BC Tallinna Kalev

TLÜ/Kalev
Leagues	Korvpalli Meistriliiga FIBA Europe Cup Baltic Basketball League
Founded	2002
History	Pirita (2002–2008) Tallinna Kalev (2008–2010) TTÜ/Kalev II (2010–2011) Tallinna Kalev (2011–2014) TLÜ/Kalev (2014–present)
Arena	Audentes Sports Centre
Capacity	1,030
Location	Tallinn, Estonia
Team colors	Black, Blue, Red, White
Head coach	Kalle Klandorf
Website	www.tallinnkalev.ee/korvpall
Uniforms
Home Away

TLÜ/Kalev is a professional basketball club based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team plays in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML) and internationally in the FIBA Europe Cup. Their home arena is the Audentes Sports Centre.

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. Pirita reached the 2002 Estonian Cup final, but were defeated by TÜ/Rock 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 basketball 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.^[1]

Prior to the 2014–15 season, the team signed an agreement with Tallinn University and adopted the name TLÜ/Kalev.

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–present)

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

TLÜ/Kalev roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 1 Jones, Jahmal 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 25 – 23 February 1991 SF 4 Vahter, Janis 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 30 – 22 August 1986 C 7 Aimre, Henry Edward 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – 27 May 1992 SF 10 Saks, Kaido 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 30 – 24 July 1986 PG 11 Tamm, Reimo 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 31 – 29 December 1984 PF 12 Stankevitš, Ilja 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 18 – 9 March 1998 C 13 Grabauskas, Robertas 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 26 – 3 August 1990 SF 14 Jurtom, Martin 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 22 – 11 March 1994 SF 15 Talumaa, Tiit 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 22 – 24 April 1994 SG 33 Kurg, Mihkel 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 29 – 12 August 1987 SG 34 Liivak, Tony 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 23 – 9 May 1993 C 77 Sirkel, Jaanis 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 18 – 12 May 1998	Head coach Kalle Klandorf Assistant coach(es) Raido Roos Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 4 November 2016

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Robertas Grabauskas	Henry Edward Aimre	Jaanis Sirkel
PF	Ilja Stankevitš
SF	Kaido Saks	Janis Vahter	Martin Jurtom
SG	Mihkel Kurg	Tony Liivak
PG	Reimo Tamm	Jahmal Jones

Coaches

• Kalle Klandorf 2002–2010
• Indrek Reinbok 2010–2012
• Kalle Klandorf 2012–present

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	RS	PO	Estonian Cup	Baltic Basketball League			European competitions
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						Baltic Basketball League			Europe Cup

Trophies and awards

Individual awards

All-KML Team

• Erki Kivinukk – 2004

References

1. "Ajalugu" (in Estonian). Tallinnkalev.ee.

External links

• Official website (Estonian)