Giessen 46ers
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- Německo - Bundesliga 222 Německo - Pro A 123 Přátelská utkání klubů 15 Německý pohár 7
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The JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers (formerly GIESSEN 46ers) is a professional basketball club based in Gießen, Germany, that plays in the Basketball Bundesliga. Their home arena is Sporthalle Gießen-Ost, with a capacity of 4,003 people.
History
The biggest achievements in club history are five German Championships (1965, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1978). Besides that, the 46ers have won the German Cup three times (1969, 1973, 1979). The most recent achievements were an appearance in the BBL semi-finals in 2005, when the team lost the series 1–3, to the eventual champion GHP Bamberg, and the third place in the BBL Cup in 2006.
In the 2012–13 season, the 46ers relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time. In the 2014–15 season, they were crowned the ProA champions and promoted back to the highest tier.
They are known in the USA, for having been the team for which professional wrestler Kevin Nash (also known as Diesel) finished his professional basketball career, due to a knee injury.
Domácí hřiště 46ers je Sporthalle Gießen-Ost, která má kapacitu 4 003 diváků. Klubové barvy jsou černá, oranžová a bílá.
46ers vyhráli německý basketbalový pohár v letech 1965 a 2019. V Bundeslize získali třetí místo v letech 1965 a 1968.
Klub vede trenér Rolf Scholz. Mezi nejvýznamnější hráče patří:
* Željko Šakić
* Aric Holman
* Brandon Thomas
* Robin Christen
* Johannes Thiemann