BG Göttingen

BG Göttingen
Nickname	Die Veilchen (The Violets)
Leagues	Basketball Bundesliga
Founded	1974; 50 years ago (1974)
History	BG Göttingen (1974–present)
Arena	Sparkassen-Arena
Capacity	3,447
Location	Göttingen, Niedersachsen, Germany
Team colors	Purple, White
General manager	Frank Meinertshagen
Head coach	Olivier Foucart
Website	www.bggoettingen.de
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Basketballgemeinschaft Göttingen (English: Basketball Association Göttingen) is a German basketball club based in Göttingen, Germany. In 2010, the club won the EuroChallenge against Krasnye Krylya Samara from Russia. The team had played in Germany's second division nearly every season since its foundation up to the 2006–07 season, in which Göttingen played in the Basketball Bundesliga.

History

When the club BG 74 Göttingen promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga in 2007, the professional team was separated from the club. In its first Bundesliga season, Göttingen managed to avoid relegation. In the following years the club would have some excellent performances, with consecutive playoff appearances. In the 2009–10 season, Göttingen made its debut in Europe by playing in the EuroChallenge. The team immediately made its mark as it won the competition after having a 13–3 record overall. In the Final Four, which was hosted by Göttingen, the club beat Russian side Krasnye Krylia 83–75 in the Final. In the following two seasons the club played in Europe as well. However, in the 2011–12 season Göttingen were relegated from the German second division ProA. In 2014, the team returned to the Bundesliga, when it took the ProA title by beating the Crailsheim Merlins in the Finals.^[1]

Honours

Domestic competitions

• 2. Basketball Bundesliga / ProA:
  • Winners: 2006–07, 2013–14

European competitions

• EuroChallenge:
  • Winners: 2009–10

Team

Current roster

BG Göttingen roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. PG 1 Ensminger, Zachary 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 22 – (2001-04-30)30 April 2001 G 2 Gibson, Umoja 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 25 – (1998-07-04)4 July 1998 G 3 Rich, Osaro Jürgen 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 25 – (1998-07-22)22 July 1998 PG 5 DeJulius, David 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 24 – (1999-08-09)9 August 1999 SF 7 Boakye, Nick 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 29 – (1995-01-23)23 January 1995 G 8 Hemschemeier, Peter 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 20 – (2003-09-27)27 September 2003 F 11 Anticevich, Grant 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 25 – (1998-04-14)14 April 1998 F 13 Hume, Bodie 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 24 – (1999-09-21)21 September 1999 F 15 Wüllner, Max 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 22 – (2001-06-15)15 June 2001 G 16 Schultz, Lennart 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 22 – (2002-03-03)3 March 2002 F 17 Mönninghoff, Mathis 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 31 – (1992-03-17)17 March 1992 F 18 Kamp, Harper 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 35 – (1988-09-03)3 September 1988 SG 21 Žugić, Fedor 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 20 – (2003-09-18)18 September 2003 C 25 Šiliņš, Kārlis 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 26 – (1997-07-22)22 July 1997	Head coach Olivier Foucart Assistant coach(es) Kenneth Desloovere Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: January 13, 2024

Notable players

Season by season

References

External links

• Official website

This page was last edited on 10 March 2024, at 19:58