EBBC (Den Bosch)
| SPM Shoeters Den Bosch | |||
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| Nickname | EBBC | ||
| Leagues |
 FIBA EuroChallenge | ||
| Founded | 1952 | ||
| History |
1952-74 EBBC 1974-77 Sperry Remington 1977-78 Falcon Jeans 1978-80 EBBC 1980-91 Nashua 1991-92 Pro-Specs 1992-95 Canoe Jeans 1995-96 America Today 1996-97 Libertel 1997-99 Libertel Dolphins 1999-03 Canoe Jeans 2003-05 Tulip 2005-13 EiffelTowers 2013-present SPM Shoeters | ||
| Arena |
Maaspoort Sports and Events (2,800 seats) | ||
| Location |
 's-Hertogenbosch | ||
| Team colors |
Black, silver, white | ||
| President |
Albert Dominicus | ||
| Head coach |
Sam Jones | ||
| Championships |
Also See Trophies 6 Dutch Cups 1 Dutch Supercup 1 Ricoh Cup 1 Haarlem Basketball Week | ||
| Website | www.SPMShoeters.nl | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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EBBC (Eerste Bossche Basketball Club / 's-Hertogenbosch's first Basketball Club) or simply Den Bosch is a Dutch professional basketball team that plays in the Dutch Basketball League, the highest professional league in the Netherlands. The team has won a record 15 Dutch championships. The team has also been a regular at international competitions, lastly when it played in the 2013–14 EuroChallenge. Den Bosch plays their home games at the Maaspoort Sports end Events in 's-Hertogenbosch.
History
On 18 October 1952, EBBC was founded by Cees Vossen, Tom van der Leur, Hans van Oorschot and Frans van de Wiel. In 1962 it played in the Eredivisie for the first time, but not very successful. Subsequently the team degraded again.
Decades later, in June 2005, Den Bosch merged EiffelTowers Nijmegen. The club has one of the largest budgets in the Netherlands, and with that they were able to attract good players like Leon Rodgers. In their first season they had immediate success by winning the Dutch Championship title. The year after that (2006–2007) EiffelTowers The Bosch would win the title again after a clean sweep against the Matrixx Magixx from Nijmegen, after just losing four games in the regular season. The two following years, Den Bosch reaches the finals, but loses twice to ABC Amsterdam. In 2012 the club won their 15th Dutch championship, after beating ZZ Leiden in a best-of-seven-series. After 13 years playing as the EiffelTowers, the club changed its name to SPM Shoeters in 2013. Along with the name change the club changed the team colors to black, after playing in red since 2000.
Logos
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2005–2013
EiffelTowers
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2013–present
SPM Shoeters
Honours
Domestic
- Winners (15): 1978-79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2011-12
Dutch Cup
- Winners (6): 1992-93, 1999-00, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012-13
- Winners (1): 2013
Ricoh Cup
- Winners (1): 2000
European
- Runners-up (1): 1978-79
Worldwide
- Runners-up (1): 1982
Friendly
Haarlem Basketball Week
- Winners (1): 2006
Current roster
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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Postseason | Dutch cup | European competitions |
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| 1996–97 | 1 | DBL | 1 | Champion | – | 2 Saporta Cup – Group stage |
| 1997–98 | 1 | DBL | 4 | Semifinalist | – | 2 Saporta Cup – Group stage |
| 1998–99 | 1 | DBL | 4 | Semifinalist | – | – |
| 1999–00 | 1 | DBL | 2 | Quarterfinalist | Winner | – |
| 2000–01 | 1 | DBL | 2 | Semifinalist | – | – |
| 2001–02 | 1 | DBL | 6 | Quarterfinalist | Winner | – |
| 2002–03 | 1 | DBL | 5 | Semifinalist | – | – |
| 2003–04 | 1 | DBL | 4 | Runner-up | – | – |
| 2004–05 | 1 | DBL | 4 | Quarterfinalist | – | – |
| 2005–06 | 1 | DBL | 1 | Champion | 4th round | 4 EuroCup Challenge – Top 16 |
| 2006–07 | 1 | DBL | 1 | Champion | 4th round | 2 ULEB Cup – Regular season |
| 2007–08 | 1 | DBL | 2 | Finalist | Winner | 2 ULEB Cup – Regular season |
| 2008–09 | 1 | DBL | 2 | Finalist | Winner | 3 EuroChallenge – Top 16 |
| 2009–10 | 1 | DBL | 3 | Quarterfinalist | Quarterfinalist | 3 EuroChallenge – Top 16 |
| 2010–11 | 1 | DBL | 3 | Semifinalist | Semifinalist | – |
| 2011–12 | 1 | DBL | 3 | Champion | Quarterfinalist | – |
| 2012–13 | 1 | DBL | 1 | Semifinalist | Winner | – |
| 2013–14 | 1 | DBL | 2 | Runner–up | Semifinalist | 3 EuroChallenge – Regular season |
| 2014–15 | 1 | DBL | 3 EuroChallenge – Top 16 | |||
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.
- Kees Akerboom, Sr. (1975–85)
- Ron Borstel (1999–2001)
- Kees Akerboom, Jr. (2001–04, 2006–)
- Marcel Aarts (2002–11, 2013–)
- Willie-Jan Ackermans (2003–05)
Darnell Clavon (2004)- Sjors Besseling (2004–05)
Serdar Akyuz (2005)- Leon Rodgers (2005–07)
- Damone Brown (2007–08)
- Lawrence Abney (2009)
- Jerome Beasley (2008–10)
- Rogier Jansen (2009–11)
- Peter van Paassen (2009–10, 2011–13)
- Stefan Wessels (2009–)
- Frank Turner (2010–12)
- Julien Mills (2010–11)
- Andre Young (2012–13)
- Tai Wesley (2011–12, 2013–14)
Gert Kullamäe (2004–06)
Notable former coaches
- Don Beck 1 season: '09–'10
Raoul Korner 3 season: '10–'13
References
External links
- Official Site (Dutch)
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