Skyliners Frankfurt

Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt
League	Basketball Bundesliga, FIBA Europe Cup
Founded	1999
History	Skyliners (1999–2000) Opel Skyliners (2000–2005) Deutsche Bank Skyliners (2005–2011) Fraport Skyliners (2011–)
Arena	Fraport Arena
Arena Capacity	5,003
Location	Frankfurt, Germany
Team colors	Blue, White, and Orange
Head coach	Gordon Herbert
Championships	1 German Championship 1 German Cup
Website	fraport-skyliners.de
Uniforms
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Former logo as Deutsche Bank Skyliners from 2005 until 2011

Skyliners Frankfurt, currently known as Fraport Skyliners for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Frankfurt, Germany. 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, and the German national championship in 2004.

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 Skyliners until his retirement in 2011.

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.

Trophies

• German Championship: 1
  • 2004
• BBL-Pokal: 1
  • 2000

Current roster

Frankfurt's national team player Johannes Voigtmann helped the Skyliners to have a deep run into the playoffs of the 2014–15 EuroChallenge season.

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. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 7 Klein, Konstantin 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) – (1991-05-21)21 May 1991 C 8 Oldenburg, Tim 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) – (1992-06-16)16 June 1992 PG 9 Little, John 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) – (1984-09-24)24 September 1984 PG 10 Merz, Max 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) – (1994-02-01)1 February 1994 SF 12 Ilzhöfer, Stefan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) – (1995-03-22)22 March 1995 PG 13 Zeeb, Garai 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) – (1997-04-06)6 April 1997 C 17 Voigtmann, Johannes 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) – (1992-09-30)30 September 1992 PF 21 Barthel, Danilo 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) – (1991-10-24)24 October 1991 PF 22 Richter, Johannes 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) – (1993-12-06)6 December 1993 SG 23 Robertson, Quantez 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb) – (1984-12-16)16 December 1984 C 24 Morrison, Mike 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) – (1989-10-31)31 October 1989 PG 25 Theodore, Jordan 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) – (1989-12-11)11 December 1989 G 30 Scrubb, Philip 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) – (1992-11-27)27 November 1992 SG 33 Dimsa, Tomas  1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 82 kg (181 lb) – (1994-01-02)2 January 1994 PF 41 Kiel, Niklas 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) – (1997-09-04)4 September 1997 SF 42 Doornekamp, Aaron 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) – (1985-12-05)5 December 1985	Head coach Gordon Herbert Assistant coach(es) Klaus Perwas Eric Detlev Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 12 Dec 2015

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Mike Morrison	Johannes Voigtmann	Tim Oldenburg
PF	Danilo Barthel	Johannes Richter		Niklas Kiel
SF	Aaron Doornekamp	Philip Scrubb		Stefan Ilzhöfer
SG	Quantez Robertson	Jordan Theodore		Tomas Dimsa
PG	Konstantin Klein	John Little	Max Merz	Garai Zeeb

Head coach position

3

Notable former players

To appear in this section a player must have 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 or one NBA game at any time.

Robert Garrett 3 seasons: '02-'05 Stefano Garris 3 seasons: '05-'08 Alex King 6 seasons: '03-'08 Bernd Kruel 3 seasons: '03-'06 Robert Maras 5 seasons: '00-'05 Kai Nürnberger 4 seasons: '99-'03 Tim Ohlbrecht 1 season: '11-'12 Pascal Roller 10 seasons: '99-'06, '07-'11 Derrick Taylor 1 season: '00-'01 Denis Wucherer 1 season: '01-'02

Peter Guarasci 1 season: '99-'00 Andrew Kwiatkowski 2 seasons: '01-'03 Andy Rautins 1 season: '13-'14 Stephens Thomas 1 season: '02-'03 Mario Kasun 2 seasons: '02-'04 Jukka Matinen 4 seasons: '02-'06 Tyrone Ellis 2 seasons: '03-'05 Alberto Vianini 1 season: '99-'00 Malick Badiane 3 seasons: '03-'06 Aziz N'Diaye 1 seasons: '13-'14 Rudy Mbemba 3 seasons: '05-'08 Alexander Lokhmanchuk 1 season: '01-'02

Travon Bryant 1 season: '06-'07 Travis Conlan 1 season: '02-'03 Kavossy Franklin 2 seasons: '04-'06 Lorenzo Gordon 1 season: '08-'09 Marcus Goree 1 season: '01-'02 Ken Johnson 1 season: '07-'08 Tyron McCoy 2 seasons: '00-'02 Darren McLinton 1 season: '05-'06 Antonio Meeking 2 seasons: '05-'06, '07-'08 George Reese 1 season: '06-'07 Chris Williams 2 seasons: '03-'05 DaShaun Wood 1 season: '10-'11 Jon Leuer 1 season: '11

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	German Cup	European competitions
1999–00	1	Bundesliga	3	Semifinalist	Champion	Played Saporta Cup
2000–01	1	Bundesliga	8	Quarterfinalist	Fourth position	Played Euroleague
2001–02	1	Bundesliga	3	Semifinalist	Third position	Played Euroleague
2002–03	1	Bundesliga	7	Quarterfinalist	–	Played ULEB Cup
2003–04	1	Bundesliga	1	Champion	Runner-up	Played ULEB Cup
2004–05	1	Bundesliga	2	Runner-up	Fourth position	Played Euroleague
2005–06	1	Bundesliga	14	–	–	Played ULEB Cup
2006–07	1	Bundesliga	13	–	–	–
2007–08	1	Bundesliga	4	Semifinalist	–	Played ULEB Cup
2008–09	1	Bundesliga	7	Quarterfinalist	Third position	Played EuroChallenge
2009–10	1	Bundesliga	2	Runner-up	Runner-up	–
2010–11	1	Bundesliga	3	Semifinalist	Fourth position	Played EuroChallenge
2011–12	1	Bundesliga	9	–	–	Played Eurocup
2012–13	1	Bundesliga	15	–	–	–
2013–14	1	Bundesliga	11	–	–	–
2014–15	1	Bundesliga	6	Quarterfinalist	–	EuroChallenge Fourth place

Kit

Manufacturer

2015: Peak

Sponsor

2015: Fraport

External links

• Official Site (German)
• Teamcheck Deutsche Bank Skyliners