Starwings Basel
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| Leagues | Swiss Basketball League | ||
| Founded | 2002 | ||
| Arena | Sporthalle Birsfelden | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Location | Birsfelden, Switzerland | ||
| President | Gaby Weis | ||
| Head coach | Antonios Doukas | ||
| Website | Official Website | ||
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Starwings Basel, commonly known as Starwings, is a Swiss professional basketball club based in Basel. The club competes in the Swiss Basketball League (SBL), the highest tier of basketball in Switzerland.[1] Its main accomplishment to date was the win of the Swiss Cup, in 2010. Eleven years later, in 2021, Starwings reached the finals of the Swiss League. The Starwings are currently the only professional basketball team from German-speaking Switzerland.
History
The organization, which emerged from the two clubs BC Arlesheim and CVJM Birsfelden, was founded in 2002. Until their promotion, the Starwings Baskets played in the National League B, from 2005 in the National League A.
Honours
- Runners-up (1): 2020–21
- Champions (1): 2010
Current roster
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Notable players
- 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.
- Switzerland Roman Albrecht
- Switzerland Ahmad Allagholi
- Switzerland Joël Fuchs
- Switzerland Ilija Vranic
- Lithuania Povilas Čukinas
- Senegal Cheikh Sane
- Serbia Nemanja Calasan
- United States Deondre Burns
- United States Virgin Islands Romani Hansen
Head coaches
- SwitzerlandNorth Macedonia Roland Pavloski: (2002–2003)
- Switzerland Pascal Donati: (2004–2009)
- Switzerland Patrick Koller: (2009–2010)
- Switzerland Danijel Eric: (2010–2012)
- SwitzerlandNorth Macedonia Roland Pavloski: (2012–2013)
- SwitzerlandSouth Africa Viktor Mettler: (2013–2014)
- SwitzerlandNorth Macedonia Roland Pavloski: (2014–2018)
- SwitzerlandSerbia Dragan Andrejevic: (2018–2022)
- Greece Antonios Doukas: (2022–2023)
- Germany Pascal Heinrichs: (2023–present)
References
- ↑ Starwings - die Exoten aus Basel, indoorsports.ch (in German), accessed 5 September 2015.