| Fitness First Würzburg Baskets | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Leagues | Basketball Bundesliga Champions League | ||
| Founded | 2007; 18 years ago (2007) | ||
| History | List
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| Arena | tectake Arena | ||
| Capacity | 3,140 | ||
| Location | Würzburg, Germany | ||
| Team colors | Black, Red, Grey | ||
| Main sponsor | Fitness First | ||
| President | Steffen Liebler | ||
| Head coach | Sašo Filipovski | ||
| Website | wuerzburg-baskets.de | ||
Fitness First Würzburg Baskets (formerly known asWürzburg Baskets ands.Oliver Baskets) is a German professionalbasketball club located inWürzburg. After one year of absence from theBasketball Bundesliga (BBL), the club has returned to first division German basketball in the 2015–16 season.
It was founded in 2007 with the aim to substitute the original club of the city, who was known as DJK Würzburg, which stood for "Deutsche Jugendkraft" (German youth power), and was affiliated to theDJK-Sportverband (Sport Association), which is affiliated with theRoman Catholic Church inGermany. The club has gained fame through itsbasketball department, in whichNBA playersDirk Nowitzki andMaxi Kleber got their starts.
The DJK Sport Association was founded on 16 September 1920 in Würzburg. Due to the geographic location of its home office, the DJK soon founded a local club in Würzburg. However, the different athletic departments found themselves divided among various Catholic clubs. During theThird Reich, all DJK affiliates were banned by the government. AfterWorld War II, the DJK consolidated all of its local departments into DJK Würzburg. Today the club has over 3000 members, including a variety of non-Catholic members.
The club's top women'shandball team played in theHandball-Bundesliga Frauen, the top flight of women's handball in Germany, from 1976 to 1985, during the 1987–88 season and from 1993 to 1995.
The club's basketball department gained fame in the 1990s as both the men's and women's teams qualified for the top GermanBasketball Bundesliga (BBL) division. The women's team played many years in the first and second divisions and was crowned German Champion in 1993. In 1989, the men's team made the jump into the second division. In 1997, featuringDirk Nowitzki in the line-up, DJK Würzburg claimed the 2nd Division South title, qualifying for the Basketball Bundesliga. In 2001, DJK spun off its men's basketball team into a private corporate entity, now known as the Würzburg Baskets, to capitalize on their growth as a professional basketball team. DJK Würzburg has produced numerous players who have gone on to have success in the BBL, with the senior men'sGerman national basketball team and, for Nowitzki, theNBA.
In 2005, the club resigned its spot in the BBL and the club stopped competing.
In 2007, American businessman Jochen Bähr acquired a license in the Regional league for a new team in Würzburg with the aim to reach the Pro A in few seasons.
In 2011, the Würzburg Baskets, now by the name of s.Oliver Baskets (after their new sponsors.Oliver), gained promotion from the PRO A (German Second Division), and moved up to theBasketball Bundesliga (German First Division). In its first season back in the first division, in2011–12, the team reached the German League semi-finals, after beatingAlba Berlin by 3–1 in the quarterfinal series of the playoffs. In 2012–13 the actual club played in Europe for the first time, in the second tierEurocup.[1] In 2013–14 they relegated from the BBL. They immediately promoted back to the first tier in the 2014–15 season. The 2015–16 season was finished on rank 8, thus qualifying for the playoffs for the second time after 2012. In quarterfinals the team was eliminated by future league championBrose Baskets, losing every game with at least a 35-point margin.
On 15 July 2016 the team changed their name from "s.Oliver Baskets" to "s.Oliver Würzburg" to strengthen the identification of team and city. Additionally the sponsoring contract withs.Oliver was extended through 2019.[2]
In the 2018–19 season, Würzburg played in theFIBA Europe Cup. Würzburg reached the finals of the cup, its first European finals, in which it lost toDinamo Sassari over two legs.
In the 2024-2025 season the FIT/ONE Würzburg Baskets will attend in theBasketball Champions League (BCL) the first time. They will start in the regular season in group A with the three other teamsNanterre 92 from French,Hapoel Holon from Israel andIgokea from Bosnia and Herzegovina.[3]
On July 10, 2024 the team changed their name from "Würzburg Baskets" to "FIT/One Würzburg Baskets" because of the new name sponsor FIT/One, who is located in the fitness scene.[4] On August 1, 2025, as FIT/One has been joined toFitness First group, the club name changed to "Fitness First Würzburg Baskets".[5]
NumerousBavarian amateur titlesWomen's German Basketball Champions: 1993Men's 2nd Division South Basketball Champions: 1997
| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | German Cup | European competitions | ||
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| 2007–08 | 4 | RegionalLiga | 3rd | ||||
| 2008–09 | 4 | RegionalLiga | 1st | ||||
| 2009–10 | 3 | ProB | 3rd | ||||
| 2010–11 | 2 | ProA | 2nd | ||||
| 2011–12 | 1 | Bundesliga | 4th | ||||
| 2012–13 | 1 | Bundesliga | 9th | 2Eurocup | RS | 3–3 | |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Bundesliga | 17th | ||||
| 2014–15 | 2 | ProA | 2nd | ||||
| 2015–16 | 1 | Bundesliga | 8th | ||||
| 2016–17 | 1 | Bundesliga | 14th | ||||
| 2017–18 | 1 | Bundesliga | 9th | 4FIBA Europe Cup | QR1 | 1–1 | |
| 2018–19 | 1 | Bundesliga | 9th | 4FIBA Europe Cup | F | Runners-up | |
| 2019–20 | 1 | Bundesliga | 8th | Round of 16 | |||
| 2020–21 | 1 | Bundesliga | 16th | Group stage | |||
| 2021–22 | 1 | Bundesliga | 12th | Round of 16 | |||
| 2022–23 | 1 | Bundesliga | 10th | Round of 16 | |||
| 2023–24 | 1 | Bundesliga | 4th | Round of 16 | |||
| 2024–25 | 1 | Bundesliga | 4th | Round of 16 | 2Champions League | R16 | 6–6 |
| 2025–26 | 1 | Bundesliga | Round of 16 | 2Champions League | |||
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– Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
– Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.
Gordon Herbert(2000–2001)
Dirk Bauermann(2017–2018)Würzburg's second team plays in the Regionalliga, the German 4th division.
For many years, the fan-base of Würzburg has been connected, in a friendly way, with the supporters of theBaskets Bonn.[6]
Within theBasketball Bundesliga, the city closest to Würzburg isBamberg. Hence, between the Baskets Würzburg and theBaskets Bamberg, there has been an intense rivalry.[7] Traditionally, the rivalry has been dominated by Bamberg because of its superior finances.
2022–present:Spalding
