RheinStars Köln is a professional

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club based in

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. The team currently plays in the

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, the fourth tier basketball league in Germany. The club has won one

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championship and three

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titles in its history.

History

The team was founded 1999, as Cologne 99ers. In the Euroleague 2006-07 season, their home arena was an arena in

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, named

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RheinEnergie RheinEnergie can refer to: *RheinEnergie AG, energy company based in Cologne * RheinEnergieStadion, sports stadium in Cologne *Köln 99ers Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhi ...

power company supported the team until the summer of 2007, thus the team changed to its original name, Köln 99ers. On January 21, 2008, the club announced that they were

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. In 2013, the club was re-launched and started in the 2.Regionliga (5th division) with the new name of RheinStars Köln.Eurobasket.com – History
/ref> Since 2015, the team plays in the ProA, Germany's second division of professional basketball. In 2018-19 season, the team was relegated to the

from

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(Germany's 3rd division of professional basketball) after finishing the season 5-17.

Honours

* German Champion: (1) **2005–06 *

: (3) **2004, 2005, 2007 *

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: (1) **2006

Players

Current roster

Notable players

Season by season

Head coaches

* Svetislav Pešić (2001–02) * Stephan Baeck (2002) * Saša Obradović (2005–08) * Drasko Prodanovic

Notes

External links

Official site

Official site of the Academy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Koln 99ers Basketball teams in Germany Sport in Cologne Basketball teams established in 1999 1999 establishments in Germany