Excelsior Brussels

Basic-Fit Brussels
Leagues Pro Basketball League
Founded 1957 (1957)
History Excelsior Bruxelles
1999–present
Arena Sports Complex Neder-Over-Heembeek
Capacity 1,000
Location Brussels, Belgium
Team colors Navy, White, Orange
              
Main sponsor Basic-Fit
President André De Kandelaer
Head coach Laurent Monier
Championships 1 Belgian Cup
Website www.brusselsbasketball.be
Uniforms

Excelsior Brussels, for sponsorship reasons called Basic-Fit Brussels, is a professional basketball club based in Brussels, Belgium. The team has played in the top tier Pro Basketball League (PBL) since 2013.

History

The club was founded in 1957. In 1999 Excelsior merged with AERA Castor and renamed itself AERA Excelsior Brussel VZW. After 7 years in the 3e Nationale, the Belgian third division, Excelsior promoted to the 2e Nationale in 2009. In the first two years, Excelsior finished 4th and 5th and was defeated in the quarterfinals. In the 2011–12 season Excelsior reached the semifinals and in the 2012–13 season, it finished 10th while missing the Playoffs.

The club moved to the professional Scooore League, the first tier in Belgium, for the 2013–14 season. Excelsior received a C-licence, which allowed them to play with a lower budget in the league.[1] The club also got a new main sponsor in Basic-Fit, and was renamed Basic-Fit Brussels.

During the 2016–17 season, Brussels participated in a European competition for the first time by entering the 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup season.[2] Along with this, the club finished in the third place in the Belgian League and reached the Finals for the first time in club history by beating Antwerp Giants in the semi-finals.[3]

Honors & achievements

Belgian Cup

  • Winners (1): 1994–95

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. W–L Belgian Cup European competitions
2008–09 3 3e Nationale 2nd
2009–10 2 2e Nationale 5th
2010–11 2 2e Nationale 5th
2011–12 2 2e Nationale 4th
2012–13 2 2e Nationale 10th
2013–14 1 Division I 8th 8–28 Round of 16
2014–15 1 Division I 10th 10–18 Round of 16
2015–16 1 Division I 4th 21–16 Round of 16
2016–17 1 Division I 2nd 28–19 Semifinalist 4 FIBA Europe CupRS1–5
2017–18 1 Division I 8th 12–26 Quarterfinalist 3 Champions LeagueQR30–2
4 FIBA Europe CupRS2–4

Players

Current roster

Basic-Fit Brussels roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.
C 3 Croatia Radić, Ivica 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
PG 4 Belgium Loubry, Domien 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
PG 6 Belgium Foerts, Niels 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
PG 7 Belgium Lambrecht, Gijs 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
PF 8 Belgium Lichodzijewski, Aleksander 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
SF 9 Belgium Muya, Guy 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
SG 10 Belgium Robeyns, William 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
PF 11 United States Stevens, Amin 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
PG 12 Lithuania Pečiukevičius, Augustas 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
PF 14 Belgium Foerts, Jonas 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
SG 20 Belgium Amerlinck, Alexis
PF 21 Belgium Tall, Kamal
SG 25 United States Walker, Caleb 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
SF 34 United States Smith, Christopher 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Head coach
  • Belgium Serge Crevecoeur
Assistant coach(es)
  • Belgium Laurent Monier
  • Belgium Laurent Kroner
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 2018-09-19

Notable players

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

References

  1. ↑ "Basketclub Excelsior Brussels krijgt licentie". Nieuwsblad.be. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  2. ↑ "Excelsior Brussel speelt Europees". Nieuwsblad.be. 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  3. ↑ "1/2F EMBL playoffs: Basic-Fit Brussels advances to first finals appearance in club's history". Euromillionsbasketball.be. 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
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