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Heroes Den Bosch is a Dutch professional
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club based in
's-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 160,783. It is the capital of ...
. The club plays in the
BNXT League The BNXT League is a professional basketball league in Belgium and the Netherlands. The league is the first tier in both the Dutch and Belgian system, replacing the Dutch Basketball League, DBL and Pro Basketball League, PBL. The inaugural season ...
since 2021 and in the top basketball division in the Netherlands since 1972. Founded as EBBC in 1951, the club had several sponsored names the following decades. Den Bosch has won a record seventeen Dutch championships, a record nine Dutch Cups and two Dutch Supercup titles. The team has also been a regular at European competitions, most recently the
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. Heroes plays their home games at the
Maaspoort The Maaspoort () is an indoor arena in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Opened on 2 September 1982, it has a seating capacity for 3,500 people in sporting events and 4,000 for concerts. It is the regular home venue of the Heroes Den Bosch basketbal ...
, which has a capacity of approximately 2,700 people.


History

On 18 October 1952, Eerste Bossche Basketball Club (EBBC) was founded by Cees Vossen, Tom van der Leur, Hans van Oorschot and Frans van de Wiel. In 1962, Den Bosch played in the top division
Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...
for the first time, but not very successful. Subsequently, the team was relegated again. In 1979, EBBC won its first title. In 1980, the team became Nashua Den Bosch after its new main sponsor. Its increased budget led to six consecutive Dutch titles between 1982 and 1987.


Nashua Den Bosch in the 1980s

In December 1979, Nashua signed as the club's new main sponsor. In the next 10 years, Nashua won 9 national championships and was close to the European top clubs. Star players such as Tom Barker,
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, Mitchell Plaat, David Lawrence,
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, Paul Thompson and
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played for Nashua in this decade. Den Bosch changed its home arena to the newly built
Maaspoort The Maaspoort () is an indoor arena in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Opened on 2 September 1982, it has a seating capacity for 3,500 people in sporting events and 4,000 for concerts. It is the regular home venue of the Heroes Den Bosch basketbal ...
, increasing its home capacity from 1,200 to 3,500. Nashua played in the
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.


EiffelTowers (2005–2013)

Decades later, in June 2005, Den Bosch merged with
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to form EiffelTowers Den Bosch. Following the merger the club had one of the largest budgets in the Netherlands, and with that they were able to attract high-quality players. In their first season they had immediate success by winning the Dutch League title. The year after that (2006–07) EiffelTowers The Bosch would win the title again after a clean sweep against the
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, after losing only four games in the regular season. The two following years, Den Bosch reached the finals, but lost twice to
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. In 2012, EiffelTowers won its fifteenth Dutch championship, after beating
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1–4 in a best-of-seven-series.


SPM Shoeters (2013–2016)

After 13 years playing as the EiffelTowers, in 2013, the club changed its name to SPM Shoeters as a reference to its new main sponsor SPM Shoes and Boots, a shoe producer based in
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. Along with the name change the club changed the team colors to black, after playing in red since 2000. In the 2014–15 season, Shoeters won its sixteenth DBL championship after
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was beaten 4–1 in the Finals. The team also performed excellently in the
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that season, reaching the
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. Star of the season for Den Bosch was
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, who was named
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. After the 2015–16 season, it was revealed that Shoeters was dealing with serious financial problems which had the team on the edge of bankruptcy.


New Heroes (2016–2019)

In October 2016, the team was bought by Triple Double BV, a sports marketing enterprise. Owner of the company Bob van Oosterhout took over the club which was no longer in danger of dissolution. On 6 November 2016, Den Bosch found a new main sponsor and subsequently was named New Heroes Basketball after signing a three-year deal with the local online training platform New Heroes. In its first season as New Heroes, the club finished fourth in the DBL and was swept by
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in the semi-finals. In the 2017–18 season, Croatian coach
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signed a two-year contract. Under Poropat, Heroes finished fourth once again but was eliminated in the quarterfinals by
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. Following the disappointing season, Poropat and Heroes parted ways. On 31 May 2018, Kees Akerboom Jr. announced his retirement at age 34. Akerboom, who played 11 seasons for the club, had his jersey number 12 retired. For the 2018–19 season,
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was appointed as head coach. This season, New Heroes played in the
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after a European absence of 3 years. In
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, Heroes had a 3–3 record and finished in third place. In the DBL playoffs, Den Bosch was once again eliminated in the semifinals, this time by Landstede.


Heroes Den Bosch (2019–present)

On 21 August 2019, the club announced it was changing its name to Heroes Den Bosch and it is not planning to change the club name anymore. In June, Heroes signed
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as its new head coach. On 15 June 2021, Heroes signed three-time DBL champion
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as head coach. In the 2021–22 season, the DBL merged with the PBL into the
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, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands are combined. On 29 May 2022, Heroes ended a 7-year drought when it won its seventeenth national championship, beating
ZZ Leiden ZZ Leiden Basketball, also known as Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden, is a professional basketball club based in Leiden, Netherlands. The club plays in the BNXT League, the domestic first tier league. Their home games are played at Sportcomplex 1574. Z ...
in the finals series 3–2. In the 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons, Heroes won consecutive Dutch Cups.


Logos


Home arenas

After many successful seasons by Nashua Den Bosch in the 1980s, a true basketball hall was built with the
Maaspoort The Maaspoort () is an indoor arena in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Opened on 2 September 1982, it has a seating capacity for 3,500 people in sporting events and 4,000 for concerts. It is the regular home venue of the Heroes Den Bosch basketbal ...
. The arena was opened on 3 September 1982 with a game against the
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All-Stars. * De Vinkenkamp *
Maaspoort The Maaspoort () is an indoor arena in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Opened on 2 September 1982, it has a seating capacity for 3,500 people in sporting events and 4,000 for concerts. It is the regular home venue of the Heroes Den Bosch basketbal ...
: 1982–present


Honours


Domestic

Dutch National Champions (record) * Winners (18): 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2021–22, 2024–25
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(record) * Winners (9): 1992–93, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2008–09,
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, 2015–16, 2023–24, 2024–25 Dutch SuperCup * Winners (3):
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,
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, 2022 Ricoh Cup * Winners (1): 2000


European

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Erelijst
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* ''Runner-up (1)'': 1978–79


Worldwide

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* ''Runners-up (1)'':
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Friendly

Haarlem Basketball Week * Winners (1): 2006


All-time records

*Most
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champions (17 championships) *Most games played: Kees Akerboom, Jr. (671 games)


Players


Retired numbers


Current roster


Depth chart


Notable players


Season by season


European record

;Notes


List of head coaches


References


External links


Official website

Eurobasket.com Den Bosch Page
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