Alba Berlin

Alba Berlin
Nickname	Berlin Albatrosse
Leagues	German League Eurocup
Founded	1989
History	Alba Berlin (1991-present)
Arena	O2 World (capacity: 16,000)[1][2]
Location	Berlin, Germany
Team colors	Dark Blue, Yellow
President	Dieter Hauert
Head coach	Gordon Herbert
Championships	German Championships 8: (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008) German Cups 6: (1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009) Korać Cups 1: (1995)
Website	ALBA Berlin
Uniforms
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Alba Berlin is a prominent German professional basketball club that is based in Berlin, Germany. The club, sponsored by the Berlin-based recycling firm ALBA since 1991, is also known as the Berlin Albatrosse. The team plays its home games at the O2 World arena. The club competes in the German League and the Eurocup.

History

Alba Berlin traces its history back to BG Charlottenburg, which was founded in 1989. When in 1991 the waste management company Alba AG agreed to significant basketball sponsorship, BG Charlottenburg changed its name to Alba Berlin.

Only six years later, Alba Berlin won its first out of seven consecutive German Championships (1997 to 2003). The club has also won six German Cups in the years 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, and 2009. Alba won its eighth German Championship in 2008.

Roster

Alba Berlin rosterSG		5	Germany !	Staiger, Lucca	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	91 kg (201 lb)
5.5 !F/C	6	Germany !	Schultze, Sven	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	111 kg (245 lb)
2.5 !G/F	7	Germany !	Ney, Joey	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
1.0 !PG	8	Germany !	Schaffartzik, Heiko	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)
4.5 !PF	15	USA !	Allen, Derrick	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	102 kg (225 lb)
5.5 !F/C	21	USA !	Francis, Torin	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	118 kg (260 lb)
3.0 !SF	22	Serbia !	Simonović, Marko	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)
1.0 !PG	23	USA !	Wood, DaShaun	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	75 kg (165 lb)
2.0 !SG	25	USA !	Weaver, Kyle	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	91 kg (201 lb)
5.5 !F/C	34	Germany !	Idbihi, Yassin	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	105 kg (231 lb)
2.0 !SG	44	USA !	Taylor, Bryce	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	90 kg (198 lb)
4.5 !PF	--	Germany !	Kleiner, Can-Jonathan	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)

Head coach

• Gordon Herbert

Assistant coach(es)

• Alan Ibrahimagic
• Mauricio Parra
• Jussi Hirvonen

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Legend

• (C) Team captain
• (*) Playing only in Euroleague

• Injured

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Roster
Updated: November 3 2011

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Reserve
C	Torin Francis	Sven Schultze	Yassin Idbihi
PF	Derrick Allen	Can-Jonathan Kleiner
SF	Marko Simonović	Joey Ney
SG	Kyle Weaver	Lucca Staiger	Bryce Taylor
PG	DaShaun Wood	Heiko Schaffartzik

• Denotes injured player.

Championships

• German Championships: 8 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008)
• German Cups: 6 (1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009)
• Korać Cups: 1 (1995)

Notable players

Matej Mamić Stephen Arigbabu Stephan Baeck Uwe Blab - Mithat Demirel Nino Garris Hansi Gnad Demond Greene Henning Harnisch Johannes Herber - Ademola Okulaja - Teoman Öztürk - Marko Pešić Henrik Rödl Sven Schultze Christian Welp Heiko Schaffartzik

Mario Primorac Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje Jiří Zídek Tanel Tein Martynas Mazeika Goran Jeretin Goran Nikolić Blagota Sekulić Geert Hammink Kirk Penney Szymon Szewczyk Vassili Karasev Dejan Koturović Saša Obradović - Vladimir Petrović Zoran Radović Jovo Stanojević Teoman Alibegović

Wendell Alexis William Avery John Best Michael Bradley Bobby Brown John Celestand Terry Dehere Sharrod Ford Kiwane Garris Chris Owens Mike Penberthy Derrick Phelps Hollis Price Kevin Rankin Dijon Thompson Luke Whitehead Mike Whitmarsh (famous for beach volleyball) Michael Wright

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	German Cup	European competitions
1991–92	1	Bundesliga	2	Runner-up	–	Played European Cup
1992–93	1	Bundesliga	2	Quarterfinalist	–	Played Korać Cup
1993–94	1	Bundesliga	3	Semifinalist	–	Played Korać Cup
1994–95	1	Bundesliga	2	Runner-up	–	Korać Cup champion
1995–96	1	Bundesliga	2	Runner-up	Semifinalist	Korać Cup quarterfinalist
1996–97	1	Bundesliga	1	Champion	Champion	Played Euroleague
1997–98	1	Bundesliga	1	Champion	–	Euroleague quarterfinalist
1998–99	1	Bundesliga	1	Champion	Champion	Played Euroleague
1999–00	1	Bundesliga	1	Champion	Runner-up	Played Euroleague
2000–01	1	Bundesliga	1	Champion	–	SuproLeague quarterfinalist
2001–02	1	Bundesliga	1	Champion	Champion	Played Euroleague
2002–03	1	Bundesliga	1	Champion	Champion	Played Euroleague
2003–04	1	Bundesliga	3	Semifinalist	–	Played Euroleague
2004–05	1	Bundesliga	3	Semifinalist	–	Played ULEB Cup
2005–06	1	Bundesliga	2	Runner-up	Champion	Played ULEB Cup
2006–07	1	Bundesliga	5	Quarterfinalist	–	Played ULEB Cup
2007–08	1	Bundesliga	1	Champion	Fourth position	Played ULEB Cup
2008–09	1	Bundesliga	3	Semifinalist	Champion	Played Euroleague
2009–10	1	Bundesliga	6	Quarterfinalist	–	Eurocup runner-up
2010–11	1	Bundesliga	2	Runner-up	–	Played Eurocup
2011–12	1	Bundesliga				Eurocup

Notes

1. ^ Worldstadiums.com basketball capacity 16,000.
2. ^ Euroleague.net "the 16,000-seat o2 World".

External links

• Official Team Website (German)
• Euroleague.net Team Profile
• Eurobasket.com Team Profile