Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions
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| Full name | UBM Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions | ||
| Founded | 1966 as UKJ Möllersdorf | ||
| Hall | Lions Dome (1200 seats) |
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| Homepage | www.basket.at | ||
| Chairman | Ernst Nemeth | ||
| Trainer | Markus Pinezich | ||
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Admiral Basketball Bundesliga 2018/19 : 5th place |
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| 3 × Master 3 x Cup 2 participations in the European Cup Master 3 participations in the European Cup winner 8 × Korac Cup |
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Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′ 57.8 ″ N , 16 ° 17 ′ 18.6 ″ E
UBM Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions ( UBM is the abbreviation for the traditional name UKJ Basketballclub Möllersdorf , where UKJ stands for Union Catholic Youth ) is an Austrian basketball team from Traiskirchen that was founded in 1966 under the name UKJ Möllersdorf . The team has had its current name since the 1999/00 season. Common abbreviations are Traiskirchen Lions , or just the Lions (after the heraldic animal and mascot). The club has been playing in the top Austrian division, the Bundesliga, without interruption since the 1983/84 season . The Lions' greatest successes include three championship titles and three cup wins . Arkadia Traiskirchen also took part in the Korać Cup eight times .
history
1960s, 1970s
On October 24, 1966, the association was founded under the name UKJ Möllersdorf by the Möllersdorf pastor Friedrich Tscherney. Right from the start, Möllersdorf paid great attention to the next generation. At the beginning, the men's team consisted of a few players from Möllersdorf, so in 1968 players from the UKJ Wien-Land played for Möllersdorf. The boys (U12) achieved the first Lower Austrian championship title in the club's history in 1971. In the same year, the syndicate with UKJ Wien Land was ended. In 1973 the men's team was promoted to 1st class. Möllersdorf achieved great successes in the young talent this year, the club achieved 4 championship titles in five age groups in which it participated. In 1977 Möllersdorf moved into the new hall of the local secondary school. A year later UKJ Möllersdorf became national champion and rose to the B-Bundesliga . It was only a short-term success, because one season later they were relegated. In 1979 the men made it to the semi-finals of the cup competition for the first time , and the second men's team rose to first class that same season.
1980s and 1990s
In 1982 the men were again national champions , but failed because of the promotion games for the B-Bundesliga. In 1982 a partner association was founded with the neighbor from Tribuswinkel , which was called UBMT (connection between UKJ Möllersdorf and UBB Tribuswinkel). In the 1982/83 season, the club became national champions and took a vacant place in the A-Bundesliga. As of this season, the club had an A-League team without ever winning the B-League, which is unique for the Austrian Bundesliga. Franz Graf acted as player-coach from 1983. In the same season, the juniors (U18) won the first state championship in the history of UKJ Möllersdorf. Phil Wagner, the first legionnaire in the club's history, was signed for the A-League team. In 1985 legionnaire Renaldo O'Neal came to Möllersdorf. The coach was Michael Sturmayr, with whom UBMT reached 5th place in the Bundesliga in the next season (1986/87), the best placement in history. In the national league, the second men's team (UBMT II) was national champion before the third men's team (UBMT III). In 1989 Renaldo O'Neal became player-coach of the Bundesliga team, and a year later UBMT played the first international matches in the Korać Cup, with Murat Ersek as the new coach. In the same year, the club ended the syndicate with Tribuswinkel.
In 1991 UKJ Möllersdorf won the A-Bundesliga championship, with newcomer Oto Matický playing a key role in this success . A year later, Lucas Hajda returned to Möllersdorf, who rose to the team's top performers and was able to celebrate the runner-up title with the team. Pastor Friedrich Tscherney was replaced as chairman in 1992, the new chairman was Helmut Niederhofer , who held the office until 2016. The next year, a new coach came with Craig Nance. In 1994 Möllersdorf lost in the first cup final against St. Pölten, but the club was compensated in the championship with the second championship title in the club's history. In 1994/95, the assistant coach of Craig Nance, Franz Zderadicka, was the coach of Möllersdorfer and failed in the cup final at Oberwart. In the championship, the team reached the runner-up title, the juniors became national champions. The following year the team was again runner-up and cup finalist. In 1997 the team achieved their first cup win. Scott Fields became the new trainer in 1999, and the LZ Lower Austria South was founded among the younger generation.
