Gladiators Trier

Gladiators Trier, for sponsorship reasons known as VET-CONCEPT Gladiators Trier, is a professional basketball club based in Trier, Germany.^[1][2] The club plays in the Basketball Bundesliga since their promotion from the ProA in 2025. Its home arena is Trier Arena, which has a capacity of 5,495 people. From 1990 till 2015 the club existed in the form of TBB Trier, which went bankrupt.

VET-CONCEPT Gladiators Trier
Leagues	Basketball Bundesliga
Founded	1990; 35 years ago (1990)[a]
History	TBB Trier 1990–2015 Gladiators Trier 2015–present
Arena	SWT-Arena
Capacity	5,495
Location	Trier, Germany
Team colors	Green and White
Head coach	Jacques Schneider
2024–25 position	ProA, 1st of 18
Championships	2 German Cups 1 ProA
Website	vetconceptgladiators.de
Home Away

History

The club was founded as TBB Trier in 1990,^[3] and has played in the top division Basketball Bundesliga since the club's inception. They once were a part of the sports club TV Germania Trier, and became independent after promotion to the Basketball Bundesliga.

In the 2014–15 season, TBB relegated after it lost points in the standings because of financial problems. The club was dissolved after the season. However in the 2015 offseason, a new club was founded which was not the legal successor of TBB but inherited the club's license to play in the second tier ProA.^[4][5]

Gladiators Trier were promoted and returned to Basketball Bundesliga after their previous naming, TBB and the club's last participation during the 2014–15 season. They beat Science City Jena 2–0 in the finals of ProA during the 2024–25 season's playoffs and achieved its promotion and its return to the top–tier league after 10 years.

The TBB Trier logo (1990–2015)

Trophies

• German Cup

Winners (2): 1998, 2001

• ProA

Winners: 2025

Current roster

Gladiators Trier roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name G 4 Guillozet, Clayton 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 28 – (1997-05-25)25 May 1997 F 9 Hollersbacher, Marco 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 24 – (2000-10-29)29 October 2000 SG 21 Rapieque, Evans 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 23 – (2002-03-05)5 March 2002 C 33 Zirbes, Maik 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 121 kg (267 lb) 35 – (1990-01-29)29 January 1990 F King, Urald 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 35 – (1990-07-13)13 July 1990 PG Brooks, Eli 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 26 – (1998-10-14)14 October 1998	Head coach Jacques Schneider Assistant coach(es) Kevin Oberlack Andreas Finsinger Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: July 20, 2025

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

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	German Cup	European competitions
TBB Trier
1991–92	1	Bundesliga	4	Quarterfinalist	–	–
1992–93	1	Bundesliga	5	–	–	–
1993–94	1	Bundesliga	6	–	–	–
1994–95	1	Bundesliga	6	Relegation playoffs	–	–
1995–96	1	Bundesliga	9	Relegation playoffs	–	–
1996–97	1	Bundesliga	3	Semifinalist	–	–
1997–98	1	Bundesliga	3	Semifinalist	Champion	–
1998–99	1	Bundesliga	5	Quarterfinalist	–	–
1999–00	1	Bundesliga	5	Quarterfinalist	Semifinalist	3 Played Korać Cup
2000–01	1	Bundesliga	9	Relegation playoffs	Champion	3 Played Korać Cup
2001–02	1	Bundesliga	11	Relegation playoffs	Fourth position	3 Played Korać Cup
2002–03	1	Bundesliga	14	Relegated	–	–
2003–04	1	Bundesliga	7	Quarterfinalist	Third position	–
2004–05	1	Bundesliga	11	–	–	–
2005–06	1	Bundesliga	9	–	–	–
2006–07	1	Bundesliga	15	–	–	–
2007–08	1	Bundesliga	17	Relegated	–	–
2008–09	1	Bundesliga	10	–	–	–
2009–10	1	Bundesliga	15	–	–	–
2010–11	1	Bundesliga	10	–	–	–
2011–12	1	Bundesliga	14	–	–	–
2012–13	1	Bundesliga	12	–	Quarterfinalist	–
2013–14	1	Bundesliga	13	–	–	–
2014–15	1	Bundesliga	17	Relegated	–	–
Gladiators Trier
2015–16	2	ProA	6	Quarterfinalist	–	–
2016–17	2	ProA	6	Quarterfinalist	–	–
2017–18	2	ProA	6	Semifinalist	–	–
2018–19	2	ProA	9	–	–	–
2019–20	2	ProA	7	–	–	–
2020–21	2	ProA	9	–	–	–
2021–22	2	ProA	4	Quarterfinalist	–	–
2022–23	2	ProA	13	–	–	–
2023–24	2	ProA	1	Semifinalist	–	–
2024–25	2	ProA	1	Champions	First round	–

Notable players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Bastian Doreth
• Maik Zirbes
• Anton Shoutvin
• Chris Copeland
• Bernard Thompson

Head coaches

Dates	Name
1994–2001	Don Beck
2015–2018	Marco van den Berg
2018–2020	Christian Held
2020–2022	Marco van den Berg
2022–2023	Pascal Heinrichs
2023	Jermaine Bucknor
2023–2024	Don Beck
2024–present	Jacques Schneider

Notes

1. From 1990 till 2015 TBB Trier existed. After its bankruptcy in 2015, a new team was founded in Gladiators Trier.