Skyliners Frankfurt

Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt
Founded 1999
League BBL
Team history Skyliners (1999–2000)
Opel Skyliners (2000–2005)
Deutsche Bank Skyliners (2005–2011)
Fraport Skyliners (2011–current)
Arena Fraport Arena Frankfurt
Team colors

Blue, White, and Orange

              
Head coach Muli Katzurin
Championships German Champion: 2004 German Cup: 2000
Mascot Dunking Kong (monkey)

Skyliners Frankfurt, currently known as Fraport Skyliners for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball club based in Frankfurt, Germany that has played in the Basketball Bundesliga since 1999. They have won the national club competition 2000 and the national championship 2004. Their home arena is Ballsporthalle.

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Current Roster

Deutsche Bank Skyliners 2011
# Name Former team
Guards
020 Jimmy McKinney University of Missouri
023 Quantez Robertson Auburn University
07 Justin Gray Guangzhou FM
05 Johannes Herber Tigers Tübingen
012 Falco Theilig (DL) TV Lich
Forwards
09 Carl Lindbom (DL) Espoon Honka
013 Fabian Franke (DL) SG Oslebshausen
010 Jermareo Davidson Idaho Stampede
Center
08 Tim Oldenburg (DL) Eintracht Frankfurt
014 Marius Nolte Paderborn Baskets
Coach
Muli Katzurin Alba Berlin
Assistant Coaches
Klaus Perwas Dragons Rhöndorf

DL: Young Players with development licence in 1st and 3rd division team.
Roster updated 08-31-2011 .[1]

Notable players

 Germany
  • Robert Garrett 3 seasons: '02-'05
  • Stefano Garris 3 seasons: '05-'08
  • Alex King 6 seasons: '03-'08
  • Bernd Kruel 3 seasons: '03-'06
  • Robert Maras 5 seasons: '00-'05
  • Kai Nürnberger 4 seasons: '99-'03
  • Pascal Roller 10 seasons: '99-'06, '07-'11
  • Derrick Taylor 1 season: '00-'01
  • Denis Wucherer 1 season: '01-'02
 Canada
  • Peter Guarasci 1 season: '99-'00
  • Andrew Kwiatkowski 2 seasons: '01-'03
  • Stephens Thomas 1 season: '02-'03
 Croatia
 Finland
  • Jukka Matinen 4 seasons: '02-'06
 Georgia
 Italy
  • Alberto Vianini 1 season: '99-'00
 Senegal
 Sweden
 Ukraine
 United States

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Postseason German Cup European competitions
1999–00 1 Bundesliga 3 Semifinalist Champion Played Saporta Cup
2000–01 1 Bundesliga 8 Quarterfinalist Fourth position Played Euroleague
2001–02 1 Bundesliga 3 Semifinalist Third position Played Euroleague
2002–03 1 Bundesliga 7 Quarterfinalist Played ULEB Cup
2003–04 1 Bundesliga 1 Champion Runner-up Played ULEB Cup
2004–05 1 Bundesliga 2 Runner-up Fourth position Played Euroleague
2005–06 1 Bundesliga 14 Played ULEB Cup
2006–07 1 Bundesliga 13
2007–08 1 Bundesliga 4 Semifinalist Played ULEB Cup
2008–09 1 Bundesliga 7 Quarterfinalist Third position Played EuroChallenge
2009–10 1 Bundesliga 2 Runner-up Runner-up
2010–11 1 Bundesliga 3 Semifinalist Fourth position Played EuroChallenge
2011–12 1 Bundesliga Played Eurocup

2009-10 Pro B Team (3rd Division)

4 Fabian Franke Forward
5 Richard Ware Guard
7 Lotola Otshumbe Forward
8 Igor Starcevic Forward
9 Roland Nyama Forward
10 Armin Willemsen Forward
11 Jan Novak Forward
12 Niko Anders Guard
13 Gregor Kern Center
14 Jerry Otshumbe Forward
15 Filmore Beck Forward
16 Nikolaj Vukovic Guard
17 Manuel Imamovic Center
18 Philipp Stöhr Forward
19 Benedikt Nicolay Guard
20 Willis Gardner Guard

HEAD COACH: Harald Stein

Roster updated 03-25-2010

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