BK Ogre

BK Ogre is a professional basketball club based in Ogre, Latvia playing in the Latvian Basketball League and Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. The professional club was founded in 2014, but until then there was a local team that played second tier basketball. Ogre has a long history of bringing up professional players like Kaspars Bērziņš, Artūrs Bērziņš, Rinalds Sirsniņš among many others.

BK Ogre
LeaguesLBL
Latvian-Estonian League
Founded2014 (2014)
ArenaOgre's Secondary School No.1
Capacity500
LocationOgre, Latvia
Team colorsBlue and White
   
Team managerJānis Laganovskis
Head coachUldis Švēde
Websitebkogre.lv

History

City of Ogre has a long history of bringing up professional basketball players, including Kaspars Bērziņš, Artūrs Bērziņš and Rinalds Sirsniņš who have all once played for Latvia national basketball team. In 2009 local sports school's team started to play in Latvian 2nd division. After going to semi-finals in debut season management was assured of going to right direction with participation in 2nd division.

As Latvian Basketball League was looking for new teams to join the league, Ogre first started to think of going fully professional in 2014. City of Ogre established a professional club with a goal to win the 2nd division.[1] After winning 2nd division in 2015,[2] management decided it's time to move to the next level and joined the Latvian Basketball League.[3]

During the first season club got new title sponsor and changed its name to Ogre/Kumho Tyre.[4] After finishing the debut season next to last team let go head coach Edgars Teteris and hired Latvian U16 head coach Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis, who previously worked for University of Latvia.[5] In 2016/2017 Ogre/Kumho Tyre made a debut in Baltic Basketball League. Also, during the season the most famous Ogre's player Kaspars Bērziņš joined the team [6] for couple months to get back in shape after an injury and wait for bigger offers.

Players

Current roster
BK Ogre roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 1 Prentis Lovell Nixon 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 25 – (1997-04-08)8 April 1997
SF 5 Ričards Atars 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 18 – (2003-06-21)21 June 2003
SF 6 Niks Jansons 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 23 – (1998-05-15)15 May 1998
SG 8 Jānis Antrops 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 31 – (1991-02-28)28 February 1991
C 9 Lauris Blaus 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 32 – (1990-02-16)16 February 1990
F 11 Paulius Poška 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 23 – (1999-03-23)23 March 1999
PG 12 Rinalds Sirsniņš (C) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 36 – (1985-07-04)4 July 1985
PF 13 Renārs Magone 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 30 – (1992-03-03)3 March 1992
SF 15 Uģis Pinete 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 31 – (1991-02-15)15 February 1991
SG 17 Rihards Zēbergs  1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 30 – (1992-02-12)12 February 1992
C 18 Jānis Pozņaks 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 38 – (1983-07-21)21 July 1983
F 21 Kristaps Dārgais (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 31 – (1990-08-09)9 August 1990
SG 24 Ralfs Tumaševs 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 17 – (2004-10-20)20 October 2004
C 25 Matas Jucikas 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 28 – (1994-02-10)10 February 1994
PG 27 Ojārs Bērziņš 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 21 – (2001-01-26)26 January 2001
Head coach
  • Uldis Švēde
Assistant coach(es)
Physiotherapist(s)
  • Kristīne Plūme
  • Nikola Sergejeva
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: March 12, 2022

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Reserve
C Lauris Blaus Matas Jucikas Jānis Pozņaks
PF Renārs Magone Paulius Poška
SF Kristaps Dārgais Ričards Atars Rihards Zēbergs Niks Jansons
SG Jānis Antrops Uģis Pinete Ralfs Tumaševs
PG Rinalds Sirsniņš Prentiss Lovell Nixon Ojārs Bērziņš

Season by season
Season Tier League Pos. W–L Baltic League Latvian-Estonian League
2009–10
2
 LBL2 4th
18-16
2010–11
2
 LBL2 5th
16-8
2011–12
2
 LBL2 13th
8-22
2012–13
2
 LBL2 7th
16-15
2013–14
2
 LBL2 4th
24-11
2014–15
2
 LBL2 1st
25–8
2015–16
1
 LBL 10th
9–27
2016–17
1
 LBL 8th
13–19
 Round of 16
2017–18
1
 LBL 4th
24–15
 Quarterfinals
2018–19
1
 LBL 3rd
6–3
 Reg.season 4th (18-10), Playoff 4th
2019–20
1
 LBL 2nd
-
 cancelled due to Covid-19
2020–21
1
 LBL 3rd
14-11
 Bronze (2-1 at Final 6)

Honours

League
Silver (1): 2020
Bronze (2): 2019, 2021
Winners (1): 2015

Coaches
  • Pēteris Ozoliņš: 2014-2015
  • Edgars Teteris: 2015-2016
  • Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis: 2016-2019
  • Nikolajs Mazurs: 2019-2021
  • Uldis Švēde: 2021-

References
  1. "Ogrenet - Prezentē basketbola klubu "Ogre" (foto)". ogrenet.lv. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  2. ""Ogre" divreiz atspēlējas un kļūst par LBL2 čempioni – LBL – Basketbols – Sportacentrs.com". sportacentrs.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  3. "1.oktobrī BK "Ogre" debitēs LBL 1.divīzijā". osports.lv. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  4. "Ogres basketbola klubu sponsorē Dienvidkorejas firma | Ziņas | TVNET". tvnet.lv. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  5. "BK Ogre | Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis kļūst par BK OGRE/KUMHO TYRE galveno treneri". bkogre.lv. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  6. DELFI. "Kaspars Bērziņš pievienojas 'Ogre'/'Kumho Tyre' komandai - DELFI". delfi.lv. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
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