Nürnberg Falcons BC

Nürnberg Falcons
NicknameNBC
Die Falken
LeaguesProA
Founded2009 (2009)
History
List
  • Nürnberger BC
    (2009–2016)
    Nürnberg Falcons BC
    (2016–present)
ArenaKia Metropol Arena
Capacity3,881
LocationNuremberg, Germany
Team colorsRed, White, Black
     
PresidentRalph Junge
Head coachVirgil Matthews
Team captainSebastian Schröder
Websitewww.nuernberg-falcons.de

Nürnberg Falcons BC, formerly called Nürnberger BC (abbreviated as NBC) is a basketball club based in Nuremberg, Germany. The club currently plays in the ProA, the German professional second division. In 2010–11 Nürnberg was promoted from the ProB to the ProA.[1] In 2019, Nürnberg finished as runner-ups in the ProA.

The club play their home games since 2021 in the newly built Kia Metropol arena which has a capacity of 4,000 people.

History

The "Franken Hexer" was founded in 2002 as a "joint project of several Middle Franconian clubs to promote young basketball talents". The newly founded club started with a men's team in the lowest league (district class) as well as a male U16 and U18 team. The men's teams were also explicitly intended for young players.

In 2016, the name was changed to Falcons.

In the 2018–19 ProA season, Nürnberg ended in third place in the standings. In the playoffs it defeated second-seeded Heidelberg to qualify for the ProA finals. Because of this achievement, the team earned promotion to the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) for the first time.[2] In May 2019, it was announced that Falcons did not obtain a license for the BBL due to not meeting requirements on minimum arena size and minimum budget.[3]

Honours

Players

Current squad

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Nürnberg Falcons BC roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name
SG 0 Monteroso, Daniel Thomas 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 31 – (1994-05-03)3 May 1994
SF 1 Calhoun, Sardaar 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 25 – (1999-08-25)25 August 1999
C 3 Saffer, Leo Vincent 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 25 – (2000-06-06)6 June 2000
PG 4 Eckert, Joscha 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 19 – (2005-07-19)19 July 2005
PG 5 Köpple, Tim 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 24 – (2000-09-03)3 September 2000
SG 7 Feneberg, Christian 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 23 – (2002-04-22)22 April 2002
PG 10 Taylor, Evan Derek 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 29 – (1996-04-11)11 April 1996
PF 16 Wolf, Julius 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 32 – (1993-01-26)26 January 1993
PF 21 Okafor, Nelson 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 22 – (2003-05-20)20 May 2003
SG 22 Kalscheur, Gabriel 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 26 – (1999-06-10)10 June 1999
PF 28 Stoiber, Tom 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 19 – (2006-03-28)28 March 2006
SG 30 Friederici, Vincent John 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 24 – (2001-03-30)30 March 2001
Head coach

Ralph Junge

Assistant coach(es)

Timothy James Black
Derrick Taylor

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 17 December 2024

Individual awards

ProA MVP

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.

Head coaches

  • Vytautas Buzas: (2019-2020, 2021-2022)
  • Derrick Taylor: (2022-2023)
  • Virgil Matthews: (2023–2024)
  • Ralph Junge: (2024–present)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Nuernberg Falcons BC basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-eurobasket".
  2. ^ "Nürnberg Falcons steigen als Vize-Meister in die BBL auf". 4 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Keine BBL-Lizenz für Bremerhaven und Nürnberg". www.morgenpost.de. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
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