Apollo Amsterdam
Apollo Amsterdam is a professional basketball team based in Amsterdam. The club plays its games in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL), the Dutch top league. The club was founded in 2011 and has been playing in the DBL for 9 years. The amateur section of the club is known as BC Apollo. Apollo Amsterdam is known for their focus on developing the Dutch basketball players and giving them growth perspective in a foreign player dominated league. Apollo debuted 25 Dutch players in the last 5,5 seasons. [2]
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Leagues | Dutch Basketball League | ||
Founded | 2011 | ||
History | BC Apollo 2011–2015 Apollo Amsterdam 2015–present | ||
Arena | Apollohal | ||
Capacity | 1,500 | ||
Location | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
Main sponsor | Paul Meijering[1] | ||
President | Mark van Meggelen | ||
Head coach | Edwin van der Hart | ||
2019–20 position | DBL, 9th of 9 | ||
Championships | 1 Promotiedivisie | ||
Website | www | ||
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History
The club was founded in 2011, as a result of a merger between BV Lely and Mosquitos, both clubs from Amsterdam. Its name is derived from its home venue the Apollohal. Apollo took over the license of the old ABC Amsterdam second team.[3] In the first season of the club, Apollo played as an amateur team in the Promotiedivisie. They immediately won the Dutch amateur championship after defeating CBV Binnenland in the league final.[4]
In 2012, Apollo club decided to enter the professional Dutch Basketball League (DBL) for the 2012–13 season.[5] In its first season, led by coach Tyrone Marioneaux and All-Star Aron Royé, Apollo finished in ninth place in the DBL.
In 2013–14, Apollo managed to reach the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. The club lost in the quarterfinals to GasTerra Flames, 0–2.
During Apollo's most successful season since their establishment, the club had financial problems which made it close to withdrawing from the DBL. However, in August 2014 it was announced Apollo would continue playing in the DBL.[6]
In the 2015–16 season, Apollo made its second appearance in the DBL playoffs where it lost to Den Bosch 0–2 in the quarterfinals.
Apollo won its first playoff game in 2016, defeating ZZ Leiden in Game 1 of the quarterfinals. However, in a packed Apollohal, Leiden retrieved home advantage and went on to beat Apollo 1–2 and advance to the semifinals.
On 1 May 2020, Apollo announced it will not play in the 2020–21 DBL season because of uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Apollo also announced Laki Lakner was replacing Patrick Faijdherbe as head coach.[7]
Players
Current roster
- For a listing of past rosters, see BC Apollo past rosters.
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Top scorers by seasons
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Season by season
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Champions | Runners-up | Playoff berth | Promoted |
Season | Tier | League | Regular season | Playoffs | NBB Cup | Head coach | President | |||||
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2011–12 | 2 | Promotiedivisie | 1st | 26 | 21 | 5 | .808 | Won Final Four | – | Tyrone Marioneaux | Menno Fluks | |
2012–13 | 1 | DBL | 9th | 36 | 4 | 32 | .111 | – | Eightfinals | |||
2013–14 | 1 | DBL | 8th | 36 | 7 | 29 | .000 | Lost quarterfinals (GasTerra Flames), 0–2 | Eightfinals | Hakim Salem | Menno Fluks / Ramon Siljade | |
2014–15 | 1 | DBL | 7th | 28 | 5 | 23 | .179 | – | Eightfinals | Jaanus Liivak | Ramon Siljade | |
2015–16 | 1 | DBL | 5th | 28 | 10 | 18 | .357 | Lost quarterfinals (Den Bosch), 0–2 | Quarterfinalist | Patrick Faijdherbe | ||
2016–17 | 1 | DBL | 5th | 28 | 9 | 19 | .321 | Lost quarterfinals (ZZ Leiden), 1–2 | Semifinalist | |||
2017–18 | 1 | DBL | 7th | 32 | 9 | 23 | .281 | – | Eightfinals | |||
2018–19 | 1 | DBL | 6th | 34 | 10 | 24 | .294 | Lost quarterfinals (Den Bosch), 0–2 | Quarterfinals | |||
2019–20 | 1 | DBL | 9th | 25[note 1] | 4 | 19 | .174 | N/A | Quarterfinals | |||
List of head coaches
The following is a list of all the head coaches of Apollo since its establishment in 2011:
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2015–2020 | ![]() |
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Notes
- The 2019–20 season was ended in March 2020 prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
- "Samenwerking Apollo Basketball". Paul Meijering metalen. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- "Doorontwikkeling Apollo Basketball". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- Eurobasket.com team profile
- "BC Apollo grijpt titel in mannen promotiedivisie". Basketball.nl. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- "Amsterdam terug in eredivisie". nos.nl. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- "BC Apollo Amsterdam blijft in de DBL". DBL. 8 August 2014.
- "DBL gaat verder met acht ploegen". Basketball League. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- "BC Apollo Amsterdam Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 29 August 2019.