Kapfenberg Bulls

Kapfenberg Bulls
Leagues	Basketball Superliga Alpe Adria Cup
Founded	1976 (1976)
History	Kapfenberg Bulls 1976–present
Arena	Sporthalle Walfersam
Capacity	1,000
Location	Kapfenberg, Austria
President	Karl Thaller
Head coach	Michael Schrittwieser
Championships	7 Austrian Championships 4 Austrian Cups 5 Austrian Supercups
Website	https://bulls-basketball.eu
Home Away

Kapfenberg Bulls, also known simply as Bulls, is a professional basketball club that is based in Kapfenberg, Styria, Austria. The team plays in the Austrian Basketball Superliga. The Bulls have won seven national championships, four Austrian Cups and five Supercups. Founded in 1976, the team plays its home games in the Sporthalle Walfersam.

History

Between 1991 and 2019, the Kapfenberg Bulls played in the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga. Between 2001 and 2004, the club had its most successful era, with 4 national domestic league championships in a row. They won their last national title in 2007 (Austrian Basketball Cup). In 2009, they came in third in the Central European Basketball League, which is the best result of an Austrian basketball team in an international tournament.

In 2017, the Kapfenberg Bulls conquered its fifth national domestic league championship, 13 years after their previous one, and repeated success in the next season.

The team joined the Austrian Basketball Superliga in 2019.

Honors

• Austrian Basketball Bundesliga (7):

2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19

• Austrian Cup (6):

2007, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

• Austrian Supercup (5):

2002, 2003, 2014, 2017, 2018

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Cup	Supercup	European competitions
2000–01	1	ÖBL	1st	Runner–up		3 Korać Cup	R1
2001–02	1	ÖBL	1st	Runner–up
2002–03	1	ÖBL	1st	Semifinalist	Champion
2003–04	1	ÖBL	1st	Semifinalist	Champion	2 ULEB Cup	RS
2004–05	1	ÖBL	3rd	Runner–up	Runner–up	2 ULEB Cup	RS
2005–06	1	ÖBL	3rd	Quarterfinalist		4 EuroCup Challenge	RS
2006–07	1	ÖBL	5th	Champion
2007–08	1	ÖBL	5th	Last 16	Runner–up
2008–09	1	ÖBL	5th	Quarterfinalist
2009–10	1	ÖBL	4th	Runner–up
2010–11	1	ÖBL	6th	Quarterfinalist
2011–12	1	ÖBL	3rd
2012–13	1	ÖBL	4th	Quarterfinalist
2013–14	1	ÖBL	2nd	Champion
2014–15	1	ÖBL	3rd		Runner-up
2015–16	1	ÖBL	7th	Semifinalist
2016–17	1	ÖBL	1st	Champion
2017–18	1	ÖBL	1st	Champion	Champion	3 Champions League	QR1
						4 FIBA Europe Cup	RS
2018–19	1	ÖBL	1st	Champion	Champion	4 FIBA Europe Cup	QR2

Players

Current roster

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

Kapfenberg Bulls roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name SG 4 Jamar, Kareem 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 32 – (1992-10-16)16 October 1992 G 5 Scott, Joshua 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 26 – (1998-01-19)19 January 1998 G 6 Podany, Elias 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 22 – (2002-06-22)22 June 2002 G 7 Zapf, Miro 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – (2003-09-17)17 September 2003 G 8 Seher, Maxi 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (2004-01-02)2 January 2004 PF 9 Grubor, Miloš 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 33 – (1991-01-13)13 January 1991 F 10 Čigoja, Dejan 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 36 – (1988-09-27)27 September 1988 F 11 Grgic, Daniel 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 20 – (2004-11-22)22 November 2004 SF 12 Krstić, Nemanja 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 31 – (1993-03-02)2 March 1993 G 14 Schrittwieser, Tobias 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 28 – (1996-10-14)14 October 1996 C 15 Briggs, Justin 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 27 – (1997-09-19)19 September 1997 F 17 Vötsch, David 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 23 – (2001-10-01)1 October 2001	Head coach Mike Coffin Assistant coach(es) Dimitris Sarikas Mladen Sarajlić Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: October 13, 2021

Notable players

See also: Category: Kapfenberg Bulls players

To appear in this section a player must have either: played at least one season for the club, set a club record or won an individual award while at the club, played at least one official international match for their national team at any time or performed very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

• Mark Sanchez (2 seasons: 2012–14)
• De'Teri Mayes (2 seasons: 2011–13)
• Moritz Lanegger (5 seasons: 2006–11)
• Quentin Pryor (1 season: 2012–13)

External links

• www.ece-bulls.com (in German)
• Eurobasket.com Kapfenberg Bulls Page