# BC Nevėžis

BC Nevėžis (Lithuanian: Krepšinio klubas Nevėžis), commonly known as Nevėžis Kėdainiai, also known as Nevėžis-OPTIBET due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Kėdainiai, Lithuania. The club currently competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).

## History

BC Nevėžis was founded in 1992 by Stasys Mickevičius. In 1993 BC Nevėžis was renamed to KK Notra because of the club supporters UAB Notra. In 1999 because of the supporters changes, BC Notra was renamed to BC Nevėžis again until now. Club name came from the Nevėžis River, flowing through Kėdainiai city. Nevėžis first played in the second division LKAL (now - National Basketball League (Lithuania)), winning the title in 2002 and qualifying to the Lithuanian Basketball League. Nevėžis became a constant playoff contender, with the highest achievements being reaching the semifinals of the LKL in 2006, even taking future champion BC Lietuvos rytas to the limit, losing the series 1:2. They also reached the Baltic Basketball League semifinals in 2006, and won the BBL Challenge Cup in 2008. Nevėžis also won 3rd place in the LKF Cup in 2007 and 2012.
In 2017, after defeating the AEK Larnaca during the last qualification stage, Nevėžis qualified to the 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup season, their first-ever European competition.

## Players
### Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 |
| C | |
| PF | |
| SF | Ignas Vaitkus |
| SG | |
| PG | |

### Squad changes for/during the 2024–25 season
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Moving from |
| 0 | PF | Leslie Nkereuwem | Georgia State Panthers |
| 2 | F/C | Fahrudin Manjgafic | NKA Universitas Pécs |
| 3 | G/F | Daryl Doualla | Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys |
| 9 | SG | Jonas Zakas | Juventus Utena |
| 10 | PF | Vitalijus Kozys | Wolves Twinsbet |
| 11 | PG | Joseph Girard III | Clemson Tigers |
| 12 | SG | Nedas Montvila | Žalgiris Kaunas |
| 24 | C | Dimitrije Nikolić | Zlatibor |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Moving to | Moving to |
| 0 | PG | Courtney Ramey | Start Lublin | |
| 1 | SG | Carlos Jurgens | Free agent | Free agent |
| 8 | C | Francis Okoro | Kolossos Rodou | |
| 11 | SF | Justinas Marcinkevičius | Free agent | Free agent |
| 16 | C | Matas Mačijauskas | Free agent | Free agent |
| 22 | SG | Sean McNeil | Free agent | Free agent |
| 24 | F/C | Zane Waterman | Neptūnas Klaipėda | |
| 44 | F/C | Robertas Keliačius | Free agent | Free agent |
| 69 | PG | Dominykas Stenionis | Lietkabelis Panevėžys | |

## Logos

* Nevėžis new logo (2020–present)

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | National cup | Baltic League | Pos. | European competitions | European competitions |
| 2000–01 | 2 | LKAL | 5th | | | | | |
| 2001–02 | 2 | LKAL | 1st | | | | | |
| 2002–03 | 1 | LKL | 10th | | | | | |
| 2003–04 | 1 | LKL | 7th | | | | | |
| 2004–05 | 1 | LKL | 6th | | Challenge Cup | 1st | | |
| 2005–06 | 1 | LKL | 4th | | Elite Division | 4th | | |
| 2006–07 | 1 | LKL | 5th | Third qualified | Elite Division | 10th | | |
| 2007–08 | 1 | LKL | 6th | | Challenge Cup | 1st | | |
| 2008–09 | 1 | LKL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | Elite Division | 10th | | |
| 2009–10 | 1 | LKL | 12th | Fourth qualified | Elite Division | 10th | | |
| 2010–11 | 1 | LKL | 9th | Third round | Elite Division | 8th | | |
| 2011–12 | 1 | LKL | 7th | Third qualified | Elite Division | 7th | | |
| 2012–13 | 1 | LKL | 8th | Semifinalist | Regular season | Regular season | | |
| 2013–14 | 1 | LKL | 8th | Fifth round | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | | |
| 2014–15 | 1 | LKL | 10th | | Group stage | Group stage | | |
| 2015–16 | 1 | LKL | 9th | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | | |
| 2016–17 | 1 | LKL | 9th | | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | | |
| 2017–18 | 1 | LKL | 8th | | | | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | R2 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | LKL | 9th | Round of 16 | | | | |
| 2019–20 | 1 | LKL | 10th | Round of 16 | | | | |
| 2020–21 | 1 | LKL | 10th | Second round | | | | |
| 2021–22 | 1 | LKL | 10th | First round | | | | |
| 2022–23 | 1 | LKL | 8th | Quarterfinalist | | | | |
| 2023–24 | 1 | LKL | 9th | Eightfinal | | | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | QT |
| 2024–25 | 1 | LKL | | Quarterfinals | | | |
       Detailed information of former rosters and results.

