Southside Flyers | |
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Leagues | WNBL |
Founded | 1992 |
History |
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Arena | State Basketball Centre |
Capacity | 3,200 |
Location | Wantirna South, Victoria, Australia |
Team colors | Aqua, Navy, White |
Main sponsor | Jayco |
General manager | Ian Coutts |
Head coach | Cheryl Chambers |
Ownership | Gerry Ryan |
Championships | 5 (2004, 2005, 2012, 2020, 2024) |
Website | wnbl.basketball/southside |
The Southside Flyers are an Australian professional basketball team based in Melbourne, Victoria. The Flyers compete in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and play their home games at the State Basketball Centre. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the Jayco Southside Flyers.
The team was founded as the Dandenong Rangers in 1992. In 2019, the team was rebranded as the Southside Flyers.
The Dandenong Rangers made their debut in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in the 1992 season after Dandenong Basketball Association (DBA) obtained a WNBL license from the Nunawading Spectres. [1] The Rangers went on to finish as runners-up in their first season. In the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons, the Rangers won back-to-back WNBL championships. They finished as runners-up in 2005–06. The team won their third championship in 2011–12 and finished runners-up again in 2016–17. [2]
In July 2019, the Dandenong Rangers franchise was purchased from DBA by long-time sponsor Gerry Ryan and rebranded to the Southside Flyers. [3] [4] The team continued to play at Dandenong Stadium until moving to the State Basketball Centre in 2022. [5]
In the 2019–20 WNBL season, the Flyers finished as runners-up. In the 2020 WNBL Hub season in Queensland, the Flyers won their first championship and fourth in franchise history. They finished runners-up again in 2022–23. [2] The Flyers won their second WNBL championship and the franchise's fifth in the 2023–24 season. [6] In the third and deciding game of the 2024 grand final series, the Flyers won 115–81 over the Perth Lynx, breaking the record for both the biggest winning margin in a grand final and the highest score. [7] [8]
Season | Standings | Regular season | Finals | Head coach | ||
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Dandenong Rangers | ||||||
1992 | 3rd | 14 | 6 | 70.0 | Won Semi Final (Canberra, 67–65) Won Preliminary Final (Melbourne, 67–57) Lost Grand Final (Perth, 54–58) | Alex Palazzolo |
1993 | 4th | 10 | 8 | 55.5 | Lost Semi Final (Perth, 68–83) | Alex Palazzolo |
1994 | 5th | 10 | 8 | 55.5 | Did not qualify | Alex Palazzolo |
1995 | 8th | 4 | 14 | 22.2 | Did not qualify | Alex Palazzolo |
1996 | 6th | 9 | 9 | 50.0 | Did not qualify | Steve Barr |
1997 | 4th | 9 | 9 | 50.0 | Lost Qualifying Final (AIS, 66–76) | Steve Barr |
1998 | 6th | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | Did not qualify | Steve Barr |
1998–99 | 7th | 6 | 15 | 28.5 | Did not qualify | Mark Wright |
1999–00 | 5th | 11 | 10 | 52.3 | Did not qualify | Mark Wright |
2000–01 | 4th | 15 | 6 | 71.4 | Won Semi Final (Adelaide, 83–71) Lost Preliminary Final (Sydney, 72–78) | Mark Wright |
2001–02 | 3rd | 15 | 6 | 71.4 | Lost Semi Final (Sydney, 85–98) | Mark Wright |
2002–03 | 5th | 11 | 10 | 52.3 | Did not qualify | Gary Fox |
2003–04 | 1st | 17 | 4 | 80.9 | Won Semi Final (Sydney, 85–68) Won Grand Final (Sydney, 63–53) | Gary Fox |
2004–05 | 1st | 19 | 2 | 90.4 | Won Semi Final (Bulleen, 63–59) Won Grand Final (Sydney, 52–47) | Gary Fox |
2005–06 | 1st | 14 | 7 | 66.6 | Won Semi Final (Adelaide, 75–70) Lost Grand Final (Canberra, 55–68) | Gary Fox |
2006–07 | 4th | 12 | 9 | 57.1 | Lost Semi Final (Adelaide, 61–66) | Gary Fox |
2007–08 | 4th | 12 | 12 | 50.0 | Won Semi Final (Canberra, 60–54) Lost Preliminary Final (Adelaide, 64–74) | Dale Waters |
2008–09 | 7th | 7 | 15 | 31.8 | Did not qualify | Dale Waters |
2009–10 | 7th | 7 | 15 | 31.8 | Did not qualify | Dale Waters / Dean Kinsman |
2010–11 | 4th | 12 | 10 | 54.5 | Lost Elimination Final (Logan, 73–83) | Mark Wright |
2011–12 | 3rd | 14 | 8 | 63.4 | Won Semi Final (Townsville, 77–66) Won Preliminary Final (Adelaide, 91–78) Won Grand Final (Bulleen, 94–70) | Mark Wright |
2012–13 | 2nd | 19 | 5 | 79.2 | Lost Semi Final (Bendigo, 71–78) Lost Preliminary Final (Townsville, 64–78) | Mark Wright |
2013–14 | 2nd | 16 | 8 | 66.6 | Lost Semi Final (Bendigo, 62–71) Lost Preliminary Final (Townsville, 71–74) | Mark Wright |
2014–15 | 3rd | 12 | 10 | 54.5 | Lost Semi Final (Sydney, 80–89) | Mark Wright |
2015–16 | 3rd | 15 | 9 | 62.5 | Lost Semi Final (South East Queensland, 82–86) | Larissa Anderson |
2016–17 | 2nd | 15 | 9 | 62.5 | Won Semi Final (Perth, 2–1) Lost Grand Final (Sydney, 0–2) | Larissa Anderson |
2017–18 | 7th | 7 | 14 | 33.3 | Did not qualify | Larissa Anderson |
2018–19 | 5th | 9 | 12 | 42.8 | Did not qualify | Larissa Anderson |
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2019–20 | 1st | 17 | 4 | 80.9 | Won Semi Final (Adelaide, 2–0) Lost Grand Final (Canberra, 0–2) | Cheryl Chambers |
2020 | 1st | 11 | 2 | 84.6 | Won Semi Final (Townsville, 106–93) Won Grand Final (Townsville, 99–82) | Cheryl Chambers |
2021–22 | 7th | 5 | 12 | 41.1 | Did not qualify | Cheryl Chambers |
2022–23 | 2nd | 15 | 6 | 71.4 | Won Semi Final (Melbourne, 2–1) Lost Grand Final (Townsville, 0–2) | Cheryl Chambers |
2023–24 | 2nd | 13 | 8 | 61.9 | Won Semi Final (Melbourne, 2–1) Won Grand Final (Perth, 2–1) | Cheryl Chambers |
Regular season | 389 | 287 | 57.5 | 5 Minor Premierships | ||
Finals | 18 | 20 | 47.3 | 5 WNBL Championships |
Source: WNBL
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Updated: 28 January 2024 |
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