Players
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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| Nottingham Wildcats | |
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| League | WBBL |
| Founded | 1976 |
| History | Nottingham Wildcats 1976–present |
| Arena | Nottingham Wildcats Arena |
| Location | Nottingham, England |
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| Head coach | Kenrick Liburd |
| Championships | 2 WBBL Championship |
| Website | nottinghamwildcatsbasketball.co.uk |
The Nottingham Wildcats are an English basketball club based in Nottingham, England. The Wildcats' senior women's team compete in the Women's British Basketball League (WBBL).
The Wildcats were established in 1976 and are the biggest women's basketball club in Nottingham. [1] [2] The team is run by the Nottingham Wildcats Community Basketball and Sports Trust. [3] The Wildcats are one of only a handful of British basketball clubs to administer and run their own facility, the Nottingham Wildcats Arena, which opened in 2001. [4]
A perennially successful team in the English Women's Basketball League, the Wildcats were one of the founder members of the Women's British Basketball League in 2014. [5]
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| 2014–15 | WBBL | 1 | 2nd | 18 | 16 | 2 | 32 | .889 | Runners up | Runners up | — | Dave Greenaway |
| 2015–16 | WBBL | 1 | 1st | 16 | 15 | 1 | 30 | .938 | Runners up | Semi-finals | — | Dave Greenaway |
| 2016–17 | WBBL | 1 | 1st | 18 | 14 | 4 | 28 | .778 | Runners up | Semi-finals | Runners up | Dave Greenaway |
| 2017–18 | WBBL | 1 | 4th | 20 | 12 | 8 | 24 | .600 | Semi-finals | Pools stage | Winners | Dave Greenaway |
| 2018–19 | WBBL | 1 | 6th | 22 | 11 | 11 | 22 | .500 | Quarter-finals | Pools stage | Quarter-finals | Kenrick Liburd |
| 2019–20 | WBBL | 1 | [lower-alpha 1] | 18 | 11 | 7 | 22 | .611 | [lower-alpha 1] | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Kenrick Liburd |
| 2020–21 | WBBL | 1 | 4th | 20 | 11 | 9 | 22 | .550 | Semi-finals | Runners up | Semi-finals | Kenrick Liburd |
| 2021–22 | WBBL | 1 | 5th | 24 | 12 | 12 | 24 | .500 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Pools stage | Kenrick Liburd |
| 2022–23 | WBBL | 1 | 11th | 22 | 3 | 19 | 6 | .136 | Did not qualify | 1st Round | Quarter-finals | Kenrick Liburd |
| 2023–24 | WBBL | 1 | 8th | 20 | 6 | 14 | 12 | .300 | Quarter-finals | Karen Burton | ||
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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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