BK Ogre

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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.

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.

In 2023 the new Arēna Ogre was opened and BK Ogre moved there to play its home games in a brand new arena.^[7]

Players

Current roster

BK Ogre roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 0 Markuss Lastiņš 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 19 – (2004-05-11)11 May 2004 PG 2 E.J. Day 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 24 – (1999-06-04)4 June 1999 SF 3 Kārlis Apsītis 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 31 – (1992-07-02)2 July 1992 PF 5 Ričards Atars 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 20 – (2003-06-21)21 June 2003 SF 6 Jēkabs Kapustāns 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 18 – (2005-12-13)13 December 2005 F 7 Matīss Kulačkovskis 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 26 – (1997-10-01)1 October 1997 SG 9 Gustavs Kampuss 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 24 – (1999-10-26)26 October 1999 SG 10 Kristaps Mediss 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 34 – (1989-06-09)9 June 1989 PF 13 Andrew Deshawn Corum 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 26 – (1997-09-01)1 September 1997 SG 17 Rihards Zēbergs 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 32 – (1992-02-12)12 February 1992 F 21 Kristaps Dārgais (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 33 – (1990-08-09)9 August 1990 SG 22 Andris Misters 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 32 – (1992-04-08)8 April 1992 C 25 Matas Jucikas 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 30 – (1994-02-10)10 February 1994 SF Harijs Kaupmanis 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2005-02-19)19 February 2005	Head coach Uldis Švēde Assistant coach(es) Artūrs Bērziņš Ernests Kalve Pēteris Ozoliņš Dāvis Feikners Physiotherapist(s) Kristīne Plūme Nikola Sergejeva Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: February 26, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Reserve
C	Matas Jucikas	Matīss Kulačkovskis	Ričards Atars
PF	Kristaps Dārgais	Andrew Deshawn Corum
SF	Rihards Zēbergs	Kārlis Apsītis	Jēkabs Kapustāns	Harijs Kaupmanis
SG	Andris Misters	Kristaps Mediss
PG	E.J. Day	Gustavs Kampuss	Markuss Lastiņš

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)
2021–22	1	LBL	3rd	8-3		Reg.season 5th (16-10), Playoff 4th

Honours

League

• Latvian League:

Winners (0):

Runners-up (1): 2020

Bronze (3): 2019, 2021, 2022

• Latvian League 2nd Division:

Winners (1): 2015

• Latvian–Estonian League

Winners (0):

Runners-up (0):

Bronze (1): 2021

Coaches

References

External links

• Official website (in Latvian)