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Nürnberg Falcons
Nürnberg Falcons logo
NicknameNBC
Die Falken
LeaguesProA
Founded2009; 15 years ago (2009)
History
List
  • Nürnberger BC
    (2009–2016)
    Nürnberg Falcons BC
    (2016–present)
ArenaKia Metropol Arena
Capacity3,881
LocationNuremberg, Germany
Team colorsRed, White, Black
     
PresidentRalph Junge
Head coachVirgil Matthews
Team captainSebastian Schröder
Websitewww.nuernberg-falcons.de

Nürnberg Falcons BC, formerly called Nürnberger BC (abbreviated as NBC) is a basketball club based in Nuremberg, Germany. The club currently plays in the ProA, the German professional second division. In 2010–11 Nürnberg was promoted from the ProB to the ProA.[1] In 2019, Nürnberg finished as runner-ups in the ProA.

The club play their home games since 2021 in the newly built Kia Metropol arena which has a capacity of 4,000 people.

History

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The "Franken Hexer" was founded in 2002 as a "joint project of several Middle Franconian clubs to promote young basketball talents". The newly founded club started with a men's team in the lowest league (district class) as well as a male U16 and U18 team. The men's teams were also explicitly intended for young players.

In 2016, the name was changed to Falcons.

In the 2018–19 ProA season, Nürnberg ended in third place in the standings. In the playoffs it defeated second-seeded Heidelberg to qualify for the ProA finals. Because of this achievement, the team earned promotion to the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) for the first time.[2] In May 2019, it was announced that Falcons did not obtain a license for the BBL due to not meeting requirements on minimum arena size and minimum budget.[3]

Nürnberg Falcons huddle in March 2022
Former logo, when the club was named rent4office Nürnberger BC

Honours

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Players

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Current squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Nürnberg Falcons BC roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name
SG 0 United States Monteroso, Daniel
PG 5 Germany Köpple, Tim 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 24 – (2000-09-03)3 September 2000
F 6 United States Alexander, Courtney
F 8 United States Kaba, Mohamed
PF 16 Germany Wolf, Julius
G/F 20 United States Sanders, Isaiah
PF 21 Germany Okafor, Nelson
PG 25 Germany Feneberg, Simon
G 77 Germany Meredith, Matthew
SG Germany Eckert, Joscha
F United States Forrest, Damian
C Germany Saffer, Leo
Head coach

United States Virgil Matthews

Assistant coach(es)

GermanyUnited States Derrick Taylor


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Updated: 19 July 2024

Individual awards

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ProA MVP

Notable players

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- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

Head coaches

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  • Lithuania Vytautas Buzas: (2019-2020, 2021-2022)
  • United StatesGermany Derrick Taylor: (2022-2023)
  • United States Virgil Matthews: (2023–present)

References

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  1. ^ "Nuernberg Falcons BC basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-eurobasket".
  2. ^ "Nürnberg Falcons steigen als Vize-Meister in die BBL auf". 4 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Keine BBL-Lizenz für Bremerhaven und Nürnberg". www.morgenpost.de. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
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