Skyliners Frankfurt

Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt
League Basketball Bundesliga,
FIBA Europe Cup
Founded 1999
History Skyliners
(1999–2000)
Opel Skyliners
(2000–2005)
Deutsche Bank Skyliners
(2005–2011)
Fraport Skyliners
(2011–)
Arena Fraport Arena
Arena Capacity 5,003
Location Frankfurt, Germany
Team colors Blue, White, and Orange
              
Head coach Gordon Herbert
Championships 1 German Championship
1 German Cup
Website fraport-skyliners.de
Uniforms
Home
Away
Former logo as Deutsche Bank Skyliners from 2005 until 2011

Skyliners Frankfurt, currently known as Fraport Skyliners for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Frankfurt, Germany.[1] Their home arena is Ballsporthalle.

The club has played in the Basketball Bundesliga since 1999. Its greatest accomplishments were the German Cup competition title in 2000, and the German national championship in 2004.

Its most famous player has been Pascal Roller, who was selected as Basketball Bundesliga All-Star seven times and played 122 games for the German national basketball team. Roller played ten seasons for the Skyliners until his retirement in 2011.

History

The foundation

In 1999, Dr. Gunnar Wöbke, then manager and former player of TV Tatami Rhöndorf moved his team from Bad Honnef to its current location. The declared goal was to place the team in a big arena in a large city to become a top team in the Basketball Bundesliga and in Europe in the near future. In Bad Honnef, this did not seem possible. After going through several options - including the idea to send the team to Cologne - Sylvia Schenk, the director of Frankfurt's sports department officially announced Frankfurt as the team's new location. Franz-Ludwig Solzbacher, a businessman from Bad Honnef helped organize the Skyliners' first steps but remained patron of the TV Rhöndorf and bought a second division license from EnBW Ludwigsburg to keep Rhöndorf from being relegated.

Later years

In its first season as a German elite team it managed to win the German Cup competition. In 2004, they won their first and only Bundesliga title, beating Baskets Bamberg in the finals by 3-2 victories. The following year, the Skyliners had a repeated appearance in the finals, but this time the Baskets Bamberg took the title by 3-2 victories. As in the year before, both teams were almost equally strong.

In 2004 and 2010, the Skyliners finished as runner-up in the German Cup competition, falling against the same opponent with identical victory splits again.

Throughout the years, the Skyliners have been known for their numerous appearances at European competitions such as the Euroleague, Saporta Cup and the Eurocup Basketball.

In 2015, the team reached the EuroChallenge Final Four.

Trophies

Current roster

Frankfurt's national team player Johannes Voigtmann helped the Skyliners to have a deep run into the playoffs of the 2014–15 EuroChallenge season.

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

Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG 7 Germany Klein, Konstantin 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 24 – (1991-05-21)21 May 1991
C 8 Germany Oldenburg, Tim 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 23 – (1992-06-16)16 June 1992
PG 9 United States Little, John 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 31 – (1984-09-24)24 September 1984
PG 10 Germany Merz, Max 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 22 – (1994-02-01)1 February 1994
SF 12 Germany Ilzhöfer, Stefan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 20 – (1995-03-22)22 March 1995
PG 13 Germany Zeeb, Garai 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 18 – (1997-04-06)6 April 1997
C 17 Germany Voigtmann, Johannes 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 23 – (1992-09-30)30 September 1992
PF 21 Germany Barthel, Danilo 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (1991-10-24)24 October 1991
PF 22 Germany Richter, Johannes 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 22 – (1993-12-06)6 December 1993
SG 23 United States Robertson, Quantez 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 31 – (1984-12-16)16 December 1984
C 24 United States Morrison, Mike 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1989-10-31)31 October 1989
PG 25 United States Theodore, Jordan 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 26 – (1989-12-11)11 December 1989
G 30 Canada Scrubb, Philip 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 23 – (1992-11-27)27 November 1992
SG 33 Lithuania Dimsa, Tomas  1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 22 – (1994-01-02)2 January 1994
PF 41 Germany Kiel, Niklas 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 18 – (1997-09-04)4 September 1997
SF 42 Canada Doornekamp, Aaron 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – (1985-12-05)5 December 1985
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 12 Dec 2015

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Mike Morrison Johannes Voigtmann Tim Oldenburg
PF Danilo Barthel Johannes Richter Niklas Kiel
SF Aaron Doornekamp Philip Scrubb Stefan Ilzhöfer
SG Quantez Robertson Jordan Theodore Tomas Dimsa
PG Konstantin Klein John Little Max Merz Garai Zeeb



Head coach position

Notable former players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

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 9 – – Played Eurocup
2012–13 1 Bundesliga 15 – – –
2013–14 1 Bundesliga 11 – – –
2014–15 1 Bundesliga 6 Quarterfinalist – EuroChallenge Fourth place

Kit

Manufacturer

2015: Peak [2]

Sponsor

2015: Fraport [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Frankfurt Skyliners" (in German). Frankfurter Rundschau. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Home | FRAPORT SKYLINERS, fraport-skyliners.de, Retrieved 30 September 2015. (German)

External links

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