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BC Statyba

{{Short description|Lithuanian basketball team}}

{{about|the club founded in 1963 and renamed to Lietuvos Rytas in 1997|info about de jure successor to BC Statyba|BC Lietuvos rytas|info about the club founded in 2011|BC Statyba (2011)}}

{{Infobox Basketball club

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| name = Statyba Vilnius

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| founded = 1963

| dissolved = 1997 {{abbr|‡|Lietuvos rytas newspaper owner Gedvydas Vainauskas bought Statyba in 1997 and renamed it to BC Lietuvos rytas, claiming it to be a brand new club not related with the club founded in 1963. However in 2017 the club was bought by Antanas Guoga who along with other owners renamed public institution Krepšinio rytas to Statyba in order to pay respect to the historical Vilnius club and claimed it to be its successor, telling that the club history should be started to be calculated before BC Lietuvos rytas. Though, the possibility to rename basketball club Lietuvos rytas to Statyba was categorically declined.}} {{cite web|title=Guoga apie konkurenciją „Žalgiriui“: „Mūsų biudžetas turi siekti apie 10 mln. eurų“|url=https://www.basketnews.lt/news-110810-guoga-apie-konkurencija-zalgiriui-musu-biudzetas-turi-siekti-apie-10-mln-euru.html|website=BasketNews.lt|accessdate=22 June 2017|language=lt}}

| history = BC Žalgiris
1963–1964
BC Plastikas
1964
BC Statyba
1964–1997

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| location = Vilnius, Lithuania

| colors = Black, white
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| championships = 6 Lithuanian SSR Championships
5 Lithuanian SSR "Sports" Cups
2 USSR A class League

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BC Statyba was a basketball club from Vilnius, Lithuania. It was renamed to Lietuvos rytas in 1997.

History

In 1963, Vilnius's first basketball club, called Žalgiris, was established. In 1964, the team changed its name to Plastikas, but was renamed to Statyba before the start of the season. In 1965, Statyba became the Žalgiris association champions, and finished third in the Lithuanian cup tournament. The next year they improved and finished in second place in the Lithuanian cup tournament. In 1966, the team made their debut in the USSR A class championship, which was a second-tier championship, where they finished in fourth place. Statyba's most successful season came in 1979, when they finished in third place in the top division – the USSR Premier Basketball League. Over the years, Statyba became one of the biggest rivals for Žalgiris Kaunas. After the leaving the USSR championship, Statyba participated in the Lithuanian championship and the LKF Cup, finishing second in 1991 and 1992. Statyba joined the Lithuanian Basketball League when it was established in the 1993–94 season. Statyba won third place in the inaugural season, but over the next few years, plummeted in the standings, finishing with a disastrous last place finish in the 1996–97 season.

In 1997, the club was purchased by Lietuvos rytas newspaper's owner Gedvydas Vainauskas. He denounced Statyba and its history claiming that his club is not related to Statyba and renamed the club to Statyba-Lietuvos rytas in 1997 and then to Lietuvos rytas in 1998. Many Statyba's players, coaches—present or past—and fans, condemned the actions of new owner and dissociated themselves from the new club.{{cite web|last1=Pupininkas|first1=Martynas|title=„Statybos“ veteranai: Vainauskas nepripažįsta Vilniaus krepšinio istorijos|url=https://www.basketnews.lt/news-38745-statybos-veteranai-vainauskas-nepripazista-vilniaus-krepsinio-istorijos.html|website=BasketNews.lt|accessdate=17 April 2011|language=lt}}

In 2011, Statyba's fans, players and coaches re-established the club and claimed to be the successors of the old club.{{cite web|last1=Ramoška|first1=Saulius|title=Atgimusi „Statyba“ sieks susigrąžinti šlovę|url=http://www.alfa.lt/straipsnis/14160183/atgimusi-statyba-sieks-susigrazinti-slove?p=3|website=Alfa.lt|accessdate=29 March 2012}}

In 2017, under new ownership, Lietuvos rytas took back the history of Statyba.

Notable players

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Head coaches

  • {{flagicon|LTU}} Antanas Paulauskas (1964–1975) (team founder){{cite web |title=„Statybos“ ištakos ir neišmatuojama vilniečių meilė krepšiniui |url=https://www.rytasvilnius.lt/lt/naujienos/rytas/n/rytasretro-statybos-istakos-ir-neismatuojama-vilnieciu-meile-krepsiniui-1447/ |website=RytasVilnius.lt |access-date=12 July 2021}}
  • {{flagicon|LTU}} Rimantas Endrijaitis (1975–1987) (former captain)
  • {{flagicon|LTU}} Rimas Girskis (1988–1990) (former captain)
  • {{flagicon|LTU}} Eduardas Kairys (1990–1992) (former player)
  • {{flagicon|LTU}} Rimantas Endrijaitis (1992–1994) (former captain)
  • {{flagicon|EST}} Heino Lill (1994–1995) (former assistant coach)
  • {{flagicon|LTU}} Alfredas Vainauskas (1995–1997) (former player)

Achievements

  • Žalgiris association
  • Champions (1): 1965
  • USSR Premier League
  • Third place (1): 1979
  • LKF Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1990
  • LKL
  • Third place (1): 1994
  • Lithuanian SSR Championship
  • Champions (6): 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1984
  • Runners-up (13): 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1992
  • Lithuanian "Sports" Cup
  • Champions (5): 1968, 1969, 1981, 1983, 1985
  • Runners-up (2): 1984, 1992
  • Third place (2): 1965, 1982
  • USSR A class
  • Champions (2): 1971, 1974
  • Runners-up (1): 1973
  • Third place (2): 1969, 1970

References

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Category:Sport in Vilnius

Category:Basketball teams established in 1963

Category:Basketball teams in Lithuania

Category:Basketball teams in the Soviet Union

Category:1963 establishments in Lithuania

Category:1997 disestablishments in Lithuania

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