Amstetten Falcons
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| Address: | Sportunion Amstetten Falcons Schmidlstrasse 17 3300 Amstetten |
| Website: | www.amstetten-falcons.at |
| Founding year: | 1986 as UBBC Amstetten |
| Chairman: | Gerhard Sengstschmid |
| League: | 2. Austrian Basketball Bundesliga , Upper Austrian Regional League |
| Venue: | Johann Pölz Halle, CCA Halle |
| Dress colors: | Home games: white Away games: blue |
| Home game info sheet: | Falcons News |
| ZVR No: | 476302093 |
| Title won | |
| Upper Austrian regional champion : | 2008, 2009, 2010 |
| Cup : | Quarter-finals 2007/08 |
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Sportunion CityCenter Amstetten Falcons is an Austrian basketball team from Amstetten founded in 1986 under the name UBBC Amstetten .
overview
The team has had its current name since the 2002/03 season. Common abbreviations are Amstetten Falcons , or simply the "Falcons" (after the heraldic animal) or "Falcons". The club has played in the Upper Austrian regional league since it was founded and in the second highest Austrian division, the 2nd Austrian Basketball Bundesliga, since the 2007/08 season . The Falcons' greatest successes include three Upper Austrian national championship titles as well as fifth place in the 2nd Austrian Basketball Bundesliga in the 2008/09 season and participation in the quarter-finals of the Austrian Basketball Cup in the 2007/08 season.
history
1970-1999
The founding fathers were a group of athletes from nearby Grein on the Danube, where basketball had been practiced in the championship since 1979. The reason for the move from Grein to Amstetten was due to the small Greiner hall, which no longer complied with the regulations of the basketball rules. A replacement was found in the gymnasium in Amstettner Gymnasium. In 1986 the Union Basketball Club (UBBC) Amstetten was founded as an independent section of the Amstettner Sportunion. As early as the 1990s, the UBBC had drawn attention to the multiple regional league top scorer Andreas Kastenhofer, but it was never enough to win the title in the country's top division. Towards the end of the 1990s, Amstettner basketball was characterized by promotion and relegation between the Upper Austrian regional league and the 1st class.
2000-2010
In response to the foreseeable problems in the area of the number of players and the financing, intensive work was carried out on a new concept in the 2001/02 season, which was implemented for the first time in the following 2002/03 season. The "Sportunion AGes-Bau Amstetten Falcons" were born - with a new look, a new dress, a new hall and a new board. Thanks to a sponsorship concept, a long-term cooperation could be entered into with many supporters, which increased the planning security of those responsible for the section. This made it possible to implement long-term concepts such as youth and trainer work. On a sporting level, coach René Bremböck took over the coaching agendas for the Falcons A-team, a first step towards "professionalization". The objectives of the first seasons began with the establishment in the Upper Austrian regional league. With increasing success and athletic performance, it was then the declared goal from the 2006/07 season to bring the Upper Austrian provincial championship title to Amstetten for the first time. A goal that could already be realized for the first time in the following 2007/08 season. Since then, the Amstetten Falcons Sports Union have been the undefeated champions in Upper Austria.
On January 18, 2007, the basketball section became a separate branch of the Amstetten Sports Union . The redesign of the 2nd Austrian Basketball Bundesliga in the 2007/08 season opened up an opportunity for the Amstetten basketball community to raise their sporting and organizational goals even further. The Falcons were there right from the start and in their first season they finished 6th in the East Division. Already in the next season 2008/09 the Falken could reach the 5th place of the entire 2nd Austrian Basketball Bundesliga . This also represents the high point in the second highest division so far.
Former Falcons players
- Chidi Ajufo
- Stefan Ortmann
- Chris session
- Jan Selinger
- Johanne DelPozo
- Edison Inoa Gil
- Bernhard Bruckner
Club structure
Board of Directors
Gerhard Sengstschmid has been chairman since 2002, under whose aegis the change from UBBC Amstetten to the Falcons was completed. He is supported by a five-person executive team (vice chairman, secretary + deputy, finance officer + deputy). In addition, several experienced personalities from business and politics support the board. René Bremböck is the junior coordinator and chief trainer of the Falcons A.
Sponsors
The main sponsors of the association are the Citycenter Amstetten, GAP and the sports town of Amstetten . The main sponsor is part of the name in the association. There are also long-term sponsors from various industries as well as numerous private supporters.
Bundesliga squad 2010/11
Transfers 2010/11
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Current starting five
| Point guard | Shooting Guard | Small forward | Power forward | center |
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| Florian Duck | Stefan Kerschbaummayr | Roland Bremböck | Andreas belly | Adis Mamela |
2. Bundesliga, cup and regional league season balance sheets
- Quarter-final participant in the Austrian Basketball Cup in the 2007/08 season
- 5th place 2nd Austrian Basketball Bundesliga in the 2008/09 season
- 3 × regional champions of the Upper Austrian regional league (2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10)
Trainer
- u. a. Matthias Dobsicek, Wolfgang Viklicky, Gerhard Sengstschmid (until 2001/02)
- René Bremböck (2002-today)
- Roland Bremböck (2009-present) offspring
- Jasmin Marevac (2010-present) offspring
Venue
The Johann Pölz Halle is located in Amstetten and is an event center with theaters, a sports arena and an ice rink. The sports hall holds approx. 1000 spectators, but only 2 of the 3 halls and grandstands are used for the Falcons' home games in the 2nd Bundesliga. The Johann Pölz Halle is also the venue for the home games of SG VCA Hypo Niederösterreich in the 1st Austrian Volleyball Bundesliga. Second home is the CCA gym of the school sisters Amstetten, which is integrated in the CCA shopping center. Mainly the state league and youth games take place here.
Amateur teams
- Falcons B
The Falcons B are available as a team in the 2nd class for all players (except young players) who cannot make the leap into the A team for time, professional or family reasons. In principle, you only train once or twice a week. The trainers and organizers of the B-Team are Matthias Dobsicek and Stefan Watzinger.
- Youth teams
In the 2010/11 season, three male youth teams (U18, U16 and U14) compete in the championship operation of the Upper Austrian Basketball Association.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Falcons in the Cup against Güssing Knights (December 3, 2007) ( Memento from January 14, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ a b http://www.amstetten-falcons.at/
- ↑ Chidi Ajufo - portrait on: Eurobasket website; 1996-2017. Retrieved July 26, 2017 (in English).
- ↑ Player Profile Ortmann on eurobasket.com . (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 26, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ Player Profile Session on eurobasket.com . (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 26, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ http://www.vca.at/
Coordinates: 48 ° 6 ′ 58.4 " N , 14 ° 52 ′ 41.1" E