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{{Short description|Professional basketball team in Bamberg, Germany}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox Basketball club
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| name          = Bamberg Baskets
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| leagues       = [[Basketball Bundesliga|BBL]]
| founded       = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1955}}
| history       = {{Collapsible list|'''1.FC 01 Bamberg'''<br>(1955–1988)<br>'''TTL Bamberg'''<br>(1988–1995)<br>'''TTL uniVersa Bamberg'''<br>(1995–2000)<br>'''TSK uniVersa Bamberg'''<br>(2000–2003)<br>'''GHP Bamberg'''<br>(2003–2006)<br>'''Brose Baskets'''<br>(2006–2016)<br>'''Brose Bamberg'''<br>(2016–2023)<br>'''Bamberg Baskets'''<br>(2023–present)}}
| gm            = Philipp Galewski
| arena         = [[Brose Arena]]
| capacity      = 6,150<ref name="brosebamberg.de">[http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=2&seasoncode=E2017 Attendance: 6150.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112230012/http://www.brosebamberg.de/en/saison/news/article/brose-bamberg-with-first-win-in-euroleague-20162017/ |date=12 January 2017 }}</ref><ref name="bgbasket.com">{{Cite web |url=http://bgbasket.com/en/hall.php?id=102 |title=6150. |access-date=12 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112230014/http://bgbasket.com/en/hall.php?id=102 |archive-date=12 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| affiliation   = BBC Coburg
| location      = [[Bamberg]], [[Germany]]
| colors        = Red, silver, white<br>{{color box|#CD0039}} {{color box|#49585F}} {{Color box|white}}
| president     = Norbert Sieben
| coach         = [[Anton Gavel]]
| sponsor       = [[Brose Fahrzeugteile]]
| captain       = Chris Sengfelder
| championships = '''9''' [[German champions (basketball)|German Championships]]<br>'''6''' [[BBL-Pokal|German Cup]]s<br>'''5''' [[Basketball Bundesliga Champions Cup|German Super Cups]]
| retired_numbers = '''3''' ([[John Goldsberry|5]], [[Nikos Zisis|6]], [[Casey Jacobsen|23]])
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[[File:GHP Bamberg logo.png|250px|thumbnail|right|The GHP Bamberg era logo of the club, 2003–2006.]]
'''Bamberg Baskets''' is a German professional [[basketball]] team from [[Bamberg]], [[Franconia]]/North [[Bavaria]]. The club has won the [[List of German basketball champions|German Championship]] title nine times and the [[German Basketball Cup|German Cup]] six times. The club currently plays in the [[German basketball league system|German top tier]] [[Basketball Bundesliga]] (BBL) and the [[FIBA Europe Cup]]. The license holder of the club is Bamberger Basketball GmbH.

The club was co-owned and sponsored by the German [[automotive industry|automotive]] supplier [[Brose Fahrzeugteile]] and was known as '''Brose Baskets''' and '''Brose Bamberg''' between 2006 and 2023.

==History==
===1955–2003: first Bundesliga years===
The [[1. FC 01 Bamberg]] basketball team was promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga, the [[Basketball Bundesliga|German Basketball League]], for the first time in 1970.<ref name="ReferenceA">[https://www.brosebamberg.de/team/erfolge/ Erfolge {{in lang|de}}.]</ref> In 1988, after being relegated and promoted twice (relegations in 1979 and 1983, promotions in 1982 and 1984), and with 1. FC 01 Bamberg facing bankruptcy, the basketball division split to form a new club: TTL Basketball Bamberg. TTL stands for Tapeten-Teppichboden-Land, which is a wallpaper and carpet company. It was the first time the team name had reflected the name of its main [[Sponsor (commercial)|sponsor]]. From 1995, the team was called TTL uniVersa Bamberg after uniVersa Versicherungen, an insurance company. In 1992, the team won the German Cup, earning Bamberg its first basketball trophy.

In 2000, following financial difficulties, the team was rescued by the TSK company and changed its name to TSK uniVersa Bamberg.

Differences of opinion between the main sponsor and the club in 2003 jeopardized the team's position in the Bundesliga and led to a new change of name.

===2003–2006: first championship===
During the 2003–04 to 2005–06 seasons, the team played in the Bundesliga under the name of its new sponsor, as GHP Bamberg. Having come second in the Championship twice in a row, in 2004–05 the team brought the German Championship title home to Bamberg for the first time.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> This meant that GHP Bamberg qualified for the EuroLeague. In the following season (2005–06), the Bamberg team made it into the EuroLeague Top 16. It also played in the BBL Cup Final and in the semi-finals of the BBL playoffs.

===2006–2009: first years as Brose Baskets===
At the start of the 2006–07 season, the club changed its name to Brose Baskets to reflect the fact that [[Brose Fahrzeugteile]] GmbH & Co. KG had become the new primary sponsor. It was in this season that the team won its second Championship title. In 2007–08, the team did not manage to consolidate the previous year's success and was knocked out in the first round of the EuroLeague, having won two games. In May 2008, Brose Baskets failed to defend their Championship title, losing to [[EWE Baskets Oldenburg]] in the quarter-finals. One week later, trainer [[Dirk Bauermann]] announced his resignation.
 
