Klaipėdos Nafta-Universitetas

Nafta-Universitetas
Leagues	National Basketball League
Founded	1987
History	Klaipėdos Viesulas 1987 - 1996 Universitetas-Irvinga 1996 - 1999 Universitetas-Laivitė 1999 - 2002 Nafta-Uni-Laivitė 2002 - 2009 Nafta-Universitetas 2009 - present
Arena	Klaipėdos Kūno kultūros ir rekreacijos centras
Location	Klaipėda, Lithuania
Team colors	Yellow, Blue
President	Aleksandras Lobačiovas
Head coach	Dainius Miliūnas
Championships	NKL Champions (2007, 2015)
Website	nafta-uni-laivite.lt
Uniforms
Home Away

Nafta-Universitetas is a professional Lithuanian basketball club which currently plays in National Basketball League. Klaipėdos Viesulas professional basketball club was founded in 1987. In 1996 club name was changed to BC "Universitetas-Irvinga" because of the club supporters Klaipėda University, since then club name slightly been changed due to new supporters of the club and now the club is called Nafta-Universitetas.

Current roster

Klaipėdos "Nafta-Universitetas" roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 4 Matutis, Dominikas 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 25 – 21 January 1991 SG 6 Slavinskas, Džiugas 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 17 – 11 November 1998 SF 7 Maželis, Tadas 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 23 – 25 December 1992 SF 8 Kaminskas, Ovidijus 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 24 – 25 December 1991 SG 9 Einikis, Aidas 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 19 – 9 October 1996 PG 10 Stašys, Mindaugas 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 29 – 28 February 1986 PF 11 Lučinskas, Laurynas 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 22 – 30 June 1993 SF 15 Norkus, Donatas 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 25 – 5 March 1990 F 18 Biliartas, Rytis 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 24 – 16 June 1991 C 20 Chodosovskis, Viktoras 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 26 – 14 November 1989 PF 33 Vaitelis, Dainius 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 29 – 16 August 1986 PG 44 Gintvainis, Elvinas 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 23 – 5 August 1992	Head coach Rytis Vaišvila Team manager Tadas Petravičius Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 03-10-2014

Season by season

Season	League	Pos.	Significant Events	LKF Cup
1997–98	LKAL	13	–	–
1999–00	LKAL	9	–	–
2000–01	LKAL	3	–	–
2001–02	LKAL	7	–	–
2002–03	LKAL	4	–	–
2003–04	LKAL	5	–	–
2004–05	LKAL	4	–	–
2005–06	NKL	2	Runner-up	–
2006–07	NKL	1	Champion	–
2007–08	NKL	6	Quarterfinalist	–
2008–09	NKL	6	Quarterfinalist	–
2009–10	NKL	5	Quarterfinalist	–
2010–11	NKL	3	Bronze medal	First Round
2011–12	NKL	7	Quarterfinalist	–
2012–13	NKL	4	Semi-Finalist	–
2013–14	NKL	11	–	–
2014–15	NKL	1	Champion	–

Notable players

• Osvaldas Kurauskas (1997–1998)
• Irmantas Milišauskas (2002–2005)
• Aidas Viskontas (2003–2006)
• Marius Runkauskas (2003–2007)
• Deividas Gailius (2005–2007)
• Egidijus Dimša (2006–2007)
• Osvaldas Kurauskas (2006–2008)
• Mindaugas Mockus (2008–2010)

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