Kapfenberg Bulls

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Kapfenberg Bulls
Kapfenberg Bulls logo
LeaguesBasketball Superliga
Founded1976; 46 years ago (1976)
HistoryKapfenberg Bulls
1976–present
ArenaSporthalle Walfersam
Capacity1,000
LocationKapfenberg, Austria
PresidentKarl Thaller
Head coachMike Coffin
Championships7 Austrian Championships
4 Austrian Cups
5 Austrian Supercups
Websitewww.ece-bulls.com

Kapfenberg Bulls, also known simply as Bulls, is a professional basketball club that is based in Kapfenberg, which is a town in Styria, a state of Austria.

History[]

Since 1991, the Kapfenberg Bulls have played in the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga, the highest Austrian professional basketball league. Between 2001 and 2004, the club had its most successful era, with 4 national domestic league championships in a row. They won their last national title in 2007 (Austrian Basketball Cup). In 2009, they came in third in the Central European Basketball League, which is the best result of an Austrian basketball team in an international tournament.

In 2017, the Kapfenberg Bulls conquered its fifth national domestic league championship, 13 years after their previous one, and repeated success in the next season.

Honors[]

2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
  • Austrian Cup (6):
2007, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
2002, 2003, 2014, 2017, 2018

Season by season[]

Season Tier League Pos. Cup Supercup European competitions
2000–01 1 ÖBL 1st Runner–up 3 Korać Cup R1
2001–02 1 ÖBL 1st Runner–up
2002–03 1 ÖBL 1st Semifinalist Champion
2003–04 1 ÖBL 1st Semifinalist Champion 2 ULEB Cup RS
2004–05 1 ÖBL 3rd Runner–up Runner–up 2 ULEB Cup RS
2005–06 1 ÖBL 3rd Quarterfinalist 4 EuroCup Challenge RS
2006–07 1 ÖBL 5th Champion
2007–08 1 ÖBL 5th Last 16 Runner–up
2008–09 1 ÖBL 5th Quarterfinalist
2009–10 1 ÖBL 4th Runner–up
2010–11 1 ÖBL 6th Quarterfinalist
2011–12 1 ÖBL 3rd
2012–13 1 ÖBL 4th Quarterfinalist
2013–14 1 ÖBL 2nd Champion
2014–15 1 ÖBL 3rd Runner-up
2015–16 1 ÖBL 7th Semifinalist
2016–17 1 ÖBL 1st Champion
2017–18 1 ÖBL 1st Champion Champion 3 Champions League QR1
4 FIBA Europe Cup RS
2018–19 1 ÖBL 1st Champion Champion 4 FIBA Europe Cup QR2

Players[]

Current roster[]

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

Kapfenberg Bulls roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name
SG 4 United States Jamar, Kareem 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 29 – (1992-10-16)16 October 1992
G 5 United States 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 24 – (1998-01-19)19 January 1998
G 6 Austria 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 19 – (2002-06-22)22 June 2002
G 7 Austria 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 18 – (2003-09-17)17 September 2003
G 8 Austria 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 18 – (2004-01-02)2 January 2004
PF 9 Serbia 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1991-01-13)13 January 1991
F 10 Slovenia 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 33 – (1988-09-27)27 September 1988
F 11 Austria 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 17 – (2004-11-22)22 November 2004
SF 12 Serbia Krstić, Nemanja 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1993-03-02)2 March 1993
G 14 Austria 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 25 – (1996-10-14)14 October 1996
C 15 United States 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 24 – (1997-09-19)19 September 1997
F 17 Austria 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 20 – (2001-10-01)1 October 2001
Head coach
  • United States Mike Coffin
Assistant coach(es)
  • Greece Dimitris Sarikas
  • Serbia Mladen Sarajlić

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: October 13, 2021

Notable players[]

To appear in this section a player must have either: played at least one season for the club, 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 or performed very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

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