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Rostock Seawolves

Rostock Seawolves
NicknameSeewölfe
LeaguesBasketball Bundesliga
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)
ArenaStadthalle Rostock
Capacity4,550
LocationRostock, Germany
Head coachChristian Held
2022–23 positionBundesliga, 9th of 16
Websiteseawolves.de

Rostock Seawolves is a professional basketball club based in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The club currently competes in the Basketball Bundesliga.

The Seawolves play their home games in the Rostocker Stadthalle.[1]

Within the New states of Germany, the Rostock Seawolves have more active members than any other basketball club. (3rd most within Germany overall, as of December 2021)

History

The EBC was founded in 1994 by members of the Sportgemeinschaft (SG) Fischkombinat (FiKo) Rostock and the HSG Uni Rostock. For the first time, the team was promoted to the 1st regional league in 2007. Despite a successful start to the season, however, direct relegation could not be avoided. Under coach Dirk Stenke, the Mecklenburg team managed to stay in Germany's highest amateur league for the first time in 2012, finishing fifth. In the summer of 2012, the name EBC Rostock Seawolves was conceived, under which the team played from then on. That same year, Rostock native Sebastian Wild, who had previously spent six years as head coach of the women's team at Lees-McRae College in the U.S. state of North Carolina, took over as coach and led the team around mainstays Sven Hellmann, Kwame Morgan and Jens Hakanowitz to third place in the standings behind Stade and Magdeburg. In 2013, the club's goal was to make the leap to the Basketball Bundesliga in the long term.

The goal for the 2013/14 season was to confirm the third place from the previous year. In the end, the team finished first in the table and was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga ProB Nord. Among the mainstays of the championship team were, in particular, the US American Keith Radcliff, the Bulgarian Ivo Slavchev, the Frenchman Mahmoud Diakite and Sven Hellmann. One of the highlights of the season was the head-to-head race with promotion rival Itzehoe Eagles. This resulted in a rivalry that developed into a kind of derby due to the regional proximity.

In May 2018, the Seawolves signed Milan Škobalj as their new head coach,[2] who later left the team. In 2020, Dirk Bauermann became head coach.

Stadthalle Rostock, home arena of the club
Huddle in April 2023.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Rostock Seawolves roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name
G 5 United States Carter, Chris 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1992-05-07)7 May 1992
PG 8 United States Medford, Lester 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 31 – (1993-05-24)24 May 1993
C 11 United States Goodwin, Chevez 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1998-02-27)27 February 1998
SF 13 United States Lockett, Eric 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1995-12-25)25 December 1995
SG 15 Germany Amaize, Robin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 30 – (1994-01-31)31 January 1994
C 18 Germany Gloger, Till 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1993-01-26)26 January 1993
F 19 Germany Theis, Sid-Marlon 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 31 – (1993-04-26)26 April 1993
SG 20 United States Bradley, Matt 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1999-08-19)19 August 1999
F 21 United States Alston Jr., Derrick 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1997-09-17)17 September 1997
SG 22 Germany Drews, Oshane 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – (2001-04-01)1 April 2001
F 24 United States Rubit, Augustine 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 35 – (1989-08-14)14 August 1989
Head coach
  • Germany Christian Held
Assistant coach(es)
  • Germany Ralph Held
  • Germany Tom Schmidt
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 4 April 2024

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. German Cup European competitions
2022–23 1 Bundesliga 9th
2023–24 1 Bundesliga 15th First round 4 FIBA Europe Cup RS
2024–25 1 Bundesliga First round

References

  1. ^ Rostock Seawolves gewinnen Play-off-Auftakt NDR.de, 9 March 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.(in German)
  2. ^ Milan Škobalj wird neuer Trainer der Rostocker Seawolves SVZ.de, 9 May 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.(in German)
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