Baskets Oldenburg

Baskets Oldenburg,[2] for sponsorship reasons EWE Baskets Oldenburg, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Oldenburg, Germany. The club plays in the Bundesliga. The club's name is derived from the team's main sponsor EWE AG, which is an electric utility company. The club's home arena is the Große EWE Arena.

EWE Baskets Oldenburg
EWE Baskets Oldenburg logo
LeaguesBBL
Founded2001; 23 years ago (2001)
HistoryOldenburger TB
1954–2001
EWE Baskets Oldenburg
2001–present
ArenaLarge EWE Arena
(occasional games at the Small EWE Arena)
Capacity6,069
LocationOldenburg, Germany
Team colorsBlue, yellow[1]
   
PresidentHermann Schüller
Gerold Lange
Head coachPedro Calles
Affiliation(s)EWE Baskets Juniors
Championships1 German Championship
1 German Cup
1 German Supercup
Retired numbers4 (6, 8, 14, 23)
Websitewww.ewe-baskets.de

History

The EWE Baskets Oldenburg club's origins began in the year 1954, as the basketball department of the Oldenburger TB sports club. In the year 2001, the basketball department of Oldenburger TB formed a new separate club, called EWE Baskets Oldenburg. The Oldenburger TB team then started to function as the development team of EWE Baskets.

In the 2008–09 season, EWE Baskets Oldenburg achieved their greatest success, by winning the German League championship title. As German Champion, Oldenburg won the right to play in the EuroLeague, during the next season of 2009–10.[3]

In 2015, they won the German Cup title, while being host to the Cup Final Four. In the Cup Semi-final, Oldenburg beat Bonn, by a score of 71–77, and in the Cup Final, the team was too strong for Bamberg, as they beat them by a score of 70–72.[4]

Arenas

Game in the EWE Arena in January 2019

Oldenburg's home games take place at the 6,000 seat Große EWE Arena, which opened in 2013.

Honors

Total titles:

Domestic competitions

2. Basketball Bundesliga

  • Champions (3): 1987, 1998, 2000

European competitions

Players

Retired numbers

EWE Baskets Oldenburg retired numbers[5]
No.Nat.PlayerPositionTenure
6 Daniel StrauchPF2003–2010
8 Pavel BečkaC1995–2004
2006
14 Tyron McCoySG2001–2007
23 Rickey PauldingSF2007–2022

Current roster

EWE Baskets Oldenburg roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG0 Schoormann, Len1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)83 kg (183 lb) 21 – (2002-07-25)25 July 2002
PF2 Chapman, Brekkott2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)97 kg (214 lb) 28 – (1996-04-07)7 April 1996
G3 DiLeo, Max1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)88 kg (194 lb) 31 – (1993-03-12)12 March 1993
PG4 Russell, DeWayne1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)70 kg (154 lb) 30 – (1994-02-10)10 February 1994
SF11 Foster, Kyle1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)78 kg (172 lb) 26 – (1997-05-27)27 May 1997
C15 Izundu, Ebuka2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)105 kg (231 lb) 27 – (1996-06-28)28 June 1996
C17 Agbakoko, Norris2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)113 kg (249 lb) 24 – (2000-01-16)16 January 2000
G/F21 Manning Jr., Charles1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)88 kg (194 lb) 25 – (1998-10-22)22 October 1998
SF24 Williams, Deane2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)99 kg (218 lb) 27 – (1996-09-23)23 September 1996
SG25 Ogbe, Kenneth1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)86 kg (190 lb) 29 – (1994-11-16)16 November 1994
SF34 Konontšuk, Artur2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)101 kg (223 lb) 23 – (2000-05-09)9 May 2000
SF35 Pjanic, Alen2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)88 kg (194 lb) 27 – (1997-03-05)5 March 1997
G Wiggins, Carrington1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 24 – (2000-04-05)5 April 2000
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • Injured

Updated: August 6, 2023

Individual awards

Notable players

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

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • 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
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Season by season

Fans of Oldenburg during a Playoff game in the 2013–14 season
SeasonTierLeaguePos.German CupEuropean competitions
2001–021Bundesliga12thRunner-up
2002–031Bundesliga6th
2003–041Bundesliga5th
2004–051Bundesliga7th
2005–061Bundesliga8th
2006–071Bundesliga9th
2007–081Bundesliga3rd
2008–091Bundesliga1st3 EuroChallengeT1610–1–5
2009–101Bundesliga5thQuarter-finalist1 EuroleagueRS1–9
2010–111Bundesliga6thQuarter-finalist2 EurocupRS1–5
2011–121Bundesliga10thQuarter-finalist3 EuroChallengeT169–3
2012–131Bundesliga2ndQuarter-finalist3 EuroChallenge3rd14–3
2013–141Bundesliga3rdQuarter-finalist1 EuroleagueQR21–1
2 EurocupRS5–5
2014–151Bundesliga7thChampion2 EurocupRS4–6
2015–161Bundesliga5thQuarter-finalist2 EurocupEF8–8
2016–171Bundesliga2nd3 Champions LeagueEF11–1–6
2017–181Bundesliga7th3 Champions LeagueR1610–6
2018–191Bundesliga3rdRound of 16
2019–201Bundesliga4thRunner-up2 EuroCupT168–8
2020–211Bundesliga5thGroup stage
2021–221Bundesliga11thRound of 163 Champions LeagueRS1–5
2022–231Bundesliga6thRunner-up
2023–241BundesligaRound of 163 Champions LeagueRS2–4

Colors and logos

The traditional colors of the EWE Baskets Oldenburg basketball club are yellow and blue. From 2009 to 2018, the team adopted a slightly reworked logo, this time with a white background and which again featured an eagle.[6] In 2018, the club adopted its massively modernized current logo, now round and with a different shade of blue. The eagle however is still on it.[7]

References

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