## Head coaches

* Stasys Mickevičius: 1993–1998
* Saulius Gaurilčikas: 1998–2002
* Rūtenis Paulauskas: 2002–2004
* Gintaras Leonavičius: 2004–2009, 2012–2014
* Nerijus Zabarauskas: 2009
* Kastytis Kundrotas: 2009–2010
* Rimas Girskis: 2010
* Gintaras Krapikas: 2010–2011
* Valerijus Kuprijanovas: 2011–2012
* Darius Sirtautas: 2012
* Virginijus Sirvydis: 2014
* Mindaugas Budzinauskas: 2014–2015
* Ramūnas Cvirka: 2015–2016, 2017–2018, 2019
* Paulius Juodis: 2016–2017
* Darius Dimavičius: 2018–2019
* Marius Kiltinavičius: 2019–2020, 2021
* David Gale: 2020–2021
* Gediminas Petrauskas: 2021–present

## Notable players

* Lithuania:
** Jonas Mačiulis 2004–2005
** Simonas Serapinas 2003
** Darius Šilinskis 2004–2005, 2008–2010, 2012–2014
** Gytis Sirutavičius 2005–2007, 2012–2013
** Benas Veikalas 2007–2009
** Gintaras Leonavičius 2007–2009, 2013–2014
** Darius Gvezdauskas 2009–2010, 2015–2016
** Vytenis Čižauskas 2010–2011, 2021–2022
** Vidas Ginevičius 2011–2012, 2013–2014
** Vytenis Jasikevičius 2011–2013
** Mindaugas Girdžiūnas 2012–2013
** Vilmantas Dilys 2013–2014
** Tauras Jogėla 2013–2014
** Simas Buterlevičius 2013–2014, 2018–2019
** Žydrūnas Kelys 2013–2014
** Arvydas Šikšnius 2013–2014
** Vaidotas Volkus 2014–2016, 2016–2018
** Justas Tamulis 2014–2015, 2017–2018, 2019–2020
** Mindaugas Kupšas 2015–2016
** Justas Sinica 2016–2017
** Karolis Petrukonis 2016–2017
** Ignas Vaitkus 2016–2017, 2023–now
** Giedrius Staniulis 2017–2018
** Margiris Normantas 2017–2018
** Tadas Sedekerskis 2017–2018
** Gabrielius Maldūnas 2017–2019
** Gintautas Matulis 2017–2019
** Regimantas Miniotas 2018–2019
** Martynas Varnas 2018–2019
** Laurynas Beliauskas 2019–2020
** Arminas Urbutis 2019–2020
** Kristupas Žemaitis 2019–2020
** Julius Kazakauskas 2019–2021
** Vaidas Kariniauskas 2020
** Vaidas Čepukaitis 2020–2021
** Paulius Murauskas 2021–2022
** Marius Valinskas 2021–2023
** Danielius Lavrinovičius 2021–2023
* Latvia
** Rihards Kuksiks 2017–2018, 2021–2022
** Artūrs Žagars 2022–2023
* Greece
** Georgios Kalaitzakis 2019–2020
** Panagiotis Kalaitzakis 2019–2021
* France
** Daryl Doualla 2021–2023
* Germany
** Ariel Hukporti 2020–2021
* Italy
** Abramo Canka 2020–2021
* Senegal
** Amar Sylla 2021–2022
* Belgium
** Tim Lambrecht 2022–2023
* Ukraine
** Oleksandr Kolchenko 2015–2016
** Vladislav Korenyuk 2017–2018
* Croatia
** Toni Prostran 2016–2017
** Sven Smajlagic 2021–2022
** Lovre Basic 2023
* Serbia
** Ivan Smiljanić 2016–2017
* United States
** Brad Davison 2022–2023
** Sedrick Barefield 2020–2021
** E.J Montgomery 2020–2021
** T.J Starks 2021–2022
** Brevin Galloway 2023
** Sean McNeil 2023-
** Zane Waterman 2023-
* Russia
** Alexander Klyuev 2014–2015
** Alexander Zakharov 2017–2018
** Valery Likhodey 2017–2018
** Zakhar Vedischev 2019
* Brasil
** Rafael Luz 2021