BK Jēkabpils is a professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

club based in

Jēkabpils Jēkabpils () is a state city in Jēkabpils Municipality in southeastern Latvia, located roughly halfway between the capital Riga and Daugavpils, and spanning the Daugava River. The name of the city literally translates into "Castle of Jacob". H ...

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

, playing in the

Latvian Basketball League Latvian may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Latvia **Latvians, a Baltic ethnic group, native to what is modern-day Latvia and the immediate geographical region **Latvian language, also referred to as Lettish **Latvian cuisine **Latvi ...

and

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 Belarus, officially the Rep ...

. It was founded in 2012 and since then the club is playing in LBL higher division. The club's home arena is the Jēkabpils Sporta nams. In its first season the club entered the

playoff quarterfinals, which they lost to Barons kvartāls team. Already in the next 2013–2014th season the club had even greater success with their coach

Igors Miglinieks Igors Miglinieks (born 4 May 1964) is a retired Soviet Union, Soviet and Latvian professional basketball player and basketball coach, coach. He played at the point guard and shooting guard positions. Professional career Miglinieks was a member of ...

to win LBL bronze medals. In their third season Jēkabpils outplayed Liepāja/Triobet and the second year in a row obtained LBL bronze."Jēkabpils" apspēlē Liepāju un otro gadu pēc kārtas iegūst LBL bronzu
/ref>

Roster

Season by season

Coaches

Edgars Teteris Edgars may refer to: * Edgars, New Jersey, United States * Edgars, Ontario, Canada * The Edgar Awards for mystery fiction * Edgars (department store), a former department store chain in South Africa owned by Edcon Limited * Edgar Department Stores ...

(2012–2014) *

(2014) * Edmunds Valeiko (2014–2015) *

(2015–2016) * Rūdolfs Rozītis (2016–2017) *

Sandis Buškevics Sandis Buškevics (born 28 January 1977 in Ventspils, Latvia) is a Latvian professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, c ...

(2017–2018) * Marko Zarkovič (2018–2019) * Agris Galvanovskis (2019–2021) * Artūrs Brūniņš (2021–present)

Notable players

* Aigars Vītols * Michal Hlebowicki *

Rinalds Sirsniņš Rinalds Sirsniņš (born 4 July 1985 in Ogre, Latvia) is a Latvian professional basketball player. He is currently playing for BK Ogre at the guard position and general manager of the team. Honours *Latvijas Basketbola līga: 2008 **Runner-up: ...

* Mārtiņš Kravčenko *

Pāvels Veselovs Pāvels Veselovs (born 15 July 1983 in Rīga, Latvia) is a Latvian professional basketball player who plays the power forward position. Pro career He started his professional basketball career in 2000 with BK Gulbenes Buki. In the team he spent ...

Andrejs Šeļakovs Andrejs Šeļakovs (born November 8, 1988) is a Latvian basketball player, who plays the center position. He is currently playing for BK Jūrmala of the Latvian league. Pro career Andrejs Šeļakovs started his pro career in 2006-2007 with ASK ...

* Povilas Čukinas *

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 ...

* Dovydas Redikas * Jurijs Aleksejevs

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:BK Jekabpils Jēkabpils Basketball teams in Latvia