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Former logo as Deutsche Bank Skyliners from 2005 until 2011

The Skyliners Frankfurt, formerly known as Fraport Skyliners for sponsorship reasons, are a professional basketball club based in Frankfurt, Germany.[1] Their home arena is Ballsporthalle.

The club has played in the Basketball Bundesliga since 1999. Its greatest accomplishments were the German Cup competition title in 2000, the German national championship in 2004 and the FIBA Europe Cup in 2016.

Its most famous player has been Pascal Roller, who was selected as Basketball Bundesliga All-Star seven times and played 122 games for the German national basketball team. Roller played ten seasons for the Frankfurt Skyliners until his retirement in 2011. Besides Roller, numerous other players of the German national team played multiple seasons for the Skyliners. A notable non-German basketball player is Mario Kasun, who played for the Skyliners when he was discovered and eventually drafted by the NBA team Orlando Magic in 2002.

History

The foundation

In 1999, Gunnar Woebke, 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

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Johannes Voigtmann, playing for the Skyliners in 2015

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]

After preventing a relegation to the second tier ProA in the 2021/22 Basketball Bundesliga season by receiving a wildcard, the team again finished 17th in the 2022/23 season and relegated. [3] Denis Wucherer was announced as new head coach for the following 2023/24 season.[4]

Arena

The Skyliners play their home games at the 5,002 seat Fraport Arena (until summer 2011, it was called Ballsporthalle Frankfurt).

Honours and titles

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The Fraport Arena, home venue of the club since 1999

Total titles: 3

Worldwide

Runners-up: 2016

European competition

Domestic competition

Players

Current roster

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Retired numbers

colspan=6 style="Template:Basketball color cell"|Skyliners Frankfurt retired numbers
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11 Template:Flagicon Pascal Roller PG 1999–2011 October 4, 2011[6][7]
23 Template:Flagicon Quantez Robertson SG 2009–2023 March 17, 2024[8]

Notable players

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Head coach position

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Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. German Cup European competitions
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2006–07 1 Bundesliga 13th
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2009–10 1 Bundesliga 2nd Runner-up
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2012–13 1 Bundesliga 15th
2013–14 1 Bundesliga 11th
2014–15 1 Bundesliga 6th 3 EuroChallenge
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2015–16 1 Bundesliga 3rd Third position 3 FIBA Europe Cup
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2017–18 1 Bundesliga 8th Qualifying round
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2019–20 1 Bundesliga 7th Round of 16
2020–21 1 Bundesliga 11th Group stage
2021–22 1 Bundesliga 17th Quarterfinals
2022–23 1 Bundesliga 17th
2023–24 2 ProA 2nd First round
2024–25 1 Bundesliga 16th Semifinals

Junior team

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Kit

Manufacturer

Year Manufacturer
1999–2000
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2000–2012
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2012–2021
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2021–2025
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Year Sponsor
2000–2005
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2005–2011
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2011–2024
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References

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  9. ↑ Teams der NBBL Südwest – Eintracht Frankfurt / FRAPORT SKYLINERS Template:Webarchive, nbbl-basketball.de. Retrieved 29 March 2016. Template:In lang
  10. ↑ a b c d Home | FRAPORT SKYLINERS, fraport-skyliners.de. Retrieved 30 September 2015. Template:In lang
  11. ↑ | FRAPORT SKYLINERS, fraport-skyliners.de. Retrieved 29 April 2025. Template:In lang

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External links

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