BK Ogre

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BK Ogre
BK Ogre logo.png
Leagues LBL
Latvian-Estonian League
Founded2014;11 years ago (2014)
ArenaSport arena Ogre
Capacity1700
Location Ogre, Latvia
Team colorsBlue and White
  
Team manager Rinalds Sirsniņš
Head coach Uldis Švēde
Website bkogre.lv

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.

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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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 1 Flag of the United States.svg Keishawn Davidson   Cruz Roja.svg 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)83 kg (183 lb)24 – (2001-03-01)1 March 2001
PG 7 Flag of Ukraine.svg Anatoly Shundel 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)90 kg (198 lb)31 – (1993-12-05)5 December 1993
PG 80 Flag of the United States.svg Anders Nelson 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)80 kg (176 lb)26 – (1999-07-21)21 July 1999
SG 9 Flag of Latvia.svg Gustavs Kampuss 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)90 kg (198 lb)26 – (1999-10-26)26 October 1999
SG 15 Flag of Latvia.svg Luka Hlebovickis 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)75 kg (165 lb)16 – (2009-10-14)14 October 2009
SG 0 Flag of Latvia.svg Markuss Lastiņš 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)90 kg (198 lb)21 – (2004-05-11)11 May 2004
SF 3 Flag of Latvia.svg Kārlis Apsītis 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)84 kg (185 lb)33 – (1992-07-02)2 July 1992
SF 8 Flag of Latvia.svg Martins Kudrjavcevs 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)82 kg (181 lb)16 – (2009-02-22)22 February 2009
F 21 Flag of Latvia.svg Kristaps Dārgais  (C)1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)98 kg (216 lb)35 – (1990-08-09)9 August 1990
F 31 Flag of Ukraine.svg Volodymyr Poluiakhtov 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)95 kg (209 lb)21 – (2004-06-09)9 June 2004
F 25 Flag of Latvia.svg Aleks Simsons 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)86 kg (190 lb)19 – (2006-11-10)10 November 2006
PF 10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Justin Ndjock-Tadjore 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)95 kg (209 lb)24 – (2001-04-02)2 April 2001
C 33 Flag of Latvia.svg Guntis Sīpoliņš 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)86 kg (190 lb)32 – (1993-11-10)10 November 1993
C 5 Flag of Latvia.svg Reinis Avotiņš 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)90 kg (198 lb)27 – (1998-05-06)6 May 1998
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Physiotherapist(s)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Updated: November 13, 2025

Depth chart

Pos.Starting 5Bench 1Bench 2
C Guntis Sīpoliņš Reinis Avotiņš
PF Kristaps Dārgais Justin Ndjock-Todjare Aleks Simsons
SF Kārlis Apsītis Volodymyr Poluiakhtov Martins Kudrjavcevs
SG Gustavs Kampuss Luka Hlebovickis Markuss Lastiņš
PG Keishawn Davidson Anatoly Shundel Anders Nelson

Squad changes for the 2025–26 season

Season by season

SeasonTierLeaguePos.W–L Baltic League Latvian-Estonian League
2009–102 LBL2 4th18-16
2010–112 LBL2 5th16-8
2011–122 LBL2 13th8-22
2012–132 LBL2 7th16-15
2013–142 LBL2 4th24-11
2014–152 LBL2 1st25–8
2015–16 1 LBL 10th9–27
2016–17 1 LBL 8th13–19 Round of 16
2017–18 1 LBL 4th24–15 Quarterfinals
2018–19 1 LBL 3rd6–3 Reg.season 4th (18-10), Playoff 4th
2019–20 1 LBL 2nd— cancelled due to COVID-19
2020–21 1 LBL 3rd14–11 Bronze (2-1 at Final 6)
2021–22 1 LBL 3rd8–3 Reg.season 5th (16-10), Playoff 4th
2022–231 LBL 4th5–6 Reg.season 7th (17-13), Playoff 7th
2023–24 1 LBL 5th2–3 Reg.season 7th (17-13), Playoff 7th
2024–25 1 LBL 5th17–11 Reg.season 4th (17-11), 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

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.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Ogres basketbola klubu sponsorē Dienvidkorejas firma | Ziņas | TVNET". tvnet.lv. 2 November 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  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.
  7. ↑
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