Medi Bayreuth

Medi Bayreuth, official stylized as medi bayreuth, is a German professional basketball club that is based in Bayreuth, Germany.[1] It was re-founded as BBC Bayreuth in 1999. The team plays in the ProA, the second highest division of basketball in Germany. Since 2013, the company medi is the head and naming sponsor of the team.[2]

medi bayreuth
LeagueProA
Founded1975 (1975)
History
List
  • Post SV Bayreuth
    (1975–1979)
    USC Bayreuth
    (1979–1983)
    USC Olympia Bayreuth
    (1983–1984)
    BG Steiner Bayreuth
    (1984–1989)
    Steiner Bayreuth
    (1989–1997)
    Basket Bayreuth
    (1997–1999)
    BBC Bayreuth
    (1999–2013)
    medi bayreuth
    (2013–present)
ArenaOberfrankenhalle
Capacity3,500
LocationBayreuth, Bavaria
Team colorsBlack, Lime, White
     
Head coachMladen Drijencic
Championships1 German Championship
2 German Cups
Websitewww.bbc-bayreuth.de

History

The club was founded as the basketball section of Post SV Bayreuth in 1975 and was one of the clubs that established the second division of professional basketball in Germany. In its debut season, the team was immediately promoted to the first tier (Basketball Bundesliga). In 1979, the basketball team separated from Post SV, and the club was re-founded as USC Bayreuth. After the 1983–84 season the team was relegated from the Bundesliga. Following this, the club merged with TTBG Steiner-Optik Bayreuth, a former table tennis club, to form BG Steiner Bayreuth.

As Steiner Bayreuth, the team had some great successes. The club immediately returned to the highest level, and years later won several trophies in Germany. In 1988 and 1989 the team won the BBL-Pokal (cup competition) and in the 1988–89 season the team was crowned German national champions after winning the Bundesliga.

In 1997, longtime sponsor Steiner left the club and the club started to get in financial trouble. Along with the financial crisis, the team also had a sportive crisis. In 1999, the team was relegated from the Bundesliga to the second division because of financial troubles. Bayreuth spent the following seasons in the second division ProA.

Bayreuth eventually returned to the highest level. The club won the 2009–10 season's German 2nd Division championship, and thus earned promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2010–11 season.[3] Before the 2013–14 season, the club's name was changed to medi bayreuth for sponsorship reasons. The new team colors were black, lime green and pink.

Bayreuth had an outstanding 2016–17 season, as the team of Raoul Korner finished fourth in the BBL regular season with a 22–10 record. In the play-offs the team was eliminated by fifth-seeded Oldenburg. However, the placement of the club qualified Bayreuth for the 2017–18 Basketball Champions League, which was the first European campaign for the club. With an 8–6 record in the regular season, Bayreuth advanced to the play-offs, in which the team eliminated Turkish side Beşiktaş in the last 16. But in the quarter-finals the club was eliminated by fellow German side Riesen Ludwigsburg.

Arena

The club's regular home arena is the Oberfrankenhalle, which has a seating capacity of 4,000 people.[4][5]

Club identity

Logos

Uniforms

Steiner Bayreuth (1988–89) jersey
Team colours
Steiner Bayreuth
(1988–89)
BBC Bayreuth (2012–13) jersey
Team colours
BBC Bayreuth
(2012–13)
medi bayreuth (2013– ) jersey
Team colours
Team colours
medi bayreuth
(2013– )

Players

Current roster

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

medi Bayreuth roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
PG 0 United States Childress, Brandon 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 26 – (1997-08-31)31 August 1997
SG 1 United States Hill, Ahmed 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 28 – (1995-03-21)21 March 1995
C 8 Germany Diallo, Nat 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 23 – (2000-02-03)3 February 2000
SG 9 Germany Bruhnke, Kay 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 22 – (2001-07-15)15 July 2001
C 16 Croatia Nikić, Krešimir 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 24 – (1999-04-16)16 April 1999
C 23 Canada Young, Kalif 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 26 – (1997-04-05)5 April 1997
F 34 Canada Rowe, Jackson 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 26 – (1997-01-04)4 January 1997
SG 43 Lithuania Sargiunas, Ignas 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 24 – (1999-09-11)11 September 1999
SG Germany Plescher, Moritz 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 23 – (2000-10-04)4 October 2000
SG Greece Giotis, Marios 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 21 – (2002-06-29)29 June 2002
PG Iran Jalalpoor, Philip 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 30 – (1993-06-14)14 June 1993
Head coach
  • Germany Lars Masell
Assistant coach(es)
  • United States Matthew Vest

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: August 2, 2023

Notable players

The Oberfrankenhalle, home arena of Bayreuth

Trophies

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. German Cup European competitions
2000–01 2 2. BBL 8th
2001–02 2 2. BBL 2nd
2002–03 2 2. BBL 5th
2003–04 2 2. BBL 10th
2004–05 2 2. BBL 3rd
2005–06 2 2. BBL 6th
2006–07 2 2. BBL 3rd
2007–08 2 Pro A 8th
2008–09 2 Pro A 3rd
2009–10 2 Pro A 1st
2010–11 1 Bundesliga 16th
2011–12 1 Bundesliga 13th
2012–13 1 Bundesliga 15th
2013–14 1 Bundesliga 14th
2014–15 1 Bundesliga 16th
2015–16 1 Bundesliga 12th
2016–17 1 Bundesliga 4th
2017–18 1 Bundesliga 6th Fourth place 3 Champions League
QF
2018–19 1 Bundesliga 12th Round of 16 3 Champions LeagueRS
2019–20 1 Bundesliga 12th Round of 16 4 Europe CupSF[lower-alpha 1]
2020–21 1 Bundesliga 10th Group stage
2021–22 1 Bundesliga 14th Quarterfinals 4 Europe Cup2R
2022–23 1 Bundesliga 18th Quarterfinals
2023–24 1 Bundesliga First round
  1. The 2019–20 FIBA Europe Cup was declared void after the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Bayreuth was in the semifinals.

References

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