Rostock Seawolves
Professional basketball club from Rostock, Germany.
Rostock Seawolves is a professional basketball club based in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The team competes in the Basketball Bundesliga and the EuroCup, playing home games at the Rostocker Stadthalle. As of December 2021, the club had the third-most active members among all German basketball clubs and the most among clubs in the New states of Germany.
Quick Facts
- Nickname
- Seewölfe
- Leagues
- Basketball Bundesliga; EuroCup
- Founded
- 1994
- Arena
- Stadthalle Rostock
- Capacity
- 4,550
- Location
- Rostock, Germany
- Coach
- Przemyslaw Frasunkiewicz
- Position
- Bundesliga, 9th of 18
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History
The club was founded in 1994 by members of the Sportgemeinschaft (SG) Fischkombinat (FiKo) Rostock and the HSG Uni Rostock. The team first reached the 1st regional league in 2007 but was relegated directly despite a successful start. Under coach Dirk Stenke, the team stayed in Germany's highest amateur league for the first time in 2012, finishing fifth. That summer, the name EBC Rostock Seawolves was adopted. Rostock native Sebastian Wild, previously head coach of the women's team at Lees-McRae College in North Carolina, took over as coach and led the team to third place behind Stade and Magdeburg, with mainstays Sven Hellmann, Kwame Morgan, and Jens Hakanowitz. In 2013, the club set a long-term goal of reaching the Basketball Bundesliga. The 2013/14 season saw the team finish first in the table and earn promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga ProB Nord, with key players including Keith Radcliff, Ivo Slavchev, Mahmoud Diakite, and Sven Hellmann. A notable rivalry developed with the Itzehoe Eagles during the promotion race. In May 2018, Milan Škobalj became head coach, and in 2020 Dirk Bauermann took over.
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