Uppsala Basket

Uppsala Basket
Leagues	Superettan
Founded	1960;65 years ago (1960)
Arena	Fyrishov
Capacity	3,000
Location	Uppsala, Sweden
Home Away

Uppsala Basket is a Swedish basketball club based in Uppsala. The team plays in the Basketligan, the first tier level in Sweden. The club was founded in 1960 and plays it home games at Fyrishov.

The club is known for its talent development. In recent years, this has been shown by the many players in the Swedish youth national teams hailing from Uppsala. The club has a unique cooperation with a basketball academy.

Honours

Basketligan

• Runner-up (1): 2014–15

Results

Season	Tier	League	Pos.
2012–13	1	Basketligan	3rd
2013–14	1	Basketligan	4th
2014–15	1	Basketligan	2nd
2015–16	1	Basketligan	7th
2016–17	1	Basketligan	4th
2017–18	1	Basketligan	7th
2018–19	1	Basketligan	10th
2019–20	4	Fourth division	2nd
2020–21	2	Superettan	3rd
2021–22	2	Superettan	1st
2022–23	1	Basketligan	?

Current roster

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

Uppsala Basket roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age F 0 Hinton, Jalyn 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 26 – (1998-08-06)6 August 1998 G 1 Mansson, Jacob 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 22 – (2002-06-05)5 June 2002 F/C 3 Jadersten, Henrik 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 30 – (1995-03-18)18 March 1995 G 4 Shepherd, Jordan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 28 – (1997-03-04)4 March 1997 G 5 Friberg, Lukas 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 29 – (1995-09-07)7 September 1995 G 6 Grant, Kevin 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 31 – (1994-04-22)22 April 1994 PG 7 Sanne, Tom 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 22 – (2002-09-04)4 September 2002 SG 8 Delryd, Melker 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 22 – (2003-03-24)24 March 2003 G/F 10 Zekovic, Alan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 26 – (1998-08-19)19 August 1998 SF 13 Larsson, Niklas 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 31 – (1994-04-28)28 April 1994 C 31 Axelsson, Mikael 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 30 – (1994-09-29)29 September 1994 SG 32 Mathis, Anthony 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 28 – (1996-11-23)23 November 1996 F/C 34 Kutic, Nemanja 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 22 – (2002-12-11)11 December 2002	Head coach Panagiotis Nikolaidis Assistant coach(es) Dimitris Aristotelous Leif Ibrahim Mathias Rutegaard Legend (C) Team captain (DC) Dual citizenship (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: December 2, 2022

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Henrik Jadersten	Mikael Axelsson
PF	Jalyn Hinton	Nemanja Kutic	Jacob Mansson
SF	Niklas Larsson	Alen Zekovic
SG	Anthony Mathis	Melker Delryd	Kevin Grant
PG	Jordan Shepherd	Lukas Friberg	Tom Sanne

Notable players

• Dee Ayuba (1 season: 2013–14)
• Thomas Jackson (6 seasons: 2003–04, 2006–09, 2012–15)
• Alexander Lindqvist
• Anthony Mathis

External links

• Official website
• www.eurobasket.com