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Zeeuw & Zeeuw Feyenoord
Leagues	BNXT League
Founded	1954; 70 years ago (1954)
History	AMVJ 1954–1988 Rotterdam Basketbal 1988–2018 Feyenoord Basketbal 2018–present
Arena	Topsportcentrum Rotterdam
Capacity	2,000
Location	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Team colors	Red, Black, White, Gold
Main sponsor	Zeeuw & Zeeuw
President	Chiel den Dunnen
General manager	Paul de Vos Armand Salomon
Head coach	Tim Arns
2021–22 position	BNXT League, 10th of 21
Championships	1 Dutch Cup
Website	feyenoordbasketball.nl
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Feyenoord Basketball, for sponsorship reasons known as Zeeuw & Zeeuw Feyenoord Basketball, is a Dutch professional basketball club based in Rotterdam. The team plays in the BNXT League and plays its home games at the Topsportcentrum next to De Kuip in Rotterdam. Established in 1954, it became the basketball section of the football club Feyenoord in 2018.

Rotterdam won their only trophy in 1985, when they won the domestic NBB Cup. The team has reached the semi-finals of the Dutch League playoffs three times in history. Until its name change to Feyenoord in 2018, the club was known as Rotterdam Basketbal.

History

Challenge Sports Rotterdam started in 1954 under the name AMVJ Rotterdam. 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. 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.

In May 2018, Rotterdam reached the DBL semi-finals for the first time in 12 years, after upsetting Den Bosch in the quarter-finals, 1–2. This month the club announced as well that it would be named Feyenoord Basketball starting with the 2018–19 season, as the team became a part of the multi-sports club of association football club Feyenoord.

On 15 April 2019, accomplished head coach Toon van Helfteren signed a two-year contract to become the head coach of Feyenoord.

Since the 2021–22 season, Feyenoord plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.

Names

Due to sponsorship reasons, the club has known several names:

• 1988–1989: Gunco Rotterdam
• 1989-1995: De Schiestreek Rotterdam
• 1995–1999: Idétrading Rotterdam
• 1999–2002: Gunco Rotterdam
• 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
• 2018–2019: Feyenoord Basketball
• 2019–present: Zeeuw & Zeeuw Feyenoord

Players

Current roster

Feyenoord roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 0 Vijber, Caleb 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 22 – (2002-01-01)1 January 2002 SF 1 Powell, Isaiah 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1999-12-19)19 December 1999 PG 2 Cameron, Brian 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 27 – (1997-05-19)19 May 1997 C 4 Maidoh, Chris 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (2000-07-18)18 July 2000 PG 5 Turpijn, Dion 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 21 – (2003-07-14)14 July 2003 PG 6 Blangé, Joost 22 – (2002-08-12)12 August 2002 SF 7 de Pater, Jurian 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 19 – (2005-01-26)26 January 2005 F 10 Bouwer, Maik 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1999-02-13)13 February 1999 SF 11 Ondaan, Kenyuoe 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1999-03-07)7 March 1999 SF 13 Slingerland, Noah 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 19 – (2005-09-03)3 September 2005 SG 14 Granvorka, Yoan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 27 – (1997-06-09)9 June 1997 C 18 Tunç, Enes 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 26 – (1998-01-20)20 January 1998	Head coach Tim Arns Assistant coach(es) Cliff ten Berge Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: November 3, 2024

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

Notable players

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

• Cedric Miller
  (1 season: 1988–89)
• Slobodan Kaličanin
  (1 season: 1997–98)
• Joshua Helm
  (1 season: 2005–06)
• Ties Theeuwkens
  (6 seasons: 2004–05, 2014–19)
• Arvin Slagter
  (4 seasons: 2003–07)
• Chip Jones
  (5 seasons: 2008–13)
• Ike Nwankwo
  (1 season: 2009)
• Worthy de Jong
  (1 season: 2009–10)
• Patrick Hilliman
  (2 seasons: 2009–11)
• Leon Williams
  (1 season: 2011–12)
• Anthony Miles
  (1 season: 2012–13)
• La'Shard Anderson
  (3 seasons: 2013–14, 2016–17, 2018)
• Yannick Franke
  (2 seasons: 2013–15)
• Ordane Kanda-Kanyinda
  (1 season: 2017–18)
• Michael Madanly
  (1 season: 2017–18)

Individual awards

All-DBL Team

• Patrick Hilliman – 2010
• Arūnas Mikalauskas – 2021

DBL Coach of the Year

• Erik Braal – 2006

DBL MVP Under 23

• Arvin Slagter – 2006

DBL Rookie of the Year

• Jeroen Slor – 2008

DBL Most Improved Player

• Leon Williams – 2012
• Yannick Franke – 2015

DBL All-Rookie Team

• Yasalde Pas Costa – 2007
• Yannick Franke – 2014
• Nigel Onuoha – 2015

Club records

Bold denotes still active with team. As of 14 April 2021:

Trophies

• NBB Cup
  • Winners (1): 1984–85
    • Runners-up (1): 2005–06

Season by season

Head coaches

Period	Name	Honours
2003–2008	Erik Braal	NBB Cup runner-up: 2006
2008–2009	Terence Stansbury
2009–2011	Zlatko Jezerkic
2011–2013	Randy Wiel
2013–2014	Ferry Steenmetz
2014–2018	Armand Salomon
2018–2019	Richard den Os
2019	Jan Stalman (interim)
2019–2023	Toon van Helfteren
2023	Armand Salomon (interim)
2023–present	Tim Arns

References

1. "Rotterdam Basketbal". www.rotterdambasketbal.nl. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. 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.
4. Rotterdam Basketbal stunt op bezoek bij Den Bosch
5. Rotterdamse sportclubs gaan in rood/wit en onder naam Feyenoord spelen
6. "Van Helfteren naar Feyenoord". basketballleague.nl. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
7. "Licenties BNXT League 2021-2022 toegekend". Basketball League (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 July 2021.
8. "ZEEUW & ZEEUW HOOFDSPONSOR IN ROTTERDAM". 1 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
9. "Landskampioenen, bekerwinnaars en competitiewinnaars" (in Dutch). J-dus.com. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

Notes

1. The 2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.

External links

• Official website (in Dutch)
• Eurobasket.com profile

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