2000 to 2010
| season | league | space | title | ||
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| 1999/00 | Bundesliga | 1. | [M] [C] | ||
| 2000/01 | Bundesliga | 6th | [C] | ||
| 2001/02 | Bundesliga | 5. | |||
| 2002/03 | Bundesliga | 10. | |||
| 2003/04 | Bundesliga | 8th. | |||
| 2004/05 | Bundesliga | 7th | |||
| 2005/06 | Bundesliga | 4th | |||
| 2006/07 | Bundesliga | 7th | |||
| 2007/08 | Bundesliga | 4th | |||
| 2008/09 | Bundesliga | 5. | |||
| 2009/10 | Bundesliga | 5. | |||
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{M}: Master [C]: Cup victory |
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In the 1999/00 season the new hall, the Lions Dome, was opened and the name UKJ Möllersdorf was changed. From then on the club was called UKJ Basketballclub Möllersdorf Arkadia Traiskirchen (short form UBM Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions). Charles Payton became the new coach, and the greatest success in club history was celebrated, becoming both champions and cup winners. Also in 2001, a new coach for the youngsters, Zoran Kostic, was hired . In the year 2000/01 the Lions became cup winners for the third time, but in the Bundesliga they only reached sixth place, the U22 became national champions. 2001/02 was able to prevent the team from relegation, a discarded three of a player from Oberwart brought Traiskirchen relegation. In the Cup, however, Traiskirchen only failed in the final against the Gmunden Swans. The top performers of recent years, Markus Fritz and Oto Maticky, ended their careers in the 2002/03 season, and Raoul Korner became the new head coach of the Lions this season, in addition the ex-NBA player Acie Earl was signed, but only four times played for the Lions. In the 2004/05 season UBM Traiskirchen was 7th in the Bundesliga and won the national championship title in the U22. A year later, Andrea Maghelli was hired as the new coach and reached the cup finals and the semi-finals of the championship with the young team around MVAP player Davor Lamesic , the U22 team was national champion as in the year before. 2006/07 the Lions were 7th in the championship after several victories against top clubs and just missed qualifying for the playoffs. The U14, the U20 and the U22 became national champions for the third time in a row. In 2007/08, the Bundesliga team was eliminated from the championship in the quarter-finals against Kapfenberg, although the team was still fourth in the regular season. The U22 team won their fourth title in a row this season. In 2008/09, the Traiskirchner team, reinforced by Deven Mitchell, who was elected MVP of the season, made it to the semi-finals of the playoffs, where they failed to Gmunden. The U22 failed in the final by only one point to win the fifth title in a row and was therefore vice state champion. In 2009/10 the Lions were again 5th and failed in the semifinals against Fürstenfeld.
Since 2010
In their most successful season since winning the championship title in 2000, the team reached third place in 2010/11 and narrowly missed the final qualification in the fifth game of the semi-final series against eventual champions Oberwart. Fabricio Vay played a key role in this success as Player of the Year. In the following season, due to austerity measures and many departures, the successes of previous years could not be followed and therefore did not reach the top playoff for the first time since the 2006/07 season. The 2013/14 season, in which the team had the future NBA player Jakob Pöltl in their ranks, was certainly the highlight of the non-playoff period .
In the 2014/15 season they reached eighth place after the basic round. In the playoff, however, they just failed at BC Vienna (2: 3). A year later they could repeat the good performances from the previous year and move into the playoff without problems. There they failed only in the semifinals in the decisive fifth game at WBC Wels. The 2016/17 season was marked by the change of coach from Georgi Mladenov to Luigi Gresta. The team could never find a rhythm, but still reached the playoff round with sixth place. In the quarter-finals, however, it was over against the eventual champions Kapfenberg.
In the summer of 2017, the long-time chairman Niederhofer, who most recently held the position of sports director, resigned after 46 years of club activity. In December 2019, the team split up with immediate effect from coach Zoran Kostic for “disciplinary reasons”, and the previous youth coach Markus Pinezich became his successor.
Former Lions players
- Lucas Hajda (1981–1985, 1991–2001)
- Oto Maticky (1990-2001)
- Hermann Killian (1983-1998)
- Franz Graf (1983–1985, 1986–1994)
- Markus Fritz (1995-2002)
- Renaldo O'Neal (1985-1990)
- Stefan Weissenböck (2000-2003)
- Hannes Lutz
- Hannes Pestal (1993–1994)
- Jakob Pöltl (2013-14)
Many of these players can also be found on the "Wall of Fame". For a short time, Acie Earl (2002/03), a former NBA player and the Croatian Aramis Naglic (2002-2004) even played an Olympic silver medalist ( 1992 Olympic Games ) with the Lions. The most famous ex-lion is certainly the first Austrian NBA player Jakob Pöltl . He played with the Lions for a year prior to college in Utah.
