FC Schalke 04 Basketball

Schalke 04
Schalke 04 logo
NicknameDie Knappen
Die Königsblauen
LeaguesProA
Founded1974; 50 years ago (1974)
HistorySchalke 04 Basketball
(1974–present)
ArenaHalle an der Mühlbachstraße
Capacity1,112
LocationGelsenkirchen, Germany
Team colorsBlue, White
   
PresidentTobias Steinert
Head coachRaphael Wilder
Championships3 German Second Divisions
4 1. Regionalliga
Websiteschalke04.de/basketball

Schalke 04 Basketball is a German professional basketball team club in Gelsenkirchen.[1] The team currently plays in the ProA, the German national second division. It is the basketball section of FC Schalke 04.

The basketball department of FC Schalke 04 played in the 1988–89 season in the National Basketball League Basketball Bundesliga and from 2004 for several seasons in the ProA, the second highest basketball league in Germany.[2] 2009 saw the Schalke 04 voluntary withdrawal of Schalke 04 from the ProA.[3]

Following the 2017-18 season, the team was promoted to the national second-tier ProA, after Scanplus Baskets resigned its promotion position.[4]

  1. ^ 2. Basketball Bundesliga – Schalke 04
  2. ^ "Geschichte der Basketballabteilung des FC Schalke 04". schalke04.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2013-12-01. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  3. ^ "Basketball department of FC Schalke 04". FC Schalke 04. Archived from the original on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  4. ^ "Lizenzierung 2018/2019 – BARMER 2. Basketball Bundesliga".