Heroes Den Bosch
New Heroes | |||
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Nickname | EBBC Titans | ||
Leagues | Dutch Basketball League | ||
Founded | 18 October 1952 | ||
Arena | Maaspoort Sports and Events | ||
Capacity | 2,700 | ||
Location | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | ||
Team colors | Red, White, Blue | ||
President | Bob van Oosterhout | ||
Head coach | Ivica Skelin | ||
Ownership | Bob van Oosterhout | ||
2017–18 position | DBL, 5th | ||
Championships | 16 Dutch Championships 7 Dutch Cups 2 Dutch Supercup 1 Ricoh Cup 1 Haarlem Basketball Week | ||
Retired numbers | 1 (12) | ||
Website | newheroesbasketball | ||
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Den Bosch Basketball, for sponsorship reasons named New Heroes Basketball, is a Dutch professional basketball club based in 's-Hertogenbosch.[1] The team currently plays in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL), the top basketball division in the Netherlands. Founded as EBBC in 1951, the club would have several sponsored names the following decades.
Den Bosch has won a record sixteen Dutch championships as well as seven NBB Cups. The team has also been a regular at international competitions. Den Bosch plays their home games at the Maaspoort Sports & Events, which has a capacity of 2,700 people.[2] The original name of the club is Eerste Bossche Basketball Club, shortly EBBC.
History
On October 18, 1952, EBBC was founded by Cees Vossen, Tom van der Leur, Hans van Oorschot and Frans van de Wiel. In 1962, Den Bosch played in the top division Eredivisie for the first time, but not very successful. Subsequently the team relegated again.
Decades later, in June 2005, Den Bosch merged with EiffelTowers Nijmegen to form EiffelTowers Den Bosch. Following the merger the club had one of the largest budgets in the Netherlands, and with that they were able to attract high quality players. In their first season they had immediate success by winning the Dutch League title. The year after that (2006–07) EiffelTowers The Bosch would win the title again after a clean sweep against the Matrixx Magixx, after losing only four games in the regular season. The two following years, Den Bosch reached the finals, but lost twice to Amsterdam.
In 2012, EiffelTowers won its fifteenth Dutch championship, after beating ZZ Leiden 1–4 in a best-of-seven-series.
After 13 years playing as the EiffelTowers, the club changed its name to SPM Shoeters in 2013. Along with the name change the club changed the team colors to black, after playing in red since 2000. In the 2014–15 season, Shoeters won its sixteenth DBL championship after Donar was beaten 4–1 in the Finals. The team also performed excellent in the EuroChallenge that season, reaching the Top 16. Star of the season for Den Bosch was Brandyn Curry, who was named DBL Playoffs MVP.
After the 2015–16 season, it was revealed that Shoeters was dealing with serious financial problems which had the team on the edge of bankruptcy.[3] In October 2016, the team was bought by a sports marketing enterprise led by Bob van Oosterhout and the club was saved. Following, the team found a new main sponsor and was named New Heroes Basketball.[4]
Sponsorship names
Due to sponsorship reasons, EBBC has known a lot of names over the years:
- 1952–74 EBBC
- 1974–77 Sperry Remington EBBC
- 1977–78 Falcon Jeans EBBC
- 1978–80 EBBC
- 1980–91 Nashua EBBC
- 1991–92 Pro-Specs EBBC
- 1992–95 Canoe Jeans EBBC
- 1995–96 America Today EBBC
- 1996–97 Libertel EBBC
- 1997–99 Libertel Dolphins EBBC
- 1999–03 Canoe Jeans EBBC
- 2003–05 Tulip EBBC
- 2005–13 EiffelTowers Den Bosch
- 2013–16 SPM Shoeters Den Bosch[5]
- 2016 Shooters Den Bosch
- 2016–present New Heroes Basketball[6]
Logos
Den Bosch Basketball logos | |||||||
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2009–2013 | 2013–2016 | 2017–present | |||||
File:EiffelTowers DB Logo.jpg |
Honours
Domestic
Dutch League (record)[7]
- Winners (16): 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2014–15
Ricoh Cup[9]
- Winners (1): 2000
European
- Runner-up (1): 1978–79
Worldwide
- Runners-up (1): 1982
Friendly
- Winners (1): 2006
Players
Retired numbers
Den Bosch Basketball retired numbers | |||||
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No | Nat. | Player | Position | Tenure | Retirement date |
12 | Kees Akerboom Jr. | Guard | 2001–2004, 2006–2018 | 23 September 2018[10] |
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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Updated: 25 September 2018 |
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
Criteria |
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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- Kees Akerboom, Sr.
