NAC Basketbal was a Dutch
basketball
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club based in
Breda
Breda () is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from ''brede Aa'' ('wide Aa' or 'broad Aa') and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. Breda has ...
. The club was the basketball section of the
football
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club
NAC Breda
NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...
, which aimed to make itself a multi-sports club.
The team was founded in 2000, along with outspoken ambitions of playing in European competitions as well as in the
Eredivisie
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. With head coach Jos Wolffs, the team finished fifth in Group A during the 2000–01 Eredivisie season. In its second season, NAC reached the playoff semi-finals. After financial problems during its second season, the club was dissolved in April 2002.
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Season by season
References
{{Dutch Basketball League
Defunct basketball teams in the Netherlands
Basketball teams established in 2000
Basketball teams disestablished in 2002
Former Dutch Basketball League teams
Sports clubs in North Brabant
NAC Breda