Medi Bayreuth

History

The club was founded as the basketball section of Post SV Bayreuth in 1975 and was one of the clubs that established the second division of professional basketball in Germany. In its debut season, the team was immediately promoted to the first tier (Basketball Bundesliga). In 1979, the basketball team separated from Post SV, and the club was re-founded as USC Bayreuth. After the 1983–84 season the team was relegated from the Bundesliga. Following this, the club merged with TTBG Steiner-Optik Bayreuth, a former table tennis club, to form BG Steiner Bayreuth.

As Steiner Bayreuth, the team had some great successes. The club immediately returned to the highest level, and years later won several trophies in Germany. In 1988 and 1989 the team won the BBL-Pokal (cup competition) and in the 1988–89 season the team was crowned German national champions after winning the Bundesliga.

In 1997, longtime sponsor Steiner left the club and the club started to get in financial trouble. Along with the financial crisis, the team also had a sportive crisis. In 1999, the team was relegated from the Bundesliga to the second division because of financial troubles. Bayreuth spent the following seasons in the second division ProA.

Bayreuth eventually returned to the highest level. The club won the 2009–10 season's German 2nd Division championship, and thus earned promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2010–11 season. Before the 2013–14 season, the club's name was changed to medi bayreuth for sponsorship reasons. The new team colors were black, lime green and pink.

Bayreuth had an outstanding 2016–17 season, as the team of Raoul Korner finished fourth in the BBL regular season with a 22–10 record. In the play-offs the team was eliminated by fifth-seeded Oldenburg. However, the placement of the club qualified Bayreuth for the 2017–18 Basketball Champions League, which was the first European campaign for the club. With an 8–6 record in the regular season, Bayreuth advanced to the play-offs, in which the team eliminated Turkish side Beşiktaş in the last 16. But in the quarter-finals the club was eliminated by fellow German side Riesen Ludwigsburg.

Arena

The club's regular home arena is the Oberfrankenhalle, which has a seating capacity of 4,000 people.

Club identity

Logos

BBC Bayreuth logo 2012.png|BBC Bayreuth 1999–2013

Uniforms

Players

Current roster

Notable players

• USA Sacar Anim
• USA Frank Bartley
• USA Brandon Bowman
• USA Adonis Thomas
• LTU Ignas Sargiūnas

Trophies

• German Championship:
  • Champions: 1988–89
• German Cup:
  • Champions: 1987–88, 1988–89
• ProA / 2. Basketball Bundesliga
  • Champions: 1975-76, 1992-93, 2008–09

Season by season

References

References

1. "easyCredit BBL – medi bayreuth Basketball".
2. (4 June 2013). "Basketball Bundesliga Club BBC Bayreuth Gets New Title Sponsor, Name".
3. (27 July 2023). "BBC Bayreuth: Profis spielen wieder unter altem Namen - neues Logo vorgestellt".
4. "easyCredit BBL – medi bayreuth Basketball".
5. [https://www.bayreuth.de/tourismus-kultur-freizeit/tagungen-kongresse/oberfrankenhalle/ OBERFRANKENHALLE BAYREUTH {{in lang. de.]
6. [http://www.fibaeurope.com/fibaeuropecup/compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.season_2016.roundID_10865.teamID_1215.html USC BAYREUTH THE ARENA OBERFRANKENHALLE Capacity 4000.]