Nürnberg Falcons BC, formerly called Nürnberger BC (abbreviated as NBC) is a basketball club based in Nuremberg, Germany. The team currently in the ProA, the German professional second division. In 2010–11 the team promoted from the ProB to the ProA.[1]
| Nürnberg Falcons | |||
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| Nickname | NBC Die Falken | ||
| Leagues | ProA | ||
| Founded | 2009 | ||
| History | List
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| Arena | Kia Metropol Arena | ||
| Capacity | 3,881 | ||
| Location | Nuremberg, Germany | ||
| Team colors | Red, White, Black | ||
| President | Ralph Junge | ||
| Head coach | Virgil Matthews | ||
| Team captain | Sebastian Schröder | ||
| Website | www | ||
In 2019, Nürnberg finished as runner-up in the ProA. The Falcons play their home games since 2021 in the new build Kia Metropol arena, which has a capacity of 4000 people.
History
The Franken Hexer were 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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Individual awards
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.
Bastian Doreth- Tim Ohlbrecht
Roland Nyama
Robert Zinn
Ish Wainright
A. J. Davis- Braydon Hobbs
- Dan Oppland
- Eric Washington
- Diante Watkins
Head coaches
Vytautas Buzas: (2019-2020, 2021-2022)- Derrick Taylor: (2022-2023)
- Virgil Matthews: (2023–present)
References
External links
- Nürnberger BC (in German)
- Eurobasket.com Team Page