BC Nevėžis (), commonly known as Nevėžis Kėdainiai, also known as Nevėžis-Paskolų klubas 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
Depth chart
Squad changes for/during the 2026–27 season
In
Out
Logos
Season by season
SeasonTierLeaguePos.National cupBaltic LeaguePos.European competitions2000–012 LKAL5th 2001–022 LKAL1st 2002–031 LKL10th 2003–041 LKL7th 2004–051 LKL6th Challenge Cup3rd2005–061 LKL4th Elite Division4th2006–071 LKL5th Third qualified Elite Division10th2007–081 LKL6th Challenge Cup1st2008–091 LKL5th Quarterfinalist Elite Division10th2009–101 LKL12th Fourth qualified Elite Division10th2010–111 LKL9th Third round Elite Division8th2011–121 LKL7th Third qualified Elite Division7th2012–131 LKL8th SemifinalistRegular season2013–141 LKL8th Fifth roundQuarterfinalist2014–151 LKL10th Group stage2015–161 LKL9th QuarterfinalistQuarterfinalist2016–171 LKL9th Quarterfinalist2017–181 LKL8th 4 FIBA Europe Cup 2018–191 LKL9th Second round2019–201 LKL10th Second round2020–211 LKL10th Second round2021–221 LKL10th First round2022–231 LKL8th Quarterfinalist2023–241 LKL9th Eightfinal 4 FIBA Europe Cup 2024–251 LKL9th Quarterfinals2025–261 LKL9th 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: 2021–2025 Laimonas Eglinskas: 2025–2026 Evaldas Beržininkaitis: 2026–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
References
External links
BC Nevėžis at LKL.lt BC Nevėžis at BBL.net (archive)