Lappeenrannan NMKY
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| Lappeenrannan NMKY | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1951 | ||
| Arena | Lappeenrannan urheilutalo | ||
| Location | Lappeenranta, Finland | ||
| Team colors | White and red | ||
| President | Jari Vuorenpää | ||
| Website | http://www.lrnmky.fi | ||
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Lappeenrannan NMKY (also known as LrNMKY for short or as Team Lappeenranta in European competitions) is a basketball club based in a city of Lappeenranta, Finland. It was formed in 1951 as a Young Men's Christian Association (NMKY in Finnish) and has won two Finnish Championships (2005, 2006) and two Finnish Cups (2005, 2006).[1]
Team Lappeenranta participated in Fiba EuroCup challenge in 2005/2006 finishing in semi-finals.[2] In 2007/2008 season team is willing to make another run in Europe, this time in FIBA EuroCup.[3] After the 2013–14 season, NMKY left the Korisliiga because of financial problems.
Honours[edit]
- Korisliiga
- Winners (2): 2005, 2006
- Finnish Cup
- Winners (4): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Season by season[edit]
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | European competitions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | 1 | Korisliiga | 8th | |||
| 2003–04 | 1 | Korisliiga | 5th | |||
| 2004–05 | 1 | Korisliiga | 1st | |||
| 2005–06 | 1 | Korisliiga | 1st | 4 EuroCup Challenge | SF | 6–4 |
| 2006–07 | 1 | Korisliiga | 6th | |||
| 2007–08 | 1 | Korisliiga | 3rd | 3 FIBA EuroCup | RS | 1–5 |
| 2008–09 | 1 | Korisliiga | 9th | |||
| 2009–10 | 1 | Korisliiga | 5th | |||
| 2010–11 | 1 | Korisliiga | 11th | |||
| 2011–12 | 1 | Korisliiga | 7th | |||
| 2012–13 | 1 | Korisliiga | 7th | |||
| 2013–14 | 1 | Korisliiga | 11th[a] | |||
| 2014–15 | 2 | 1st Division | 7th | |||
| 2015–16 | 2 | 1st Division | 4th | |||
| 2016–17 | 2 | 1st Division | 13th | |||
- ^ Resigned to its place in the Korisliiga.
References[edit]
- ^ "Euro Basket: Team Details - Lappeenrannan NMKY". Retrieved 2007-10-06.
- ^ "FIBA Europe: Khimik advance to finals". Retrieved 2007-09-25.
- ^ "FIBA Europe: Club competitions participants announced". Retrieved 2007-09-25.
External links[edit]
- Lappeenrannan NMKY - Official site (Finnish)
- Finnish Basketball Association / Korisliiga (Finnish)
- Eurobasket - team page
