BS Leiden

Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden
Nickname	ZZ Leiden
Leagues	Dutch Basketball League EuroChallenge
Founded	1958
History	BS Leiden Mercasol Leiden Parker Leiden Elmex Leiden Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden
Arena	Vijf Meihal
Arena Capacity	2,000
Location	Leiden, Netherlands
Team colors	Blue, Navy (uniforms), White
Main sponsor	Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden
President	Marcel Verburg
Team manager	Rob van Hooven
Head coach	Eddy Casteels
Championships	3 Dutch Championships 1978, 2011, 2013 2 Dutch Cups 2010, 2012 2 Dutch Supercups 2011, 2012
Uniforms
Home Away

BS Leiden mostly known for sponsorship reason as Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden is a basketball club based in Leiden, Netherlands that plays in the Dutch first division Dutch Basketball League. Their home games are played at Vijf Meihal, which has 2,000 seats.^[1] Leiden has won the national championship 3 times and the national NBB Cup 2 times.

History

On September 23, 1958 the club was founded as Bona Stars by Ton Kallenberg, a physical education professor at a school in Leiden. In 1967 the club entered the eredivisie, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands under the name BS Leiden. When Parker became the main sponsor of the club in 1977 Leiden won its first national championship. In 1983, Leiden was forced to leave the eredivisie, because the absence of a main sponsor. The team played five years in the Promotiedivisie, the highest non-professional league.

On February 16, 2006 it was announced that Leiden would return at the highest stage in the Netherlands.^[2] The team got a new main sponsor in Zorg en Zekerheid and would play its games in the Vijf Meihal. After being quarter- and semifinalist in a few seasons, Leiden returned to the top of the Netherlands in 2010. The club won its first NBB Cup, by beating ABC Amsterdam in the championship game. A year later Leiden won its second championship, by beating GasTerra Flames out of Groningen in the Dutch finals. The deciding game 7 was won by Leiden, after three overtimes, with 96-95.^[3] The following year the team its second NBB Cup, but was defeated in the Finals of the DBL. ZZ Leiden also reached the Round of 16 in the EuroChallenge 2011-12 after their second place in the first group stage this season. In 2013 the team got its third national championship, by going undefeated in the play-offs and beating Aris Leeuwarden in the Finals. In the 2013–14 season Leiden ended on the 4th place and lost in the Semifinals. After the end of the season, Leiden decided to part ways with head coach Toon van Helfteren.^[4] Van Helfteren eventually won six trophies with Leiden.

Main sponsor Zorg en Zekerheid extended their contract with 3 years in the 2014 offseason,^[5] and a new head coach was signed in Eddy Casteels.^[6]

Roster

Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name 3.0 !SF 22 USA ! Creek, Maurice 2.5 !C/G 4 NED ! Jansen, Rogier 1.5 !G 5 NED ! Averink, Kasper 2.0 !SG 6 NED ! de Jong, Worthy 2.5 !G/F 7 NED ! Morren, Adeola (DP) 4.5 !PF 8 NED ! Breel, Tomas (DP) 4.5 !PF 9 USA ! Felder, Will 4.5 !PF 11 NED ! Kherrazi, Mohamed 4.0 !F 12 USA ! Willman, Joe 5.5 !F/C 10 NED ! van der List, Jeroen 5.5 !F/C 13 NED ! Versteeg, Floris (DP) 4.0 !F 14 NED ! Driessen, Jan (DP) 2.5 !C/G 15 USA ! Cormier, Dylon 6.0 !C 20 NED ! Nelemans, Bas (DP)	Head coach Eddy Casteels Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player Injured Roster Updated: 28 January 2015

Trophies

• Dutch Championships (3):

1978, 2011, 2013

Runner-up: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 2012

• Dutch Cups (2):

2010, 2012

Runner-up: 2014

• Dutch Supercups (2):

2011, 2012

Runner-up: 2013, 2014

Season by season

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.

Notable coaches

• Toon van Helfteren (2008–14)

Trivia

• Leiden competed in the 1982 FIBA Intercontinental Cup. They won 1 match and finished 6th en last.

References

External links

• Official website (Dutch)
• ZZ Leiden at eurobasket.com

Dutch Basketball League Seasons 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 Playoffs 2013 2014 Clubs 2014–15 Aris Leeuwarden BC Apollo Port of Den Helder Kings Donar Maxxcom BSW Challenge Sports Rotterdam SPM Shoeters Den Bosch Landstede Basketbal Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden Former ABC Amsterdam Almere Pioneers BC Virtus Werkendam Punch Delft Matrixx Magixx Flamingo's Haarlem West-Brabant Giants Awards Most Valuable Player Playoffs MVP All-Star Team Coach of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Most Improved Player MVP Under U23 Sixth Man of the Year Rookie of the Year All-Defense Team All-Rookie Team Statistical Player of the Year All-Star Game MVP All-Star Game U23 MVP Statistical leaders Scoring Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Associated competitions NBB-Beker Dutch Supercup Category