Basketball Nymburk

Basketball Nymburk, also known as ERA Nymburk due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in the town of Nymburk. The club plays in the top-tier level professional Czech National League (NBL). Nymburk regularly plays in European competitions, as it last participated in the Basketball Champions League.

ERA Nymburk
Leagues	NBL
Founded	1930; 94 years ago (1930)
History	SK Železničáři 1939–1945 Sokol 1945–1950 Lokomotiva 1950–1998 BK GA Nymburk 1998–2002 BK ECM Nymburk 2002–2004 ČEZ Nymburk 2004–2019 ERA Nymburk 2019–present
Arena	Sportovní centrum Nymburk (international games at Královka Arena)
Capacity	1,000 (Nymburk) 2,500 (Prague)
Location	Nymburk, Czech Republic
Team colors	Black, Orange, White
President	Miroslav Jansta
Head coach	Ladislav Sokolovský
Championships	18 Czech Championships 15 Czech Cups
Website	basket-nymburk.cz
Home Away

Basketball Nymburk is by far the most successful team in the national league, as it has won every league title since the 2003–04 season. It plays its domestic competitions in Sportovní centrum Nymburk and international matches in Královka Arena in Prague.

History

ČEZ won the Czech National League championship, from 2004 to 2019, and has also played in several European-wide basketball competitions, including the European 2nd-tier level EuroCup. Some of the club's former players include Darius Washington, former NCAA champion and NBA player George Zidek, who is the team's current press speaker, and naturalized Czech player Maurice Whitfield.

Trophies

• Czech National League

Champions (19): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020^{[note 1]}, 2021, 2022

• Czech Cup:

Winners (15): 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

Current roster

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ČEZ Nymburk roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 0   Gordon, Ty 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 25 – (1998-10-20)20 October 1998 SG 2   Rylich, František 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 22 – (2002-03-31)31 March 2002 SG 3   Collins, David 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1998-05-31)31 May 1998 SG 10   Novak, David 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 20 – (2003-05-16)16 May 2003 PF 13   Bell, Thomas 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1998-11-07)7 November 1998 SG 17   Bohačík, Jaromír 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 31 – (1992-05-26)26 May 1992 PG 19   Sehnal, Ondřej 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 26 – (1997-10-10)10 October 1997 SG 20   Svejcar, Spencer 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 29 – (1994-11-08)8 November 1994 PF 21   Kovář, Luboš 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 23 – (2000-11-10)10 November 2000 F 31   Kříž, Martin 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – (1993-06-17)17 June 1993 C 41   Mathon, Sukhmail 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 25 – (1998-05-01)1 May 1998 PG 98   Tůma, Jakub 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1998-09-09)9 September 1998	Head coach   Francesco Tabellini Assistant coach(es)   Adam Konvalinka   Ladislav Sokolovský Strength & conditioning coach(es)   Ričardas Reimaris Legend (C) Team captain   Injured Roster Updated: October 13, 2023

Season by season

 

Nymburk celebrating its 13th Cup victory in 2019

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Czech Cup	European competitions
2002–03	1	NBL	2nd	Third
2003–04	1	NBL	1st	Winner	3 FIBA Europe League	RS
2004–05	1	NBL	1st	Winner	3 FIBA Europe League	T16
2005–06	1	NBL	1st	Third	3 FIBA EuroCup	T16
2006–07	1	NBL	1st	Winner	3 FIBA EuroCup	RS
2007–08	1	NBL	1st	Winner	2 ULEB Cup	RS
2008–09	1	NBL	1st	Winner	2 Eurocup	RS
2009–10	1	NBL	1st	Winner	2 Eurocup	QF
2010–11	1	NBL	1st	Winner	1 Euroleague	QR1
					2 Eurocup	T16
2011–12	1	NBL	1st	Winner	1 Euroleague	QR3
					2 Eurocup	QF
2012–13	1	NBL	1st	Winner	1 Euroleague	QR2
					2 Eurocup	T16
2013–14	1	NBL	1st	Winner	1 Euroleague	QR1
					2 Eurocup	EF
2014–15	1	NBL	1st		1 Euroleague	QR1
					2 Eurocup	R32
2015–16	1	NBL	1st		3 FIBA Europe Cup	R32
2016–17	1	NBL	1st	Winner	3 Champions League	POQ
2017–18	1	NBL	1st	Winner	3 Champions League	R16

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.

 

Bracey Wright

•   Maurice Whitfield 4 seasons: '02–'06
•   Jiří Zídek 2 seasons: '03–'05
•   Maxime De Zeeuw 1 season: '15–'16
•   Mike Lenzly 4 seasons: 2009–13
•   Michael Meeks 1 season: '06–'07
•   Gintaras Einikis 1 season '05-'06
•   Darius Washington 1 season: '06–'07
•   Guillermo Diaz 1 season: '06–'07
•   Goran Jagodnik 1 season: '08–'09
•   Afik Nissim
•   Thomas Massamba 1 season: '13–'14
•   Justin Gray 1 season: '08-'09
•   Adam Koch 1 season: '10–'11
•   Blake Schilb 2 seasons: '07–'09

Head coaches

•   Muli Katzurin
•   Ronen Ginzburg
•   Kęstutis Kemzūra
•   Oren Amiel

Notes

1. The 2019–20 NBL season was ended prematurely on 13 March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, Nymburk were named champions based on standings at that time.^[1]

References

1. "Kluby odhlasovaly konec ligy. Baráž se řeší" (in Czech). NBL.cz. 18 March 2019.

External links

• Official website
• EuroCup Team Page
• Eurobasket.com BC Nymburk Page
• EuroCup Club Profile