BK Ogre

BK Ogre is a professional basketball club based in Ogre, Latvia playing in the Latvian Basketball League and Latvian-Estonian Basketball League.Profesionālais klubs tika dibināts 2014. gadā, bet līdz tam bija vietējā komanda, kas spēlēja otrā līmeņa basketbolu. Ogrei ir sena vēsture tādu profesionālu spēlētāju audzināšanā kā Kaspars Bērziņš, Artūrs Bērziņš, Rinalds Sirsniņš un daudzi citi.

BK Ogre
BK Ogre logo
LeaguesLBL
Latvian-Estonian League
Founded2014 (2014)
ArenaOgre's Secondary School No.1
Capacity500
LocationOgre, Latvia
Team colorsBlue and White
   
Team managerRinalds Sirsniņš
Head coachUldis Švēde
Websitebkogre.lv

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.

Players

Current roster
BK Ogre roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
SG 0 Latvia Markuss Lastiņš 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 19 – (2004-05-11)11 May 2004
PG 2 Latvia Markuss Kudrjavcevs 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 20 – (2002-12-24)24 December 2002
SF 3 Latvia Kārlis Apsītis 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 30 – (1992-07-02)2 July 1992
SF 5 Latvia Ričards Atars 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 19 – (2003-06-21)21 June 2003
PF 6 Latvia Ernests Kalve 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 36 – (1987-04-04)4 April 1987
PF 6 Canada Lock Wan Lam 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 26 – (1997-03-31)31 March 1997
PG 7 United States Gary Talton 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 33 – (1990-03-29)29 March 1990
PG 12 Latvia Rinalds Sirsniņš 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 37 – (1985-07-04)4 July 1985
PF 13 Latvia Renārs Magone Injured 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 31 – (1992-03-03)3 March 1992
SF 15 Latvia Uģis Pinete 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 32 – (1991-02-15)15 February 1991
SG 17 Latvia Rihards Zēbergs 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 31 – (1992-02-12)12 February 1992
C 18 Latvia Jānis Pozņaks 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 39 – (1983-07-21)21 July 1983
F 21 Latvia Kristaps Dārgais (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 32 – (1990-08-09)9 August 1990
SG 22 Latvia Didzis Mališevs 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 21 – (2001-09-22)22 September 2001
SG 24 Latvia Ralfs Tumaševs 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 18 – (2004-10-20)20 October 2004
PG 25 Latvia Edgars Lasenbergs 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 28 – (1995-04-07)7 April 1995
Head coach
  • Latvia Uldis Švēde
Assistant coach(es)
Physiotherapist(s)
  • Latvia Kristīne Plūme
  • Latvia Nikola Sergejeva
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: December 23, 2022

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Renārs Magone Jānis Pozņaks Ričards Atars
PF Kristaps Dārgais Lock Wan Lam Ernests Kalve
SF Kārlis Apsītis Uģis Pinete Didzis Mališevs
SG Rihards Zēbergs Markuss Kudrjavcevs Ralfs Tumaševs
PG Edgars Lasenbergs Markuss Lastiņš Rinalds Sirsniņš

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
Winners (0):
Runners-up (1): 2020
Bronze (3): 2019, 2021, 2022
Winners (1): 2015
Winners (0):
Runners-up (0):
Bronze (1): 2021

Coaches
  • Latvia Pēteris Ozoliņš: 2014-2015
  • Latvia Edgars Teteris: 2015-2016
  • Latvia Artūrs Visockis-Rubenis: 2016-2019
  • Latvia Nikolajs Mazurs: 2019-2021
  • Latvia Uldis Švēde: 2021-

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. 29 April 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  3. "1.oktobrī BK "Ogre" debitēs LBL 1.divīzijā". osports.lv. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  4. "Ogres basketbola klubu sponsorē Dienvidkorejas firma | Ziņas | TVNET". tvnet.lv. 2 November 2015. 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 (14 October 2016). "Kaspars Bērziņš pievienojas 'Ogre'/'Kumho Tyre' komandai - DELFI". delfi.lv. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
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