RheinStars Köln
Basketball team in Cologne, Germany
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RheinStars Köln is a professional basketball club based in Cologne, Germany. The team currently plays in the ProA, the second tier basketball league in Germany. The club has won one Basketball Bundesliga championship and three German Cup titles in its history.
(1999–2001)
RheinEnergie Köln
(2001–2007)
Köln 99ers
(2007–2013)
RheinStars Köln
(2013–present)
| RheinStars Köln | |||
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| Leagues | ProA | ||
| Founded | 1999 | ||
| History | Cologne 99ers (1999–2001) RheinEnergie Köln (2001–2007) Köln 99ers (2007–2013) RheinStars Köln (2013–present) | ||
| Arena | Motorworld Cologne | ||
| Capacity | 1.700 | ||
| Location | Cologne, Germany | ||
| Team colors | Red, White, Blue | ||
| Head coach | Stephan Baeck | ||
| Team captain | Rupert Hennen | ||
| Championships | 1 German Championship 3 German Cups 1 BBL Champions Cup | ||
| Website | rheinstars-koeln.de sg-koeln99ers.de | ||
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History
The team was founded 1999, as Cologne 99ers. In the Euroleague 2006-07 season, their home arena was an arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, named Philips Halle.
RheinEnergie power company supported the team until the summer of 2007, thus the team changed to its original name, Köln 99ers. On January 21, 2008, the club announced that they were insolvent.[1]
In 2013, the club was re-launched and started in the 2.Regionliga (5th division) with the new name of RheinStars Köln.[2] Since 2015, the team plays in the ProA, Germany's second division of professional basketball. In 2018-19 season, the team was relegated to the Regionalliga from ProB (Germany's 3rd division of professional basketball) after finishing the season 5-17.
Honours
- German Champion: (1)
- 2005–06
- German Cup: (3)
- 2004, 2005, 2007
- BBL Champions Cup: (1)
- 2006
Players
Current roster
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Notable players
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Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Postseason | European competitions | |
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| 2013–14 | 5 |
2.Regionliga | 1 |
Promoted | – | |
| 2014–15 | 4 |
1.Regionliga | 1 |
Promoted | – | |
| 2015–16 | 2 |
ProA | 13 |
– | – | |
| 2016–17 | 2 |
ProA | 8 |
Quarterfinalist | – | |
| 2017–18 | 2 |
ProA | 4 |
Relegated | – | |
| 2018–19 | 3 |
ProB | 22 |
Relegated | – | |
| 2019–20 | 4 |
1.Regionliga, West Zone | 1 |
Promoted | – | |
| 2020–21 | 3 |
ProB, North Zone | 9 |
– | – | |
| 2021–22 | 3 |
ProB, North Zone | 11 |
– | – | |
| 2022–23 | 3 |
ProB, North Zone | 6 |
– | – | |
| 2023–24 | 3 |
ProB, North Zone | 1 |
– | – | |
| 2024–25 | 3 |
ProB, North Zone | 2 |
Promoted | – | |
| 2025–26 | 2 |
ProA | – | |||
Head coaches
Svetislav Pešić (2001–02)
Stephan Baeck (2002)- Saša Obradović (2005–08)
Drasko Prodanovic