BC Juventus

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BC „Juventus“
Leagues Lithuanian Basketball League,
Baltic Basketball League
Founded 1999
History Juventus (1999–2004)
Juventus LKSK (2004–2009)
Juventus (2009–present)
Arena Utena's Arena
(capacity: 2000)
Location Utena, Lithuania
Team colors Red, white and black
              
President Lithuania Žydrūnas Urbonas
Head coach Lithuania Virginijus Sirvydis
Championships LKBL Champions (2005)
RKL Champions (2007)
BBL Challenge Cup (2011)
Website utenosjuventus.lt
Uniforms
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„Juventus“ logo used from 2004 to 2009 seasons.

BC Juventus is a professional Lithuanian basketball club which currently plays in Lithuanian Basketball League and Baltic Basketball League. BC Juventus basketball club was founded in 1999–2000 season by football player Nerijus Kuzmickas and debuted in the Naujametinis Utenos rajono Mero taurės turnyras (Utena's new year's mayor's cup tournament), the debut season was successful and BC Juventus took bronze in that tournament. Word Juventus means youth. BC Juventus was called "Youth" (Juventus) because of the young, non-profesional players in their debut season. In the 2009–2010 season, BC Juventus team debuted in the Lithuania basketball super league LKL and took fourth place as they lost bronze final to Šiauliai. On 15 April 2011, Juventus basketball club was transferred from Baltic Basketball League Challenge Cup to Elite Division.[1]

Current roster

BC Juventus roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SF 5 Lithuania Stanionis, Edgaras 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 25 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1988-02-24)February 24, 1988
PG 7 Lithuania Viskontas, Aidas 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 27 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1986-05-21)May 21, 1986
G/F 10 Lithuania Matulis, Gintautas 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 27 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1986-12-06)December 6, 1986
C 11 United States Matthews, A. J. 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 24 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1989-06-30)June 30, 1989
F 12 Lithuania Kulvietis, Saulius 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 22 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1991-02-14)February 14, 1991
C 13 Lithuania Kymantas, Simonas 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 20 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1993-06-10)June 10, 1993
SF 14 Lithuania Pašakarnys, Arijus 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 16 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1997-10-01)October 1, 1997
C 15 Lithuania Petrukonis, Karolis 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 26 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1987-05-18)May 18, 1987
SF 17 Lithuania Davniukas, Jaunius 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 18 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1995-04-30)April 30, 1995
SG 20 Lithuania Černeckis, Tomas 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 26 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1988-01-04)January 4, 1988
PG 31 United States Sheard, Keyron 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 27 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1986-11-12)November 12, 1986
F 32 Russia Barinov, Nikita 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 23 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1991-01-21)January 21, 1991
SF ? United States Hazell, Jeremy 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 27 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1986-03-25)March 25, 1986
Head coach
  • Lithuania Virginijus Sirvydis
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 2014-01-28

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Significant Events Baltic League Pos. LKF Cup
2003–04 3 LKBL 6 – – – –
2004–05 3 LKBL 1 Champions – – –
2005–06 3 RKL 3 Bronze medal – – –
2006–07 3 RKL 1 Promoted – – –
2007–08 2 NKL 4 Semifinalist – – –
2008–09 2 NKL 4 Semifinalist – – Fourth round
2009–10 1 LKL 4 Semifinalist Challenge Cup 5 First round
2010–11 1 LKL 4 Semifinalist Challenge Cup 1 Second round
2011–12 1 LKL 9 – Elite Division 11 Second round

Club history

2000–2007: foundation and participation in RKL

  • Juventus basketball club was founded in 1999 and debuted in Naujametinis Utenos rajono Mero taurės turnyras (Utena's new year's mayor's cup tournament) and took third place. First team roster consisted of other sports players: football players and one handball player. First team captain, which also founded Juventus basketball team was football player Nerijus Kuzmickas (played in Kauno Inkaras team), now Šiauliai football academy, child and teenage coach. In debut Juventus season also played: Egidijus Varnas (Panevėžio Ekranas), Tomas Keraitis, Tomas Karvelis and others.
  • In 2003–2004 season, Juventus basketball team was coached by Rimvydas Vaitkus. Juventus debuted in Lithuania basketball B league and in their debut season, BC Juventus took sixth place.
  • After year, in 2004–2005 season, Juventus basketball team was coached by Mindaugas Kildišius. Juventus basketball team first time in the club history won LKBL championship (same like RKL) and won right to participate in the LKAL championship (same like NKL). But because of various bureaucracy barriers, Juventus basketball team wasn't permitted to debut in the second-tier Lithuania basketball league.
  • During 2005–2006 season, BC Juventus took third place in RKL tournament.
  • After year, in 2006–2007 season Juventus basketball team won RKL championship once again and in transition match to the NKL championship, BC Juventus won against Kauno LKKA-Atletas basketball team. But this wasn't the end for Juventus in the 2006–2007 season as BC Juventus went until third Lithuania basketball federation (LKF) stage and only there, after two unremitting matches lost to Klaipėdos Neptūnas. Same year, team coach Mindaugas Kildišius, was named the best RKL championship coach.