On 2 June 2008, [[Chris Fleming (basketball)|Chris Fleming]] signed a three-year contract as head coach. He had previously coached the [[Artland Dragons]], who played Brose Baskets in the finals in 2007. Fleming, an American, was 38 at the time.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.euroleague.net/competition/coaches/showcoach?pcode=000510 |title=Fleming, Chris |access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref> His long-term assistant coach, Arne Woltmann, also came with him from Quakenbrück.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.infranken.de/regional/forchheim/Business-Club-Talk-Chris-Fleming-Michael-Wiesinger-Brose-Baskets-Bamberg-1-FC-Nuernberg-trainer-Motivation-Club-Trainer-und-Baskets-Coach-im-Gespraech;art216,514824 |title=Club-Trainer und Baskets-Coach im Gespräch |access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref>

The first year under the new trainer was difficult and the team only just qualified for the playoffs (top eight teams), with two points more than the team in ninth place. Nevertheless, they went on to beat the team in second place, [[BG Göttingen|MEG Göttingen]], but did not stand a chance against the Oldenburg team, who eventually won the Championship. In the following year, the points round did not go very well, but the team still qualified for the playoffs in fifth place. In the cup competition they made it into the Top 4 final in Frankfurt, where they beat Skyliners, the home team, by one point, bringing the cup back to Bamberg after 18 years, for the second time in the club's history. In the Championship playoffs, Bonn and Braunschweig, who had previously knocked Oldenburg, the winners of the first round, out of the competition, did not pose many problems and Bamberg went through to the finals. There they once again faced Skyliners Frankfurt. Brose Baskets lost the first home game but immediately fought back to achieve a 2:1 lead. Frankfurt won the fourth game in their own arena, which was as close run as the cup final had been. Eventually, however, Brose Baskets won the Championship title with a 72:70 in front of its own fans, achieving its first double win.

===2010–2011: first treble===
For the 2010–11 season, Brose Baskets managed to hold onto most of their players from the year before and made a few strategic additions. The well-rounded team went on to dominate the points round, losing only two out of 34 matches. The team also won the Cup competition,<ref name="ReferenceA"/> defending their title against Braunschweig in the final in Bamberg, where they won 69:66. In the Championship competition, Brose Baskets beat [[Eisbären Bremerhaven]] easily in the quarter-final. In the semi-final, they suffered two surprise defeats away against [[Artland Dragons]], and only won in the fifth deciding game. In the final against [[Alba Berlin]], Brose Baskets once again displayed some weaknesses in their away performance. The Berlin team dominated most of the deciding game in the [[Brose Arena|Stechert Arena]], despite a good start from Brose Baskets. Nevertheless, Brose Baskets were able to turn the game around in the final quarter, finishing with a clear 72:65 victory. This earned them the German Championship title for the fourth time and meant they had achieved two double wins in succession. In this season, the team also won all their home Cup and Championship matches.

===2011–2012: second treble===
The Brose Baskets squad remained largely unchanged in the 2011–12 season, and departures were more than compensated for by strong additions. At the end of the main round, Bamberg was top of the table with 30 wins and four defeats. The team won the Cup again during this season.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> In the Championship competition, Brose Baskets managed to beat [[Telekom Baskets Bonn]] 3:1 in the playoff quarter-final, despite suffering a surprise defeat in the first home game. This was their first defeat at home in 49 games. In the semi-final, Brose Baskets beat [[Artland Dragons]], winning three out of a possible five games (best-of-five), and also won the final against [[ratiopharm Ulm]] 3:0. This was Brose Baskets’ third successive double win. Partly because of this success, several players signed bigger contracts with other teams at the end of the season, which meant it was not possible to keep the same squad intact the following season. [[Tibor Pleiß]] and [[Marcus Slaughter]] transferred to [[Spain]], [[Brian Roberts (basketball)|Brian Roberts]] and [[P. J. Tucker]] switched to the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]], and [[Predrag Šuput]] moved to [[KK Cedevita]] in [[Croatia]].

===2012–2013: sixth German championship===
As in the previous season, it was possible to keep the core team together in 2012–13, but injuries during the season led to a number of changes, which weakened the team. Nevertheless, Brose Baskets finished the main round of the [[Basketball Bundesliga|Beko BBL]] at the top of the table with 26 wins. In contrast with previous years, the team failed to get through the qualifying round of the Cup competition, losing 69:77 at home to [[FC Bayern Munich (basketball)|FC Bayern München]]. In the Championship competition, Brose Baskets faced [[Phoenix Hagen]], beating them 3:1 and making it through to the semi-final of the playoffs. Here they came up against FC Bayern München, who they managed to beat 3:2 after five games. This meant they were through to the final for the fourth time in a row. Here the champions of the previous three years faced [[EWE Baskets Oldenburg]]. Brose Baskets won 3:0 in three straight games, securing the [[List of German basketball champions|Championship title]] for the fourth time in a row.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

