BSC Panthers Fürstenfeld is an Austrian professional

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club based in

Fürstenfeld Fürstenfeld (; ) is a small historic city in Styria, Austria. It is situated near the border with Hungary, which is why the city was originally founded. The town has become quite famous in Austria and Germany because of the song by the same name ...

. The club was founded in 1955 and won the Austrian national championship one time: in the 2008–09 season. Fürstenfeld participated in European competitions once, when it played in the

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in the 1995–96 season.

Honours

* Austrian Championship (1): :2008 :Runner-up: 2002, 2010 *

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(1): :2009 *

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(1): :2009

Season by season

Notable players

* Michael Fraser * Marko Car *

Miljan Goljović Miljan Goljović (born August 27, 1971) is a retired Slovenian professional basketball player. He was a 2.03 m tall small forward, that was a remarkable talent on offense. Club career Goljović was the EuroLeague Top Scorer, Top Scorer of the Eur ...

* Giorgi Gamqrelidze * Jonathan Levy *

Anthony Shavies Anthony Shavies (born September 9, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player. Professional career In his first two seasons Shavies played in Austria for Güssing Knights and Wörthersee Piraten. In 2007, he left for Panthers ...

* Desmond Penigar

External links

Eurobasket.com BSC Fürstenfeld Panthers Page
Basketball teams in Austria Fürstenfeld Basketball teams established in 1955 1955 establishments in Austria {{Austria-sport-team-stub