Kapfenberg Bulls

Kapfenberg Bulls
Leagues Austrian Basketball Bundesliga,
FIBA Europe Cup
Founded 1976 (1976)
History Kapfenberg Bulls
(1976–present)
Arena Sporthalle Walfersam
Capacity 1,000
Location Kapfenberg, Austria
President Karl Thaller
Head coach Mike Coffin
Championships 6 Austrian Championships
4 Austrian Cups
5 Austrian Supercups
Website www.ece-bulls.com
Uniforms

Kapfenberg Bulls, for sponsorships reasons named ece Bulls Kapfenberg, is a professional basketball club that is based in Kapfenberg, which is a town in Styria, a state of Austria.

History

Since 1991, the Kapfenberg Bulls have played in the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga, the highest Austrian professional basketball league. Between 2001 and 2004, the club had its most successful era, with 4 national domestic league championships in a row. They won their last national title in 2007 (Austrian Basketball Cup). In 2009, they came in third in the Central European Basketball League, which is the best result of an Austrian basketball team in an international tournament.

In 2017, the Kapfenberg Bulls conquered its fifth national domestic league championship, 13 years after their previous one, and repeated success in the next season.

Honors

2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2017, 2018
2007, 2014, 2017, 2018
2002, 2003, 2014, 2017, 2018

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Cup Supercup European competitions
2000–011ÖBL1stRunner–up3 Korać CupR1
2001–021ÖBL1stRunner–up
2002–031ÖBL1stSemifinalistChampion
2003–041ÖBL1stSemifinalistChampion2 ULEB CupRS
2004–051ÖBL3rdRunner–upRunner–up2 ULEB CupRS
2005–061ÖBL3rdQuarterfinalist4 EuroCup ChallengeRS
2006–071ÖBL5thChampion
2007–081ÖBL5thLast 16Runner–up
2008–091ÖBL5thQuarterfinalist
2009–101ÖBL4thRunner–up
2010–111ÖBL6thQuarterfinalist
2011–121ÖBL3rd
2012–131ÖBL4thQuarterfinalist
2013–141ÖBL2ndChampion
2014–151ÖBL3rdRunner-up
2015–161ÖBL7thSemifinalist
2016–171ÖBL1stChampion
2017–181ÖBL1stChampionChampion3 Champions LeagueQR1
4 FIBA Europe CupRS
2018–191ÖBLChampion4 FIBA Europe CupQR2

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either: played at least one season for the club, 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 or performed very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

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