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Rytas Vilnius
Nickname
Black White Reds
Leagues
Lithuanian Basketball League BCL
Founded
1963 (as Statyba) ‡[1] 1997 (as BC Lietuvos rytas)
History
Statyba 1963–1997 Statyba-Lietuvos rytas 1997–1998 Lietuvos rytas 1998–2018 Rytas 2018–present
Arena
Jeep Arena (LKL) ASG Arena (BCL)
Capacity
10,000[2] (ASG Arena) 2,741 (Jeep Arena)
Location
Vilnius, Lithuania
Team colors
Black, white, red
Team manager
Mantvydas Dabašinskas
Head coach
Giedrius Žibėnas
Ownership
Darius Gudelis (main), Vilnius City Municipality, Perlas and Norvelita[3]
Affiliation(s)
Rytas-2 (NKL) Rytas MRU (RKL)
Championships
2 EuroCup 6 LKL 3 LKF Cup 2 King Mindaugas Cup 1 North European League 3 Baltic Championships 1 Baltic Presidents Cup 6 Lithuanian SSR League 5 Lithuanian SSR "Sports" Cup 2 USSR A class League
Retired numbers
1 (7)
Website
Official website
Home
Away
Rytas Vilnius is a professional basketball club based in Vilnius, Lithuania. They compete domestically in the Lithuanian Basketball League and the King Mindaugas Cup, while internationally in the FIBA Champions League since 2020–21. Rytas have won two EuroCup titles, six Lithuanian League titles, five LKF / King Mindaugas Cups and three Baltic championships. The team plays its domestic home games in the Jeep Arena and they share the ASG Arena with BC Wolves for their European home games. The club was founded in 1997 from another club, BC Statyba.
Notable members of the club include Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Arvydas Macijauskas, Jonas Valančiūnas, Martynas Gecevičius, Renaldas Seibutis, Simas Jasaitis, Robertas Javtokas, Darius Songaila, Marijonas Petravičius, Rimantas Kaukėnas, Rimas Kurtinaitis, Gintaras Einikis, Deividas Sirvydis, Rokas Giedraitis, Artūras Gudaitis, Ąžuolas Tubelis.
The team's farm club Rytas-2 is used for the development of young players and plays in the second-tier NKL.
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second-largest city Kaunas. During its first season, BCRytas won a bronze medal in the LKL. In the following season, Rytas won LKL silver, losing to reigning EuroLeague...
beating LKL champions BCRytas in Vilnius, 88:77, in Kairys first match back in Vilnius, where he was heavilly jeered all game by Rytas fans. Ewans and Hamilton...
metęs "Lietuvos rytas" pirmajame LKL pusfinalyje palaužė "Rūdupį"". 15min.lt. Retrieved 11 November 2011. Miklovas, Jonas. ""Lietuvos rytas" be didesnių...
started a rivalry with BCRytas, and also had competitive matches with long-time LKL champions and Euroleague participants BC Žalgiris - scoring wins...
2017. In the LKL finals, Lietkabelis faced Rytas Vilnius, and in the first game of the series, shocked Rytas with a 77:68 victory in Vilnius. However,...
Lietuvos Rytas on 31 December 2010. In July 2011 he signed a one-year deal with Türk Telekom B.K. On January 5, 2015 he went back to Lietuvos rytas. On July...
he signed with the Lithuanian powerhouse Lietuvos rytas of Vilnius. When Eidson came to Lietuvos rytas, he quickly became a starter, and one of the team's...
he signed with a Lithuanian club BC Lietuvos rytas for the 2006–07 season. In December 2006, he left Lietuvos rytas. On January 19, 2007, he was acquired...
He began the 2007/08 season with CB Girona before being signed by BC Lietuvos Rytas in February 2008. In October 2010 he signed with the Dongguan Leopards...
Paris. On August 30, 2016, Gordon signed with Lithuanian club Lietuvos rytas for the 2016–17 season. On July 11, 2017, Gordon signed with Russian club...
March 2018 "Lietuvos Rytas goes big with Baynes". "Lietuvos Rytas tabs center Baynes". "Five players will leave Lietuvos Rytas". "Aron Baynes inks with...
2011. On July 13, 2017, it was announced that Kleiza received part of the BCRytas shares from Antanas Guoga. He was also named vice president of the club...
player. After an impressive season in Klaipėda, he was signed by Lietuvos rytas in 2007. He was initially expected to develop his game to higher level to...
into reconstruction in 2022, the arena became Rytas’ full-time home ground. Before the 2022-23 season, Rytas only played their home games in the Jeep Arena...
roster of the South Bay Lakers. On August 8, 2020, Jackson signed with Rytas Vilnius of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). On October 1, 2020, after...
the Kazakhstan Championship club Astana, Glyniadakis signed with Lietuvos rytas of the Lithuanian LKL League. On 31 January 2014, Glyniadakis signed a contract...
etching his name in annals of Rytas history". Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament. Retrieved 10 May 2019. "Rytas guard Sirvydis named ANGT MVP"...
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