===2013–2014: disappointing season===
In the regular season Brose Baskets could not defend its top seed position from the three previous years finishing second behind Bayern Munich and thus facing the 7th seeded [[Artland Dragons]] in the playoff quarterfinals. The Dragons pulled off an upset and beat Brose with 3–1.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.schoenen-dunk.de/news_a69386_Brose-Baskets_Aus-im-Viertelfinale.htm |title=Brose Bamberg Aus im Viertelfinale . |access-date=28 May 2014 |language=de |archive-date=29 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529051546/http://www.schoenen-dunk.de/news_a69386_Brose-Baskets_Aus-im-Viertelfinale.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The team also failed to reach the [[BBL-Pokal]] Final and did not accomplish much in its European campaign. After the season the club parted ways with head coach [[Chris Fleming (basketball)|Chris Fleming]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportal.de/medien-brose-baskets-trennen-sich-von-chris-fleming-1-2014052038150300000 |title=Brose Baskets trennen sich von Chris Fleming |work=Sportal.de |access-date=28 May 2014}}</ref> Long time great players of the club [[John Goldsberry]] and [[Casey Jacobsen]] put an end to their careers, and had their jersey numbers retired by the club.<ref name="brosebaskets1">{{cite web |url=http://www.brosebaskets.de/saison/news/artikel/goodbye-john-casey/ |title=Goodbye, John & Casey! |work=Brosebaskets.de |access-date=28 May 2014 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528035806/http://www.brosebaskets.de/saison/news/artikel/goodbye-john-casey/ |archive-date=28 May 2014 }}</ref>

===2014–2015: back on top===
In the 2014–15 season, Brose Baskets came back on top of the German basketball world, after they beat the defending champions Bayern Munich 3–2 in the Finals.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Bamberg also finished the regular season in the first place. Bamberg's [[Bradley Wanamaker]] was named [[Basketball Bundesliga Finals MVP]].

===2015–16: eighth German championship===
In the 2015–16 season, Brose Baskets had an impressive [[EuroLeague]] campaign, in which the team survived the Regular Season and advanced to the Top 16. In the Bundesliga, Brose had an even more impressive season. The team finished first in the regular season by a wide margin, and eventually won the championship after sweeping all opponents in the playoffs.<ref>[http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/6y6ny9miuxbjrdh3 Domestic leagues roundup: June 12.]</ref>

In August 2016, the Brose Baskets changed the name to Brose Bamberg.<ref>[http://www.new-business.de/sponsoring/detail.php?rubric=SPONSORING&nr=694196 Basketball: Aus Brose Baskets wird Brose Bamberg.]</ref>

===2016–17: EuroLeague and more domination in Germany===
Through its championship in the 2015–16 season, Bamberg qualified for the [[2016–17 EuroLeague]], the first true European basketball league. Bamberg finished in the 10th place, with [[All-EuroLeague Second Team]] member [[Nicolò Melli]] leading the team.

In Germany, the team once again dominated. The [[BBL-Pokal]] was won after beating [[FC Bayern Munich (basketball)|Bayern Munich]] in the Final. The ninth [[Basketball Bundesliga]] title of the club was won after sweeping [[EWE Baskets Oldenburg]] 3–0 in the BBL Finals.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/spielberichte/2016-17/nachbericht/2017-06-11-bam-old/#specialnavi=38 |title=Threepeat und Sweep! Bamberg gewinnt drittes Spiel gegen Oldenburg und feiert den Titel / Causeur Finals-MVP {{in lang{{!}}de}}. |access-date=12 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228042901/http://www.easycredit-bbl.de/de/n/spielberichte/2016-17/nachbericht/2017-06-11-bam-old/#specialnavi=38 |archive-date=28 February 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===2017–18: Last season in the EuroLeague===
In the 2017–2018 season, Brose finished 12th in the EuroLeague. In the Basketball Bundesliga, Brose's domination ended at the hands of Bayern Munich, who beat Brose 3–1 in the semifinals. Brose also lost to Bayern in the BBL-Pokal quarterfinals. The 4th-place finish in the Bundesliga was the worst for Brose in years.

===2018: Participation in FIBA tournaments===
[[File:Daniel Hackett 0 Brose Bamberg EuroLeague 20180209.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Daniel Hackett]] with Bamberg, in 2018.]]