- Kees Akerboom, Jr.
- Tai Wesley
- Arvin Slagter
- Brandyn Curry
- Ali Farokhmanesh
- DeJuan Wright
- David Gonzalvez
- Andre Young
- Frank Turner
- Leon Rodgers
- Matt Bauscher
- Damone Brown
- Julien Mills
- Niek van den Hout
- Leon Williams
- Jeroen van der List
- Sam Jones
- Dean Oliver
- Travis Reed
- Gert Kullamäe
- Peter van Paassen
- Stefan Wessels
- Rogier Jansen
- Maarten Bouwknecht
Season by season
Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Dutch Cup | European competitions | |
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1996–97 | 1 | DBL | 1st | 2 Saporta Cup | RS | |
1997–98 | 1 | DBL | 4th | 2 Saporta Cup | RS | |
1998–99 | 1 | DBL | 4th | |||
1999–00 | 1 | DBL | 5th | Winner | ||
2000–01 | 1 | DBL | 3rd | |||
2001–02 | 1 | DBL | 6th | Winner | ||
2002–03 | 1 | DBL | 5th | |||
2003–04 | 1 | DBL | 2nd | |||
2004–05 | 1 | DBL | 5th | |||
2005–06 | 1 | DBL | 1st | Eighthfinalist | 4 EuroCup Challenge | T16 |
2006–07 | 1 | DBL | 1st | Eighthfinalist | 2 ULEB Cup | RS |
2007–08 | 1 | DBL | 2nd | Winner | 2 ULEB Cup | RS |
2008–09 | 1 | DBL | 2nd | Winner | 3 EuroChallenge | T16 |
2009–10 | 1 | DBL | 5th | Quarterfinalist | 3 EuroChallenge | RS |
2010–11 | 1 | DBL | 3rd | Semifinalist | ||
2011–12 | 1 | DBL | 1st | Quarterfinalist | ||
2012–13 | 1 | DBL | 3rd | Winner | ||
2013–14 | 1 | DBL | 2nd | Semifinalist | 3 EuroChallenge | RS |
2014–15 | 1 | DBL | 1st | Runners-up | 3 EuroChallenge | T16 |
2015–16 | 1 | DBL | 4th | Champions | ||
2016–17 | 1 | DBL | 4th | Eighthfinalist | ||
2017–18 | 1 | DBL | 5th | Semifinalist |
List of head coaches
Coach | From | To | Honours |
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Don Beck | 2009 | 2010 | |
Raoul Korner | 2010 | 2013 | 1 Dutch Basketball League, 1 NBB Cup |
Sam Jones | 2013 | 2016 | 1 Dutch Basketball League, 1 NBB Cup, 1 Dutch Basketball Supercup |
Sander van der Holst | 2016 | 2017 | |
Silvano Poropat | 2017 | August 2018 |
References
- ^ "Dukes Unlimited Den Bosch basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ Zaal en ruimtes msedb.nl
- ^ Faillissement SPM Shoeters dreigt, basketbalclub Den Bosch heeft grote geldschulden
- ^ New Heroes nieuwe hoofdsponsor
- ^ "EiffelTowers vanaf komend seizoen SPM Shoeters". www.omroepbrabant.nl. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b "Landskampioenen, bekerwinnaars en competitiewinnaars" (in Dutch). J-dus.com. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "Super Cup" (in Dutch). J-dus.com. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d Erelijst spmshoeters.nl
- ^ "Den Bosch zwaait Akerboom uit". Eredivisie basketbal Nederland, basketballleague.nl (in Dutch). 23 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.