Aris Leeuwarden

Aris Leeuwarden
Leagues Dutch Basketball League
Founded 2004
History Woon! Aris
2004–2007
Aris Friesland
2007–2009
De Friesland Aris
2009–2011
Lasaulec Aris
2011–2012
Aris Leeuwarden
2012–present
Arena Sporthal Kalverdijkje
 Capacity 1,700
Location Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Team colors Blue, white
         
Main sponsor Univé
President G.J. Meelker
Team manager Gert Schurer
Head coach Tom Simpson
Website ArisLeeuwarden.nl
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Aris Leeuwarden is a Dutch professional basketball club based in Leeuwarden. It competes in the Dutch Basketball League since 2004. Aris plays its home games at Sporthal Kalverdijkje.

History

The parent club was actually founded in 1992, when the clubs "Sporty" & "Ymir" merged into "BV Aris". In 2004 the professional team was founded, when the team promoted from the Promotiedivisie – the Dutch second league – to the Eredivisie. The team - coached by Tom Simpson - was named "Woon!Aris" and reached the Playoffs in its first season. After then, the team didn't reach the postseason for four seasons. In 2009-10 Aris, then named "De Friesland Aris", reached the semi-finals for the first time.

In the 2012–13 season, Aris was in financial trouble after it lost their main sponsor Lasaulec. Despite these circumstances Aris' squad – which included All-Stars Holcomb-Faye and Givens – reached the DBL Finals. Rival #1 seed Den Bosch was knocked out of the tournament 3–1 in the semi-finals. In the Finals Aris played ZZ Leiden and lost 0–4 to the #2 seed of the regular season.

Before the start of the 2013–14 Aris got a new main sponsor in Univé, which guaranteed the existence of the team.[1] The capacity of Sportcentrum Kalverdijkje was also increased from 800 to 1,700 to further increase the stability for the club's future.

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Postseason Dutch Cup
2004–05 1 DBL 7 Quarterfinalist
2005–06 1 DBL 10 –
2006–07 1 DBL 9 – Semifinalist
2007–08 1 DBL 10 –
2008–09 1 DBL 10 –
2009–10 1 DBL 6 Semifinalist Fourth round
2010–11 1 DBL 5 Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist
2011–12 1 DBL 6 Quarterfinalist Fourth place
2012–13 1 DBL 4 Finalist Semifinalist
2013–14 1 DBL 7 Quarterfinalist Semifinalist

Roster

Aris Leeuwarden roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht.
PF 11 Netherlands Visser, Jelmer 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
SG 5 Netherlands de Paula, Tjoe 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PG 8 Netherlands Hope, Dexter 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PF 12 Netherlands Treffers, Quincy 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
C/G 15 Netherlands Van Oostrum, Nigel 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
SF 10 Netherlands Bach, Philip 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
SF 14 Norway Sommerfeldt, Torgrim 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
C 7 United States Watkins, Ryan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
PF 6 United States Simmons, Marquise 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
PG 9 United States Jackson-Cartwright, Miles 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
C 13 Netherlands Pijp, Rik 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Head coach

Netherlands Tom Simpson

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 14/12/2014

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

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either: played at least one season for the club, 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 or performed very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

References

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