2007–2009: NKL

  • In 2007–2008 season Utena's basketball team debuted in the NKL championship and won regular season (25 wins and 7 loses), however in the final standings BC Juventus took only fourth place. In the end of 2007, Juventus guard Raimondas Ambrulaitis was named "Lithuania basketball discovery of the year", team coach Mindaugas Kildišius was named the best 2007–2008 NKL season coach.
  • After year, in 2008–2009 season, Juventus basketball team won NKL regular season once again and participated in NKL championship semi-finals. In 2009, Juventus wasn't able to participate in the NKL finals, because of that team coach Mindaugas Kildišius retired from his position. Also because of that, Mindaugas Kildišius assistant Rolandas Urkis coached Juventus basketball team until the end of the season.[2] On 15 June 2009 LKF decided to let Juventus basketball team participate in the Lithuania super basketball league LKL because of the commercial principles.[3] For the permission to participate in the LKL, „Juventus“ basketball team had to pay 350 thousand LTL.[4]

2009–present: LKL

  • On 20 August 2009 Gintaras Kručkauskas became main Juventus basketball team coach.[5] The 2009–2010 LKL season was the most successful in the club history as Juventus basketball team took fourth place in the LKL championship.[6]
  • On 7 July 2010 Robertas Giedraitis became main BC Juventus coach.[7]
  • During 2010–2011 season, BC Juventus first time in the club history became Baltic Basketball League Challenge Cup champions.[8] Also BC „Juventus“ made a huge surprise as they eliminated 7-time LKL Bronze streaker Šiauliai in the first round of LKL playoffs (first game: 105:94,[9] second game: 91:81[10]). After eliminating Šiauliai in quarter-final, BC Juventus reached LKL semi finals and met Lithuania basketball powerhouse Žalgiris. On 27 April 2011 BC Juventus lost first game at Kaunas Sports Hall against Žalgiris with result 63–95,[11] the second match took place on 29 April 2011 in Utena. Juventus lost the second game too and had to fight for LKL Bronze against Rūdupis.[12] Juventus lost first Bronze game at Prienai with result 65–79,[13] the second game was unsuccessful for Juventus too as they lost it in their home arena in Utena with result 73–98.[14] The third game took place in Prienai, which Juventus team lost with result 83–84,[15] because of that they lost Bronze series 0–3 against Rūdupis and took fourth place in LKL championship that season.
  • In the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 seasons, Juventus did not accomplish anything notable. After the 2011-2012 season, where Juventus missed the playoffs entirely, Robertas Giedraitis was fired as head coach. After Rytis Vaišvila was hired as head coach, Juventus made the playoffs in 2013, and fought valiantly against BC Lietuvos rytas, though losing the series 0-2. Juventus also made the finals in the LKF cup, losing to Rūdupis in the finals.

Club name changes

Previous seasons rosters

Team roster of 2009–2010 season

Nr. Name, second name Position Height Weight Date of birth Previous club
10 Lithuania Gintautas Matulis 3 Small Forward 195 cm 095 kg (1986-12-06)December 6, 1986 Lithuania „Juventus“
4 Lithuania Darius Pakamanis 2 Shooting Guard 192 cm 080 kg (1981-09-08)September 8, 1981 Lithuania „Šiauliai“
8 Lithuania Žydrūnas Urbonas 3 Small Forward 198 cm 100 kg (1976-10-04)October 4, 1976 Lithuania „Alytus“
7 Lithuania Audrius Mineikis 4 Power Forward 201 cm 098 kg (1977-07-18)July 18, 1977 Lithuania „Juventus“
11 Lithuania Tomas Jasiulionis 5 Center 208 cm 115 kg (1986-01-11)January 11, 1986 United States St. John's
21 Lithuania Paulius Morkeliūnas 4 Power Forward 201 cm 105 kg (1985-01-22)January 22, 1985 Lithuania „Neptūnas“
22 Lithuania Arūnas Vasiliauskas 4 Power Forward 200 cm 105 kg (1985-03-22)March 22, 1985 Lithuania „Aisčiai“
31 Lithuania Jonas Elvikis 3 Small Forward 195 cm 092 kg (1982-07-09)July 9, 1982 Ukraine „Sumychimprom“
14 Lithuania Šarūnas Vėlius 4 Power Forward 207 cm 102 kg (1983-06-11)June 11, 1983 Lithuania „Kaunas TRIOBET“
5 Georgia (country) Nikoloz Vashakidze 1 Point Guard 192 cm 088 kg (1985-06-14)June 14, 1985 Lithuania „Abro Universitetas“
15 Lithuania Virginijus Praškevičius 5 Center 206 cm 112 kg (1974-03-04)March 4, 1974 Lithuania „Šiauliai“
13 Lithuania Tomas Gaidamavičius 1 Point Guard 192 cm 86 kg (1982-07-19)July 19, 1982 Lithuania „Synthesia“
Coaches
Players which left „Juventus“ during the season
  • Lithuania Žilvinas Kuklierius
  • Senegal Mohamed Seck