===2019–2020===
On 17 February 2019, Bamberg won its fifth [[BBL-Pokal]] after defeating [[Alba Berlin]] 83–82 in the [[2018–19 BBL-Pokal#Final|final]]. In the 2018–19 season, Bamberg also made its debut in the [[Basketball Champions League]]. After playing in [[EuroLeague Basketball]] competitions since 2004, this was the first time the club participated in a [[FIBA]]-organised competition. In the quarter-finals, Bamberg narrowly beat defending champions [[AEK BC|AEK Athens]] to qualify for the [[2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four|2019 Final Four]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.championsleague.basketball/18-19/news/super-freaks-a-closer-look-at-brose-bamberg|title=Super Freaks – a closer look at Brose Bamberg|work=FIBA.basketball|access-date=22 April 2019}}</ref>

On 1 July 2020, [[Johan Roijakkers]] signed a 3-year contract as Bamberg's new head coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohoops.net/en/fiba-champions-league/1076075/bamberg-hires-johan-roijakkers-as-head-coach/|title=Bamberg hires Johan Roijakkers as head coach|date=1 July 2020|work=Eurohoops|access-date=5 July 2020}}</ref> With [[Johan Roijakkers]] as their head coach Brose Bamberg did not lose a single home game during the 2020–2021 season in the [[Basketball Champions League]]. Brose Bamberg also set the record for most made 3s in a single game (21 made 3s on 58% vs Casademont Zaragoza, 23 March 2021, 117 – 76).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brose Bamberg v Casademont Zaragoza boxscore – Basketball Champions League 2020–21  – 23 March |url=https://www.championsleague.basketball/20-21/game/0704/Brose-Bamberg-Casademont-Zaragoza#%7Ctab=boxscore |access-date=3 October 2022 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}</ref>
{{Further|2019–20 Brose Bamberg season}}

===2021===
In November 2021, Brose Bamberg announced that [[Oren Amiel]] had signed as their head coach. With Oren Amiel as their head coach they did not qualify for the [[Basketball Champions League]] in the 2022–2023 season. The team continued their European season in the [[2022–23 FIBA Europe Cup|FIBA Europe Cup]].

===2023===
In June 2023, the club announced that Brose was selling its shares in the company and also released its naming rights.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title="Brose Bamberg" becomes "Bamberg Baskets" |url=https://www.brose.com/de-en/social-commitment/news-archive/brose-bamberg-becomes-bamberg-baskets.html |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=www.brose.com |language=en}}</ref> As a result, the name of the club was changed to '''Bamberg Baskets''' on 1 July 2023.<ref name=":0" />

==Club logos==
<gallery>
GHP Bamberg logo.png|GHP Bamberg era logo, 2003–2006.
Brose Baskets logo.png|Brose Baskets logo, 2006–2016.
</gallery>

==Honors==
===Domestic competitions===
*'''[[Basketball Bundesliga|German League]] [[List of German basketball champions|championship]]'''
**'''Winners:''' 2004–05, 2006–07, [[2009–10 Basketball Bundesliga|2009–10]], [[2010–11 Basketball Bundesliga|2010–11]], [[2011–12 Basketball Bundesliga|2011–12]], [[2012–13 Basketball Bundesliga|2012–13]], [[2014–15 Basketball Bundesliga|2014–15]], [[2015–16 Basketball Bundesliga|2015–16]], [[2016–17 Basketball Bundesliga|2016–17]]
**Runners-up: 1992–93, 2002–03, 2003–04
* '''[[German Basketball Cup|German Cup]]'''
**'''Winners:''' 1992, 2010, 2011, 2012, [[2017 BBL-Pokal|2017]], [[2018–19 BBL-Pokal|2019]]
**Runners-up: 1990, 2006, [[2015 BBL-Pokal|2015]], [[2024–25 BBL-Pokal|2025]]
*'''[[Basketball Bundesliga Champions Cup|German Super Cup]]:'''
** '''Winners:''' [[2007 BBL Champions Cup|2007]], [[2010 BBL Champions Cup|2010]], [[2011 BBL Champions Cup|2011]], [[2012 BBL Champions Cup|2012]], [[2015 BBL Champions Cup|2015]]
**Runners-up: [[2013 BBL Champions Cup|2013]]
*'''[[2. Basketball Bundesliga]]'''
**'''Champions:''' 1983-84

===European competitions===
*'''[[Basketball Champions League]]'''
**Fourth place: [[2018–19 Basketball Champions League|2018–19]]

===Other Competitions===
*'''Zwolle, Netherlands Invitational Game'''
**'''Winners''': 2015
*'''Bamberg, Germany Invitational Game'''
**'''Winners''': 2016, 2017
*'''Bayreuth Tournament'''
**'''Winners''': 2016
*'''Gmunden, Austria Invitational Game'''
**'''Winners''': 2016

==Team venues==
[[File:Nürnberg Arena01.JPG|250px|thumb|right|[[Nuremberg Arena]], which has been used as home arena of the club.]]
[[File:Brose-Arena-Basketball-Innenaufnahme-Suedtribuene 03.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Brose Arena]], which has been the regular home arena of the club, since 2001.]]
Since 2001, Brose Bamberg has played its home games at [[Brose Arena]], a venue that has undergone a number of name changes since it was built.

