Namika Lahti was a basketball club based in Lahti, Finland. The club played in the Korisliiga, the top Finnish championship league. The club was established in 1898 in Vyborg and moved to Lahti in 1947. In 2015, the club was dissolved, after economic problems.

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Namika Lahti
Leagues	Korisliiga
Founded	1898
Dissolved	2015
History	Viipuri (Vyborg) (1898–1946) Namika Lahti (1947–2015)
Arena	Suurhalli Areena
Capacity	2,000
Location	Lahti, Finland
Team colors	Purple and White
Championships	2 Finnish Titles 3 Finnish Cups
Retired numbers	1 (6)
Website	namikalahti.com
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"Namika" is a nickname for NMKY, meaning YMCA. The association was founded in 1898 in Vyborg, and moved to Lahti after the World War II as Vyborg became a part of Soviet Union.^[1]

• Korisliiga (2):

2000, 2009

Runners-up (4): 1996, 2002, 2004, 2007

Third place: 2001

• Finnish Cup (3):

1989, 1994, 2000

• Ricky Hickman (1 season: 2009–10)
• Robert Arnold (1 season: 2013–14)
• Timo Lampen (8 seasons: 1959-67, retired jersey #6)