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BK Ogre
BK Ogre
Leagues	LBL; Latvian-Estonian League
Founded	2014; 11 years ago
Arena	Sport arena Ogre
Capacity	1700
Location	Ogre, Latvia
Team colors	Blue and White;
Team manager	Rinalds Sirsniņš
Head coach	Uldis Švēde
Website	bkogre.lv
Home	Away

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.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
G	0	Markuss Lastiņš	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	20 – (2004-05-11)11 May 2004
PG	2	Myles Rasnick	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	25 – (1999-11-04)4 November 1999
SF	3	Kārlis Apsītis	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	32 – (1992-07-02)2 July 1992
C	5	Reinis Avotiņš	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	26 – (1998-05-06)6 May 1998
SF	6	Jēkabs Kapustāns	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	19 – (2005-12-13)13 December 2005
G	9	Gustavs Kampuss	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	25 – (1999-10-26)26 October 1999
G	10	Kristaps Mediss	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	35 – (1989-06-09)9 June 1989
SF	12	Kārlis Žunda	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	27 – (1997-07-25)25 July 1997
C	14	Kaspars Bērziņš	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	39 – (1985-08-25)25 August 1985
PF	15	Ričards Atars	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	21 – (2003-06-21)21 June 2003
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	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	34 – (1990-08-09)9 August 1990
PG	24	Anatoly Shundel	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	31 – (1993-12-05)5 December 1993
F	31	Volodymyr Poluiakhtov	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	20 – (2004-06-09)9 June 2004
PF	33	Guntis Sīpoliņš	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	31 – (1993-11-10)10 November 1993

Head coach

Uldis Švēde

Assistant coach(es)

Physiotherapist(s)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: November 30, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Guntis Sīpoliņš	Kaspars Bērziņš
PF	Kristaps Dārgais	Reinis Avotiņš	Volodymyr Poluiakhtov
SF	Kārlis Žunda	Kārlis Apsītis
SG	Rihards Zēbergs	Kristaps Mediss	Markuss Lastiņš
PG	Myles Rasnick	Anatoly Shundel	Gustavs Kampuss

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