RheinStars Köln

Basketball team in Cologne, Germany
     Team managerStephan BaeckHead coachJohannes StrasserChampionships1 German Championship
3 German Cups
1 BBL Champions CupWebsiterheinstars-koeln.de
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RheinStars Köln is a professional basketball club based in Cologne, Germany. The team currently plays in the ProB, the third tier basketball league in Germany. The club has won one Basketball Bundesliga championship and three German Cup titles in its history.

History

The team was founded 1999, as Cologne 99ers. In the Euroleague 2006-07 season, their home arena was an arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, named Philips Halle.

RheinEnergie power company supported the team until the summer of 2007, thus the team changed to its original name, Köln 99ers. On January 21, 2008, the club announced that they were insolvent.[1]

In 2013, the club was re-launched and started in the 2.Regionliga (5th division) with the new name of RheinStars Köln.[2] Since 2015, the team plays in the ProA, Germany's second division of professional basketball. In 2018-19 season, the team was relegated to the Regionalliga from ProB (Germany's 3rd division of professional basketball) after finishing the season 5-17.

Honours

Players

Current roster

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

RheinStars Köln roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
PF 4 United States Chris Eversley
PG 5 United States Jelani Hewitt
G 6 Germany Tim Van der Velde
SF 7 Germany Antonio Pilipovic
G/F 9 Germany Lennart Steffen
PG 11 Germany Leon Baeck
SG 19 Germany Leon Okpara
C 20 Germany Andreas Wenzl
PG 21 Germany Thomas Müller-Laschet
G 24 United States David Downs
PF 27 United States Alex Foster
PF 33 Germany Robin Christen
PF 44 Germany Benedict Van Laack
G 00 Kosovo Destan Sedolli
Head coach

Germany Johannes Strasser

Assistant coach(es)

Germany Katharina Arnold

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
  • Roster
Updated: 31 May 2021

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality 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.

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Postseason European competitions
2013–14
5
 2.Regionliga
1
 Promoted –
2014–15
4
 1.Regionliga
1
 Promoted –
2015–16
2
 ProA
13
 – –
2016–17
2
 ProA
8
 Quarterfinalist –
2017-18
2
 ProA
4
 Relegated –
2018-19
3
 ProB
22
 Relegated –
2019-20
4
 1.Regionliga, West Zone
1
 Promoted –
2020-21
3
 ProB, North Zone
9
 – –

Head coaches

Notes

  1. ^ Köln 99ers stellen Insolvenzantrag 21 January 2008 (in German). Archived 9 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Eurobasket.com – History

External links

  • Official site
  • Official site of the Academy