Klaipėdos Neptūnas-Akvaservis

Neptūnas-Akvaservis
Leagues	National Basketball League
Founded	1987
History	Klaipėdos Viesulas 1987 - 1996 Universitetas-Irvinga 1996 - 1999 Universitetas-Laivitė 1999 - 2003 Nafta-Uni-Laivitė 2003 - 2010 Nafta-Universitetas 2010 - 2013 Nafta-Uni-Akvaservis 2013-2017 Neptūnas-Akvaservis 2017-present
Arena	Klaipėdos Kūno kultūros ir rekreacijos centras
Location	Klaipėda, Lithuania
Team colors	Blue and white
President	Aleksandr Lobačiov
Head coach	Alfredas Kaniava
Affiliation(s)	BC Neptūnas, VKKM
Championships	NKL Champions (2007, 2015, 2018)
Website	https://bcneptunas.lt/neptunas-akvaservis/
Home Away

Neptūnas-Akvaservis 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 sponsorships. In 2017 the club was partnered with 1st Klaipėda's team Neptūnas, since then club is named "Neptūnas-Akvaservis!.

Current roster

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Neptūnas-Akvaservis roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 2 Knystautas, Arnas 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 20 – (2004-09-18)18 September 2004 C 3 Mažeika, Gabrielius 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 21 – (2003-01-23)23 January 2003 SG 8 Kreišmontas, Lukas 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 23 – (2001-04-08)8 April 2001 PG 9 Kneižys, Radvilas 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 21 – (2003-01-23)23 January 2003 PF 10 Brazauskas, Aringas 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 21 – (2003-09-30)30 September 2003 PG 12 Šakaitis, Rytis 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 20 – (2004-07-23)23 July 2004 C 17 Bartašius, Žygimantas 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 20 – (2004-03-08)8 March 2004 F 24 Keinys, Kristupas 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 20 – (2004-02-21)21 February 2004	Head coach Alfredas Kaniava Assistant coach(es) Audrius Mineikis Athletic trainer(s) Mindaugas Mikuckis Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 03-10-2021

Squad changes for/during the 2023–24 season

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Moving from

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Moving to
0	PG		Adomas Sidarevičius	BC Pieno Žvaigždės
23	SF		Gediminas Leščiauskas	BC Gargždai

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	–
2015–16	NKL	8	Quarterfinalist	–
2016–17	NKL	2	Runner-up	–
2017–18	NKL	1	Champion	–
2018–19	NKL	8	Quarterfinalist	–
2019–20	NKL	4	–	–
2020–21	NKL	10	Quarterfinalist	–
2021-22	NKL	12	Quarterfinalist	–

Notable players

• Arvydas Macijauskas (1996–1997)
• 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)
• Mindaugas Girdžiūnas (2011)
• Artūras Gudaitis (2012)
• Valdas Vasylius (2017–2018)

References