BC Nevėžis (), commonly known as Nevėžis Kėdainiai, also known as Nevėžis-OPTIBET due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional

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club based in

Kėdainiai Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest List of cities in Lithuania, cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Lithuania's second largest city Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. Kėdainiai were first mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle ...

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. The club currently competes in the

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(LKL).

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

city. Nevėžis first played in the second division LKAL (now -

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), winning the title in 2002 and qualifying to the

. Nevėžis became a constant playoff contender, with the highest achievements being reaching the semifinals of the LKL in 2006, even taking future champion

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to the limit, losing the series 1:2. They also reached the

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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

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during the last qualification stage, Nevėžis qualified to the

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season, their first-ever European competition.

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Squad changes for/during the 2025–26 season

In

Out

Logos

Bcnevezis2020.png, Nevėžis new logo (2020–present)

Season by season

::Detailed information of former rosters and results.

Head coaches

* Stasys Mickevičius: 1993–1998 * Saulius Gaurilčikas: 1998–2002 * Rūtenis Paulauskas: 2002–2004 *

Gintaras Leonavičius Gintaras Leonavičius (born October 29, 1983) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player, playing as a shooting guard. Born in Panevėžys Panevėžys () is the fifth-largest List of cities in Lithuania, city in Lithuania and the ...

: 2004–2009, 2012–2014 * Nerijus Zabarauskas: 2009 * Kastytis Kundrotas: 2009–2010 * Rimas Girskis: 2010 * Gintaras Krapikas: 2010–2011 * Valerijus Kuprijanovas: 2011–2012 * Darius Sirtautas: 2012 * Virginijus Sirvydis: 2014 * Mindaugas Budzinauskas: 2014–2015 * Ramūnas Cvirka: 2015–2016, 2017–2018, 2019 *

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: 2016–2017 * Darius Dimavičius: 2018–2019 * Marius Kiltinavičius: 2019–2020, 2021 *

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: 2020–2021 * Gediminas Petrauskas: 2021–present

Notable players

* Lithuania: ** Jonas Mačiulis 2004–2005 ** Simonas Serapinas 2003 ** Darius Šilinskis 2004–2005, 2008–2010, 2012–2014 ** Gytis Sirutavičius 2005–2007, 2012–2013 ** Benas Veikalas 2007–2009 **

2007–2009, 2013–2014 ** Darius Gvezdauskas 2009–2010, 2015–2016 ** Vytenis Čižauskas 2010–2011, 2021–2022 **

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2011–2012, 2013–2014 ** Vytenis Jasikevičius 2011–2013 ** Mindaugas Girdžiūnas 2012–2013 ** Vilmantas Dilys 2013–2014 ** Tauras Jogėla 2013–2014 **

Simas Buterlevičius Simas Buterlevičius (born 18 April 1989) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. Awards and achievements * Baltic Basketball League Baltic Basketball League (BBL) was the Baltic states basketball league founded in 2004. The ...

2013–2014, 2018–2019 ** Žydrūnas Kelys 2013–2014 **

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2013–2014 ** Vaidotas Volkus 2014–2016, 2016–2018 ** Justas Tamulis 2014–2015, 2017–2018, 2019–2020 ** Mindaugas Kupšas 2015–2016 ** Justas Sinica 2016–2017 ** Karolis Petrukonis 2016–2017 ** Ignas Vaitkus 2016–2017, 2023–now ** Giedrius Staniulis 2017–2018 ** Margiris Normantas 2017–2018 ** Tadas Sedekerskis 2017–2018 ** Gabrielius Maldūnas 2017–2019 **

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2017–2019 ** Regimantas Miniotas 2018–2019 ** Martynas Varnas 2018–2019 ** Laurynas Beliauskas 2019–2020 ** Arminas Urbutis 2019–2020 ** Kristupas Žemaitis 2019–2020 ** Julius Kazakauskas 2019–2021 **

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2020 ** Vaidas Čepukaitis 2020–2021 ** Paulius Murauskas 2021–2022 ** Marius Valinskas 2021–2023 ** Danielius Lavrinovičius 2021–2023 * Latvia **

Rihards Kuksiks Rihards Kuksiks (born 17 July 1988) is a Latvian professional basketball player who last played for Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He is also a member of the senior Latvia national basketball team. Col ...

2017–2018, 2021–2022 **

Artūrs Žagars Artūrs Mārtiņš Žagars (born 21 April 2000) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe Beko of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi, BSL and the EuroLeague. Standing at , he primarily plays at the point guard position. Profes ...

2022–2023 * Greece ** Georgios Kalaitzakis 2019–2020 **

Panagiotis Kalaitzakis Panagiotis "Panos" Kalaitzakis (Greek: Παναγιώτης "Πάνος" Καλαϊτζάκης; born 2 January 1999) is a Greek professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He is 2. ...

2019–2021 * France ** Daryl Doualla 2021–2023 * Germany ** Ariel Hukporti 2020–2021 * Italy **

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2020–2021 * Senegal ** Amar Sylla 2021–2022 * Belgium ** Tim Lambrecht 2022–2023 * Ukraine ** Oleksandr Kolchenko 2015–2016 ** Vladislav Korenyuk 2017–2018 * Croatia ** Toni Prostran 2016–2017 ** Sven Smajlagic 2021–2022 ** Lovre Basic 2023 * Serbia ** Ivan Smiljanić 2016–2017 * United States ** Brad Davison 2022–2023 ** Sedrick Barefield 2020–2021 ** E.J Montgomery 2020–2021 ** T.J Starks 2021–2022 ** Brevin Galloway 2023 ** Sean McNeil 2023- ** Zane Waterman 2023- * Russia ** Alexander Klyuev 2014–2015 ** Alexander Zakharov 2017–2018 ** Valery Likhodey 2017–2018 ** Zakhar Vedischev 2019 * Brasil ** Rafael Luz 2021

References

External links

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BC Nevėžis at LKL.lt

BC Nevėžis at BBL.net
(archive) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kedainiai Triobet Sport in Kėdainiai Basketball teams established in 1992 Nevezis 1992 establishments in Lithuania