BC Neptūnas

2012/13: 4th place

2012/13: Group B, 10th place

The BC Neptunas Klaipėda is a basketball club of Lithuania in the port city of Klaipeda, one of the oldest Lithuanian basketball clubs (founded in 1964). In the season 2013/14 Neptunas plays in the LKL, VTB United League ULEB Eurocup and

History

Neptunas was founded in 1962 under the name "BC Maistas ". Two years later the name of the club was changed in Neptunas. While Lithuania was part of the Soviet Union, took the club participates in various regional competitions, but never played high class. In the 1980s Neptunas belonged to the highest Lithuanian Regional. After the independence of Lithuania Neptunas was among the first eight clubs who founded the highest Lithuanian league. The highest success in the 1990s was the quarter-finals of the Lithuanian Championship, the Neptunas reached eight times in a row from 1996 to 2003. In the 1998/99 season Neptunas launched for the first time in a European Cup, the Korac Cup. Between 2004 and 2012 Neptunas played several seasons in the Baltic Basketball League. In the 2012/13 season Neptunas was included in the VTB United League. A year later the debut followed in ULEB Eurocup.

Squad

Season Overview

Former Players

• Lithuania Tomas Delininkaitis (* 1982 ), since 2010 for PAOK Thessaloniki
• Lithuania Žygimantas Jonušas (* 1982 ), since 2010 for Phoenix Hagen
• Lithuania Arvydas Macijauskas (* 1980), 2006-2009 for Olympiakos Piraeus
• Lithuania Eurelijus Žukauskas (* 1973), 2007-2009 Zalgiris Kaunas
• United States Jerome Coleman ( born 1979 ), 2007 /08 for TBB Trier