EWE Baskets Oldenburg

EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Leagues BBL
Founded 1954
History Oldenburger TB
(1954–2001)
EWE Baskets Oldenburg
(2001–Present)
Arena Large EWE Arena
 Capacity 6,069
Location Oldenburg, Germany
Team colors Blue, Yellow, White, Navy
                   
President Hermann Schüller
Gerold Lange
Head coach Mladen Drijenčić
Championships 1 German Championship
1 German Cup
1 German Supercup
Retired numbers 6, 8, 14
Website EWE-Baskets.de
Uniforms
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EWE Baskets Oldenburg is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Oldenburg, Germany. The club plays in the Bundesliga and in the Eurocup. The club's name is derived from the team's main sponsor EWE AG, which is an electric utility company. The club's home arena is the Large EWE Arena.

History

The club began in the year 1954 as the basketball department of the Oldenburger TB sports club. In the year 2001, the basketball department of Oldenburger TB formed a new separate club, called EWE Baskets Oldenburg.

In the season of 2008-09, EWE Baskets Oldenburg achieved their greatest success, by winning the German League championship title. As German Champion, Oldenburg won the right to play in the Euroleague during the next season of 2009-10.[1]

In 2015, they won the German Cup while being host to the Final Four. In the Semi-final, Oldenburg beat Bonn 71–77 and in the Final the team was too strong for Bamberg 70–72.[2]

Arenas

Oldenburg's home games take place at the 6,069 seat Large EWE Arena, which opened in 2013.

Players

Retired numbers

EWE Baskets Oldenburg retired numbers[3]
N° Nat. Player Tenure
6 Germany Daniel Strauch 2003–2010
8 Czech Republic Pavel Bečka 1995–2004; 2006
14 United States Tyron McCoy 2001–2007

Current roster

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

EWE Baskets Oldenburg roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G 4 United States Kramer, Chris 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 27 – 4 April 1988
SF 7 Germany Zwiener, Philip 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 29 – 23 July 1985
C/G 9 Germany Stuckey, Maurice 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 24 – 30 May 1990
C 11 United States Chubb, Adam 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 33 – 5 July 1981
PF 12 Netherlands Smeulders, Robin 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 27 – 19 June 1987
PG 5 United States Ware, Casper 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 25 – 17 January 1990
G 21 Germany Lockhart, Dominic (DP) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 20 – 3 July 1994
SG 22 United States Jenkins, Julius 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 34 – 10 February 1981
SF 23 United States Paulding, Rickey (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 32 – 23 October 1982
SF 30 Germany Wimberg, Jan-Niklas 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 19 – 11 February 1996
PF 32 Serbia Aleksandrov, Nemanja 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 28 – 10 April 1987
C 34 Germany Neumann, Philipp 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 23 – 20 February 1992
Head coach
  • Germany Mladen Drijencic
Assistant coach(es)
  • Germany Ralph Held
  • Germany Philipp Köchling
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 15 April 2015

Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Bench Reserve
C Adam Chubb Philip Neumann Leo Niebuhr
PF Nemanja Aleksandrov Robin Smeulders
SF Rickey Paulding Philip Zwiener Jan-Niklas Wimberg
SG Chris Kramer Julius Jenkins
PG Casper Ware Maurice Stuckey Dominic Lockhart

Season by season

Oldenburg fans (2014)
Season Tier League Pos. Postseason German Cup European competitions
2001–02 1 Bundesliga 12 Relegation playoffs Runner-up –
2002–03 1 Bundesliga 6 Quarterfinalist – –
2003–04 1 Bundesliga 5 Quarterfinalist – –
2004–05 1 Bundesliga 7 Quarterfinalist – –
2005–06 1 Bundesliga 8 Quarterfinalist – –
2006–07 1 Bundesliga 9 – – –
2007–08 1 Bundesliga 3 Semifinalist – –
2008–09 1 Bundesliga 1 Champion – 3 EuroChallenge – Last 16
2009–10 1 Bundesliga 5 Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist 1 Euroleague – Regular season
2010–11 1 Bundesliga 6 Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist 2 Eurocup – First stage
2011–12 1 Bundesliga 10 – Quarterfinalist 3 EuroChallenge – Last 16
2012–13 1 Bundesliga 2 Runner-up Quarterfinalist 3 EuroChallenge – Third place
2013–14 1 Bundesliga 4 Semifinalist Quarterfinalist 2 Eurocup – Regular season
2014–15 1 Bundesliga Champion

Achievements

Notable players

References

  1. ↑ History
  2. ↑ "2015-04-12 BAM-OLD". Beko-bbl.de. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  3. ↑ EWE Baskets - Retired Numbers

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