Skyliners Frankfurt

Fraport Skyliners
League	Basketball Bundesliga EuroCup Basketball
Founded	1999; 20 years ago (1999)
History	Skyliners (1999–2000) Opel Skyliners (2000–2005) Deutsche Bank Skyliners (2005–2011) Fraport Skyliners (2011–present)
Arena	Fraport Arena
Capacity	5,002
Location	Frankfurt, Germany
Team colors	Blue, White and Orange
Main sponsor	Fraport
Head coach	Gordon Herbert
Affiliation(s)	Skyliners Juniors
Championships	1 FIBA Europe Cup 1 German Championship 1 German Cup
Website	fraport-skyliners.de
Uniforms
Home Away

The Skyline of Frankfurt am Main inspired the club's identity.

Former logo as Deutsche Bank Skyliners from 2005 until 2011

The Skyliners Frankfurt, currently known as Fraport Skyliners for sponsorship reasons, are a professional basketball club based in Frankfurt, Germany.^[1] Their home arena is Ballsporthalle.

The club has played in the Basketball Bundesliga since 1999. Its greatest accomplishments were the German Cup competition title in 2000, the German national championship in 2004 and the FIBA Europe Cup in 2016.

Its most famous player has been Pascal Roller, who was selected as Basketball Bundesliga All-Star seven times and played 122 games for the German national basketball team. Roller played ten seasons for the Frankfurt Skyliners until his retirement in 2011. Besides Roller, numerous other players of the German national team played multiple seasons for the Skyliners. A notable non-German basketball player is Mario Kasun, who played for the Skyliners when he was discovered and eventually drafted by the NBA team Orlando Magic in 2002.

Contents

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  1 History
  
  
  
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    1.1 The foundation
    
  
  
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    1.2 Later years
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Arena
  


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  3 Honours and titles
  
  
  
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    3.1 Worldwide
    
  
  
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    3.2 European competition
    
  
  
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    3.3 Domestic competition
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Team
  
  
  
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    4.1 Current roster
    
  
  
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    4.2 Depth chart
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 Notable former players
  


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  6 Head coach position
  


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  7 Season by season
  


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  8 Junior team
  


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  9 Kit
  
  
  
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    9.1 Manufacturer
    
  
  
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    9.2 Sponsor
    
  
  
  
  


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  10 References
  


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  11 External links
  

History

The foundation

In 1999, Dr. Gunnar Wöbke, then manager and former player of TV Tatami Rhöndorf moved his team from Bad Honnef to its current location. The declared goal was to place the team in a big arena in a large city to become a top team in the Basketball Bundesliga and in Europe in the near future. In Bad Honnef, this did not seem possible. After going through several options - including the idea to send the team to Cologne - Sylvia Schenk, the director of Frankfurt's sports department officially announced Frankfurt as the team's new location. Franz-Ludwig Solzbacher, a businessman from Bad Honnef helped organize the Skyliners' first steps but remained patron of the TV Rhöndorf and bought a second division license from EnBW Ludwigsburg to keep Rhöndorf from being relegated.

Later years

In its first season as a German elite team it managed to win the German Cup competition. In 2004, they won their first and only Bundesliga title, beating Baskets Bamberg in the finals by 3-2 victories. The following year, the Skyliners had a repeated appearance in the finals, but this time the Baskets Bamberg took the title by 3-2 victories. As in the year before, both teams were almost equally strong.

In 2004 and 2010, the Skyliners finished as runner-up in the German Cup competition, falling against the same opponent with identical victory splits again.

Throughout the years, the Skyliners have been known for their numerous appearances at European competitions such as the Euroleague, Saporta Cup and the Eurocup Basketball.

In 2015, the team reached the EuroChallenge Final Four, but the Germans lost both games to finish in fourth place. In the 2015–16 season, Fraport had once again an impressive European campaign, this time in the newly established FIBA Europe Cup. In the Final, Skyliners beat Pallacanestro Varese 66–62 to win its first European cup in history.^[2]

Arena

The Skyliners play their home games at the 5,002 seat Fraport Arena (until summer 2011, it was called Ballsporthalle Frankfurt).

Honours and titles

The Fraport Arena, home venue of the club since 1999

Total titles: 3

Worldwide

• FIBA Intercontinental Cup

Runners-up (1): 2016

European competition

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  FIBA Europe Cup
  
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    Champions (1): 2015–16
    
  
  


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  FIBA EuroChallenge
  
  • Fourth place (1): 2014–15
    
  
  

Domestic competition

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  Basketball Bundesliga^[3]
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    Champions (1): 2003–04
    
    • Runners-up (2): 2004–05 2009–10
      
    
    
  
  


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  BBL-Pokal^[3]
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    Winners (1): 2000
    
    • Runners-up (2): 2004, 2010
    
    
  
  

Team

Current roster

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

Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 1 Clarance, Elijah 7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 20 – (1998-07-03)3 July 1998 PG 2 Bell-Haynes, Trae 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (1995-09-05)5 September 1995 PG 3 Zeeb, Garai 7000186000000000000♠1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 22 – (1997-04-06)6 April 1997 PG 5 Clark, Jason 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1990-01-16)16 January 1990 SF 7 Huff, Shawn 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1984-05-05)5 May 1984 SG 8 Vargas, Akeem 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1990-04-29)29 April 1990 SF 9 Freudenberg, Richard 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 20 – (1998-08-31)31 August 1998 C 18 Wohlfarth-Bottermann, Jonas 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 29 – (1990-02-20)20 February 1990 SG 23 Robertson, Quantez (C) 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 34 – (1984-12-16)16 December 1984 G 31 Holder, Tra 7000185000000000000♠1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 23 – (1995-09-27)27 September 1995 F 33 Voeller, Marco 7000199000000000000♠1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1989-06-06)6 June 1989 G 55 Larson, Tyler 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 27 – (1991-12-31)31 December 1991	Head coach Gordon Herbert Assistant coach(es) Klaus Perwas Sebastian Gleim Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 14 October 2018

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann
PF		Marco Völler
SF	Quantez Robertson	Shawn Huff	Richard Freudenberg
SG		Akeem Vargas	Elijah Clarance
PG	Jason Clark	Trae Bell-Haynes	Zeeb Garai

Notable former players

To appear in this section a player must have played at least two seasons for the club AND either:

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.

- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

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  Danilo Barthel 5 seasons: '11-'16
  


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  Isaac Bonga 2 seasons: '16-'18
  


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  Robert Garrett 3 seasons: '02-'05
  


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  Stefano Garris 3 seasons: '05-'08
  


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  Alex King 6 seasons: '03-'08
  


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  Konstantin Klein 4 seasons: '12-'16
  


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  Bernd Kruel 3 seasons: '03-'06
  


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  Robert Maras 5 seasons: '00-'05
  


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  Kai Nürnberger 4 seasons: '99-'03
  


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  Pascal Roller 10 seasons: '99-'06, '07-'11
  


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  Johannes Voigtmann 4 seasons: '12-'16
  


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  Aaron Doornekamp 2 seasons: '14-'16
  


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  Andrew Kwiatkowski 2 seasons: '01-'03
  


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  Philip Scrubb 2 seasons: '16-'18
  


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  Mario Kasun 2 seasons: '02-'04
  


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  Jukka Matinen 4 seasons: '02-'06
  


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  Tyrone Ellis 2 seasons: '03-'05
  


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  Malick Badiane 3 seasons: '03-'06
  


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  Rudy Mbemba 3 seasons: '05-'08
  


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  Kavossy Franklin 2 seasons: '04-'06
  


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  Tyron McCoy 2 seasons: '00-'02
  


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  Antonio Meeking 2 seasons: '05-'06, '07-'08
  


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  Chris Williams 2 seasons: '03-'05
  

Head coach position

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  Stefan Koch – 1999-2001


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  Gordon Herbert – 2001-2004


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  Murat Didin – 2004-2005


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  Ivan Sunara – 2005-2006


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  Kamil Novak – 2006


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  Charles Barton – 2006-2007


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  Mike Kalavros – 2007


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  Murat Didin – 2007-2010


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  Gordon Herbert – 2010-2011


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  Muli Katzurin − 2011-2013


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  Gordon Herbert – 2013-present

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	German Cup	European competitions
1999–00	1	Bundesliga	3rd	Champion	2 Saporta Cup	R16
2000–01	1	Bundesliga	8th	Fourth position	1 Euroleague	RS
2001–02	1	Bundesliga	3rd	Third position	1 Euroleague	RS
2002–03	1	Bundesliga	7th		2 ULEB Cup	RS
2003–04	1	Bundesliga	1st	Runner-up	2 ULEB Cup	RS
2004–05	1	Bundesliga	2nd	Fourth position	1 Euroleague	RS
2005–06	1	Bundesliga	14th		2 ULEB Cup	RS
2006–07	1	Bundesliga	13th
2007–08	1	Bundesliga	4th		2 ULEB Cup	RS
2008–09	1	Bundesliga	7th	Third position	3 EuroChallenge	RS
2009–10	1	Bundesliga	2nd	Runner-up
2010–11	1	Bundesliga	3rd	Fourth position	3 EuroChallenge	RS
2011–12	1	Bundesliga	9th		2 Eurocup	RS
2012–13	1	Bundesliga	15th
2013–14	1	Bundesliga	11th
2014–15	1	Bundesliga	6th		3 EuroChallenge	4th
2015–16	1	Bundesliga	3rd	Third position	3 FIBA Europe Cup	C
2016–17	1	Bundesliga	10th		3 Champions League	PO
2017–18	1	Bundesliga	8th	Qualifying round

Junior team

Main article: Skyliners Juniors

The second team of Skyliners plays in the ProB, the German third division. To develop its young players further, the Skyliners have merged some of their youth departments with Eintracht Frankfurt Basketball.^[4]

Kit

Manufacturer

Year	Manufacturer
1999–2000	Mazine
2000–2012	Nike
2012–2016	Peak [5]

Sponsor

Year	Sponsor
2014–2016	Fraport[5]

References

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   ^ "Frankfurt Topple Varese For Maiden European Title". FIBA Europe. 1 May 2016.
   


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   ^ ^ab "Meister und Pokalsieger". Easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
   


4. 
   ^ Teams der NBBL Südwest - Eintracht Frankfurt / FRAPORT SKYLINERS Archived 2016-09-12 at the Wayback Machine, nbbl-basketball.de. Retrieved 29 March 2016. (in German)
   


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   ^ ^ab Home | FRAPORT SKYLINERS, fraport-skyliners.de, Retrieved 30 September 2015. (in German)
   

External links

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  Official Site (in German)
  


• Teamcheck Deutsche Bank Skyliners


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  Video of the FIBA Europe Cup Final at youtube.com

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0 Murphy 1 Clarance 2 Bell-Haynes 3 Zeeb 4 Heslip 5 Clark 7 Huff 8 Vargas 9 Freudenberg 18 Wohlfarth-Bottermann 23 Robertson 33 Völler
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