Following alterations to the building in 2006, it could hold up to 6,820, after originally having a seating capacity of 4,750 spectators for basketball games. In 2006, a large corporate zone and new corporate luxury boxes were also added to the arena. Thanks to the 2006 expansion, the arena also became big enough for [[EuroLeague|Turkish Airlines EuroLeague]] games (EuroLeague minimum capacity arena rules – 5,000 seats). In 2016, the arena removed the fan's standing room section, in order to meet minimum EuroLeague arena regulations (no standing room only areas are allowed in EuroLeague arenas), which reduced the arena's seating capacity to 6,150.<ref name="brosebamberg.de">[http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=2&seasoncode=E2017 Attendance: 6150.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112230012/http://www.brosebamberg.de/en/saison/news/article/brose-bamberg-with-first-win-in-euroleague-20162017/ |date=12 January 2017 }}</ref><ref name="bgbasket.com">{{Cite web |url=http://bgbasket.com/en/hall.php?id=102 |title=6150. |access-date=12 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112230014/http://bgbasket.com/en/hall.php?id=102 |archive-date=12 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Before brose ARENA met EuroLeague capacity requirements, European-wide home games of Brose had to take place at the 8,200 seat [[Arena Nürnberger Versicherung]], which is located in [[Nuremberg]], which is about 63&nbsp;km (39 miles) in driving distance from Brose's home city of Bamberg.

Before [[Brose Arena]] (previously called Forum Bamberg, Jako Arena, and Stechert Arena) was built, the team played at the John F. Kennedy Hall, on the U.S. [[barracks]] site (Ausländische Militärbasen), in Bamberg, and later at the Graf Stauffenberg Hall.

Bamberg fans are famous for their devotion and unstinting support. Noisy support with drums, chants and a brass band provide a great atmosphere at the arena, known affectionately as "Frankenhölle"". An audio clip of the fans at the arena can be found here.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://soundcloud.com/thomas-meyer-9/brose-arena-macht-ein-bisschen |title=brose ARENA macht ein bisschen Lärm by @Teem72 |website=Soundcloud.com |date=13 February 2014 |access-date=28 May 2014}}</ref>

==Players==
*{{see also|:Category:Bamberg Baskets players}}

===Retired numbers===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="7" style="{{Basketball color cell|Brose Bamberg}}"|Brose Bamberg retired numbers
|-
! style="{{Basketball color cell2|Brose Bamberg}}"|No
! style="{{Basketball color cell2|Brose Bamberg}}"|{{Tooltip|Nat.|Nationality}}
! style="{{Basketball color cell2|Brose Bamberg}}"|Player
! style="{{Basketball color cell2|Brose Bamberg}}"|Position
! style="{{Basketball color cell2|Brose Bamberg}}"|Tenure
! style="{{Basketball color cell2|Brose Bamberg}}"|Date retired
! style="{{Basketball color cell2|Brose Bamberg}}"|Ref
|-
| '''5''' || {{flagicon|USA}} || [[John Goldsberry]] || [[Point guard|PG]] || 2008–2014 || 21 May 2014 || <ref name="brosebaskets1"/>
|-
| '''6''' || {{flagicon|GRE}} || [[Nikos Zisis]] || [[Point guard|PG]] || 2015–2019 || 7 September 2019 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brosebamberg.de/saison/news/nachricht/artikel/der-my-part-of-history-tag-war-nahezu-ein-voller-erfolg/|title=Der 'My Part of History Tag' war (nahezu) ein voller Erfolg|work=Brose Bamberg Basketball|access-date=8 September 2019}}</ref>
|-
| '''23''' || {{flagicon|USA}} || [[Casey Jacobsen]] || [[Small forward|SF]] || 2006–2007, 2009–2014 || 21 May 2014  ||<ref name="brosebaskets1"/>
|}

===Current roster===
{{Basketball roster nationality note}}
{{Basketball roster header | team=Brose Bamberg}}
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{{player3 | num=15| nat=GER | first=Adrian    | last=Petković       | pos=G  | m=1.88 | kgs=80  | year=2004 | month=10 | date=29}}
{{player3 | num=27| nat=GER | first=Moritz    | last=Krimmer        | pos=F  | m=2.02 | kgs=101 | year=2000 | month=08 | date=27}}
{{player3 | num=  | nat=GER | first=Daniel    | last=Keppeler       | pos=F  | m=1.98 | kgs=96  | year=1997 | month=01 | date=18}}
{{player3 | num=  | nat=CZE | first=Richard   | last=Bálint         | pos=G  | m=1.92 | kgs=96  | year=2002 | month=11 | date=08}}
{{player3 | num=  | nat=GER | first=Zach      | last=Ensminger      | pos=G  | m=1.95 | kgs=92  | year=2001 | month=04 | date=30}}
{{player3 | num=  | nat=USA | first=Demarcus  | last=Demonia        | pos=GF | m=2.00 | kgs=88  | year=1999 | month=08 | date=12}}
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{{Basketball roster footer
| head_coach = 
* {{flagicon|GER}}{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Anton Gavel]]
| asst_coach = 
* {{flagicon|GER}} Arne Woltmann
S* {{flagicon|GER}} Stefan Weissenböck
| roster_url = https://bamberg.basketball/kader/
| accessdate = June 15, 2025
}}

