Skyliners Frankfurt

Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt
Founded	1999
League	BBL
Team history	Skyliners (1999–2000) Opel Skyliners (2000–2005) Deutsche Bank Skyliners (2005–2011) Fraport Skyliners (2011–current)
Arena	Fraport Arena Frankfurt
Team colors	Blue, White, and Orange
Head coach	Muli Katzurin
Championships	German Champion: 2004 German Cup: 2000
Mascot	Dunking Kong (monkey)

Skyliners Frankfurt, currently known as Fraport Skyliners for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball club based in Frankfurt, Germany that has played in the Basketball Bundesliga since 1999. They have won the national club competition 2000 and the national championship 2004. Their home arena is Ballsporthalle.

Current Roster

Deutsche Bank Skyliners 2011
#		Name	Former team
Guards
020		Jimmy McKinney	University of Missouri
023		Quantez Robertson	Auburn University
07		Justin Gray	Guangzhou FM
05		Johannes Herber	Tigers Tübingen
012		Falco Theilig (DL)	TV Lich
Forwards
09		Carl Lindbom (DL)	Espoon Honka
013		Fabian Franke (DL)	SG Oslebshausen
030		Jon Leuer	Milwaukee Bucks
010		Jermareo Davidson	Idaho Stampede
Center
08		Tim Oldenburg (DL)	Eintracht Frankfurt
014		Marius Nolte	Paderborn Baskets
Coach
		Muli Katzurin	Alba Berlin
Assistant Coaches
		Klaus Perwas	Dragons Rhöndorf

DL: Young Players with development licence in 1st and 3rd division team.
Roster updated 08-31-2011 .^[1]

Notable players

Germany Robert Garrett 3 seasons: '02-'05 Stefano Garris 3 seasons: '05-'08 Alex King 6 seasons: '03-'08 Bernd Kruel 3 seasons: '03-'06 Robert Maras 5 seasons: '00-'05 Kai Nürnberger 4 seasons: '99-'03 Pascal Roller 10 seasons: '99-'06, '07-'11 Derrick Taylor 1 season: '00-'01 Denis Wucherer 1 season: '01-'02  Canada Peter Guarasci 1 season: '99-'00 Andrew Kwiatkowski 2 seasons: '01-'03 Stephens Thomas 1 season: '02-'03

Croatia Mario Kasun 2 seasons: '02-'04  Finland Jukka Matinen 4 seasons: '02-'06  Georgia Tyrone Ellis 2 seasons: '03-'05  Italy Alberto Vianini 1 season: '99-'00  Senegal Malick Badiane 3 seasons: '03-'06  Sweden Rudy Mbemba 3 seasons: '05-'08

Ukraine Alexander Lokhmanchuk 1 season: '01-'02  United States Travon Bryant 1 season: '06-'07 Travis Conlan 1 season: '02-'03 Kavossy Franklin 2 seasons: '04-'06 Marcus Goree 1 season: '01-'02 Lorenzo Gordon 1 season: '08-'09 Ken Johnson 1 season: '07-'08 Tyron McCoy 2 seasons: '00-'02 Darren McLinton 1 season: '05-'06 Antonio Meeking 2 seasons: '05-'06, '07-'08 George Reese 1 season: '06-'07 Chris Williams 2 seasons: '03-'05 DaShaun Wood 1 season: '10-'11

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	German Cup	European competitions
1999–00	1	Bundesliga	3	Semifinalist	Champion	Played Saporta Cup
2000–01	1	Bundesliga	8	Quarterfinalist	Fourth position	Played Euroleague
2001–02	1	Bundesliga	3	Semifinalist	Third position	Played Euroleague
2002–03	1	Bundesliga	7	Quarterfinalist	–	Played ULEB Cup
2003–04	1	Bundesliga	1	Champion	Runner-up	Played ULEB Cup
2004–05	1	Bundesliga	2	Runner-up	Fourth position	Played Euroleague
2005–06	1	Bundesliga	14	–	–	Played ULEB Cup
2006–07	1	Bundesliga	13	–	–	–
2007–08	1	Bundesliga	4	Semifinalist	–	Played ULEB Cup
2008–09	1	Bundesliga	7	Quarterfinalist	Third position	Played EuroChallenge
2009–10	1	Bundesliga	2	Runner-up	Runner-up	–
2010–11	1	Bundesliga	3	Semifinalist	Fourth position	Played EuroChallenge
2011–12	1	Bundesliga				Eurocup

2009-10 Pro B Team (3rd Division)

4		Fabian Franke	Forward
5		Richard Ware	Guard
7		Lotola Otshumbe	Forward
8		Igor Starcevic	Forward
9		Roland Nyama	Forward
10		Armin Willemsen	Forward
11		Jan Novak	Forward
12		Niko Anders	Guard
13		Gregor Kern	Center
14		Jerry Otshumbe	Forward
15		Filmore Beck	Forward
16		Nikolaj Vukovic	Guard
17		Manuel Imamovic	Center
18		Philipp Stöhr	Forward
19		Benedikt Nicolay	Guard
20		Willis Gardner	Guard

HEAD COACH: Harald Stein

Roster updated 03-25-2010

References

1. ^ Das Team der Saison 2011-2012

External links

• Official Site (German)
• Teamcheck Deutsche Bank Skyliners