BK Ogre

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BK Ogre
BK Ogre logo
LeaguesLBL
Baltic League
Founded2014; 7 years ago (2014)
ArenaOgre's Secondary School No.1
Capacity500
LocationOgre, Latvia
Team colorsBlue and White
   
Team manager
Head coach
Websitebkogre.lv

BK Ogre is a professional basketball club based in Ogre, Latvia playing in the Latvian Basketball League and Baltic 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.

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 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
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 4 Latvia 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 22 – (1999-02-14)14 February 1999
PG 6 Latvia 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 29 – (1992-05-02)2 May 1992
SG 8 Latvia 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 30 – (1991-02-28)28 February 1991
SF 9 Latvia 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 26 – (1995-10-21)21 October 1995
PF 10 Latvia 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 32 – (1989-01-10)10 January 1989
PG 12 Latvia Rinalds Sirsniņš 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 36 – (1985-07-04)4 July 1985
PF 13 Latvia 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 39 – (1982-05-26)26 May 1982
PF 14 Latvia Artūrs Bērziņš 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 33 – (1988-06-12)12 June 1988
SG 17 Latvia 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 29 – (1992-02-12)12 February 1992
C 18 Latvia 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 38 – (1983-07-21)21 July 1983
SF 21 Latvia 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 31 – (1990-08-09)9 August 1990
C 33 Latvia 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 28 – (1993-11-10)10 November 1993
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: November 09, 2017

Honours[]

League[]

Winners (1): 2015

Season by season[]

Season Tier League Pos. W–L Baltic 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

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.[permanent dead link]
  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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