RheinStars Köln is a professional

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club based in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

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. The team currently plays in the

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, the fourth tier basketball league in Germany. The club has won one

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championship and three German Cup titles in its history.

History

The team was founded 1999, as Cologne 99ers. In the Euroleague 2006-07 season, their home arena was an arena in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in ...

, named

Philips Halle The Mitsubishi Electric Halle (formerly Philips Halle) is an indoor arena located in Düsseldorf, Germany. It opened in 1971 and has a capacity of 7,500 people. It was originally named after Dutch electronics conglomerate Philips. It was renam ...

. RheinEnergie power company supported the team until the summer of 2007, thus the team changed to its original name, Köln 99ers. On January 21, 2008, the club announced that they were insolvent. In 2013, the club was re-launched and started in the 2.Regionliga (5th division) with the new name of RheinStars Köln.Eurobasket.com – History
/ref> Since 2015, the team plays in the ProA, Germany's second division of professional basketball. In 2018-19 season, the team was relegated to the

from ProB (Germany's 3rd division of professional basketball) after finishing the season 5-17.

Honours

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: (1) **2005–06 * German Cup: (3) **2004, 2005, 2007 *

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: (1) **2006

Players

Current roster

Notable players

Season by season

Head coaches

Svetislav Pešić Svetislav "Kari" Pešić ( sr-cyrl, Светислав "Кари" Пешић; born August 28, 1949) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Serbia men's national team. Playing career During his ...

(2001–02) *

Stephan Baeck Stephan Baeck (born 12 April 1965) is a German former basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal at the EuroBasket 1993 The 1993 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA ...

(2002) * Saša Obradović (2005–08) * Drasko Prodanovic

Notes

External links

Official site

Official site of the Academy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Koln 99ers Basketball teams in Germany Sport in Cologne Basketball teams established in 1999 1999 establishments in Germany