Club structure
Bureau
President of the association is former mayor of the city of Traiskirchen Fritz Knotzer. The chairman is Ernst Nemeth, before that Helmut Niederhofer took over from Friedrich Tscherney.
The sponsors
The main sponsor of the association is the Arkadia shopping center, which is located in Traiskirchen. Arkadia is also part of the club's name. The team is equipped by Basry. Another major sponsor is Admiral, which is also a league sponsor. Admiral can also be found on the jerseys as a sponsor. Another dress sponsor is Denizbank . Some regional sponsors close the circle of sponsors.
Main sponsors
- Blaschke Kokuskuppel (1978–1993)
- HIS Jeans (1993-1999)
- Arkadia Shopping Center (1999-present)
Supervisory staff
- Head Coach: Markus Pinezich
- Assistant Coach: Dominic Mühlbacher
Bundesliga squad 2018/19
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Departures: Florian Trmal , Martin Trmal (both BC Vienna ), Jozo Brkic ( Iserlohn Kangaroos / GER), Ramiz Suljanovic (end of career)
Starting Five
| Point guard | Shooting Guard | Small forward | Power forward | center |
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| Benedikt Danek | Benedikt Güttl | Shawn L. Ray | Aleksandar Andjelkovic | Jozo Rados |
Bundesliga and Cup season balance sheets
The Lions are the only team that came directly from the national league to the Bundesliga without playing in the 2nd Bundesliga. They achieved promotion in 1983 and have been an integral part of the Bundesliga since the 1983/84 season. In 1991 the first national championship title was won, and three years later the second. The team achieved their last championship title in 2000. Arkadia Traiskirchen is one of the best teams in Austria in the Cup. The club has already won this trophy 3 times and has reached the cup final eight times, most recently in 2006.
| season | Cup | Bundesliga | Top player |
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| 1983/84 | no cup yet | 9th place | Franz Graf, John Lintner |
| 1984/85 | no cup yet | 9th place | Lucas Hajda, Franz Graf, Herbert Killian, |
| 1985/86 | no cup yet | 7th place | Renaldo O'Neal , Herbert Killian, Hermann Killian |
| 1986/87 | no cup yet | 5th place | Renaldo O'Neal , Franz Graf, Hermann Killian, |
| 1987/88 | no cup yet | 9th place | Renaldo O'Neal , Christian Lang, Franz Graf |
| 1988/89 | no cup yet | 5th place | Renaldo O'Neal , Polt Christian, |
| 1989/90 | no cup yet | 3rd place | Renaldo O'Neal , Killian Hermann, Count Franz |
| 1990/91 | no cup yet | master | Maticky Oto, Renaldo O'Neal , Killian Hermann |
| 1991/92 | no cup yet | Runner-up | Donald Jacobs, Maticky Oto, Hajda Lucas, |
| 1992/93 | no cup yet | 4th Place | Donald Jacobs, Maticky Oto, Glavocevic Nenad, Hajda Lucas |
| 1993/94 | final | master | Lien Matthews, Maticky Oto, Glavocevic Nenad, Hajdy Lucas |
| 1994/95 | final | Runner-up | Vukadin Ivica, Glavocevic Nenad, Price Marzel |
| 1995/96 | final | Runner-up | Jackson P. Trent, Maticky Oto, Hajda Lucas, Davis Willie |
| 1996/97 | Cup winner | 4th Place | Davis Andre, Renaldo O'Neal, Ryan Jamison, |
| 1997/98 | Quarter finals | 4th Place | Hajdy Lucas, Glavocevic Nenad, Lott Phillip |
| 1998/99 | Semifinals | 6th place | Rollins AJ, Hajda Lucas, Maticky Otto |
| 1999/2000 | Cup winner | master | Sean McCaw , Lukas Hajda, Oto Maticky, Donminic Ellison, Ron Riley |
| 2000/01 | Cup winner | 6th place | Riley Ron, Cherry Demetrius, Maticky Otto, Weissenböck Stefan |
| 2001/02 | Quarter finals | 5th place | Dunkley Julian C., Radulovic Zdravko, Paravinja Milos |
| 2002/03 | final | 10th place | Novak Daniel, Naglic Aramix, Hermannsson Mikael, Jones David, Stjepan Stazic , Weissenböck Stefan |
| 2003/04 | Round of 16 | 8th place | Shanks Daniel, Naglic Aramis, Fontelroy William, