EBBC (Den Bosch)

SPM Shoeters Den Bosch
SPM Shoeters Den Bosch logo
Nickname	EBBC Titans
Leagues	DBL FIBA Europe Cup
Founded	1952
Arena	Maaspoort Sports and Events
Arena Capacity	2,700
Location	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Team colors	Black, Silver, White
President	Albert Dominicus
Head coach	Sam Jones
Championships	16 Dutch Championships 7 Dutch Cups 2 Dutch Supercup 1 Ricoh Cup 1 Haarlem Basketball Week
Website	www.SPMShoeters.nl
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EBBC, for sponsorships named SPM Shoeters Den Bosch, is a Dutch basketball team based in 's-Hertogenbosch. The team plays in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). The team has won a record 16 Dutch championships. The team has also been a regular at international competitions. Den Bosch plays their home games at the Maaspoort Sports & Events.

History

On 18 October 1952, EBBC was founded by Cees Vossen, Tom van der Leur, Hans van Oorschot and Frans van de Wiel. In 1962 it played in the Eredivisie for the first time, but not very successful. Subsequently the team degraded again.

Decades later, in June 2005, Den Bosch merged EiffelTowers Nijmegen. The club has one of the largest budgets in the Netherlands, and with that they were able to attract good players like Leon Rodgers. In their first season they had immediate success by winning the Dutch Championship title. The year after that (2006–2007) EiffelTowers The Bosch would win the title again after a clean sweep against the Matrixx Magixx from Nijmegen, after just losing four games in the regular season. The two following years, Den Bosch reaches the finals, but loses twice to ABC Amsterdam. In 2012 the club won their 15th Dutch championship, after beating ZZ Leiden in a best-of-seven-series.

After 13 years playing as the EiffelTowers, the club changed its name to SPM Shoeters in 2013. Along with the name change the club changed the team colors to black, after playing in red since 2000. In the 2014–15 season, Shoeters won its first DBL championship: Donar was beaten 4–1 in the Finals. The team also performed excellent in the EuroChallenge that season, reaching the Top 16 over the likes of German team ratiopharm ulm. Brandyn Curry had an superb season for Shoeters, and was named the DBL Playoffs MVP.

Sponsorship names

Due to sponsorship reasons, EBBC has known a lot of names over the years:

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Logos

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  2005–2013
  EiffelTowers
           

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  2013–present
  SPM Shoeters
                

Honours

Domestic

Dutch League

• Winners (16): 1978-79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2011-12, 2014–15

Dutch Cup

• Winners (7): 1992-93, 1999-00, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012-13, 2015–16

Dutch SuperCup

• Winners (2): 2013, 2015

Ricoh Cup

• Winners (1): 2000

European

FIBA Saporta Cup

• Runners-up (1): 1978-79

Worldwide

FIBA Intercontinental Cup

• Runners-up (1): 1982

Friendly

Haarlem Basketball Week

• Winners (1): 2006

Players

Current roster

SPM Shoeters Den Bosch roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 1 Lietmeijer, Valentijn 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) PG 2 Bouwknecht, Maarten 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) G 4 Slagter, Arvin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 94 kg (207 lb) – (1985-10-19)19 October 1985 PG 5 Williams, Leon 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) PF 7 Wessels, Stefan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) – (1984-04-13)13 April 1984 PG 9 Schilder, Mike 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 77 kg (170 lb) – (1994-05-26)26 May 1994 PF 10 de Pagter, Ralf 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 80 kg (176 lb) – (1989-07-22)22 July 1989 SF 12 Akerboom, Jr., Kees (C) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) – (1983-12-20)20 December 1983 PF 13 Adriaans, Frerik (DP) 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) – (1995-02-10)10 February 1995 G/F 14 de Vries, Pim (DP) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) – (1995-06-13)13 June 1995 C 15 Aarts, Marcel 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) – (1983-08-09)9 August 1983 C 32 Kravic, Dejan 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 109 kg (240 lb) – (1990-09-09)9 September 1990	Head coach Sam Jones Assistant coach(es) Sander van der Holst Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player Injured Roster Updated: July 30, 2015

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

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Dejan Kravic	Marcel Aarts
PF	Stefan Wessels	Ralf de Pagter	Frerik Adriaans
SF	Kees Akerboom, Jr.	Pim de Vries
SG	Arvin Slagter	Valentijn Lietmeijer
PG	Leon Williams	Maarten Bouwknecht	Mike Schilder

Notable players

Kees Akerboom, Sr. ◆ ◆ Kees Akerboom, Jr. ◆ ◆ Arvin Slagter ◆ ◆ Brandyn Curry ◆ Ali Farokhmanesh ◆ Tai Wesley ◆ DeJuan Wright ◆ David Gonzalvez ◆ Andre Young ◆ Frank Turner ◆ Leon Rodgers ◆ ◆ Matt Bauscher ◆ Damone Brown ◆ Julien Mills ◆ Ralf de Pagter ◆ Leon Williams ◆ Jeroen van der List ◆ Sam Jones ◆ Dean Oliver ◆ Travis Reed ◆ Gert Kullamäe ◆ ◆ Peter van Paassen ◆ ◆ Stefan Wessels ◆ ◆ Rogier Jansen ◆ ◆ ◆ Notes ◆ Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. ◆ Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. ◆ To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	Dutch cup	European competitions
1996–97	1	DBL	1	Champion	–	2 Saporta Cup – Group stage
1997–98	1	DBL	4	Semifinalist	–	2 Saporta Cup – Group stage
1998–99	1	DBL	4	Semifinalist	–	–
1999–00	1	DBL	2	Quarterfinalist	Winner	–
2000–01	1	DBL	2	Semifinalist	–	–
2001–02	1	DBL	6	Quarterfinalist	Winner	–
2002–03	1	DBL	5	Semifinalist	–	–
2003–04	1	DBL	4	Runner-up	–	–
2004–05	1	DBL	4	Quarterfinalist	–	–
2005–06	1	DBL	1	Champion	4th round	4 EuroCup Challenge – Top 16
2006–07	1	DBL	1	Champion	4th round	2 ULEB Cup – Regular season
2007–08	1	DBL	2	Finalist	Winner	2 ULEB Cup – Regular season
2008–09	1	DBL	2	Finalist	Winner	3 EuroChallenge – Top 16
2009–10	1	DBL	3	Quarterfinalist	Quarterfinalist	3 EuroChallenge – Top 16
2010–11	1	DBL	3	Semifinalist	Semifinalist	–
2011–12	1	DBL	3	Champion	Quarterfinalist	–
2012–13	1	DBL	1	Semifinalist	Winner	–
2013–14	1	DBL	2	Runner–up	Semifinalist	3 EuroChallenge – Regular season
2014–15	1	DBL	1	Champions	Runners-up	3 EuroChallenge – Top 16

Head coaches

Coach	From	To	Honours
Don Beck	2009	2010	–
Raoul Korner	2010	2013	1 DBL, 1 NBB Cup
Sam Jones	2013	present	1 DBL, 1 NBB Cup, 1 Dutch Supercup

External links

• Official Site (Dutch)