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Giessen 46ers

Club's name: Giessen 46ers
League: BBL
Location: Gie�en, GER
Founded: 1966
Mascot: Drache
Team Colours: Red and White
Head Coach: Simon Cote
Arena: Sporthalle Gie�en-Ost (4.003; and for playoffs to 5.500)

National Titles: German League: 1965, '67, '68, '75, '78
German Cup: 1969, '73, '79

Giessen 46ers is a basketball club based in Gie�en, Germany, that plays in the Basketball Bundesliga and the only team that has never been relegated since the league was established in 1966.

Their home arena is Sporthalle Gie�en-Ost. The biggest achivements 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 achivements were an appearance in the BBL semifinals 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.

The current roster includes the former German national team players Gerrit Terdenge, Rouven Roessler and Robert Maras, German youth national team player Marco Buljevic and several American players.

There current head coach is Thorsten Leibenath, who joined in the summer of 2007 from British team Scottish Rocks.

2008/09 Squad

(Last update: 23.08.2008)

# Name Position Birth Year Height
5 Flag of Nigeria Michael Umeh Guard 18.9.1984 1,88 m
7 Flag of Germany Gerrit Terdenge Forward / Center 30.1.1975 2,05 m
8 Flag of the United States Danny Lewis Guard 21.6.1970 1,85 m
13 Flag of Germany Johannes Lischka Forward 2.4.1987 2,03 m
15 Flag of Germany Robert Maras Center 20.10.1978 2,15 m
20 Flag of Austria Richard Poiger Forward 22.5.1987 2,02 m
23 Flag of the United States Corey Rouse Forward / Center 3.2.1984 2,03 m
24 Flag of Germany Jannik Freese Center / Forward 13.8.1986 2,10 m
30 Flag of Germany Heiko Schaffartzik Guard 3.1.1984 1,83 m
54 Flag of Germany Florian Hartenstein Center 13.8.1977 2,05 m

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