Köln 99ers, that was known as RheinEnergie Köln from 2001-2007, (often RE Köln or REK) is a basketball club based in Cologne, Germany that played in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).
The team was founded 1999 as Cologne 99ers. The colors are red and white and home arena was the GEW Energy Dome. In the Euroleague Season 2006-2007 their home arena is an arena in Düsseldorf, Germany named Philips Halle.
RheinEnergie power company supported the team until the summer of 2007, thus the team changed to its original name, Köln 99ers.
On 21 January 2008, the club announced that they are insolvent[1]. The club was subsequently relegated to the lower divisions and now play in the 1. Oberliga.
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The games against local rivals Telekom Baskets Bonn and Bayer Giants Leverkusen are among the biggest contests in the BBL. The games against Brose Baskets and ALBA Berlin are the top games in German basketball.