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BC Žalgiris
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Lithuanian basketball team
Key facts
- Nickname
- Žaliai balti (The Green-Whites)
- Leagues
- Lithuanian Basketball League , EuroLeague
- Founded
- 1944 ; 82 years ago ( 1944 )
- Arena
- Žalgiris Arena
- Capacity
- 15,415
- Location
- Kaunas , Lithuania
- Team colors
- Dartmouth green, white
- President
- Paulius Jankūnas
- Team manager
- Mindaugas Kvedaras
- Head coach
- Tomas Masiulis
- Team captain
- Edgaras Ulanovas
- Ownership
- Paulius Motiejūnas (55%), Tesonet (NordVPN) (45%)
- Affiliation
- Reserve team
- Championships
- 1 EuroLeague , 1 Saporta Cup , 1 Intercontinental Cup , 5 Soviet Union Leagues , 1 Soviet Union Cup , 1 North European League , 25 Lithuanian Leagues , 9 King Mindaugas Cups , 5 Lithuanian Cups , 5 Baltic Leagues , 9 Lithuanian SSR Championships
- Retired numbers
- 3 ( 5 , 11 , 13 )
- Website
- zalgiris.lt
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Kaunas
- Headquarters
- Kaunas
- Location
- Kaunas
- Sport
- basketball
- League
- Lietuvos krepšinio lyga
- Official website
- zalgiris.lt/en
- Image
- Zalgiris matchlinne.jpg
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- Commons category
- BC Žalgiris
- head coach
- Andrea Trinchieri
- topic's main category
- Category:BC Žalgiris
- home venue
- Žalgiris Arena
- inception
- 1944-00-00
- category for members of a team
- Category:BC Žalgiris players
- social media followers
- 86000
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Encyclopedic overview
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Basketball Club Žalgiris (Lithuanian: Krepšinio klubas Žalgiris) commonly known as BC Žalgiris, is a professional basketball club based in Kaunas, Lithuania. They compete domestically in the Lithuanian Basketball League (Lietuvos krepšinio lyga) and internationally as a long-term licensed EuroLeague team. Since the 2011–12 season, Žalgiris has played its home games in Žalgiris Arena in the New Town district of Kaunas.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “BC Žalgiris” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.