BC Šiauliai
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| Nickname | Šiaulių Šiauliai | ||
| Leagues |
Lithuanian League, Baltic League, FIBA Europe Cup |
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| Founded | 1984 (as Šiaulių Kelininkas) 1994 (as Šiaulių Šiauliai) |
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| History |
Šiaulių Kelininkas 1984-1994 Šiaulių Šiauliai 1994–present |
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| Arena | Šiauliai Arena | ||
| Capacity | 5,700 | ||
| Location | Šiauliai, Lithuania | ||
| Team colors |
Yellow, Black |
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| President |
 Mindaugas Žukauskas
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| Head coach |
Vaidas Pauliukėnas
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| Championships |
3 Baltic Basketball League 9 Lithuanian Basketball League 
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| Website |
bcsiauliai.lt geltonajuoda.lt |
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BC Šiauliai (Lithuanian: Krepšinio klubas Šiauliai) is the professional basketball club of Šiauliai, Lithuania. The club competes in the Lithuanian Basketball League and Baltic Basketball League. It has won the 3rd place award (behind Lithuanian basketball giants Lietuvos Rytas and Žalgiris) in the LKL a record 9 times.
The team was formed in 1984 and participated in the second-tier Lithuanian league. Following Tauras Šiauliai club bankrupt, BC Kelininkas became city's primary basketball club. During the 1994–95 season in LKAL, BC Kelininkas played his last season under this name. BC Kelininkas, led by Antanas Sireika, Robertas Giedraitis, Donatas Slanina and Mindaugas Žukauskas, finished with the 18–2 regular season record and advanced into the playoffs. There they successfully completed two stages by overcoming Banga Kaunas and SAVY Vilnius. Though, later they were defeated by Vilnius LPA twice. Then BC Kelininkas, due to the sponsorship reasons, was renamed to BC Šiauliai.
In June, 1994 Adomas Klimavičius and Šiaulių plentas company chief engineer Algimantas Mikšys participated in the LKL board meeting, where they presented filmed material about Šiauliai city infrastructure, budget, team roster and coaches. Then the board members voted: ten members from thirteen voted for BC Šiauliai request acceptance to join LKL. The team successfully joined LKL and was coached by Antanas Sireika.
After two loses to Lavera Kaunas and Statyba Vilnius, BC Šiauliai returned home. During the first game in Tauras Sports Hall, BC Šiauliai achieved club's first victory in LKL versus NECA Kaunas 93–75. Oleg Bulancev scored 25 points, Mindaugas Žukauskas – 18 points, Arvydas Tamkevičius added 17 points back then.
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