Basketball Nymburk

ČEZ Nymburk
Leagues NBL
Champions League
Founded 1930 (1930)
History SK Železničáři
1939–1945
Sokol
1945–1950
Lokomotiva
1950–1998
BK GA Nymburk
1998–2002
BK ECM Nymburk
2002–2004
ČEZ Basketball
2004–present
Arena Sportovní Centrum
(occasional games at Tipsport Arena)
Capacity 2,000
Location Nymburk, Czech Republic
Team colors Black, Orange, White
              
President Miroslav Jansta
Head coach Oren Amiel
Championships 15 Czech Championships
12 Czech Cups
Website basket-nymburk.cz
Uniforms

ČEZ Basketball Nymburk is a professional basketball team that is based in the town of Nymburk. The club plays in the top-tier level professional Czech National League (NBL). The club's main sponsor is ČEZ, a Czech energy company.

Nymburk regularly plays in European competitions, as it last participated in the Basketball Champions League.

History

ČEZ won the Czech National League championship, from 2004–2017, and has also played in several European-wide basketball competitions, including the European 2nd-tier level EuroCup. Some of the club's former players include Darius Washington, former NCAA champion and NBA player George Zidek, who is the team's current press speaker, and naturalized Czech player Maurice Whitfield.

Trophies

Champions (15): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Winners (12): 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018

Arenas

The home court of the senior team for Czech national domestic league matches is the 2,000 seat capacity Sportovní Centrum. The club plays its home games in European-wide competitions at the 11,650 seat capacity Tipsport Arena, in Prague.

Current roster

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

ČEZ Nymburk roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
C 4 Czech Republic Benda, Petr (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 36 – (1982-03-25)25 March 1982
SG 6 Czech Republic Pumprla, Pavel 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 32 – (1986-06-13)13 June 1986
G/F 7 Czech Republic Hruban, Vojtěch 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1990-05-29)29 May 1990
PG 10 United States Lawrence, Eugene 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 32 – (1986-06-22)22 June 1986
SG 11 Kosovo Berisha, Dardan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1988-11-15)15 November 1988
PF 15 Czech Republic Peterka, Martin 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 23 – (1995-01-12)12 January 1995
G/F 17 Czech Republic Bohacik, Jaromir 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1992-05-26)26 May 1992
F 21 United States Davis, Alex 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1992-01-28)28 January 1992
C 23 Czech Republic Kulich, Miroslav 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 18 – (2000-02-19)19 February 2000
F 24 Croatia Barać, Boris 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1992-02-21)21 February 1992
F 31 Czech Republic Kriz, Martin 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (1993-06-17)17 June 1993
Head coach
  • Israel Oren Amiel
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 28 February 2017

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Czech Cup European competitions
2006–07 1 NBL 1st Winner 3 FIBA EuroCupRS
2007–08 1 NBL 1st Winner 2 ULEB CupRS
2008–09 1 NBL 1st Winner 2 EurocupRS
2009–10 1 NBL 1st Winner 2 EurocupQF
2010–11 1 NBL 1st Winner 1 EuroleagueQR1
2 EurocupT16
2011–12 1 NBL 1st Winner 1 EuroleagueQR3
2 EurocupQF
2012–13 1 NBL 1st Winner 1 EuroleagueQR2
2 EurocupT16
2013–14 1 NBL 1st Winner 1 EuroleagueQR1
2 EurocupEF
2014–15 1 NBL 1st 1 EuroleagueQR1
2 EurocupR32
2015–16 1 NBL 1st 3 FIBA Europe CupR32
2016–17 1 NBL 1st Winner 3 Champions LeaguePOQ
2017–18 1 NBL 1st Winner 3 Champions LeagueR16

Notable players

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

Head coaches

References

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