BC Jonava also known as Jonava Hipocredit due to sponsorship reasons, is a Lithuanian professional basketball club based in Jonava. The team competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).
The club was officially founded in 1999, and had been playing in the second-tier Lithuanian basketball league NKL (formerly known as LKAL) since its inception. Having been promoted to the top division, the club played a strong first season in the LKL, finishing fifth.
History The first basketball club in Jonava known as "Statyba" was founded in 1969. In 1980, a furniture enterprise started sponsoring the team. BC Jonava won the Lithuanian second-tier league basketball championship at the end of the season. A decade later, the historic Jonava basketball club ceased to exist, and was replaced by the sports club "Triobet" in 1999.http://www.nklyga.lt/lt/top/komanda/?team_id=259853&season_id=87923#mbt:123-200$t&0=1 NKL league
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Squad changes for/during the 2026–27 season
In
Out
Season by season SeasonTierLeaguePos.King Mindaugas CupEuropean Competitions2001–022 LKAL10th 2002–032 LKAL8th 2003–042 LKAL3rd 2004–052 LKAL2nd 2005–062 NKL4th 2006–072 NKL2nd 2007–082 NKL3rd 2008–092 NKL9th 2009–102 NKL2nd 2010–112 NKL9th 2011–122 NKL8th 2012–132 NKL4th 2013–142 NKL5th 2014–152 NKL7th 2015–162 NKL4th 2016–172 NKL14th 2017–182 NKL9th 2018–192 NKL12th 2019–202 NKL– 2020–212 NKL1st First round2021–221 LKL5th Quarterfinalist2022–231 LKL4thSecond place 4 FIBA Europe Cup 2023–241 LKL7thQuarterfinalist 4 FIBA Europe Cup 2024–251 LKL4thQuarterfinals 2025–261 LKL8thQuarterfinals
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
Notable players
Lukas Brazdauskis Romanas Brazdauskis Ramūnas Butautas Vidas Ginevičius Rimantas Grigas Tomas Masiulis Darius Maskoliūnas Darius Sirtautas Arvydas Šikšnius Edgaras Ulanovas Arūnas Visockas Edvinas Šeškus Laimonas Kisielius Vytautas Šulskis Artūras Valeika Dovis Bičkauskis Aurimas Majauskas Martins Laksa Manu Lecomte Goran Huskić Strahinja Micovic Glynn Watson Jr. Stanley WhittakerTopscorer mit bewegender Geschichte – Stanley Whittaker zu den LIONS abseits-ka.de, 16 August 2021. Accessed 4 October 2021.
Head coaches
Kęstutis Naruševičius: 2009–2016 Nerijus Zabarauskas: 2016–2018, 2019–2020 Murat Didin: 2018 Rimantas Grigas: 2018–2019 Virginijus Šeškus: 2020–2024 Mantas Šernius: 2024–2025 Paulius Juodis: 2025 Steponas Babrauskas: 2025–present
References
External links Official website BC Jonava at LKL.lt