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{{Infobox Basketball club
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| name          = Sūduva-Mantinga
| nickname      = 
| logo          = BC Sūduva-Mantinga logo.png
| imagesize     = 200px
| leagues       = [[National Basketball League (Lithuania)|National Basketball League]]
| founded       = 2006
| history       = '''Mantinga-ŽSM''' <br> (2007-2011) <br> '''Sūduva''' <br> (2011-2012) <br> '''Sūduva-Mantinga''' <br> (2012-present)
| arena         = Marijampolė game sports school sports hall
| location      = [[Marijampolė]], [[Lithuania]]
| colors        = Red, White<br>{{color box|#FF0000}} {{color box|white}}
| president     = {{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Vytautas Skučas]]
| coach         = {{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Marius Kiltinavičius]]
| championships = '''4''' [[National Basketball League (Lithuania)|NKL]] 
| website       = [http://www.suduva-mantinga.lt/ suduva-mantinga.lt]
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'''BC Sūduva''' ({{langx|lt|Krepšinio Klubas Sūduva}}; {{langx|en|Basketball Club Sūduva}}) known as '''Sūduva-Mantinga''' for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in [[Marijampolė]], [[Lithuania]]. Sūduva formerly participated in the [[Lithuanian Basketball League|LKL]]. On 16 September 2010 Sūduva basketball club was removed from the [[Lithuanian Basketball League|LKL]] because of financial problems.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.basketnews.lt/news-32778-suduva-i-lkl-tikisi-sugrizti-kitamet.html|title = "Sūduva" į LKL tikisi sugrįžti kitąmet}}</ref> The club currently competes in the second-tier [[National Basketball League (Lithuania)|NKL]].
The club was named after [[Suvalkija]], an ethnographic [[region of Lithuania]], of which Marijampolė is considered capital.

==History==
Marijampolė basketball club "Mantinga" was founded in 2007. The club aims to develop and promote basketball in Marijampolė, promote the formation of wellness and physical development, unite members for physical activity, healthy lifestyles, physical culture, enable Marijampolė residents to systematically engage in basketball, promote social employment, mutual communication, and cooperation, promote a healthy and active lifestyle, represent members and defend their interests, provide a wide range of information and assistance.

The team was called "Mantinga − ŽSM" for the first two seasons and successfully competed in [[Natural Pharmaceuticals-RKL|RKL]], showing better results every year. In the 2010-2011 season, the team successfully won the Small Cup of the Regional Basketball League.

In 2011, the team changed the name and became "Sūduva" and started playing in NKL. The debut was successful, Sūduva was one victory from reaching NKL Final Four. Marijampolė municipality contributed to the team's sponsors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.suduva-mantinga.lt/komandos/856-marijampoles-suduva-mantinga.html|title = Marijampolės Sūduva-Mantinga / Komandos}}</ref>