Team roster of 2010–2011 season

Nr. Name, Second Name Position Height Weight Date of birth Previous club
3 Lithuania Žygimantas Šeštokas 2 Shooting Guard 196 cm 88 kg (1986-03-30)March 30, 1986 Lithuania „Meresta“
5 Lithuania Gediminas Maceina 1 Point Guard 188 cm 88 kg (1984-08-28)August 28, 1984 Lithuania „Techasas“
8 Lithuania Žydrūnas Urbonas 3, 4 Small Forward, Power Forward 198 cm 100 kg (1976-10-04)October 4, 1976 Lithuania „Juventus“
9 Lithuania Marius Pociukonis 1, 2 Point Guard, Shooting Guard 189 cm 80 kg (1982-04-01)April 1, 1982 Romania „Mureš“
10 Lithuania Gintautas Matulis 2, 3 Shooting Guard, Small Forward 195 cm 95 kg (1986-12-06)December 6, 1986 Lithuania „Juventus“
11 Lithuania Vaidas Čepukaitis 4, 5 Power Forward, Center 207 cm 104 kg (1989-05-16)May 16, 1989 Lithuania „Žalgiris-Sabonio mokykla“
12 Lithuania Tomas Markevičius 3 Small Forward 192 cm 86 kg (1985-06-29)June 29, 1985 Lithuania „Juventus KKSC“
14 Lithuania Aurimas Adomaitis 4, 5 Power Forward, Center 203 cm 96 kg (1987-04-05)April 5, 1987 Lithuania „Alytus“
17 Lithuania Jonas Elvikis 2, 3 Shooting Guard, Small Forward 195 cm 92 kg (1982-07-09)July 9, 1982 Lithuania „Juventus“
22 Lithuania Arūnas Vasiliauskas 3, 4 Small Forward, Power Forward 200 cm 105 kg (1985-03-22)March 22, 1985 Lithuania „Juventus“
24 Lithuania Marius Prekevičius 1, 2 Point Guard Shooting Guard 195 cm 90 kg (1984-05-22)May 22, 1984 Lithuania „Šiauliai“
25 Lithuania Aurimas Kieža 3, 4 Small Forward, Power Forward 203 cm 97 kg (1982-10-25)October 25, 1982 Italy „Pallacanestro“
Coaches
Players which left „Juventus“ during the season
  • Lithuania Ignas Šijanas (until 2010.11.16)
  • Lithuania Tomas Jasiulionis (until 2010.11.19)
  • Lithuania Juozas Ramanauskas (until 2010.11.19)

Team roster of 2011–2012 season

Nr. Name, Second Name Position Height Weight Date of birth Previous club
8 Lithuania Žydrūnas Urbonas 3, 4 Small Forward, Power Forward 198 cm 100 kg (1976-10-04)October 4, 1976 Lithuania „Juventus“
10 Lithuania Gintautas Matulis 2, 3 Shooting Guard, Small Forward 195 cm 95 kg (1986-12-06)December 6, 1986 Lithuania „Juventus“
12 Lithuania Tomas Markevičius 3 Small Forward 192 cm 86 kg (1985-06-29)June 29, 1985 Lithuania „Juventus KKSC“
Coaches

Notable players

External links

References

  1. ↑ ''(English)''. Bbl.net (15 April 2011). Retrieved on 11 November 2011.
  2. ↑ ''(Lithuanian)''. Nklyga.lt (20 April 2009). Retrieved on 11 November 2011.
  3. ↑ ''(Lithuanian)''. Kauno.diena.lt (15 June 2009). Retrieved on 11 November 2011.
  4. ↑ ''(Lithuanian)''. Lkl.lt. Retrieved on 11 November 2011.
  5. ↑ ''(Lithuanian)''. Krepsinis.net (20 August 2009). Retrieved on 11 November 2011.
  6. ↑ ''(Lithuanian)''. Sportas.atn.lt. Retrieved on 11 November 2011.
  7. ↑ ''(Lithuanian)''. Krepsinis.net. Retrieved on 11 November 2011.
  8. ↑ ''(Lithuanian)''. Krepsinis.net. Retrieved on 11 November 2011.
  9. ↑ ''(Lithuanian)''. 15min.lt. Retrieved on 11 November 2011.
  10. ↑ ''(Lithuanian)''. 15min.lt (22 April 2011). Retrieved on 11 November 2011.
  11. ↑ ''(Lithuanian)''. Basketnews.lt. Retrieved on 11 November 2011.
  12. ↑ ''(Lithuanian)''. Basketnews.lt. Retrieved on 11 November 2011.
  13. ↑ ''(Lithuanian)''. Basketnews.lt. Retrieved on 11 November 2011.
  14. ↑ ''(Lithuanian)''. Basketnews.lt. Retrieved on 11 November 2011.
  15. ↑ ''(Lithuanian)''. Basketnews.lt. Retrieved on 11 November 2011.
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