SG Braunschweig is a

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club based in

Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the ...

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History

The team was formed in 1978 as a cooperation between the basketball sections of the clubs

FT Braunschweig Freie Turnerschaft Braunschweig, commonly known as Freie Turner, FT Braunschweig or simply FTB, is a German association football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. History The club was founded as a worker's sports club on 2 ...

and

MTV Braunschweig Braunschweiger MTV von 1847, commonly known as MTV Braunschweig, is a German sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. History MTV Braunschweig was founded as a gymnastics club in 1847 and is the second oldest sports club in Lower Saxony ...

. In 2000–01 the club passed its

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license to the newly founded team Metabox Braunschweig (now known as

Basketball Löwen Braunschweig Basketball Löwen Braunschweig ( en, Basketball Lions Braunschweig) is a basketball club based in Braunschweig, Germany. The club currently plays in the Basketball Bundesliga, the top tier of German basketball. The club's home arena is Volkswagen ...

), and since then functions as a

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for the Bundesliga side. From 2007 on, the team competed under the name ''Spot Up Medien Baskets Braunschweig'' for sponsorship reasons. In 2014, the name was changed into ''DRUFF! Baskets Braunschweig''. From 2007 to 2015, SG Braunschweig played in the

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league, the German third division. After the 2014–15, the club sold its ProB license to the

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. Instead, the club entered into a cooperation with MTV Herzöge Wolfenbüttel.Kooperation mit Basketball Löwen und SG Braunschweig
accessed: 22 May 2015. Both clubs will field a joined ProB team from 2015 on, which will play in

Wolfenbüttel Wolfenbüttel (; nds, Wulfenbüddel) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, the administrative capital of Wolfenbüttel District. It is best known as the location of the internationally renowned Herzog August Library and for having the largest ...

, while SG Braunschweig will continue to operate its own youth teams. On September 13, 2015, SG Braunschweig announced that they withdrew from the 5th tier 2. Regionalliga Nord-West.

Season by season

Notable former players

Stephen Arigbabu Stephen Olumide Arigbabu (born 15 February 1972) is a German professional basketball coach and former player. He is 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) tall. Arigbabu played at the center position. Professional career During his professional career, Arigb ...

Peter Fehse Peter Fehse (born 18 May 1983) is a German professional basketball player who is currently coaching for BG Bitterfeld-Sandersdorf-Wolfen in the German third league assisting former German national player Stephen Arigbabu. He was drafted by the ...

Dennis Schröder Dennis Schröder (; born September 15, 1993) is a German professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously played for SG Braunschweig and Phantoms Braunschweig in Germany, b ...

(3 seasons: 2010–13) *

Daniel Theis Daniel Theis (born April 4, 1992) is a German professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After seven seasons in the Basketball Bundesliga where he was a four-time All Star and three-time ch ...

Robin Smeulders Robin Smeulders (born 19 June 1987) is a Dutch retired professional basketball player who played nine seasons in the Basketball Bundesliga. He was also a regular member of the Netherlands national team. Smeulders also owns the German and Austri ...

(2 seasons: 2004–06) *

Kenny Atkinson Kenneth Neil Atkinson (born June 2, 1967) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who serves as assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was previously the head coach o ...

(1 season: 1998–99) *

Scooter Barry Richard Francis "Scooter" Barry IV (born August 13, 1966) is a retired American professional basketball player. His nickname "Scooter" was given shortly after being born in San Francisco, California. The son of NBA Hall of Fame member Rick Ba ...

Steven Key Steven Key (born May 14, 1968) is an American professional basketball coach and former professional player. Career Key attended Atholton High School in Columbia, Maryland, and was named the 1986 Howard County Player of the Year. He was a four- ...

Zackary Wright Zachary "Zach" Wright (born February 5, 1985) is an American-born naturalized Bosnian professional basketball player who last played for Pro A team JL Bourg. He can play at both the point guard and shooting guard positions. Professional caree ...

Štefan Svitek Štefan Svitek or the "Horehronie's Ripper/ Horehronský rozparova�(January 23, 1960, Podbrezová, Brezno District, Brezno, Czechoslovakia June 8, 1989, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) was a Slovak murderer, sadist, and animal abuser. He is known fo ...

* Igors Miglinieks

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.justnow-sg.de/ Braunschweig, SG Braunschweig, SG Basketball Löwen Braunschweig Sport in Braunschweig Braunschweig, SG Organisations based in Braunschweig