Feyenoord Basketball, for sponsorship reasons known as Zeeuw & Zeeuw Feyenoord Basketball, is a Dutch professional

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club based in

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. The team plays in the

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and plays its home games at the Topsportcentrum next to

De Kuip Stadion Feijenoord (), more commonly known by its nickname De Kuip (, the Tub), is a stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was completed in 1937. The name is derived from the Feijenoord district in Rotterdam, and from the club with the same na ...

in Rotterdam. Established in 1954, it became the basketball section of the football club

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...

in 2018. Rotterdam won their only trophy in 1985, when they won the domestic NBB Cup. The team has reached the semi-finals of the Dutch League playoffs three times in history. Until its name change to Feyenoord in 2018, the club was known as Rotterdam Basketbal.

History

Challenge Sports Rotterdam started in 1954 under the name AMVJ Rotterdam. The first sponsor of the club was Gunco in 1988, which was their first year in the highest Dutch league. They only lasted a year and demoted to a lower division. In 1991 they returned with sponsor De Schiestreek, followed by the Rotterdam firm Idetrading in 1995. After a sponsorless year, Gunco then again returned as title sponsor in 1999. Johan Haga has made possible following a restart. This created a new name, new look, new logo and a change in the player selection. In 2002, the team took the name Rotterdam Basketbal, without sponsorname. In 2007 the team was renamed to Rotterdam Challengers, but in 2010 they again took the name Rotterdam Basketbal. Starting with the 2011–2012 season, the name became Rotterdam Basketbal College, to underline the importance of the youth in the team. During the 2013–14 season, the club got a new main sponsor in Challenge Sports and the team's name was changed to Challenge Sports Rotterdam. In May 2018, Rotterdam reached the DBL semi-finals for the first time in 12 years, after upsetting

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in the quarter-finals, 1–2. This month the club announced as well that it would be named Feyenoord Basketball starting with the 2018–19 season, as the team became a part of the multi-sports club of

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club

. On 15 April 2019, accomplished head coach

Toon van Helfteren Anton J. J. "Toon" van Helfteren (born 20 February 1951) is a Dutch former basketball player and current coach of Feyenoord Basketball. Van Helfteren played in the Dutch Basketball League from 1971 till 1990. He was the coach of ZZ Leiden from ...

signed a two-year contract to become the head coach of Feyenoord. Since the 2021–22 season, Feyenoord plays in the

, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.

Names

Due to sponsorship reasons, the club has known several names: *1988–1989: Gunco Rotterdam *1989-1995: De Schiestreek Rotterdam *1995–1999: Idétrading Rotterdam *1999–2002: Gunco Rotterdam *2002–2007: Rotterdam Basketbal *2007–2010: Rotterdam Challengers *2010–2011: Rotterdam Basketbal *2011–2014: Rotterdam Basketbal College *2014–2016: Challenge Sports Rotterdam *2016–2018: Forward Lease Rotterdam *2018–present:

Basketball **2019–present: Zeeuw & Zeeuw Feyenoord

Players

Current roster

Notable players

Individual awards

; All-DBL Team *

Patrick Hilliman Patrick Silvester Hilliman (born 17 April 1982) is a Dutch retired basketball player. In his career, Hilliman played for Dutch Basketball League (DBL) clubs Rotterdam Challengers and ZZ Leiden. From 2007 till 2011, Hilliman played 30 games for t ...

– 2010 * Arūnas Mikalauskas – 2021 ;

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Erik Braal Erik Braal (born May 16, 1971) is a Dutch professional basketball coach, currently serving as head coach for Heroes Den Bosch. He was the head coach of Donar from 2015 until 2020. Braal was the most successful coach ever for the club with seven tr ...

– 2006 ;

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Arvin Slagter Arvin Slagter (born 19 September 1985) is a Dutch basketball player who plays for the Netherlands men's national 3x3 team. Slagter also played for several other Dutch 5vs5 teams in his career, including Rotterdam, Bergen op Zoom, Leiden and Gro ...

– 2006 ;

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*Jeroen Slor – 2008 ;

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* Leon Williams – 2012 *

Yannick Franke Yannick Ayrton Franke (born May 21, 1996) is a Dutch professional basketball player for PAOK Thessaloniki of the Greek Basket League. He also represents the Netherlands national basketball team in international competition. Franke mainly plays at ...

– 2015 ;

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*Yasalde Pas Costa – 2007 *

– 2014 *Nigel Onuoha – 2015

Club records

Bold denotes still active with team. As of 14 April 2021:

Trophies

* NBB Cup **Winners (1): 1984–85 ***Runners-up (1): 2005–06

Season by season

Head coaches

References

Notes

External links

Official website

Eurobasket.com profile
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