==Season by season==
{|  class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
|-
!Season
![[German basketball league system|Tier]]
!League
!{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position after playoffs}}
![[BBL-Pokal|German Cup]]
! colspan=3 | [[European professional club basketball system|European competitions]]
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|1991–92
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| style="text-align:center;"|  {{Tooltip|2nd|Group South}}
| style="background:gold"|Champion
| colspan=3 | 
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|1992–93
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
|  style="background:silver; text-align:center;"|2nd
| 
| colspan=3 | 
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|1993–94
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Tooltip|1st|Group South}}
|  Semi-finalist
| colspan=3 | 
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|1994–95
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| style="text-align:center;"| {{Tooltip|1st|Group South}}
| 
| align=center|3 || [[1994–95 FIBA Korać Cup|FIBA Korać Cup]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|R1|First round}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|1995–96
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 4th
| Semi-finalist
| align=center|3 || [[1995–96 FIBA Korać Cup|FIBA Korać Cup]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|R1|First round}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|1996–97
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 3rd
| Semi-finalist
| align=center|3 || [[1996–97 FIBA Korać Cup|FIBA Korać Cup]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|R1|First round}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|1997–98
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 3rd
| 
| align=center|3 || [[1997–98 FIBA Korać Cup|FIBA Korać Cup]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|R3|Third round}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|1998–99
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 6th
| Third place
| align=center|3 || [[1998–99 FIBA Korać Cup|FIBA Korać Cup]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|R1|First round}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|1999–00
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 10th
| 
| colspan=3 | 
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2000–01
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 10th
| 
| colspan=3 | 
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2001–02
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 7th
| 
|colspan=3| 
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2002–03
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
|  style="background:silver; text-align:center;"| 2nd
| 
|  colspan=3| 
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2003–04
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
|  style="background:silver; text-align:center;"| 2nd
| 
| align=center|3 || [[2003–04 FIBA Europe League|FIBA Europe League]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|EF|Eightfinals}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2004–05
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
|  style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| 1st
| 
| align=center|2 || [[ULEB Cup 2004–05|ULEB Cup]] ||align=center| {{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2005–06
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 3rd
| style="background:silver"|Finalist
|align=center| 1 || [[Euroleague 2005–06|Euroleague]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|T16|Top 16}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2006–07
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
|  style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| 1st
| 
| align=center|2 ||  [[ULEB Cup 2006–07|ULEB Cup]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|2007–08
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 7th
| 
| align=center|1 || [[Euroleague 2007–08|Euroleague]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Basketball Bundesliga 2008–09|2008–09]]
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 4th
| 
| align=center|2 || [[Eurocup Basketball 2008–09|Eurocup]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Basketball Bundesliga 2009–10|2009–10]]
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
|  style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=gold| 1st
| style="background:gold"|Champion
| align=center|2 || [[Eurocup Basketball 2009–10|Eurocup]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|T16|Top 16}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Basketball Bundesliga 2010–11|2010–11]]
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
|  style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| 1st
| style="background:gold"|Champion
| align=center|1 || [[Euroleague 2010–11|Euroleague]]  || align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Basketball Bundesliga 2011–12|2011–12]]
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
|  style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| 1st
| style="background:gold"|Champion
| align=center|1|| [[Euroleague 2011–12|Euroleague]]  || align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Basketball Bundesliga 2012–13|2012–13]]
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
|  style="background:gold; text-align:center;"|1st
| [[2013 BBL-Pokal|Quarter-finalist]]
| align=center|1 || [[2012–13 Euroleague|Euroleague]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|T16|Top 16}}
|-
|rowspan=2 style="background:#efefef;"|[[Basketball Bundesliga 2013–14|2013–14]]
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|1
| rowspan=2 | [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|5th
| rowspan=2 |[[2014 BBL-Pokal|Third place]]
| align=center|1 || [[2013–14 Euroleague|Euroleague]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}
|-
| align=center|2 ||  [[2013–14 Eurocup Basketball|Eurocup]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|L32|Last 32}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2014–15 Basketball Bundesliga|2014–15]]
| align="center"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
|  style="background:gold; text-align:center;"| 1st
| style="background:silver"|[[2015 BBL-Pokal|Finalist]]
| align=center|2 || [[2014–15 Eurocup Basketball|Eurocup]] ||  align=center|{{Tooltip|EF|Eighthfinalist}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2015–16 Basketball Bundesliga|2015–16]]
| align="center"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| style="text-align:center; background:gold;"| 1st
| [[2016 BBL-Pokal|Semi-finalist]]
| align=center|1 || [[2015–16 Euroleague|Euroleague]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|T16|Top 16}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2016–17 Basketball Bundesliga|2016–17]]
| align="center"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| style="text-align:center; background:gold;"| 1st
| style="background:gold"|[[2017 BBL-Pokal|Champion]]
|align=center|1 || [[2016–17 Euroleague|EuroLeague]] || align=center| 13th
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2017–18 Basketball Bundesliga|2017–18]]
| align="center"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| style="text-align:center;"|4th
| [[2018 BBL-Pokal|Quarter-finalist]]
|align=center|1 || [[2017–18 EuroLeague|EuroLeague]] || align=center| 12th
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga|2018–19]]
| align="center"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| style="text-align:center;"|5th
| style="background:gold"|[[2018–19 BBL-Pokal|Champion]]
|align=center|3 || [[2018–19 Basketball Champions League|Champions League]] || align=center| 4th
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2019–20 Basketball Bundesliga|2019–20]]
| align="center"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| align="center"|6th
| [[2019–20 BBL-Pokal|Semifinals]]
|align=center|3 || [[2019–20 Basketball Champions League|Champions League]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|RS|Regular season}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2020–21 Basketball Bundesliga|2020–21]]
| align="center"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| align="center"| 8th
| [[2020 BBL-Pokal|Group stage]]
|align=center|3 || [[2020–21 Basketball Champions League|Champions League]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|PO|Playoffs}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2021–22 Basketball Bundesliga|2021–22]]
| align="center"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| align="center"|8th
| [[2021–22 BBL-Pokal|Round of 16]]
|align=center|3 || [[2020–21 Basketball Champions League|Champions League]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|Q|Qualifying}}
|-
|rowspan=2 style="background:#efefef;"| [[2022–23 Basketball Bundesliga|2022–23]]
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|1
| rowspan=2 | [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|11th
| rowspan=2 | [[2022–23 BBL-Pokal|Round of 16]]
| align=center|3|| [[2022–23 Basketball Champions League|Champions League]]
| align=center|{{Tooltip|Q|Qualifying}}
|-
| align=center|4|| [[2022–23 FIBA Europe Cup|Europe Cup]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|QF|Quarterfinals}}
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2023–24 Basketball Bundesliga|2023–24]]
| align="center"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| align="center"|11th
| [[2023–24 BBL-Pokal|Semifinals]]
| colspan=3|
|-
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[2024–25 Basketball Bundesliga|2024–25]]
| align="center"|1
| [[Basketball Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| align="center"|15th
| style="background:silver"|[[2024–25 BBL-Pokal|Finalist]]
|align=center| R || [[2024–25 European North Basketball League|ENBL]] || align=center|{{Tooltip|QF|Quarter-finals}}
|}

