Medi Bayreuth

medi bayreuth
League Basketball Bundesliga
Champions League
Founded 1975 (1975)
History
Arena Oberfrankenhalle
Capacity 3,500
Location Bayreuth, Bavaria
Team colors Black, Lime, White
              
Head coach Raoul Korner
Championships 1 German Championship
2 German Cups
Website www.bbc-bayreuth.de
Uniforms

Medi Bayreuth, official stylized as medi bayreuth, is a German professional basketball club that is based in Bayreuth, Germany.[1] It was founded as BBC Bayreuth in 1999. The team plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the highest division of basketball in Germany. Since 2013, the company medi is the head and naming sponsor of the team.[2]

History

The club was founded as the basketball section of Post SV Bayreuth in 1975 and was one of the clubs that established the second division of professional basketball in Germany. In its debut season, the team immediately promoted to the first tier Basketball Bundesliga. In 1979, the basketball team separated from Post SV and the club was re-founded as USC Bayreuth. After the 1983–84 season the team relegated form the Bundesliga. Following this event, the club merged with TTBG Steiner-Optik Bayreuth, a former table tennis club, to form BG Steiner Bayreuth.

As Steiner Bayreuth, the team had some great successes. The club immediately returned to the highest level and years later started to win several trophies in Germany. In 1988 and 1989 the team won the BBL-Pokal and in the 1988–89 season the team was crowned German national champions after winning the Bundesliga.

In 1997, longtime sponsor Steiner left the club and the club started to get in financial trouble. Along with the financial crisis, the team also had a sportive crisis. In 1999, the team relegated form the Bundesliga to the second division because of financial troubles. In the following seasons, Bayreuth spent its time in the second division ProA.

Bayreuth eventually returned to the highest level. The club won the 2009–10 season's German 2nd Division championship, and thus earned promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2010–11 season.[3] Before the 2013–14 season, the club's name was changed to medi bayreuth for sponsorship reasons. The new team colors became black, lime green and pink.

Bayreuth had an outstanding 2016–17 season, as the team of Raoul Korner finished fourth in the BBL regular season with a 22–10 record. In the play-offs the team was eliminated by fifth-seeded Oldenburg. However, the placement of the club qualified Bayreuth for the 2017–18 Basketball Champions League which would be the first European campaign for the club. With an 8–6 record in the regular season, Bayreuth advanced to the play-offs were the team eliminated Turkish side Beşiktaş in the eight-finals. However, in the quarter-finals the club was eliminated by fellow German side Riesen Ludwigsburg.

Arena

The club's regular home arena is the Oberfrankenhalle, which has a seating capacity of 4,000 people.[4][5]

Club identity

Logos

Uniforms

Steiner Bayreuth
(1988–89)
BBC Bayreuth
(2012–13)
medi bayreuth
(2013– )

Players

Current roster

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

medi Bayreuth roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
SF 1 United States Thomas, Adonis 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 25 – (1993-03-25)25 March 1993
SG 3 Canada Robertson, Kassius 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 24 – (1994-04-20)20 April 1994
PG 8 Germany Wenzl, Nico 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 17 – (2001-04-11)11 April 2001
PG 9 United States Stockton, David 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 27 – (1991-06-24)24 June 1991
PG 10 Germany Doreth, Bastian (C) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 29 – (1989-06-08)8 June 1989
C 11 Germany Seiferth, Andreas 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 29 – (1989-06-23)23 June 1989
C 12 United States Martin, Hassan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 22 – (1995-11-12)12 November 1995
PF 14 Germany Wachalski, Steve 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 35 – (1983-02-05)5 February 1983
SF 15 Slovenia Hrovat, Gregor 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 24 – (1994-08-18)18 August 1994
F 17 Germany Meisner, Lukas 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 23 – (1995-08-08)8 August 1995
PG 21 Germany Perschnick, Javon 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 18 – (2000-09-05)5 September 2000
C 22 Slovenia Dimec, Žiga 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 25 – (1993-02-20)20 February 1993
PF 24 United States Brooks, De'Mon 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 26 – (1992-05-28)28 May 1992
SG 30 Germany Raivio, Nikolas 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 32 – (1986-06-02)2 June 1986
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Germany Lars Masell
  • Germany Tim Nees
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 29 September 2018
The Oberfrankenhalle, home arena of Bayreuth

Trophies

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. German Cup European competitions
2000–01 2 2. BBL 8th
2001–02 2 2. BBL 2nd
2002–03 2 2. BBL 5th
2003–04 2 2. BBL 10th
2004–05 2 2. BBL 3rd
2005–06 2 2. BBL 6th
2006–07 2 2. BBL 3rd
2007–08 2 Pro A 8th
2008–09 2 Pro A 3rd
2009–10 2 Pro A 1st
2010–11 1 Bundesliga 16th
2011–12 1 Bundesliga 13th
2012–13 1 Bundesliga 15th
2013–14 1 Bundesliga 14th
2014–15 1 Bundesliga 16th
2015–16 1 Bundesliga 12th
2016–17 1 Bundesliga 4th
2017–18 1 Bundesliga 6th Fourth place 3 Champions League
QF

References

  1. ↑ "easyCredit BBL - medi bayreuth Basketball".
  2. ↑ "Basketball Bundesliga Club BBC Bayreuth Gets New Title Sponsor, Name". sportsbusinessdaily.com. June 4, 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  3. ↑ "easyCredit BBL - medi bayreuth Basketball".
  4. ↑ OBERFRANKENHALLE BAYREUTH (in German).
  5. ↑ USC BAYREUTH THE ARENA OBERFRANKENHALLE Capacity 4000.
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