BC Žalgiris

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BC Žalgiris

Leagues

Lithuanian Basketball League, BBL, Euroleague

Founded

1944

Arena

Kaunas Sports Hall

Location

Kaunas, Lithuania

Team colors

Green and white

President

Arvydas Sabonis

Head coach

Rimantas Grigas

Championships

LKL: 12
Euroleague: 1
BBL: 2
LKF: 2

Website

http://www.zalgiris.lt

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BC Žalgiris (Basketball Club Žalgiris) is a basketball team based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is one of the oldest teams in Euroleague and plays domestically in the Lithuanian Basketball League (Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga).

1 Team Info
2 Titles
3 Current squad
4 Players of note
5 External links

[edit] Team Info

Logo design: A green and white shield with the sign "BC Žalgiris", a basketball, and the letter "Ž".

The name commemorates the victorious Battle of Žalgiris (Battle of Grunwald) (both names: Žalgiris and Grunwald are translated as "Green grove").

Since 1944, BC Žalgiris was the main Lithuanian basketball team to produce the top-flight talents for the European basketball, such as the Olympic champions Modestas Paulauskas, Arvydas Sabonis, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Valdemaras Chomičius, and many others. In the mid-1980s, the finals between BC Žalgiris Kaunas and CSKA Moscow (Central Sports Club of Army) served as a major inspiration for Lithuanian national revival that contributed to the emergence of Sąjūdis national movement and re-establishment of state independence.

Sabonis is now the principal owner of the club, having purchased it in 2003 after having played for many years in the Spanish league and the NBA.

[edit] Titles

Euroleague Champion: 1999
Winner of EuroCup: 1998
Winner of Intercontinental W. Jones World Clubs Cup: 1986
Winner of Lithuanian championship: 1946, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008.
Winner of Soviet Union championship: 1947, 1951, 1985, 1986, 1987
Winner of Soviet Union Cup: 1953
NEBL Champion: 1999
Winner of Baltic Cup: 1998
Winner of Baltic Basketball League: 2005, 2008
2nd place of Baltic Basketball League: 2006, 2007
2nd place in Soviet Union championship: 1949, 1952, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989
3rd place in Soviet Union championship: 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1973, 1978
Runner-up of European Cup Winners' Cup: 1985
Runner-up of European Champions Cup: 1986

[edit] Current squad

BC Žalgiris roster

v • d • e

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.
4.0 PF	4	Slovenia	Jurak, Goran	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
2.0 SG	5	USA	Brown, Marcus	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
3.0 SF	8	Lithuania	Mačiulis, Jonas	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
2.0 SG	9	Lithuania	Kalnietis, Mantas	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
2.0 SG	10	Lithuania	Šalenga, Dainius	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
5.0 C	11	Lithuania	Žukauskas, Eurelijus (C)	2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)
2.0 SG	12	Lithuania	Milaknis, Artūras	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
4.0 PF	13	Lithuania	Jankūnas, Paulius	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
4.0 PF	14	Lithuania	Motiejūnas, Donatas	2.14 m (7 ft 0 in)
1.0 PG	15	Lithuania	Dilys, Vilmantas	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
5.0 C	16	Lithuania	Janavičius, Žygimantas	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
4.0 PF	20	Croatia	Markota, Damir	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
1.0 PG	24	Croatia	Popović, Marko	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
5.0 C	34	SEN	N'Diaye, Mamadou	2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)
1.0 PG	41	USA	Collins, DeJuan	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Head coach

Rimantas Grigas

Assistant coach(es)

Darius Maskoliūnas

Legend

(C) Team captain
(*) Playing only in Euroleague
Injured

Roster • updated 2008-02-21

[edit] Players of note

(Mostly former players)

[edit] External links

v • d • e BC Žalgiris 1998-99 Euroleague Champions

4 Edney (Final4 MVP) \| 5 M.Žukauskas \| 7 Štombergas \| 8 Zidek \| 9 E.Žukauskas \| 10 Adomaitis \| 12 Masiulis \| 13 Maskoliunas \| 14 Bowie \| 15 Šeštokas \| Coach Kazlauskas