BC Juventus
| Juventus Utena | |||
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| Nickname | Juvė | ||
| Leagues |
Lithuanian Basketball League Basketball Champions League |
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| Founded | 1999 | ||
| History |
Juventus (1999–2004) Juventus LKSK (2004–2009) Juventus (2009–present) |
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| Arena | Utena's Arena | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Location | Utena, Lithuania | ||
| Team colors | Red, White and Black |
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| President | Žydrūnas Urbonas | ||
| Head coach | Antanas Sireika | ||
| Championships |
LKBL Champions (2005) RKL Champions (2007) BBL Challenge Cup (2011) Lithuanian Basketball League  (2015) |
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| Website | utenosjuventus.lt | ||
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BC Juventus (Lithuanian: Krepšinio klubas Juventus) is a professional Lithuanian basketball club which currently plays in the Lithuanian Basketball League.
Juventus basketball club was founded in 1999 and debuted in Naujametinis Utenos rajono Mero taurės turnyras (Utena's new year's mayor's cup tournament) and took third place. First team roster consisted of other sports players: football players and one handball player. First team captain, which also founded Juventus basketball team was football player Nerijus Kuzmickas (played in Kauno Inkaras team), now Šiauliai football academy, child and teenage coach. In the debut Juventus season also played: Egidijus Varnas (FK Ekranas), Tomas Keraitis, Tomas Karvelis and others.
In 2003–2004 season, Juventus basketball team was coached by Rimvydas Vaitkus. Juventus debuted in Lithuania basketball B league and in their debut season, BC Juventus took sixth place.
After year, in 2004–2005 season, Juventus basketball team was coached by Mindaugas Kildišius. Juventus basketball team first time in the club history won LKBL championship (same like RKL) and won right to participate in the LKAL championship (same like NKL). But because of various bureaucracy barriers, Juventus basketball team wasn't permitted to debut in the second-tier Lithuania basketball league.
During 2005–2006 season, BC Juventus took third place in RKL tournament. One season later, Juventus won RKL championship once again and in transition match to the NKL championship, BC Juventus won against Kauno LKKA-Atletas basketball team. But this wasn't the end for Juventus in the 2006–2007 season as BC Juventus went until third Lithuania basketball federation (LKF) stage and only there, after two unremitting matches lost to Klaipėdos Neptūnas. Same year, team coach Mindaugas Kildišius, was named the best RKL championship coach.
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