BC Žalgiris

Infobox Basketball club
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leagues = Lithuanian Basketball League,
Baltic League,
Euroleague
founded = 1944
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arena = Kaunas Sports Hall
(capacity: 5,000)
location = Kaunas, Lithuania
colors = green and white
president = Arvydas Sabonis
coach = Rimantas Grigas
championships = Lithuanian League: 12
Euroleague: 1 Intercontinental Cup: 1 Baltic League: 2 LKF: 2
website = http://www.zalgiris.lt
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BC Žalgiris (Basketball Club Žalgiris) is a professional basketball team based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It is one of the oldest teams in the Euroleague and plays domestically in the Lithuanian Basketball League (Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga).

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.

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

Current squad

5.0 C 7 USA Flag of the United States Woods, Loren 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) 3.0 SF 8 Lithuania Flag of Lithuania Mačiulis, Jonas 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 2.0 SG 9 Lithuania Flag of Lithuania Kalnietis, Mantas (INJ) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 2.0 SG 10 Lithuania Flag of Lithuania Šalenga, Dainius 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 5.0 C 11 Lithuania Flag of Lithuania Žukauskas, Eurelijus (C) 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) 4.0 PF 12 Lithuania Flag of Lithuania Klimavičius, Tadas 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 4.0 PF 13 Lithuania Flag of Lithuania Jankūnas, Paulius 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 5.0 C 14 Serbia Flag of Serbia Varda, Ratko 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) 1.0 PG 16 Lithuania Flag of Lithuania Janavičius, Žygimantas 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)

Players of note

(Mostly former players)

External links

* [http://www.zalgiris.lt/ Official site] lt icon en icon
* [http://www.greendeath.lt Supporters club "Žalioji mirtis"]
* [http://www.zalgiriux.tinkle.lt Unofficial site "Žalgiriux"]