Nürnberg Falcons BC

Nürnberg Falcons BC, formerly called Nürnberger BC (abbreviated as NBC) is a basketball club based in Nuremberg, Germany. The club currently plays in the ProA, the German professional second division. In 2010–11 Nürnberg was promoted from the ProB to the ProA.^[1] In 2019, Nürnberg finished as runner-ups in the ProA.

Nürnberg Falcons
Nickname	NBC Die Falken
Leagues	ProA
Founded	2009; 16 years ago (2009)
History	List Nürnberger BC (2009–2016) Nürnberg Falcons BC (2016–present)
Arena	Kia Metropol Arena
Capacity	3,881
Location	Nuremberg, Germany
Team colors	Red, White, Black
President	Ralph Junge
Head coach	Virgil Matthews
Team captain	Sebastian Schröder
Website	www.nuernberg-falcons.de
Home Away

The club play their home games since 2021 in the newly built Kia Metropol arena which has a capacity of 4,000 people.

History

The "Franken Hexer" was founded in 2002 as a "joint project of several Middle Franconian clubs to promote young basketball talents". The newly founded club started with a men's team in the lowest league (district class) as well as a male U16 and U18 team. The men's teams were also explicitly intended for young players.

In 2016, the name was changed to Falcons.

In the 2018–19 ProA season, Nürnberg ended in third place in the standings. In the playoffs it defeated second-seeded Heidelberg to qualify for the ProA finals. Because of this achievement, the team earned promotion to the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) for the first time.^[2] In May 2019, it was announced that Falcons did not obtain a license for the BBL due to not meeting requirements on minimum arena size and minimum budget.^[3]

Nürnberg Falcons huddle in March 2022

Former logo, when the club was named rent4office Nürnberger BC

Honours

• ProA
  • Runners-up (1): 2018–19

Players

Current squad

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

Nürnberg Falcons BC roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name SG 0 Monteroso, Daniel Thomas 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 31 – (1994-05-03)3 May 1994 SF 1 Calhoun, Sardaar 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 25 – (1999-08-25)25 August 1999 C 3 Saffer, Leo Vincent 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 25 – (2000-06-06)6 June 2000 PG 4 Eckert, Joscha 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 20 – (2005-07-19)19 July 2005 PG 5 Köpple, Tim 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 24 – (2000-09-03)3 September 2000 SG 7 Feneberg, Christian 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 23 – (2002-04-22)22 April 2002 PG 10 Taylor, Evan Derek 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 29 – (1996-04-11)11 April 1996 PF 16 Wolf, Julius 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 32 – (1993-01-26)26 January 1993 PF 21 Okafor, Nelson 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 22 – (2003-05-20)20 May 2003 SG 22 Kalscheur, Gabriel 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 26 – (1999-06-10)10 June 1999 PF 28 Stoiber, Tom 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 19 – (2006-03-28)28 March 2006 SG 30 Friederici, Vincent John 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 24 – (2001-03-30)30 March 2001	Head coach Ralph Junge Assistant coach(es) Timothy James Black Derrick Taylor Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 17 December 2024

Individual awards

ProA MVP

• Braydon Hobbs: 2015

Notable players

- 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.

• Bastian Doreth
• Tim Ohlbrecht
• Ish Wainright
• A. J. Davis
• Braydon Hobbs
• Dan Oppland
• Eric Washington
• Diante Watkins

Head coaches

• Vytautas Buzas: (2019-2020, 2021-2022)
• Derrick Taylor: (2022-2023)
• Virgil Matthews: (2023–2024)
• Ralph Junge: (2024–present)

See also

• Falke Nürnberg