The Wolves Amsterdam was a basketball club from

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

which played from 1957 to 1968 in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

. The club also came four seasons in the European competitions. The club won its first Dutch championship basketball in 1957. From then it won the league title four more times. The Wolves Amsterdam is one of the 22 basketball clubs that participated in first edition of FIBA European Champions Cup in 1958.

Honours

Dutch League * Winners (5): 1956-57, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1964–65

In Europe

Match table

Notable players

Ton Boot Antoine "Ton" Boot (born October 16, 1940) is a Dutch retired professional basketball coach and player. Boot is viewed as one of the best Dutch coaches ever, because of his 14 national titles in the Netherlands. The Dutch newspaper '' De Volkskran ...

(1961–65)Documentary about Ton Boot at sportgeschiedenis.nl

References

{{Reflist Defunct basketball teams in the Netherlands Former Dutch Basketball League teams Sports clubs in Amsterdam