PS Karlsruhe Lions
| PS Karlsruhe Lions | |||
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| Leagues | ProA | ||
| Founded | 1961 | ||
| Arena | Europahalle | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 | ||
| Location | Karlsruhe, Germany | ||
| President | Danijel Ljubić | ||
| Head coach | Aleksandar Scepanovic | ||
| Championships | 1 ProA | ||
| Website | psk-lions.de | ||
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The PS Karlsruhe Lions are a German professional basketball team located in Karlsruhe. The team competes in Germany's ProA league, the country's second division. In 2017, the team promoted from the third tier ProB to the second tier.[1] The team is part of the multi-sports club Post Südstadt Karlsruhe (PSK).
As of 2024, the team has been the reigning champion of the German ProA league.
History
Basketball has been played at PSK in the southern Karlsruhe district of Weiherfeld-Dammerstock since 1961. In the following decades, the department celebrated numerous regional and national successes. In 2016, the PS Karlsruhe Lions had four men's teams and two women's teams registered for play. In addition, there were numerous youth teams from U10 to U18. Until 2016, there was a cooperation with BG Karlsruhe, which had emerged in 1993 from the basketball departments of PSK and its neighboring club, FC Südstern. Due to the promotion of the first men's team of the PS Karlsruhe Lions to the 2nd Bundesliga ProB, the cooperation was terminated in May 2016, as both teams competed in the same league in the 2016/17 season. The first Karlsruhe women's team played in the Regionalliga Südwest.
On 7 April 2024, the Lions' Lachlan Dent set a ProA league record for 3-poniters made in a single game as he hit 10 in the game vs. Paderborn Baskets.[2]
Arenas
Until 2017, the club played in the Friedrich-List-Schule, which had a capacity of 862 people. In the 2017–18 season, following the club's promotion to the ProA, the Lions started playing in the Europahalle Karlsruhe which has a capacity of 1,500 people. In 2020, they moved to the Lina-Radke-Halle. (1,500 seats)
For the 2024-25 season, the Lions returned to the Europahalle with an anticipated capacity of 3,500 visitors.[3]
Honors
- Champions: 2023–24
Players
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Cup |
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| 2013–14 | 5 | 2. Regionalliga | 2nd | |
| 2014–15 | 5 | 2. Regionalliga | 1st | |
| 2015–16 | 4 | 1. Regionalliga | 1st | |
| 2016–17 | 3 | ProB | 2nd | |
| 2017–18 | 2 | ProA | 3rd | |
| 2018–19 | 2 | ProA | 8th | |
| 2019–20 | 2 | ProA | 15th | |
| 2020–21 | 2 | ProA | 11th | |
| 2021–22 | 2 | ProA | 7th | |
| 2022–23 | 2 | ProA | 3rd | |
| 2023–24 | 2 | ProA | 1st | First round |
| 2024–25 | 2 | ProA | First round |
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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- Lachlan Dent
- Abu Kigab
- Roland Nyama
- Darko Bajo
- Ivan Karačić
- Adam Pechacek
- Bakary Dibba
- Carl Ona-Embo
- Bazoumana Kone
- Victor Bailey
- Lovell Cabbil
- Greg Foster
- Justin Gordon
- Richard Williams
Head coaches
- Michael Mai (2017–2018)
- Ivan Rudež (2018–2020)
- Drazan Salavarda (2020–2021)
- Aleksandar Scepanovic (2021–2025) (ProA winner 2024)
- Demond Greene (2025–present)
References
- ^ Endstand 92:75: PSK Lions steigen in die zweite Bundesliga auf regio-news.de, 23 April 2017. Accessed 16 June 2017. (in German)
- ^ Lachlan Dent wirft sich in die Geschichtsbücher: PS Karlsruhe Lions feiern ihren König der Löwen Moritz Hirn (Badische Neueste Nachrichten), 10 April 2024. Accessed 24 September 2024.(in German)
- ^ Moritz Hirn (30 January 2024). "Rückkehr mit erstklassigen Zielen: PSK Lions spielen bald wieder in der Karlsruher Europahalle". Badische Neueste Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 10 April 2024.