Gladiators Treves

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VET-CONCEPT Gladiators Treves
Gladiators Trier logo.png
Leagues Basketball Bundesliga
Founded1990;35 years ago (1990) [a]
HistoryTBB Trier
1990–2015
Gladiators Treves
2015–present
Arena Trier Arena
Capacity5,495
Location Trier, Germany
Team colorsGreen and White
  
Head coachJacques Schneider
2024–25 positionProA, 1st of 18
Championships2 German Cups
1 ProA
Website vetconceptgladiators.de

Gladiators Treves, for sponsorship reasons known as VET-CONCEPT Gladiators Trier, is a professional basketball club based in Trier, Germany. [1] [2] The club plays in the Basketball Bundesliga since their promotion from the ProA in 2025. Its home arena is Trier Arena, which has a capacity of 5,495 people. From 1990 till 2015 the club existed in the form of TBB Trier, which went bankrupt.

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History

The club was founded as TBB Trier in 1990, [3] and has played in the top division Basketball Bundesliga since the club's inception. They once were a part of the sports club TV Germania Trier, and became independent after promotion to the Basketball Bundesliga.

In the 2014–15 season, TBB relegated after it lost points in the standings because of financial problems. The club was dissolved after the season. However in the 2015 offseason, a new club was founded which was not the legal successor of TBB but inherited the club's license to play in the second tier ProA. [4] [5]

Gladiators Treves promoted and returned to Basketball Bundesliga after their previous naming, TBB and the club's last participation during the 2014–15 season. They beat Science City Jena 2–0 in the finals of ProA during the 2024–25 season's playoffs and achieved its promotion and its return to the top–tier league after 10 years.

The TBB Trier logo (1990-2015) TBB Trier logo.png
The TBB Trier logo (1990–2015)

Trophies

Winners (2): 1998, 2001
Winners: 2025

Current roster

Gladiators Trier roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.Name
G 4 Flag of the United States.svg Guillozet, Clayton 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)90 kg (198 lb)28 – (1997-05-25)25 May 1997
F 9 Flag of Germany.svg Hollersbacher, Marco 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)100 kg (220 lb)24 – (2000-10-29)29 October 2000
SG 21 Flag of Germany.svg Rapieque, Evans 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)81 kg (179 lb)23 – (2002-03-05)5 March 2002
C 33 Flag of Germany.svg Zirbes, Maik 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)121 kg (267 lb)35 – (1990-01-29)29 January 1990
F Flag of the United States.svg King, Urald 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)91 kg (201 lb)34 – (1990-07-13)13 July 1990
Head coach
  • Flag of Germany.svg Jacques Schneider
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of Germany.svg Kevin Oberlack

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Updated: July 5, 2025

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

Season by season

SeasonTierLeaguePos.Postseason German Cup European competitions
TBB Trier
1991–921 Bundesliga 4Quarterfinalist
1992–931 Bundesliga 5
1993–941 Bundesliga 6
1994–951 Bundesliga 6Relegation playoffs
1995–961 Bundesliga 9Relegation playoffs
1996–971 Bundesliga 3Semifinalist
1997–981 Bundesliga 3SemifinalistChampion
1998–991 Bundesliga 5Quarterfinalist
1999–001 Bundesliga 5QuarterfinalistSemifinalist3 Played Korać Cup
2000–011 Bundesliga 9Relegation playoffsChampion3 Played Korać Cup
2001–021 Bundesliga 11Relegation playoffsFourth position3 Played Korać Cup
2002–031 Bundesliga 14Relegated
2003–041 Bundesliga 7QuarterfinalistThird position
2004–051 Bundesliga 11
2005–061 Bundesliga 9
2006–071 Bundesliga 15
2007–081 Bundesliga 17Relegated
2008–09 1 Bundesliga 10
2009–10 1 Bundesliga 15
2010–11 1 Bundesliga 10
2011–12 1 Bundesliga 14
2012–13 1 Bundesliga 12Quarterfinalist
2013–14 1 Bundesliga 13
2014–15 1 Bundesliga 17Relegated
Gladiators Trier
2015–162 ProA 6Quarterfinalist
2016–17 2 ProA 6Quarterfinalist
2017–18 2 ProA 6Semifinalist
2018–19 2 ProA 9
2019–202 ProA 7
2020–212 ProA 9
2021–222 ProA 4Quarterfinalist
2022–232 ProA 13
2023–242 ProA 1Semifinalist
2024–252 ProA 1Champions First round

Notable players

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

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Head coaches

DatesName
1994–2001 Flag of the United States.svg Don Beck
2015–2018 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marco van den Berg
2018–2020 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Held
2020–2022 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marco van den Berg
2022–2023 Flag of Germany.svg Pascal Heinrichs
2023 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jermaine Bucknor
2023–2024 Flag of the United States.svg Don Beck
2024–present Flag of Germany.svg Jacques Schneider

Notes

  1. From 1990 till 2015 TBB Trier existed. After its bankruptcy in 2015, a new team was founded in Gladiators Treves.

References

  1. Eurobasket.com – Gladiators Trier
  2. Official website
  3. Beko Basketball Bundesliga. Archived 2010-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Die Gladiators nehmen Trier ein › BBL Profis". Bblprofis.de. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  5. "GLADIATORS TRIER E.V. | Gladiators Trier". Archived from the original on 2018-05-05. Retrieved 2022-07-08.