Medi Bayreuth

medi bayreuth
medi bayreuth
League	ProA
Founded	1975; 49 years ago
History	List Post SV Bayreuth ; (1975–1979); USC Bayreuth ; (1979–1983); USC Olympia Bayreuth ; (1983–1984); BG Steiner Bayreuth; (1984–1989); Steiner Bayreuth ; (1989–1997); Basket Bayreuth; (1997–1999); BBC Bayreuth; (1999–2013); medi bayreuth; (2013–present) ;
Arena	Oberfrankenhalle
Capacity	3,500
Location	Bayreuth, Bavaria
Team colors	Black, Lime, White;
Head coach	Florian Wedell
Championships	1 German Championship ; 2 German Cups
Website	www.bbc-bayreuth.de

Medi Bayreuth, official stylized as medi bayreuth, is a German professional basketball club that is based in Bayreuth, Germany.^[1] It was re-founded as BBC Bayreuth in 1999. The team plays in the ProA, the second-highest division of basketball in Germany. From 2013 until 2023, the company medi was the head and naming sponsor of the team.^[2] For the start of the 2023-24 season the club renamed itself BBC Bayreuth again.^[3]

History

The club was founded as the basketball section of Post SV Bayreuth in 1975 and was one of the clubs that established the second division of professional basketball in Germany. In its debut season, the team was immediately promoted to the first tier (Basketball Bundesliga). In 1979, the basketball team separated from Post SV, and the club was re-founded as USC Bayreuth. After the 1983–84 season the team was relegated from the Bundesliga. Following this, the club merged with TTBG Steiner-Optik Bayreuth, a former table tennis club, to form BG Steiner Bayreuth.

As Steiner Bayreuth, the team had some great successes. The club immediately returned to the highest level, and years later won several trophies in Germany. In 1988 and 1989 the team won the BBL-Pokal (cup competition) and in the 1988–89 season the team was crowned German national champions after winning the Bundesliga.

In 1997, longtime sponsor Steiner left the club and the club started to get in financial trouble. Along with the financial crisis, the team also had a sportive crisis. In 1999, the team was relegated from the Bundesliga to the second division because of financial troubles. Bayreuth spent the following seasons in the second division ProA.

Bayreuth eventually returned to the highest level. The club won the 2009–10 season's German 2nd Division championship, and thus earned promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2010–11 season.^[4] Before the 2013–14 season, the club's name was changed to medi bayreuth for sponsorship reasons. The new team colors were black, lime green and pink.

Bayreuth had an outstanding 2016–17 season, as the team of Raoul Korner finished fourth in the BBL regular season with a 22–10 record. In the play-offs the team was eliminated by fifth-seeded Oldenburg. However, the placement of the club qualified Bayreuth for the 2017–18 Basketball Champions League, which was the first European campaign for the club. With an 8–6 record in the regular season, Bayreuth advanced to the play-offs, in which the team eliminated Turkish side Beşiktaş in the last 16. But in the quarter-finals the club was eliminated by fellow German side Riesen Ludwigsburg.

Arena

The club's regular home arena is the Oberfrankenhalle, which has a seating capacity of 4,000 people.^[5]^[6]

Club identity

Logos

BBC Bayreuth
1999–2013

Uniforms

Steiner Bayreuth
(1988–89)

BBC Bayreuth
(2012–13)

medi bayreuth
(2013– )

Players

Current roster

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

medi Bayreuth roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
SG	6	Plescher, Moritz	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	23 – (2000-10-04)4 October 2000
SG	32	Giotis, Marios	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	22 – (2002-06-29)29 June 2002
G	51	Nauthon, Louis	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	21 – (2003-05-19)19 May 2003
C	53	Hoppert, Benedikt	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	20 – (2004-04-15)15 April 2004
F	55	Liedtke, Lenny	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	20 – (2004-02-08)8 February 2004
C		Diallo, Nat	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	106 kg (234 lb)	24 – (2000-02-03)3 February 2000
F/C		Kovačević, Dejan	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	27 – (1996-12-27)27 December 1996

Head coach

Florian Wedell

Assistant coach(es)

Lukas Hofer

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: June 15, 2024

Notable players

Trophies

German Championship:
- Champions: 1988–89
German Cup:
- Champions: 1987–88, 1988–89
ProA / 2. Basketball Bundesliga
- Champions: 1975-76, 1992-93, 2008–09

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	German Cup	European competitions
2000–01	2	2. BBL	8th
2001–02	2	2. BBL	2nd
2002–03	2	2. BBL	5th
2003–04	2	2. BBL	10th
2004–05	2	2. BBL	3rd
2005–06	2	2. BBL	6th
2006–07	2	2. BBL	3rd
2007–08	2	Pro A	8th
2008–09	2	Pro A	3rd
2009–10	2	Pro A	1st
2010–11	1	Bundesliga	16th
2011–12	1	Bundesliga	13th
2012–13	1	Bundesliga	15th
2013–14	1	Bundesliga	14th
2014–15	1	Bundesliga	16th
2015–16	1	Bundesliga	12th
2016–17	1	Bundesliga	4th
2017–18	1	Bundesliga	6th	Fourth place	3 Champions League	QF
2018–19	1	Bundesliga	12th	Round of 16	3 Champions League	RS
2019–20	1	Bundesliga	12th	Round of 16	4 Europe Cup	SF^[a]
2020–21	1	Bundesliga	10th	Group stage
2021–22	1	Bundesliga	14th	Quarterfinals	4 Europe Cup	2R
2022–23	1	Bundesliga	18th	Quarterfinals
2023–24	2	ProA	11th	First round
2024–25	2	ProA