Forward Lease Rotterdam

Forward Lease Rotterdam
Leagues	Dutch Basketball League
Founded	1954
History	See Names
Arena	Topsportcentrum Rotterdam
Capacity	1,000
Location	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Team colors	Green, Black, White
Head coach	Armand Salomon
Championships	1 Dutch Cup
Website	Link
Uniforms
Home Away

Alternate logo

Forward Lease Rotterdam is a Dutch professional basketball club based in Rotterdam. The team plays in the Dutch Basketball League and plays its home games at the Topsportcentrum next to De Kuip in Rotterdam. Despite being a team from a major Dutch city, Rotterdam has never won the Dutch championship, though they did win the Dutch NBB cup in 1985.

History

The Rotterdam Challengers in an away match against the GasTerra Flames in 2010

Challenge Sports Rotterdam started in 1954 under the name AMVJ Rotterdam.^[1] The first sponsor of the club was Gunco in 1988, which was their first year in the highest Dutch league. They only lasted a year and demoted to a lower division. In 1991 they returned with sponsor De Schiestreek, followed by the Rotterdam firm Idetrading in 1995. After a sponsorless year, Gunco then again returned as title sponsor in 1999. Johan Haga has made possible following a restart. This created a new name, new look, new logo and a change in the player selection.^[2] In 2002, the team took the name Rotterdam Basketbal, without sponsorname. In 2007 the team was renamed to Rotterdam Challengers, but in 2010 they again took the name Rotterdam Basketbal. Starting with the 2011–2012 season, the name became Rotterdam Basketbal College, to underline the importance of the youth in the team. During the 2013–14 season, the club got a new main sponsor in Challenge Sports and the team's name was changed to Challenge Sports Rotterdam.^[3]

Names

• 1995–1999: Ide Trading
• 1999–2002: Grunco
• 2002–2007: Rotterdam Basketbal
• 2007–2010: Rotterdam Challengers
• 2010–2011: Rotterdam Basketbal
• 2011–2014: Rotterdam Basketbal College
• 2014–2016: Challenge Sports Rotterdam
• 2016–2018: Forward Lease Rotterdam

Team colours

• 2012–2013: Black, Green, White
                
• 2013–present: Grey, Dark Red, White
                

Current roster

Challenge Sports Rotterdam roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name PG 4 Anderson, La'Shard (I) G 5 Tamasauskas, Vaidas G 6 Rigters, Don PG 7 Mladenovic, Stefan G 8 Filipan, Ivan SF 9 Theeuwkens, Ties F 10 Kok, Michael F 11 van Sliedregt, Vincent C 12 Stolk, Bart PF 13 De Randamie, Sergio (I) C 14 Krabbendam, Robert C 15 Steijn, Lucas F 21 Stolk, Coen F 22 Onuoha, Naigel	Head coach Armand Salomon Assistant coach(es) Thijs Arisz Muris Agic Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: January 5, 2016

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

Trophies

• Dutch Cup (1):

1985

Runner-up: 2006

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	NBB Cup
1988–89	1	Eredivisie	9	–
1991–92	1	Eredivisie	11	–
1992–93	1	Eredivisie	8	Quarterfinalist
1993–94	1	Eredivisie	9	–
1994–95	1	Eredivisie	8	–
1995–96	1	Eredivisie	3	Quarterfinalist
1996–97	1	Eredivisie	6	Quarterfinalist
1997–98	1	Eredivisie	6	Quarterfinalist
1998–99	1	Eredivisie	8	Quarterfinalist
1999–00	1	Eredivisie	8	Quarterfinalist
2000–01	1	Eredivisie	5	–
2001–02	1	Eredivisie	10	–
2002–03	1	Eredivisie	9	–
2003–04	1	Eredivisie	9	–
2004–05	1	Eredivisie	4	Semifinalist
2005–06	1	Eredivisie	4	Semifinalist	Finalist
2007–08	1	Eredivisie	6	Quarterfinalist
2008–09	1	Eredivisie	10	–
2009–10	1	Eredivisie	10	–	4th round
2010–11	1	DBL	10	–	4th round
2011–12	1	DBL	8	–	Quarterfinalist
2012–13	1	DBL	10	–	4th round
2013–14	1	DBL	9	–	Quarterfinalist
2014–15	1	DBL	5	Quarterfinalist	Quarterfinalist

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either: played at least one season for the club, 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 or performed very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

• Arvin Slagter (2003–07)
• Worthy de Jong (2008–09)
• Patrick Hilliman (2009–11)
• Anthony Miles (2012–13)
• Chip Jones (2008–13)
• La'Shard Anderson (2013–14)
• Yannick Franke (2013–15)

References

1. "Rotterdam Basketbal". www.rotterdambasketbal.nl. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
2. "Rotterdam Basketbal is gered - Startbedrijf - uw eigen bedrijf of onderneming starten". www.startbedrijf.nl. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
3. "Challenge Sports main sponsor of Rotterdam Basketbal College". Rotterdam Basketbal College (in Dutch). January 27, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2014.

External links

• Official website (Dutch)