FC Schalke 04 Basketball

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Schalke 04
Schalke04Basketball.png
NicknameDie Knappen
Die Königsblauen
Leagues ProA
Founded1974;51 years ago (1974)
HistorySchalke 04 Basketball
(1974–present)
ArenaHalle an der Mühlbachstraße
Capacity1,112
Location Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Team colorsBlue, White
  
PresidentTobias Steinert
Head coachRaphael Wilder
Championships3 German Second Divisions
4 1. Regionalliga
Website schalke04.de/basketball

Schalke 04 Basketball is a German professional basketball team club in Gelsenkirchen. [1] The team currently plays in the ProA, the German national second division. It is the basketball section of FC Schalke 04.

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History

The basketball department of FC Schalke 04 was founded in 1974.

In 1976-77 the club won the 2. Basketball Bundesliga and earned promotion to the National League for the following season. After relegation the returned to the top flight for the 1982-83 season.

Schalke played in the 1988–89 season in the National Basketball League Basketball Bundesliga and from 2004 for several seasons in the ProA, the second highest basketball league in Germany. [2] 2009 saw the Schalke 04 voluntary withdrawal of Schalke 04 from the ProA. [3]

Following the 2017-18 season, the team was promoted to the national second-tier ProA, after Scanplus Baskets resigned its promotion position. [4]

Honours

2. Basketball Bundesliga

1. Regionalliga West

Season by season

SeasonTierLeaguePos.
2004–052 2. Bundesliga 15th
2005–062 2. Bundesliga 10th
2006–072 2. Bundesliga 6th
2007–082 ProA 14th
2008–092 ProA 15th [a]
2009–1041. Regionalliga11th
2010–1141. Regionalliga4th
2011–1241. Regionalliga6th
2012–1341. Regionalliga4th
2013–1441. Regionalliga3rd
2014–1541. Regionalliga4th
2015–1641. Regionalliga1st
2016–173 ProB 6th
2017–183 ProB 3rd [b]
  1. ↑ Relegated to 1. Regionalliga after resigning to their place in ProB.
  2. ↑ Promoted to the ProA, after Scanplus Baskets resigned its promotion position. [5]

Roster

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

FC Schalke 04 Basketball roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.Name
SG 0 Flag of the United States.svg Tucker Haymond
PG 1 Flag of the United States.svg Shavar Newkirk
SF 2 Flag of the United States.svg Lavon Hightower
SG 6 Flag of Germany.svg Marley Jean-Louis
PG 7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jordan Spencer
PF 11 Flag of Germany.svg Johannes Joos
SF 12 Flag of the United States.svg Darnell Dunn
C 19 Flag of Germany.svg Adam Touray
G 20 Flag of Germany.svg Tomasz Szewczyk
C 22 Flag of Germany.svg Bjoern Rohwer
SF 23 Flag of Germany.svg Shawn Gulley
SG 27 Flag of Germany.svg Migel Wessel
G 32 Flag of the United States.svg Courtney Belger
Head coach

Flag of Belarus.svg Alexander Osipovich

Assistant coach(es)

Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Carney

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Updated: 29 January 2020

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

References

  1. ↑ 2. Basketball Bundesliga – Schalke 04
  2. ↑ "Geschichte der Basketballabteilung des FC Schalke 04". schalke04.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2013-12-01. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  3. ↑ "Basketball department of FC Schalke 04". FC Schalke 04. Archived from the original on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  4. ↑ "Lizenzierung 2018/2019 – BARMER 2. Basketball Bundesliga".
  5. ↑ "Lizenzierung 2018/2019 – BARMER 2. Basketball Bundesliga".
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