BK VEF Rīga

BK VEF Rīga
Founded	1929, 2007
resolution	1992
Hall	Arena Riga (11,200 seats)
Homepage	vefriga.com
president	Māris Martinsons
Club director	Laila Spaliņa
Trainer	Carlos Frade
league	ULEB Eurocup
	VTB United League
	LBL
Colours	Black-and-white
home Away
successes
Latvian champion 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015

The VEF is a professional Latvian basketball club from Riga . The name VEF was taken over from the radio manufacturer of the same name VEF ( V alsts E lektrotehniskā F abrika = State Electrotechnical Factory). This company founded the club in 1929. It is the oldest basketball club in Latvia.

history

While belonging to the Soviet Union, the team started in the Soviet championship. VEF was the strongest Latvian basketball team for several decades. The greatest successes during this time were three times a third place in the Soviet championship in 1960, 1961 and 1991. After the collapse of the Soviet Union , the club was dissolved in 1992.

The re-establishment took place in 2007. Already in 2009 the promotion to the first division of the Baltic Basketball League was achieved . In the same season, the start in the European EuroChallenge took place . Just one year later, the ULEB Eurocup started . In the same season, VEF reached the final of the BBL for the first time , but it was lost to Zalgiris. In 2011 the Latvian championship was won for the first time. VEF repeated this success in 2012, 2013 and 2015.

VEF currently plays alongside LKL and in VTB.

Squad

Squad BK VEF Rīga in the 2015/2016 season
Attention: The squad information is out of date! (current season: 2020/2021)
player No. Nat. Surname birth size info Last club Guards ( PG , SG ) 4th Kenneth Smith 01/28/1993 191 7th Ingus Jakovičs 03/18/1983 186 11 Artūrs Strēlnieks 07/31/1985 196 15th Dāvis Geks 03/07/1995 192 21st Quinn McDowell 01/13/1990 194 Palencia Baloncesto Forwards ( SF , PF ) 5 Mareks Mejeris 09/02/1991 207 Fuenlabrada 6th Vladislav Staratelev 06/04/1996 196 9 Francisco Cruz 10/03/1989 191 12 Ludvig Hakanson 03/22/1996 193 14th Zigmar's Raimo 11/14/1997 201 31 Jānis Bērziņš 05/04/1993 201 52 Keaton Nankivil 01/18/1989 203 Center ( C ) 21st Guillermo Rubio 10/14/1982 202 33 Mārtiņš Meiers 03/30/1991 208 55 Ričmonds Vilde 07/05/1990 211	Trainer Nat. Surname position Carlos Frade boss Jānis Gailītis Co Jevgēnijs Kosuškins Co Legend Abbr. meaning A-Nat National player swell Team homepage League homepage Status: 10/22/2015

successes

• Latvian champion: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015

Web links

• Official website (Latvian)