EBBC (Den Bosch)

SPM Shoeters Den Bosch
Nickname EBBC
Titans
Leagues DBL
FIBA Europe Cup
Founded 1952
Arena Maaspoort Sports and Events
Arena Capacity 2,700[1]
Location 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Team colors Black, Silver, White
              
President Albert Dominicus
Head coach Sam Jones
Championships 16 Dutch Championships
6 Dutch Cups
2 Dutch Supercup
1 Ricoh Cup
1 Haarlem Basketball Week
Website www.SPMShoeters.nl
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EBBC, for sponsorships named SPM Shoeters Den Bosch, is a Dutch basketball team based in 's-Hertogenbosch.[2] The team plays in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). The team has won a record 16 Dutch championships. The team has also been a regular at international competitions. Den Bosch plays their home games at the Maaspoort Sports & Events.

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. In the 2014–15 season, Shoeters won its first DBL championship: Donar was beaten 4–1 in the Finals. The team also performed excellent in the EuroChallenge that season, reaching the Top 16 over the likes of German team ratiopharm ulm. Brandyn Curry had an superb season for Shoeters, and was named the DBL Playoffs MVP.

Sponsorship names

Due to sponsorship reasons, EBBC has known a lot of names over the years:

  • 1952-74 EBBC
  • 1974-77 Sperry Remington
  • 1977-78 Falcon Jeans
  • 1978-80 EBBC
  • 1980-91 Nashua Den Bosch
  • 1991-92 Pro-Specs Den Bosch
  • 1992-95 Canoe Jeans Den Bosch
  • 1995-96 America Today
  • 1996-97 Libertel Den Bosch
  • 1997-99 Libertel Dolphins Den Bosch
  • 1999-03 Canoe Jeans Den Bosch
  • 2003-05 Tulip
  • 2005-13 EiffelTowers Den Bosch
  • 2013-present SPM Shoeters Den Bosch[3]

Logos

Honours

Domestic

Dutch League[4]

Dutch Cup[2]

Dutch SuperCup[4]

Ricoh Cup[4]

European

FIBA Saporta Cup[4]

Worldwide

FIBA Intercontinental Cup[4]

Friendly

Haarlem Basketball Week[4]

Players

Current roster

SPM Shoeters Den Bosch roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SG 1 Netherlands Lietmeijer, Valentijn 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
PG 2 Netherlands Bouwknecht, Maarten 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
G 4 Netherlands Slagter, Arvin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 30 – (1985-10-19)19 October 1985
PG 5 Netherlands Williams, Leon 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PF 7 Netherlands Wessels, Stefan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 31 – (1984-04-13)13 April 1984
PG 9 Netherlands Schilder, Mike 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 21 – (1994-05-26)26 May 1994
PF 10 Netherlands de Pagter, Ralf 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 26 – (1989-07-22)22 July 1989
SF 12 Netherlands Akerboom, Jr., Kees (C) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 32 – (1983-12-20)20 December 1983
PF 13 Netherlands Adriaans, Frerik (DP) 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (1995-02-10)10 February 1995
G/F 14 Netherlands de Vries, Pim (DP) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 20 – (1995-06-13)13 June 1995
C 15 Netherlands Aarts, Marcel 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 32 – (1983-08-09)9 August 1983
C 32 Serbia Kravic, Dejan 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 25 – (1990-09-09)9 September 1990
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Netherlands Sander van der Holst

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: July 30, 2015

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

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Dejan Kravic Marcel Aarts
PF Stefan Wessels Ralf de Pagter Frerik Adriaans
SF Kees Akerboom, Jr. Pim de Vries
SG Arvin Slagter Valentijn Lietmeijer
PG Leon Williams Maarten Bouwknecht Mike Schilder

Notable players


Notes
Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time.
Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. Postseason Dutch cup European competitions
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
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Champions Runners-up 3 EuroChallenge – Top 16

Head coaches

Coach From To Honours
United States Don Beck 2009 2010
Austria Raoul Korner 2010 2013 1 DBL, 1 NBB Cup
Netherlands Sam Jones 2013 present 1 DBL, 1 Dutch Supercup

References

External links

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