RheinStars Köln

RheinStars Köln is a professional basketball club based in Cologne, Germany. The team currently plays in the ProB, the third tier basketball league in Germany. The club has won one Basketball Bundesliga championship and three German Cup titles in its history.

RheinStars Köln
Leagues	ProB
Founded	1999; 25 years ago (1999)
History	Cologne 99ers (1999–2001) RheinEnergie Köln (2001–2007) Köln 99ers (2007–2013) RheinStars Köln (2013–present)
Arena	Basketball Campus Köln
Capacity	200
Location	Cologne, Germany
Team colors	Red, White, Blue
Team manager	Stephan Baeck
Head coach	Johannes Strasser
Championships	1 German Championship 3 German Cups 1 BBL Champions Cup
Website	rheinstars-koeln.de sg-koeln99ers.de
Home Away

History

The team was founded 1999, as Cologne 99ers. In the Euroleague 2006-07 season, their home arena was an arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, named Philips Halle.

RheinEnergie power company supported the team until the summer of 2007, thus the team changed to its original name, Köln 99ers. On January 21, 2008, the club announced that they were insolvent.^[1]

In 2013, the club was re-launched and started in the 2.Regionliga (5th division) with the new name of RheinStars Köln.^[2] Since 2015, the team plays in the ProA, Germany's second division of professional basketball. In 2018-19 season, the team was relegated to the Regionalliga from ProB (Germany's 3rd division of professional basketball) after finishing the season 5-17.

Honours

• German Champion: (1)
  • 2005–06
• German Cup: (3)
  • 2004, 2005, 2007
• BBL Champions Cup: (1)
  • 2006

Players

Current roster

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

RheinStars Köln roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PF 4   Chris Eversley PG 5   Jelani Hewitt G 6   Tim Van der Velde SF 7   Antonio Pilipovic G/F 9   Lennart Steffen PG 11   Leon Baeck SG 19   Leon Okpara C 20   Andreas Wenzl PG 21   Thomas Müller-Laschet G 24   David Downs PF 27   Alex Foster PF 33   Robin Christen PF 44   Benedict Van Laack G 00   Destan Sedolli	Head coach   Johannes Strasser Assistant coach(es)   Katharina Arnold Legend (C) Team captain   Injured Roster Updated: 31 May 2021

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.

•   Saša Obradović
•   Marcin Gortat
•   Janar Talts
•   Immanuel McElroy
•   Philipp Schwethelm
•   Nikola Vučurović
•   Ademola Okulaja
•   Demond Mallet
•   Tibor Pleiß
•   Toby Bailey
•   Ali Sow

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	European competitions
2013–14	5	2.Regionliga	1	Promoted	–
2014–15	4	1.Regionliga	1	Promoted	–
2015–16	2	ProA	13	–	–
2016–17	2	ProA	8	Quarterfinalist	–
2017-18	2	ProA	4	Relegated	–
2018-19	3	ProB	22	Relegated	–
2019-20	4	1.Regionliga, West Zone	1	Promoted	–
2020-21	3	ProB, North Zone	9	–	–

Head coaches

•   Svetislav Pešić (2001–02)
•   Stephan Baeck (2002)
•   Saša Obradović (2005–08)
•   Drasko Prodanovic

Notes

1. Köln 99ers stellen Insolvenzantrag 21 January 2008 (in German). 9 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
2. Eurobasket.com – History

External links

• Official site
• Official site of the Academy