FC Schalke 04 Basketball

Schalke 04 Basketball is a German professional basketball team club in Gelsenkirchen.^[1] The team currently plays in the ProA, the German national second division. It is the basketball section of FC Schalke 04.

Schalke 04
Nickname	Die Knappen Die Königsblauen
Leagues	ProA
Founded	1974; 51 years ago (1974)
History	Schalke 04 Basketball (1974–present)
Arena	Halle an der Mühlbachstraße
Capacity	1,112
Location	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Team colors	Blue, White
President	Tobias Steinert
Head coach	Raphael Wilder
Championships	3 German Second Divisions 4 1. Regionalliga
Website	schalke04.de/basketball
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History

The basketball department of FC Schalke 04 was founded in 1974.

In 1976-77 the club won the 2. Basketball Bundesliga and earned promotion to the National League for the following season. After relegation the returned to the top flight for the 1982-83 season.

Schalke played in the 1988–89 season in the National Basketball League Basketball Bundesliga and from 2004 for several seasons in the ProA, the second highest basketball league in Germany.^[2] 2009 saw the Schalke 04 voluntary withdrawal of Schalke 04 from the ProA.^[3]

Following the 2017-18 season, the team was promoted to the national second-tier ProA, after Scanplus Baskets resigned its promotion position.^[4]

Honours

2. Basketball Bundesliga

• Champions (3): 1977, 1982, 1984

1. Regionalliga West

• Champions (4): 1975, 1987, 1995, 2016

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.
2004–05	2	2. Bundesliga	15th
2005–06	2	2. Bundesliga	10th
2006–07	2	2. Bundesliga	6th
2007–08	2	ProA	14th
2008–09	2	ProA	15th[a]
2009–10	4	1. Regionalliga	11th
2010–11	4	1. Regionalliga	4th
2011–12	4	1. Regionalliga	6th
2012–13	4	1. Regionalliga	4th
2013–14	4	1. Regionalliga	3rd
2014–15	4	1. Regionalliga	4th
2015–16	4	1. Regionalliga	1st
2016–17	3	ProB	6th
2017–18	3	ProB	3rd[b]

1. Relegated to 1. Regionalliga after resigning to their place in ProB.
2. Promoted to the ProA, after Scanplus Baskets resigned its promotion position.^[5]

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

FC Schalke 04 Basketball roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name SG 0 Tucker Haymond PG 1 Shavar Newkirk SF 2 Lavon Hightower SG 6 Marley Jean-Louis PG 7 Jordan Spencer PF 11 Johannes Joos SF 12 Darnell Dunn C 19 Adam Touray G 20 Tomasz Szewczyk C 22 Bjoern Rohwer SF 23 Shawn Gulley SG 27 Migel Wessel G 32 Courtney Belger	Head coach Alexander Osipovich Assistant coach(es) Patrick Carney Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 29 January 2020

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

- 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.

• Moritz Kleine-Brockhoff
• Malik El-Tamer
• Gael Hulsen
• Atanas Penev
• Ryan Bell
• Mamadou Gueye
• Brett McKnight
• Rishi Kakad
• Cory Abercrombie
• Austin Arians
• T.J. Bannister
• Christopher Brown
• Coreontae DeBerry
• Matt Fields
• Daniel Gilbert
• Anthony Jones
• Trevin Parks
• Quentin Pryor
• Josh Steinthal
• Trent Weaver