Klaipėdos Nafta-Universitetas

Nafta-Universitetas
Leagues	National Basketball League
Founded	1987
History	Klaipėdos Viesulas 1987 - 1996 Universitetas-Irvinga 1996 - 1999 Universitetas-Laivitė 1999 - 2002 Nafta-Uni-Laivitė 2002 - 2009 Nafta-Universitetas 2009 - present
Arena	Žalgirio Sporto Rūmai
Location	Klaipėda, Lithuania
Team colors	Yellow, Blue
President	Aleksandras Lobačiovas
Head coach	Dainius Miliūnas
Championships	NKL Champions (2007, 2015)
Website	nafta-uni-laivite.lt
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Nafta-Universitetas“ is a professional Lithuanian basketball club which currently plays in National Basketball League. Klaipėdos Viesulas professional basketball club was founded in 1987. In 1996 club name was changed to BC "Universitetas-Irvinga" because of the club supporters Klaipėda University, since then club name slightly been changed due to new supporters of the club and now the club is called Nafta-Universitetas.

Current roster

Klaipėdos "Nafta-Universitetas" roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 1.0 !PG 4 Lithuania ! Matutis, Dominikas 70001800000000000001.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 700174000000000000074 kg (163 lb) 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1991-01-21)21 January 1991 2.0 !SG 6 Lithuania ! Slavinskas, Džiugas 70002000000000000002.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 700182000000000000082 kg (181 lb) 7001160000000000000♠16 – (1998-11-11)11 November 1998 3.0 !SF 7 Lithuania ! Maželis, Tadas 70001950000000000001.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 700188000000000000088 kg (194 lb) 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1992-12-25)25 December 1992 3.0 !SF 8 Lithuania ! Kaminskas, Ovidijus 70001940000000000001.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 700196000000000000096 kg (212 lb) 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1991-12-25)25 December 1991 2.0 !SG 9 Lithuania ! Einikis, Aidas 70001940000000000001.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 700180000000000000080 kg (176 lb) 7001180000000000000♠18 – (1996-10-09)9 October 1996 1.0 !PG 10 Lithuania ! Stašys, Mindaugas 70001800000000000001.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 700170000000000000070 kg (154 lb) 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1986-02-28)28 February 1986 4.5 !PF 11 Lithuania ! Lučinskas, Laurynas 70002009999999999992.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 700190000000000000090 kg (198 lb) 7001210000000000000♠21 – (1993-06-30)30 June 1993 3.0 !SF 15 Lithuania ! Norkus, Donatas 70001960000000000001.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 700191000000000000091 kg (201 lb) 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-03-05)5 March 1990 6.0 !C 20 Lithuania ! Chodosovskis, Viktoras 70002000000000000002.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 7002105000000000000105 kg (231 lb) 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1989-11-14)14 November 1989 4.5 !PF 22 Lithuania ! Kazakauskas, Julius 70001970000000000001.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 700199000000000000099 kg (218 lb) 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1990-12-22)22 December 1990 4.5 !PF 33 Lithuania ! Vaitelis, Dainius 70002009999999999992.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 7002105000000000000105 kg (231 lb) 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1986-08-16)16 August 1986 1.0 !PG 44 Lithuania ! Gintvainis, Elvinas 70001830000000000001.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 700177000000000000077 kg (170 lb) 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1992-08-05)5 August 1992	Head coach Rytis Vaišvila Team manager Tadas Petravičius Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 03-10-2014

Season by season

Notable players

• Osvaldas Kurauskas (1997–1998)
• Irmantas Milišauskas (2002–2005)
• Aidas Viskontas (2003–2006)
• Marius Runkauskas (2003–2007)
• Deividas Gailius (2005–2007)
• Egidijus Dimša (2006–2007)
• Osvaldas Kurauskas (2006–2008)
• Mindaugas Mockus (2008–2010)

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