Giessen 46ers

The GIESSEN 46ers (formerly GIESSEN 46ers) is a professional basketball club based in Gießen, Germany, that plays in the ProA. Their home arena is Sporthalle Gießen-Ost, with a capacity of 4,003 people.

JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers
Nickname	MTV Gießen
Leagues	ProA
Founded	1937; 88 years ago (1937)
History	MTV 1846 Gießen 1937–1993 Gießen Flippers 1993–2000 Avitos Gießen 2000–2003 Gießen 46ers 2003–2019 JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers 2019–present
Arena	Sporthalle Gießen-Ost
Capacity	4,003
Location	Gießen, Germany
Team colors	Red, White, Black
President	Michael Koch
Head coach	Branislav Ignjatovic
Championships	5 German Championships 3 German Cups 1 German 2nd League
Website	Team site
Home Away

History

The biggest achievements in club history are five German Championships (1965, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1978). Besides that, the 46ers have won the German Cup three times (1969, 1973, 1979). The most recent achievements were an appearance in the BBL semi-finals in 2005, when the team lost the series 1–3, to the eventual champion GHP Bamberg, and the third place in the BBL Cup in 2006.

In the 2012–13 season, the 46ers relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time.^[1] In the 2014–15 season, they were crowned the ProA champions and promoted back to the highest tier.^[1]

They are known in the USA, for having been the team for which professional wrestler Kevin Nash (also known as Diesel) finished his professional basketball career, due to a knee injury.^[2]

Honours

• German Championship

Winners (5): 1965, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1978

• German Cup

Winners (3): 1969, 1973, 1979

Runners-up (2): 1980, 1987

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	German Cup	European Competitions
2008–09	1	Bundesliga	17th[a]
2009–10	1	Bundesliga	14th
2010–11	1	Bundesliga	15th
2011–12	1	Bundesliga	17th[a]
2012–13	1	Bundesliga	18th
2013–14	2	ProA	3rd
2014–15	2	ProA	1st
2015–16	1	Bundesliga	9th
2016–17	1	Bundesliga	9th
2017–18	1	Bundesliga	11th
2018–19	1	Bundesliga	13th	Round of 16
2019–20	1	Bundesliga	13th	Round of 16
2020–21	1	Bundesliga	17th[a]	Group stage
2021–22	1	Bundesliga	18th
2022–23	2	ProA	4th
2023–24	2	ProA	5th	Round of 16
2024–25	2	ProA		First round

Notes

1. Gießen eventually did not relegate.

Team

Current roster

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

Gießen 46ers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name PG 2 Barnes, Jordan 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 27 – (1997-09-13)13 September 1997 G/F 3 Winn, Terry 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 30 – (1995-01-22)22 January 1995 G 5 Brauner, Nico 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 30 – (1994-11-01)1 November 1994 C 7 Döntgens, Finn 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 21 – (2004-01-14)14 January 2004 SG 9 Begue, Maximilian 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (2001-02-26)26 February 2001 F/C 11 Fundić, Stefan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 31 – (1994-06-30)30 June 1994 G/F 14 Figge, Luis 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 28 – (1997-06-02)2 June 1997 PG 15 Kahl, Luca 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 28 – (1997-06-01)1 June 1997 F/C 18 Cvorovic, Igor 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 29 – (1996-06-30)30 June 1996 G/F 19 Martin, Justin 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 35 – (1990-07-02)2 July 1990 PF 22 Strangmeyer, Kevin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 24 – (2000-10-16)16 October 2000 PF 24 Nyama, Roland 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 32 – (1993-07-11)11 July 1993 PG 55 Miksic, Karlo 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 27 – (1997-10-29)29 October 1997	Head coach Branislav Ignjatovic Assistant coach(es) Nikola Stanic Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: December 21, 2022

Individual awards

Basketball Bundesliga MVP

• Chuck Eidson – 2005

Basketball Bundesliga Best Offensive Player

• Chuck Eidson – 2005

Basketball Bundesliga Coach of the Year

• Stefan Koch – 2005

Basketball Bundesliga Rookie of the Year

• Anton Gavel – 2006

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 or one NBA game at any time.
• Achieved significant notability outside of basketball.
• Henning Harnisch (3 seasons: 1985–88)
• Heiko Schaffartzik (2 seasons: 2004–05, 2007–08)
• Anton Gavel (2 seasons: 2004–2006)
• Lance Blanks (1 season: 1994–1995)
• Louis Campbell (2 seasons: 2004–2006)
• Chuck Eidson (2 seasons: 2004–2006)
• Kevin Nash (1 season: 1980–1981)
• Diante Garrett (1 season: 2021)
• Rawle Alkins
• Nick Hornsby (born 1995)

Top scorers

Suleiman Braimoh

Season	Player	PPG
2012–13	Ryan Brooks	15.9
2013–14	Myles Hesson	16.1
2014–15	Cameron Wells	12.3
2015–16	Suleiman Braimoh	12.1
2016–17	Cameron Wells	14