BC Tallinna Kalev

Tallinna Kalev/Audentes is a basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team plays in the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League and the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). Their home arena is the Audentes Sports Centre.

This article is about the basketball club Tallinna Kalev/Audentes. For the other basketball club, see BC Kalev. For the defunct basketball club, see KK Kalev. For the football club, see JK Tallinna Kalev.

Tallinna Kalev/Audentes
Tallinna Kalev/Audentes logo
LeaguesKorvpalli Meistriliiga
Estonian-Latvian Basketball League
Founded2002 (2002)
HistoryPirita
(2002–2008)
Tallinna Kalev
(2008–present)
ArenaAudentes Sports Center
Capacity1,030[1]
LocationTallinn, Estonia
Team colorsBlue, White
   
Head coachRauno Pehka

History

The team was founded in 2002 as Pirita Palliklubi (Pirita basketball club). Coached by Kalle Klandorf, the team joined the top-tier Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). In their first season, Pirita reached the Estonian Cup final, but were defeated by TÜ/Rock 76–92.[2]

In 2008, Pirita joined the multi-sport club Kalev, and became Tallinna Kalev prior to the 2008–09 season. The team signed power forward Travis Reed for the 2009–10 season, while former Estonia national team coach Üllar Kerde joined the coaching staff.[2]

In 2010, the team merged with TTÜ, the latter becoming TTÜ/Kalev, while Tallinna Kalev became TTÜ/Kalev II. Both teams competed in the 2010–11 KML season and the 2010–11 Baltic Basketball League. The unified team dissolved after the end of the season and both clubs continued separately.[2]

In 2014, Tallinna Kalev started a cooperation with Tallinn University. Gert Kullamäe coached the team from January 2018 to January 2019. He was succeeded by assistant coach Martin Müürsepp. In the 2019 KML Playoffs, the team advanced to the finals for the first time in history, losing a best-of-five series in three games to BC Kalev/Cramo.[3]

In 2022, the team merged with Audentes and became Tallinna Kalev/Audentes with Rauno Pehka serving as head coach.

Home arenas

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Tallinna Kalev/Audentes roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
SG 0 Estonia Paiste, Mario 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 33 – (1989-09-03)3 September 1989
SG 1 Estonia Kajari, Kristofer 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2003-08-15)15 August 2003
SF 3 Estonia Malm, Patrick 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 19 – (2004-05-10)10 May 2004
PG 4 Estonia Relve, Fred 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 19 – (2004-04-23)23 April 2004
SG 5 Estonia Evestus, Artur 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 17 – (2005-09-06)6 September 2005
SG 6 Estonia Veideman, Rain 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 31 – (1991-10-01)1 October 1991
PF 11 Estonia Jurtšenko, Karl Gustav 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 19 – (2004-02-10)10 February 2004
PG 13 United States Simpson, Triston 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 25 – (1997-10-29)29 October 1997
PF 14 Estonia Kangur, Kristjan (C) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 40 – (1982-10-23)23 October 1982
PF 22 Estonia Kajupank, Indrek 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 34 – (1988-05-15)15 May 1988
SG 23 Estonia Metsaorg, Georg Oliver 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 18 – (2005-04-27)27 April 2005
C 31 Lithuania Gadiliauskas, Rokas 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 24 – (1998-07-13)13 July 1998
SF 33 Estonia Rasmus, Andre 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 18 – (2004-05-26)26 May 2004
PG 43 Estonia Schmalz, Eric 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 23 – (1999-09-12)12 September 1999
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 13 April 2023

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Rokas Gadiliauskas
PF Kristjan Kangur Indrek Kajupank Karl Gustav Jurtšenko
SF Rasmus Andre Patrick Malm
SG Rain Veideman Mario Paiste Kristofer Kajari Artur Evestus
PG Triston Simpson Eric Schmalz Fred Relve

Coaches

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. Estonian Cup Regional competitions European competitions
2002–03 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 5th Runner-up
2003–04 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 4th Quarterfinalist
2004–05 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 4th Semifinalist
2005–06 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 4th Third place Baltic Basketball League17th
2006–07 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 5th Quarterfinalist
2007–08 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 4th Third place
2008–09 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 5th Third place BBL Challenge CupQR
2009–10 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 6th Quarterfinalist BBL Challenge CupQF
2010–11 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 7th Quarterfinalist
2011–12 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 6th Quarterfinalist
2012–13 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 8th Fourth place Baltic Basketball LeagueRS
2013–14 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 4th Quarterfinalist Baltic Basketball LeagueRS
2014–15 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 8th Quarterfinalist Baltic Basketball LeagueRS
2015–16 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 4th Third place Baltic Basketball LeagueT16
2016–17 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 7th First round Baltic Basketball LeagueT16 4 FIBA Europe CupRS
2017–18 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 6th Baltic Basketball LeagueQF
2018–19 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 2nd Estonian-Latvian Basketball League10th
2019–20 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 6th[lower-alpha 1] Estonian-Latvian Basketball League–[lower-alpha 1]
2020–21 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 7th Fourth place Estonian-Latvian Basketball LeagueRS
2021–22 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 7th Quarterfinalist Estonian-Latvian Basketball League14th
2022–23 1Korvpalli Meistriliiga 8th Quarterfinalist Estonian-Latvian Basketball League14th

Trophies and awards

Individual awards

Notes
  1. The season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

    References
    1. "Audentese Spordikeskuse spordihoone". spordiregister.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
    2. "TLÜ/Kalev ajalugu". tallinnakalev.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
    3. "Igas elemendis Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ-st parem olnud BC Kalev/Cramo tuli oodatult Eesti meistriks" (in Estonian). Estonian Basketball Association. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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