Rockets (basketball club)
| Rockets | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Founded | July 2, 1998 (1998-07-02) | ||
| Arena | Messe Erfurt | ||
| Capacity | 3,236 | ||
| Location | Erfurt, Germany | ||
| Team colors | Blue, White | ||
| President | Astrid Kollmar | ||
| Head coach | Ivan Pavić | ||
| Championships | 1 ProB | ||
| Website | www.rockets-basketball.de | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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Rockets is a German professional basketball team. It is originally based in Gotha, Germany but plays its home games in Erfurt. The Rockets are the first team of the BiG Gotha basketball club.
In 2017, Rockets promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the German first tier. Following its debut season in the BBL, the professional team of Rockets was dissolved.[1]
Contents
1 History
2 Honours
3 Players
3.1 Notable players
4 Head coaches
5 Season by season
6 Sponsorship names
7 References
8 External links
History
Oettinger Rockets home game in 2017
The Oettinger Rockets were found as the first team of the club Gotha e.V. which was founded on July 2, 1998. The team started in the Bezirksliga and promoted to the fourth tier 1.Regionliga in 2005.
In the 2009–10 season, the Rockets were promoted to the national third level, the ProB.[2] In the 2011–12 season, Gotha was crowned ProB champions and the team was promoted to the second tier level ProA.[3]
Since the 2016–17 season, the Rockets play in the Messe Erfurt, which has a capacity of 3,236 people.[4] On May 3, 2017, the team earned promotion to the Basketball Bundesliga by beating Niners Chemnitz in the semi-finals of the ProA to claim a promotion spot.[5][6]
Rockets Gotha started the 2017–18 season as "Oettinger Rockets", named after its main sponsor Oettinger Brauerei. However, from January 2018 the main sponsor left and the club would be simply known as "Rockets".[7] In its debut season in the BBL, Rockets ended in the 17th place and relegated back to the ProA. In July 2018, the organization announced that it was not able to play in the professional ProA league.[1]
Honours
- ProB
Winners: 2011–12
Players
Notable players
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Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
| Criteria |
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Konstantin Klein
Andreas Obst
Ekenechukwu Ibekwe
Nemanja Jaramaz
David Hicks
Darrel Mitchell
Marcus Monk
Travis Warech
Head coaches
| Period | Coach |
|---|---|
| 2013–2017 |  Chris Ensminger |
| 2017–2018 | Ivan Pavić |
Season by season
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | 3 | ProB | 9th |
| 2011–12 | 3 | ProB | 1st |
| 2012–13 | 2 | ProA | 14th |
| 2013–14 | 2 | ProA | 7th |
2014–15 | 2 | ProA | 4th |
| 2015–16 | 2 | ProA | 3rd |
2016–17 | 2 | ProA | 2nd |
2017–18 | 1 | BBL | 17th |
Source: Eurobasket.com
Sponsorship names
The logo of the Oettinger Rockets
Due to sponsorship reasons, the team has been known as:
Oettinger Rockets (2006–2017)
References
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^ Peter Sack. "BiG - Basketball in Gotha: Rockets starten in der Pro B Süd" (in German). Retrieved 2017-03-07..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Peter Sack. "BiG - Basketball in Gotha: Rockets weiter in der ProB" (in German). Retrieved 2017-03-07.
^ Peter Sack. "BiG - Basketball in Gotha: Rockets spielen nächste Saison in der Messe Erfurt". www.big-gotha.de. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
^ "Unfassbare Aufholjagd: Rockets siegen und steigen in die Bundesliga auf". 2017-05-03.
^ "Oettinger Rockets zweiter Aufsteiger in die easyCredit BBL". zweite-basketball-bundesliga.de. 2017-05-03. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
^ "Thüringer Bundesliga-Basketballer gehen letztmals als „Oettinger Rockets" auf Korbjagd" (in German). Thueringer-allgemeine.de. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
External links
Rockets Gotha official website (in German)
BiG Gotha official website (in German)