==Players==

===Current roster===
{{Basketball roster nationality note}}
{{Basketball roster header
| team=Sūduva-Mantinga
| color1 = white| bg1 = #b50000| color2 = white | bg2 = #b50000}}
<!-- list of players -->
{{player3 | num = 0 | nat = LTU | first = Žygimantas | last = Šimonis      |pos= SG |m= 1.94 |kgs= 86 |year= 1995 |month= 02|date= 06}}
{{player3 | num = 1 | nat = LTU | first = Augustas   | last = Merkys       |pos= PG |m= 1.92 |kgs= 80 |year= 2005 |month= 11|date= 19}}
{{player3 | num = 3 | nat = LTU | first = Aurimas    | last = Urbonas      |pos= G  |m= 1.98 |kgs= 103|year= 1993 |month= 03|date= 30}}
{{player3 | num = 4 | nat = LTU | first = Lukas      | last = Aukštikalnis |pos= SG |m= 1.96 |kgs= 85 |year= 1995 |month= 08|date= 19}}
{{player3 | num = 7 | nat = LTU | first = Ignas      | last = Labutis      |pos= SF |m= 1.99 |kgs= 95 |year= 1994 |month= 04|date= 29}}
{{player3 | num = 10| nat = LTU | first = Justas     | last = Nausėdas     |pos= SF |m= 1.94 |kgs= 90 |year= 1992 |month= 08|date= 03}}
{{player3 | num = 11| nat = LTU | first = Matas      | last = Dabulevičius |pos= SG |m= 1.88 |kgs= 79 |year= 2003 |month= 01|date= 18}}
{{player3 | num = 12| nat = LTU | first = Edvinas    | last = Jezukevičius |pos= C  |m= 2.07 |kgs= 110|year= 1990 |month= 04|date= 08}}
{{player3 | num = 14| nat = LTU | first = Šarūnas    | last = Beniušis     |pos= C  |m= 2.06 |kgs= 104|year= 1993 |month= 04|date= 16}}
{{player3 | num = 19| nat = LTU | first = Mantas     | last = Babarskis    |pos= SF |m= 1.92 |kgs= 90 |year= 2003 |month= 09|date= 11}}
{{player3 | num = 22| nat = LTU | first = Tautvydas  | last = Kliučinykas  |pos= PG |m= 1.90 |kgs= 86 |year= 1995 |month= 01|date= 22}}
{{player3 | num = 25| nat = LTU | first = Aurimas    | last = Kieža        |pos= PF |m= 1.99 |kgs= 102|year= 1982 |month= 10|date= 25}}
{{player3 | num = 26| nat = LTU | first = Evaldas    | last = Džiaugys     |pos= PF |m= 1.96 |kgs= 95 |year= 1996 |month= 09|date= 26}}
<!-- end list of players -->
{{Basketball roster footer
| head_coach = 
* {{player||LTU|Marius Kiltinavičius}}
| roster_url = https://www.nklyga.lt/komandos/856-marijampoles-suduva-mantinga.html
| accessdate = November 24, 2021
}}

==Season by season==
{|  class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
!Season
!League
!Pos.
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"|2006–07
| [[Lithuanian Basketball League|LKL]]
| align="center"|8th
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"|2007–08
| [[Lithuanian Basketball League|LKL]]
| align="center"|10th
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"|2008–09
| [[Lithuanian Basketball League|LKL]]
| align="center"|11th
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"|2009–10
| [[Lithuanian Basketball League|LKL]]
| align="center"|11th
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"|2010–11
| [[Natural Pharmaceuticals-RKL|RKL]]
| align="center" style="background:gold"|1st
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"|2011–12
| [[National Basketball League (Lithuania)|NKL]]
| align="center"|4th
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"|2012–13
| [[National Basketball League (Lithuania)|NKL]]
| align="center"|4th
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"|2013–14
| [[National Basketball League (Lithuania)|NKL]]
| align="center"|10th
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"|2014–15
| [[National Basketball League (Lithuania)|NKL]]
| align="center" bgcolor=#cc9966|3rd
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"|2015–16
| [[National Basketball League (Lithuania)|NKL]]
| align="center" style="background:gold"|1st
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"|2016–17
| [[National Basketball League (Lithuania)|NKL]]
| align="center" style="background:gold"|1st
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"|2017–18
| [[National Basketball League (Lithuania)|NKL]]
| align="center"|4th
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"|2018–19
| [[National Basketball League (Lithuania)|NKL]]
| align="center" style="background:gold"|1st
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"|2019–20
| [[National Basketball League (Lithuania)|NKL]]
| align="center"|–{{ref|1|1}}
|-
| style="background:#efefef;"|2020–21
| [[National Basketball League (Lithuania)|NKL]]
| align="center"|4th
|-
|}
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:{{note|1|1}} Cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Europe]].
{{refend}}

==Head coaches==
* {{flagicon|LTU}} Povilas Šakinis: 2019–2021
* {{flagicon|LTU}} Marius Kiltinavičius: 2021–present

== References ==
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{{NKL Teams}}

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[[Category:Basketball teams in Lithuania|Marijampole]]
[[Category:Sport in Marijampolė]]
[[Category:Basketball teams established in 2006]]
[[Category:2006 establishments in Lithuania]]
[[Category:National Basketball League (Lithuania) teams]]

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