BSC Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld

The BSC Raiffeisen Furstenfeld Panthers are a basketball club was established in 1955 from Fürstenfeld in Styria. He is represented in both the Austrian basketball league and in the Styrian league.

Venue

The Panthers play their home games from the up to 2000 spectators comprehensive Fürstenfelder city hall, which was built in 1985.

History

OSTR Franz Mathias resulted in the school year 1951/52, with the words " The great disciple to me," a basketball in the Fürstenfelder middle school and thus in Fürstenfeld. On the open space in front of the Bundesrealgymnasium and in the hall soon baskets were installed.

On December 4, 1955, the Fürstenfelder reported the basketball department as part of the gymnastics club at the Styrian Association. A year later the Oststeiermark began participating in the championship and managed in the second season the rise of the first class in the national league. Also a girls team was founded.

In 1968 the prince fields were Styrian champion for the first time. On the rise of games, the club had to give but because a suitable hall and the financial foundation were missing. Some players then wandered off to ABC Graz ATSE Graz. 1970, repeated the scene again and the very strong team remained only a small remnant. The connection to the top clubs lost. 1972, reported the basketball players on the Turnverein Fürstenfeld and founded the sponsored Saischegg BSC speci Fürstenfeld. 1979, the jump in the B league was risked. The home games but had to be held in Graz, as there still was no suitable hall in the former district capital. The descent followed.

The breakthrough came with the re-emergence in 1986 and the commitment of the two U.S. players Harry Bell ( 1987) and Clarence Swearengen ( 1988), Fürstenfeld In 1994, in the European Cup in the A- League and immediately. The first international appearance the team survived the first round, but had subsequently against the world -class team of Athens no chance. 1996 was followed by a subsequent descent into the B league with immediate resurgence.

Since the 1997/98 season, the prince fields are an integral part of Austria's top tier. In the years 2000 and 2001, led the Panthers, as the club is called now, more than 300 days, the Table of the A- League on. In the final for the title of the 2002 BSC Raiffeisen Furstenfeld succumbed to the Styrian Montan Bears Kapfenberg local rivals. In this case, the fifth game of the final series was going over 2,000 spectators in the sold-out Fürstenfelder city hall until after the second extension with 107:109 lost. Achievers of the Panthers were Johnny McNeil, Roland Miller and Aaron Mitchell.

Before the season 2006/ 07 when it came BSC Raiffeisen Furstenfeld to a change of president and at the same time a joining of forces. Ex - GAK - President Harald Fischl took over the presidency and the function of the umpire. His three deputies are with Josef Rath and Alois Bonstingl its two predecessors, as well as Helmut Jörg. After reaching third place was put together from scratch before and during the 2007/ 08 season the team. With Miljan Goljovic the former top scorer of Euro League was acquired in 1999/2000.

From the semi-final series against the Swans Gmunden from the Panthers from Fürstenfeld went 3-2 as the winner. The final opponent was a local rival with the Oberwart Gunners. After a balanced series Raiffeisen Furstenfeld Panthers were able to win the decisive fifth game in the Oberwart Gunners narrowly 89:88 and were the first time Austrian champion. Point guard Anthony Shavies was voted Most Valuable Player of the finals series.

In the 2008 /09 season Fürstenfeld was the first Cup victory in history to celebrate: The Panthers defeated in the final catfish with just 80:79. Also in the championship semifinals met Fürstenfeld for catfish, lost the series against the eventual champions but with 1:3. For excitement it caused Harald Fischl, who wanted his players in the fourth and final semi-final move to retiring to protest against the referee heading. At this time the Panthers were back with 20 points, the game was finally lost with 110:125.

Start of the season 2009, the Panthers picked in the second round for the first time the Supercup. The Panthers sat against WBC Raiffeisen Wels through with 77:68.

In the 2013/2014 season, the Fürstenfelder upgrade ended on strong. They brought a lot of good players. Especially Darryl Bryant, a former NBA D- League Player shock added to the team. Even players who U19 team act in the Bundesliga with. The youngest player in the first team roster is Alisic Ibrahim, who at the age of 16 years has an involvement in the first team.

Placements in the Bundesliga

Former Players

• Ibrahim Diarra
• Jonathan Levy
• Trevor Gaines
• Desmond Penigar
• Anthony Shavies

Division

In the 1999/2000 season the club started with a secondary team that won this prompt in the first class the champion and has performed since then in the Styrian league. Overall, the national league title was won six times and four times the Styrian Cup. The team consists of former or retired players of the league teams between 1990 and 2005.

Offspring

The association provides the following youth teams:

• U10, Rea Nizamic
• U12, Rea Nizamic, Adnan Hajder
• U14, Adnan Hajder
• U16, Edvin Brkic
• U19, Edvin Brkic