==Notable players==
{{Basketball notable players criteria}}
{{Div col|colwidth=14em}}
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Daniel Theis]]
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Maik Zirbes]]
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Tibor Pleiß]]
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Steffen Hamann]]
* {{flagicon|GER}}{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Ademola Okulaja]]
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Robert Garrett (basketball)|Robert Garrett]]
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Tim Ohlbrecht]]
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Sven Schultze]]
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Holger Geschwindner]]
* {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Pekka Markkanen]]
* {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Ljubodrag Simonović]]
* {{flagicon|LAT}} [[Uvis Helmanis]]
* {{flagicon|EST}} [[Henri Drell]]
* {{flagicon|EST}} [[Gert Kullamäe]]
* {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Predrag Šuput]]
* {{flagicon|SVK}}{{flagicon|GER}} [[Anton Gavel]]
* {{flagicon|SVN}} [[Boštjan Nachbar]]
* {{flagicon|LAT}} [[Jānis Strēlnieks]]
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Fabien Causeur]]
* {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Nikos Zisis]]
* {{flagicon|ITA}}{{flagicon|USA}} [[Nicolò Melli]]
* {{flagicon|ITA}}{{flagicon|USA}} [[Daniel Hackett]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Elton Brown (basketball)|Elton Brown]]
* {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|POL}} [[Dan Dickau]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Ensminger]]
* {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|ISR}} [[D'or Fischer]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sharrod Ford]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Goldsberry]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Walter Palmer (basketball)|Walter Palmer]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Casey Jacobsen]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Roberts (basketball)|Brian Roberts]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[P. J. Tucker]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dorell Wright]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Darius Miller]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Marcus Slaughter]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kyle Hines]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brad Wanamaker]]
* {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Alex Renfroe]]
* {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Ricky Hickman]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Julius Jenkins]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jason Sasser]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Demond Mallet]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eldridge Recasner]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[K'zell Wesson]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dickey Simpkins]]
{{Div col end}}

==Head coaches==
{|  class="wikitable"
| 1988–1994 || {{flagicon|GER}}  Terence Schofield
|-
| 1994–1999 || {{flagicon|USA}} Ken Scalabroni
|-
| 1999–2001|| {{flagicon|GER}} Armin Andres
|-
| 2001 ||  {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Zoran Slavnić]]
|-
| 2001–2008|| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Dirk Bauermann]]
|-
| 2008–2014 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Fleming (basketball)|Chris Fleming]]
|-
| 2014–2018 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea Trinchieri]]
|-
| 2018 || {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Ilias Kantzouris]] <br/>([[interim management|interim]] [[head coach]])
|-
| 2018 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Luca Banchi]]
|-
| 2018–2019 || {{flagicon|LAT}} [[Ainars Bagatskis]]
|-
| 2019 || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Federico Perego]]
|-
| 2019–2020 || {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Roel Moors]]
|-
| 2020–2021 || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Johan Roijakkers]]
|-
| 2021–2024 || {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Oren Amiel]]
|-
| 2024–present || {{flagicon|GER}}{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Anton Gavel]]
|}

