BC Dzūkija

BC Dzūkija
BC Dzūkija
Founded	2012; 12 years ago
Dissolved	2022; 2 years ago
History	Dzūkija ; (2012–2019); (2020–2022) ; Sintek-Dzūkija ; (2019–2020) ;
Location	Alytus, Lithuania
Team colors	Green and white;
Home	Away

BC Dzūkija (Lithuanian: Krepšinio klubas Dzūkija) was a professional basketball club located in Alytus, Lithuania. It was founded in 2012 and participated in the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL).^[1] It was the newest basketball club based in Alytus after BC Alita and BC Alytus were dissolved. The club was bought by Lithuanian businessman Gediminas Žiemelis in June 2022, who formed BC Wolves soon after.

History

In 2019, the club changed its name to Sintek-Dzūkija for sponsorship reasons.

It dissolved in 2022 after businessman Gediminas Žiemelis bought the club. The team’s last appearance was game 4 of the 2021-22 LKL playoffs, where they lost to Rytas Vilnius and lost the series 1-3.

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Adam Lapeta (2013-2016, 2021–2022)
Giedrius Gustas (2014-2016)
Artūras Jomantas (2014–2015, 2018–2022)
Tadas Rinkūnas (2015-2016, 2020–2022)
Julius Jucikas (2016)
Katin Reinhardt (2017-2018)
Perry Petty (2018)
Egidijus Dimša (2018–2020)
Ken Brown (2018)
Steponas Babrauskas (2018–2019)
Kerem Kanter (2019)
Chauncey Collins (2019-2020)

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Cup
2012–13	2	NKL	2nd
2013–14	1	LKL	10th	Fourth round
2014–15	1	LKL	6th	Quarterfinalist
2015–16	1	LKL	10th
2016–17	1	LKL	8th	Quarterfinalist
2017–18	1	LKL	9th	Semifinalist
2018–19	1	LKL	8th	Quarterfinalist
2019–20	1	LKL	9th	Quarterfinalist
2020–21	1	LKL	9th	Second round
2021–22	1	LKL	8th	Quarterfinalist

Source:^[2]

Head coaches

Valdemaras Chomičius 2018–2020
Nikola Vasilev 2020–2022

References

^ "Istorija". www.kkdzukija.lt (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ "Dzūkija | Lietuvos krepšinio lyga". LKL.lt (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[1] "Istorija". www.kkdzukija.lt (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[2] "Dzūkija | Lietuvos krepšinio lyga". LKL.lt (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

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