FC Bayern Munich (basketball)

FC Bayern Munich Basketball
Leagues BBL
Founded 1946
History 1946 - Present
Arena Audi Dome
(6,700 seats)
Location Munich, Germany
Team colors Red and White
         
President Uli Hoeneß
Head coach Dirk Bauermann
Championships German Champion:
1954, 1955
German Cup:
1968
Website www.fcb-basketball.de
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FC Bayern München Basketball is a professional basketball club, part of the FC Bayern Munich sports club based in München, Germany. In the 2011–12 season, the club plays in Germany's first division (BBL).

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History

Bayern Munich has a long basketball tradition. Besides its most successful years in the 50s and 60s (German Championship in 1954, 1955 and German Cup in 1968), the club enjoyed remarkable popularity in 1956 when it even drew 40,000 fans to an open-air test game against Lancia Bozen, once a top basketball club from Italy. Later, in 1966, the club was a founding member of the Basketball Bundesliga.[1] In the following years the club slowly but surely faded into obscurity and in 1974 was even relegated to the 2nd Division. Since then, the club never completely recovered and only had a few successful years (Bayern moved up to the First Division in 1987 and stayed there until 1989).[1] Since 2008 the declared goal of the team is to return to the club’s former glory and return to the Basketball Bundesliga. In the near future the club seeks to become a major force in Europe so that Bayern Munich will not only be well known for its football (soccer) operations but its basketball operations as well.[2]

2011-2012 Roster

Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G 4 Wallace, Jonathan 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) &1000000000000002500000025
C 5 Troutman, Chevon 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) &1000000000000003000000030
G 6 Hamann, Steffen (C) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) &1000000000000003000000030
F 7 Schwethelm, Philipp 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) &1000000000000002200000022
F 8 Nađfeji, Aleksandar 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) &1000000000000003500000035
G 10 Doreth, Bastian 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) &1000000000000002200000022
C 11 Hall, Darius 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) &1000000000000003800000038
F 12 Benzing, Robin 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) &1000000000000002300000023
G 13 Foster, Je'Kel 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) &1000000000000002800000028
C 15 Radosavljević, Bogdan 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) &1000000000000001800000018
G 23 Hansbrough, Ben 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) &1000000000000002400000024
G 24 Greene, Demond 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) &1000000000000003200000032
F 45 Jagla, Jan 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) &1000000000000003000000030
C 51 Homan, Jared 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) &1000000000000002900000029
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 2011-11-26

Depth Chart

Pos. Starter Bench Bench Reserve
C Jared Homan Aleksandar Nađfeji Darius Hall Bogdan Radosavljević
PF Chevon Troutman Jan Jagla Aleksandar Nađfeji
SF Robin Benzing Philipp Schwethelm
SG Je'Kel Foster Jonathan Wallace Demond Greene
PG Steffen Hamann Ben Hansbrough Bastian Doreth

Notable players

Notable Coaches

References

  1. ^ a b Reisner, Dino (2010) (in German). Sonderheft Basketball 2010/2011 - Das Projekt. Kicker. p. 107. ISBN -. 
  2. ^ Interview of the Week – October 29: Bayern Munich basketball coach Michael Schwarz

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