FC Schalke 04 Basketball

Schalke 04
Nickname Die Knappen
Die Königsblauen
Leagues ProA
Founded 1974 (1974)
History Schalke 04 Basketball
(1974–present)
Arena Halle an der Mühlbachstraße
Capacity 1,112
Location Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Team colors Blue, White
         
President Tobias Steinert
Head coach Raphael Wilder
Championships 3 German Second Divisions
4 1. Regionalliga
Website basketball.schalke04.de
Uniforms
Departments of Schalke 04
Football Basketball Handball
Blind football Table tennis Athletics
Esports

Schalke 04 Basketball is a German professional basketball team club in Gelsenkirchen.[1] The team currently plays in the ProA, the German national second division. It is the basketball section of FC Schalke 04.

The basketball department of FC Schalke 04 played in the 1988–89 season in the National Basketball League Basketball Bundesliga and from 2004 for several seasons in the ProA, the second highest basketball league in Germany.[2] 2009 saw the Schalke 04 voluntary withdrawal of Schalke 04 from the ProA.[3]

Following the 2017-18 season, the team was promoted to the national second-tier ProA, after Scanplus Baskets resigned its promotion position.[4]

Honours

2. Basketball Bundesliga

  • Champions (3): 1977, 1982, 1984

1. Regionalliga West

  • Champions (4): 1975, 1987, 1995, 2016

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos.
2004–05 2 2. Bundesliga 15th
2005–06 2 2. Bundesliga 10th
2006–07 2 2. Bundesliga 6th
2007–08 2 ProA 14th
2008–09 2 ProA 15th[lower-alpha 1]
2009–10 4 1. Regionalliga 11th
2010–11 4 1. Regionalliga 4th
2011–12 4 1. Regionalliga 6th
2012–13 4 1. Regionalliga 4th
2013–14 4 1. Regionalliga 3rd
2014–15 4 1. Regionalliga 4th
2015–16 4 1. Regionalliga 1st
2016–17 3 ProB 6th
2017–18 3 ProB 3rd[lower-alpha 2]</ref>
  1. ↑ Relegated to 1. Regionalliga after resigning to their place in ProB.
  2. ↑ Promoted to the ProA, after Scanplus Baskets resigned its promotion position.<ref>

Roster

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

FC Schalke 04 Basketball roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.Name
F 9 Canada Mamadou Gueye
F 11 United States Brandon Parrish
C 12 Germany Michael Haucke
PF 17 Germany Niclas Sperber
SG 18 Germany Lars Wendt
C 19 Germany Adam Touray
G 20 Germany Tomasz Szewczyk
C 22 Germany Bjoern Rohwer
G 24 United States Patrick Carney
G 32 United States Courtney Belger
Head coach

GermanyIsrael Raphael Wilder

Assistant coach(es)

Belarus Alexander Osipovich

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 24 September 2018

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

References

  1. ↑ 2. Basketball Bundesliga – Schalke 04
  2. ↑ "Geschichte der Basketballabteilung des FC Schalke 04". schalke04.de (in German).
  3. ↑ "Basketball department of FC Schalke 04". FC Schalke 04.
  4. ↑
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