Skyliners Frankfurt

The foundation

In 1999, Dr. Gunnar Wöbke, then manager and former player of TV Tatami Rhöndorf moved his team from Bad Honnef to its current location. The declared goal was to place the team in a big arena in a large city to become a top team in the Basketball Bundesliga and in Europe in the near future. In Bad Honnef, this did not seem possible. After going through several options - including the idea to send the team to Cologne - Sylvia Schenk, the director of Frankfurt's sports department officially announced Frankfurt as the team's new location. Franz-Ludwig Solzbacher, a businessman from Bad Honnef helped organize the Skyliners' first steps but remained patron of the TV Rhöndorf and bought a second division license from EnBW Ludwigsburg to keep Rhöndorf from being relegated.

Later years

In its first season as a German elite team it managed to win the German Cup competition. In 2004, they won their first and only Bundesliga title, beating Baskets Bamberg in the finals by 3-2 victories. The following year, the Skyliners had a repeated appearance in the finals, but this time the Baskets Bamberg took the title by 3-2 victories. As in the year before, both teams were almost equally strong.

In 2004 and 2010, the Skyliners finished as runner-up in the German Cup competition, falling against the same opponent with identical victory splits again.

Throughout the years, the Skyliners have been known for their numerous appearances at European competitions such as the Euroleague, Saporta Cup and the Eurocup Basketball.

In 2015, the team reached the EuroChallenge Final Four, but the Germans lost both games to finish in fourth place. In the 2015–16 season, Fraport had once again an impressive European campaign, this time in the newly established FIBA Europe Cup. In the Final, Skyliners beat Pallacanestro Varese 66–62 to win its first European cup in history.^[2]

Domestic competition

• Basketball Bundesliga^[3]
  • Champions (1): 2003–04
    • Runners-up (2): 2004–05 2009–10
• BBL-Pokal^[3]
  • Winners (1): 2000
    • Runners-up (2): 2004, 2010

European competition

• FIBA Europe Cup
  • Winners (1): 2015–16
• EuroChallenge
  • Fourth place (1): 2014–15

Current roster

Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age C 5000000000000000000♠0 Murphy, Erik 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 27 – (1990-10-26)26 October 1990 SG 7000100000000000000♠1 Clarance, Elijah 7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 20 – (1998-07-03)3 July 1998 PG 7000200000000000000♠2 Bell-Haynes, Trae 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (1995-09-05)5 September 1995 PG 7000300000000000000♠3 Zeeb, Garai 7000186000000000000♠1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 21 – (1997-04-06)6 April 1997 G 7000400000000000000♠4 Heslip, Brady 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 28 – (1990-06-19)19 June 1990 PG 7000500000000000000♠5 Clark, Jason 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 28 – (1990-01-16)16 January 1990 SF 7000700000000000000♠7 Huff, Shawn 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1984-05-05)5 May 1984 SG 7000800000000000000♠8 Vargas, Akeem 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1990-04-29)29 April 1990 SF 7000900000000000000♠9 Freudenberg, Richard 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 20 – (1998-08-31)31 August 1998 C 7001180000000000000♠18 Wohlfarth-Bottermann, Jonas 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 28 – (1990-02-20)20 February 1990 SG 7001230000000000000♠23 Robertson, Quantez (C) 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 33 – (1984-12-16)16 December 1984 F 7001330000000000000♠33 Voeller, Marco 7000199000000000000♠1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1989-06-06)6 June 1989	Head coach Gordon Herbert Assistant coach(es) Klaus Perwas Eric Detlev Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 14 October 2018

Depth chart

Manufacturer

Sponsor