BC Tallinna Kalev
Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ or also known as Tallina Kalev/Audentes for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team plays in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League and Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). Their home arena is the Audentes Sports Centre.
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| Leagues | Korvpalli Meistriliiga Latvian-Estonian Basketball League | ||
| Founded | 2002 | ||
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| Arena | Audentes Sports Centre | ||
| Capacity | 1,030[1] | ||
| Location | Tallinn, Estonia | ||
| Team colors | Black, Blue, Red, White | ||
| Head coach | Rauno Pehka | ||
| Website | tallinnkalev.ee/korvpall | ||
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History
The team was founded in 2002 as Pirita. Coached by Kalle Klandorf, the team joined the top-tier Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML) in the 2002–03 season. In 2002, Pirita reached the Estonian Cup final, but were defeated by University of Tartu 76–92.
In 2008, Pirita joined the multi-sport club Kalev. The team adopted the name Tallinna Kalev prior to the 2008–09 season. The team signed power forward Travis Reed for the 2009–10 season, while former Estonia national team coach Üllar Kerde joined the coaching staff.
In 2010, the team merged with TTÜ, the latter becoming TTÜ/Kalev, while Tallinna Kalev became TTÜ/Kalev II. Both teams competed in the 2010–11 KML season and the 2010–11 Baltic Basketball League. The unified team dissolved after the 2010–11 season and both clubs continued separately.[2]
Prior to the 2014–15 season, the team signed an agreement with Tallinn University and adopted the name Tallinna Kalev/TLÜ.
Home arenas
- Pirita TOP Sports Centre (2002–2004)
- Pirita Business School Sports Hall (2004–2009)
- Kalev Sports Hall (2009–2010)
- TTÜ Sports Hall (2010–2011)
- Kalev Sports Hall (2011–2016)
- Audentes Sports Centre (2016–2017)
- Kalev Sports Hall (2017–2018)
- Sõle Sports Centre (2018–2022)
- Nord Cramo Sports Hall (2021–2022)
- Audentes Sports Centre (2022–present)
Players
Current roster
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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| C | Michael Buchanan | Rokas Gadiliauskas | Māris Ziediņš |
| PF | Kristjan Kangur | Georg Allemann | Karl Jurtsenko |
| SF | Indrek Kajupank | Joonas Järveläinen | Martin Jurtom |
| SG | Andre Rasmus | Patrick Malm | Eduards Hāzners |
| PG | Rain Veideman | Eric Schmalz | Mario Paiste |
Coaches
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Season by season
| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | Postseason | RS | PO | Estonian Cup | Regional competitions | European competitions | ||||
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| 2002–03 | 1 | Korvpalli Meistriliiga | 6 | Fifth place | 12–12 | 1–2 | Runner-up | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003–04 | 1 | Korvpalli Meistriliiga | 5 | Fourth place | 10–14 | 3–6 | Quarterfinalist | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004–05 | 1 | Korvpalli Meistriliiga | 6 | Fourth place | 8–8 | 3–6 | Semifinalist | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2005–06 | 1 | Korvpalli Meistriliiga | 4 | Fourth place | 16–8 | 2–5 | Third place | Baltic Basketball League | 19th | 5–27 | – | – | – |
| 2006–07 | 1 | Korvpalli Meistriliiga | 5 | Quarterfinalist | 18–18 | 0–2 | Quarterfinalist | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007–08 | 1 | Korvpalli Meistriliiga | 3 | Fourth place | 23–13 | 2–5 | Third place | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008–09 | 1 | Korvpalli Meistriliiga | 5 | Quarterfinalist | 11–17 | 2–4 | Third place | BBL Challenge Cup | 12th | 11–23 | – | – | – |
| 2009–10 | 1 | Korvpalli Meistriliiga | 6 | Quarterfinalist | 9–19 | 1–2 | Quarterfinalist | BBL Challenge Cup | QF | 11–23 | – | – | – |
| 2010–11 | 1 | Korvpalli Meistriliiga | 7 | – | 10–22 | – | Quarterfinalist | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011–12 | 1 | Korvpalli Meistriliiga | 6 | Quarterfinalist | 12–16 | 0–3 | Quarterfinalist | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012–13 | 1 | Korvpalli Meistriliiga | 8 | Quarterfinalist | 9–23 | 0–3 | Fourth place | Baltic Basketball League | RS | 1–9 | – | – | – |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Korvpalli Meistriliiga | 5 | Fourth place | 14–18 | 4–6 | Quarterfinalist | Baltic Basketball League | RS | 3–9 | – | – | – |
| 2014–15 | 1 | Korvpalli Meistriliiga | 8 | Quarterfinalist | 7–25 | 0–3 | Quarterfinalist | Baltic Basketball League | RS | 1–11 | – | – | – |
| 2015–16 | 1 | Korvpalli Meistriliiga | 3 | Fourth place | 19–13 | 4–7 | Third place | Baltic Basketball League | T16 | 6–8 | – | – | – |
| 2016–17 | 1 | Korvpalli Meistriliiga | 7 | Quarterfinalist | 12–20 | 0–3 | Round of 32 | Baltic Basketball League | T16 | 0–2 | Europe Cup | RS | 0–4 |
| 2017–18 | 1 | Korvpalli Meistriliiga | 6 | Quarterfinalist | 10–16 | 2–3 | – | Baltic Basketball League | QF | 7–7 | – | – | – |
| 2018–19 | 1 | Korvpalli Meistriliiga | 6 | Runner-up | – | 6-4 | – | Latvian-Estonian Basketball League | 10th | 12-16 | – | – | – |
| 2019–20 | 1 | Korvpalli Meistriliiga | 6 | - | - | - | – | Latvian-Estonian Basketball League | 10th | 8-16 | – | – | – |
| 2020–21 | 1 | Korvpalli Meistriliiga | 7 | Quarterfinalist | 3-21 | 0-2 | – | Latvian-Estonian Basketball League | 13th | 3-21 | – | – | – |
| 2021–22 | 1 | Korvpalli Meistriliiga | Quarterfinalist | Latvian-Estonian Basketball League | 14th | 4-21 | – | – | – | ||||
Trophies and awards
- Estonian Championship
- Runners-up (1): 2019
- Estonian Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2002
Individual awards
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Newcomer of the Year
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References
- "Audentese Spordikeskuse spordihoone". Spordiregister.ee.
- "Ajalugu" (in Estonian). Tallinnkalev.ee.