==Other important club personalities==
*Norbert Sieben (President)
*[[Michael Stoschek]] (chairman of the supervisory board); other supervisory board members: Carl Steiner, Maximilian Stoschek<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.brosebaskets.de/saison/news/artikel/neuer-aufsichtsrat-der-bamberger-basketball-gmbh/ |title=Neuer Aufsichtsrat der Bamberger Basketball GmbH |access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref>

==Partnerships and youth development work==
Brose Baskets and their partner clubs, offer young players excellent development opportunities. The aim is to provide attractive, high-class basketball, for sports fans and our industry partners, to broaden the sport's grassroots base, and to become even more successful and efficient at the top end of the game.

Brose Baskets and their registered association therefore run junior Under-9, Under-10, Under-12, Under-14, Under-16, and Under-19 teams, and collaborate with Baunach, a team in the [[German basketball league system|German third-tier level]] Bundesliga ([[ProB]]).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nordbayern.de/sport/brose-baskets-gehen-auf-mitgliedersuche-1.3189013/kommentare-7.1975927 |title=Brose Baskets gehen auf Mitgliedersuche |access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref> Since the 2009–10 season, there is also a women's Under-17 WNBL professional team: Team Oberfranken. And another women's team, DJK Brose Bamberg, has been playing in the 1st German Bundesliga, with support from Brose Baskets, since 2012.

'''Partner teams:'''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.brosebaskets.de/nachwuchs/kooperationsteams/ |title=ProB, Regionalliga und der Unterbau. |access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref>
*Bike-Cafe Messingschlager Baunach (ProB)
*TSV Tröster Breitengüßbach (South-East Regional League, NBBL, JBBL)
*Brose Baskets e. V. (WNBL)
*Regnitztal Baskets (2nd Regional League)
*TTL Bamberg (2nd Regional League, Under-14 professional team)
*DJK Don Bosco Bamberg (Under-13 professional team)
*BG Litzendorf
*SpVgg Roth
*SG Köln99ers e.V.
*Paderborn Baskets

Brose Baskets also work with a large number of other clubs, in the Under-12 to Under-19 range, as part of the Junior Franken project.

In addition, many of the players from Bamberg's youth program have been in the squads for the senior German national team and the German junior national teams. The [[German national basketball team|senior German national men's A squad]] has included Brose players [[Karsten Tadda]] and [[Maik Zirbes]]. Bamberg has also had numerous players in the German Under-20, German Under-18, and German Under-16 squads, such as: Johannes Thiemann, Alexander Engel, Alina Hartmann, Dino Dizdarevic, [[Andreas Obst]], Robert Zinn, Daniel Keppeler, Noah Kamdem, [[Leon Kratzer]], Saskia Beringer, and Anne-Katrin Landwehr.

As well as running professional sports activities, Brose Baskets and their partner clubs, reach around 12,000 children and young people each year, through numerous leisure sports projects. These include: AG Grundschule (a primary school program), basketball promotion days, a school's league, basketball camps, and the Kinder+Sport Basketball Academy.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.brosebaskets.de/nachwuchs/nachwuchsprogramme/ |title=Förderung von Anfang an |access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref>

On 1 October 2013, Förderverein Basketball Bamberg e. V., was renamed Brose Baskets e.V. The aim of the association, is to support youth development work in the area of basketball. As of February 2014, it had around 300 members.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.brosebaskets.de/verein/jetzt-mitglied-werden/ |title=Verein |access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref>

==Supporters==
The club's broad fan support base within, a relatively small town of Bamberg (with around 76,000 inhabitants),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stadt.bamberg.de/index.phtml?mNavID=1829.376&sNavID=1829.19&La=1 |title=Zahlen der Stadt Bamberg 2011 |access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref> has led to the town receiving the nickname, "Freak City",<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.euroleague.net/features/blog/2010-2011/kyle-hines/i/77962/5316/freak-city-tied-for-first |title=Freak City, tied for first |access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref> in basketball circles. The team's fan club, Faszination Basketball Bamberg, has nearly 1,000 members, making it the biggest basketball fan club in the German [[Basketball Bundesliga|Beko BBL]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://bamberg-fans.de/ |title=Fanclub Faszination Basketball Bamberg e.V. |access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref> Brose Baskets also receives organized support from fan clubs Freak City Frankenpower<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fanclub-freakcity.de/ |title=Fanclub Freakcity |access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref> and Sektion Südblock,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sektion-suedblock.blogspot.de |title=Sektion Südblock |access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref> among others.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*{{official website}} {{in lang|de}}
*[http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=GER&Team=132 Eurobasket.com Team Page]

{{Brose Baskets current roster}}
{{Basketball Bundesliga}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Basketball Bundesliga teams]]