page_title: BC Rytas
section_title: Squad changes for/during the 2020–21 season
hierarchical_section_title: BC Rytas / Players / Squad changes for/during the 2020–21 season
caption_attribution_description: English: Lietuvos Rytas warming-up before the LKL game against Žalgiris.
context_page_description: BC Rytas Vilnius is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Vilnius, Lithuania. The club was founded in 1997 from another club, Statyba, and has become one of the most successful Lithuanian basketball clubs. Rytas have won two EuroCup titles, five Lithuanian League titles, three Lithuanian Cups and three Baltic Championships. The team plays their home games at the 11,000-seat Siemens Arena and the 2,741-seat Jeep Arena.
  Some of the greatest Lithuanian basketball players have played for Rytas over the years including: Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Arvydas Macijauskas, Jonas Valančiūnas, Martynas Gecevičius, Renaldas Seibutis, Simas Jasaitis, Robertas Javtokas, Darius Songaila, Marijonas Petravičius, Rimantas Kaukėnas, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Gintaras Einikis.
  Rytas plays in the EuroCup, Lithuanian Basketball League, and the King Mindaugas Cup.
  The team's farm club, Perlas, is used for the development of young players and plays in the second-tier NKL.
caption: Lietuvos rytas warming-up before the game
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