Uppsala Basket

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Uppsala Basket
Uppsala Basket logo.svg
Leagues Superettan
Founded1960;64 years ago (1960)
ArenaFyrishov
Capacity3,000
Location Uppsala, Sweden

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

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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

Results

SeasonTierLeaguePos.
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
2019–204Fourth division2nd
2020–212 Superettan 3rd
2021–222 Superettan 1st
2022–231 Basketligan  ?

Current roster

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

Uppsala Basket roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
F 0 Flag of the United States.svg Hinton, Jalyn 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)91 kg (201 lb)25 – (1998-08-06)6 August 1998
G 1 Flag of Sweden.svg Mansson, Jacob 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)91 kg (201 lb)21 – (2002-06-05)5 June 2002
F/C 3 Flag of Sweden.svg Jadersten, Henrik 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)109 kg (240 lb)28 – (1995-03-18)18 March 1995
G 4 Flag of the United States.svg Shepherd, Jordan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)86 kg (190 lb)26 – (1997-03-04)4 March 1997
G 5 Flag of Sweden.svg Friberg, Lukas 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)82 kg (181 lb)28 – (1995-09-07)7 September 1995
G 6 Flag of Sweden.svg Grant, Kevin 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)85 kg (187 lb)29 – (1994-04-22)22 April 1994
PG 7 Flag of Sweden.svg Sanne, Tom 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)80 kg (176 lb)21 – (2002-09-04)4 September 2002
SG 8 Flag of Sweden.svg Delryd, Melker 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)86 kg (190 lb)20 – (2003-03-24)24 March 2003
G/F 10 Flag of Sweden.svg Zekovic, Alan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)90 kg (198 lb)25 – (1998-08-19)19 August 1998
SF 13 Flag of Sweden.svg Larsson, Niklas 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)89 kg (196 lb)29 – (1994-04-28)28 April 1994
C 31 Flag of Sweden.svg Axelsson, Mikael 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)102 kg (225 lb)29 – (1994-09-29)29 September 1994
SG 32 Flag of the United States.svg Mathis, Anthony 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)80 kg (176 lb)27 – (1996-11-23)23 November 1996
F/C 34 Flag of Croatia.svg Kutic, Nemanja 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)100 kg (220 lb)21 – (2002-12-11)11 December 2002
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of Cyprus.svg Dimitris Aristotelous
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Leif Ibrahim
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Mathias Rutegaard

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DC) Dual citizenship
  • (I) Import player
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Updated: December 2, 2022

Depth chart

Pos.Starting 5Bench 1Bench 2
C Henrik JaderstenMikael Axelsson
PF Jalyn HintonNemanja KuticJacob Mansson
SF Niklas LarssonAlen Zekovic
SG Anthony MathisMelker DelrydKevin Grant
PG Jordan ShepherdLukas FribergTom Sanne

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