Kapfenberg Bulls, also known simply as Bulls, is a professional
basketball
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club that is based in
Kapfenberg
Kapfenberg , with around 22,609 inhabitants, is the third largest city in Styria, Austria, near Bruck an der Mur. The town's landmark is Burg Oberkapfenberg. Its main employer is the steel manufacturer Böhler.
The town has a swimming complex, ...
,
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
,
Austria
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.
History
Since 1991, the Kapfenberg Bulls have played in the
, the highest Austrian professional basketball league. Between 2001 and 2004, the club had its most successful era, with 4 national domestic league championships in a row. They won their last national title in 2007 (
Austrian Basketball Cup
The Austrian Cup (german: Österreichischer Cup) is an annual cup competition for Austrian basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete wi ...
). In 2009, they came in third in the
Central European Basketball League
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Romania ( ; ro, România ) i ...
, which is the best result of an Austrian basketball team in an international tournament.
In 2017, the Kapfenberg Bulls conquered its fifth national domestic league championship, 13 years after their previous one, and repeated success in the next season.
Honors
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Austrian Basketball Bundesliga
The Austrian Basketball Bundesliga (in German: Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga) was the top men's professional basketball league in Austria.O ...
(7):
:2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04,
2016–17,
2017–18,
2018–19
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Austrian Cup
The Austrian Cup (german: ÖFB-Cup), known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for 27th t ...
(6):
:2007, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
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Austrian Supercup
The Austrian Supercup (German: ÖFB-Supercup) was a Association football, football competition held annually from 1986 until 2004 between the winners of the Austrian Football Bundesliga and the Austrian Cup.
19 editions were played during the sho ...
(5):
:2002, 2003, 2014, 2017, 2018
Season by season
Players
Current roster
Notable players
To appear in this section a player must have either: played at least one season for the club, 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 or performed very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.
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Mark Sanchez
Mark Travis John Sanchez (born November 11, 1986) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons. He played college football at the University of Southern California (USC) and was draft ...
(2 seasons: 2012–14)
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De'Teri Mayes
De'Teri Mayes (born August 5, 1974) is a former Austrian-American professional basketball player.
Professional career
Mayes played in the top-tier level Austrian league, the ÖBL, with the Allianz Swans Gmunden, from the 1999–2000 season, thro ...
(2 seasons: 2011–13)
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Moritz Lanegger
Moritz Lanegger (born 29 March 1990) is an Austrian professional basketball player for the Vienna DC Timberwolves of the Austrian Basketball Superliga. Lanegger is also a member of the Austrian national team. He plays the point guard position.
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(5 seasons: 2006–11)
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Quentin Pryor
Quentin Vinlay Pryor (born September 26, 1983) is an American former basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), Pryor mainly played at the shooting guard and point guard position.
Career
Pryor signed with GasTerra Flames from Gron ...
(1 season: 2012–13)
External links
www.ece-bulls.com
Eurobasket.com Kapfenberg Bulls Page
{{Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga
Basketball teams in Austria
Basketball teams established in 1976
Kapfenberg