Kapfenberg Bulls

Kapfenberg Bulls, also known simply as Bulls, is a professional basketball club that is based in Kapfenberg, which is a town in Styria, a state of Austria.

Kapfenberg Bulls
LeaguesBasketball Superliga
Founded1976 (1976)
HistoryKapfenberg Bulls
1976–present
ArenaSporthalle Walfersam
Capacity1,000
LocationKapfenberg, Austria
PresidentKarl Thaller
Head coachMike Coffin
Championships7 Austrian Championships
4 Austrian Cups
5 Austrian Supercups
Websitewww.ece-bulls.com

History

Since 1991, the Kapfenberg Bulls have played in the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga, the highest Austrian professional basketball league. 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.

Honors
2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
2007, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
2002, 2003, 2014, 2017, 2018

Season by season
Season Tier League Pos. Cup Supercup European competitions
2000–011ÖBL1stRunner–up3 Korać CupR1
2001–021ÖBL1stRunner–up
2002–031ÖBL1stSemifinalistChampion
2003–041ÖBL1stSemifinalistChampion2 ULEB CupRS
2004–051ÖBL3rdRunner–upRunner–up2 ULEB CupRS
2005–061ÖBL3rdQuarterfinalist4 EuroCup ChallengeRS
2006–071ÖBL5thChampion
2007–081ÖBL5thLast 16Runner–up
2008–091ÖBL5thQuarterfinalist
2009–101ÖBL4thRunner–up
2010–111ÖBL6thQuarterfinalist
2011–121ÖBL3rd
2012–131ÖBL4thQuarterfinalist
2013–141ÖBL2ndChampion
2014–151ÖBL3rdRunner-up
2015–161ÖBL7thSemifinalist
2016–171ÖBL1stChampion
2017–181ÖBL1stChampionChampion3 Champions LeagueQR1
4 FIBA Europe CupRS
2018–191ÖBL1stChampionChampion4 FIBA Europe CupQR2

Notable 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.

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