Baskets Oldenburg

Baskets Oldenburg,[2] for sponsorship reasons EWE Baskets Oldenburg, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Oldenburg, Germany. The club plays in the Bundesliga. 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 Große EWE Arena.

EWE Baskets Oldenburg
EWE Baskets Oldenburg logo
LeaguesBBL
Champions League
Founded2001 (2001)
HistoryOldenburger TB
1954–2001
EWE Baskets Oldenburg
2001–present
ArenaLarge EWE Arena
(occasional games at the Small EWE Arena)
Capacity6,069
LocationOldenburg, Germany
Team colorsBlue, yellow[1]
   
PresidentHermann Schüller
Gerold Lange
Head coachPedro Calles
Affiliation(s)EWE Baskets Juniors
Championships1 German Championship
1 German Cup
1 German Supercup
Retired numbers4 (6, 8, 14, 23)
Websitewww.ewe-baskets.de

History

The EWE Baskets Oldenburg club's origins 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. The Oldenburger TB team then started to function as the development team of EWE Baskets.

In the 2008–09 season, 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.[3]

In 2015, they won the German Cup title, while being host to the Cup Final Four. In the Cup Semi-final, Oldenburg beat Bonn, by a score of 71–77, and in the Cup Final, the team was too strong for Bamberg, as they beat them by a score of 70–72.[4]

Arenas

Game in the EWE Arena in January 2019

Oldenburg's home games take place at the 6,000 seat Große EWE Arena, which opened in 2013.

Honors

Total titles:

Domestic competitions

2. Basketball Bundesliga

  • Champions (3): 1987, 1998, 2000

European competitions

Players

Retired numbers

EWE Baskets Oldenburg retired numbers[5]
No. Nat. Player Position Tenure
6 GermanyDaniel StrauchPF2003–2010
8 Czech RepublicPavel BečkaC1995–2004
2006
14 United StatesTyron McCoySG2001–2007
23 United StatesRickey PauldingSF2007–2022

Current roster

EWE Baskets Oldenburg roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 0 Germany Schoormann, Len 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 21 – (2002-07-25)25 July 2002
PF 2 United States Chapman, Brekkott 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 27 – (1996-04-07)7 April 1996
G 3 Germany DiLeo, Max 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 30 – (1993-03-12)12 March 1993
PG 4 United States Russell, DeWayne 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 29 – (1994-02-10)10 February 1994
SF 11 United States Foster, Kyle 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 26 – (1997-05-27)27 May 1997
C 15 Nigeria Izundu, Ebuka 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 27 – (1996-06-28)28 June 1996
C 17 Germany Agbakoko, Norris 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 23 – (2000-01-16)16 January 2000
G/F 21 United States Manning Jr., Charles 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 25 – (1998-10-22)22 October 1998
SF 24 United Kingdom Williams, Deane 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 27 – (1996-09-23)23 September 1996
SG 25 Germany Ogbe, Kenneth 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 28 – (1994-11-16)16 November 1994
SF 35 Germany Pjanic, Alen 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 26 – (1997-03-05)5 March 1997
G United States Wiggins, Carrington 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (2000-04-05)5 April 2000
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Updated: August 6, 2023

Individual awards

Notable players

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

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • 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
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Season by season

Fans of Oldenburg during a Playoff game in the 2013–14 season
Season Tier League Pos. German Cup European competitions
2001–02 1 Bundesliga 12th Runner-up
2002–03 1 Bundesliga 6th
2003–04 1 Bundesliga 5th
2004–05 1 Bundesliga 7th
2005–06 1 Bundesliga 8th
2006–07 1 Bundesliga 9th
2007–08 1 Bundesliga 3rd
2008–09 1 Bundesliga 1st 3 EuroChallengeT1610–1–5
2009–10 1 Bundesliga 5th Quarter-finalist 1 EuroleagueRS1–9
2010–11 1 Bundesliga 6th Quarter-finalist 2 EurocupRS1–5
2011–12 1 Bundesliga 10th Quarter-finalist 3 EuroChallengeT169–3
2012–13 1 Bundesliga 2nd Quarter-finalist 3 EuroChallenge3rd14–3
2013–14 1 Bundesliga 3rd Quarter-finalist 1 EuroleagueQR21–1
2 EurocupRS5–5
2014–15 1 Bundesliga 7th Champion 2 EurocupRS4–6
2015–16 1 Bundesliga 5th Quarter-finalist 2 EurocupEF8–8
2016–17 1 Bundesliga 2nd 3 Champions LeagueEF11–1–6
2017–18 1 Bundesliga 7th 3 Champions LeagueR1610–6
2018–19 1 Bundesliga 3rd Round of 16
2019–20 1 Bundesliga 4th Runner-up 2 EuroCupT168–8
2020–21 1 Bundesliga 5th Group stage
2021–22 1 Bundesliga 11th Round of 16 3 Champions LeagueRS1–5
2022–23 1 Bundesliga 6th Runner-up
2023–24 1 Bundesliga Round of 16 3 Champions LeagueTBD

Colors and logos

The traditional colors of the EWE Baskets Oldenburg basketball club are yellow and blue. From 2009 to 2018, the team adopted a slightly reworked logo, this time with a white background and which again featured an eagle.[6] In 2018, the club adopted its massively modernized current logo, now round and with a different shade of blue. The eagle however is still on it.[7]

References

  1. "EWE Baskets mit neuem Club-Logo und Markenwerten: Echt. Engagiert. Energiegeladen". ewe-baskets.de (in German). 1 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018. Unsere Farben sind weiterhin Gelb und Blau.
  2. "Impressum EWE Baskets Oldenburg". Impressum – EWE Baskets Oldenburg. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. History Archived 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "2015-04-12 BAM-OLD". Beko-bbl.de. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  5. EWE Baskets – Retired Numbers Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "EWE Baskets mit neuem logo". Oldenburger-sportblog.de. 3 February 2009.
  7. "In diesem Logo ist (fast) alles anders". NWZOnline.de. 2 August 2018.
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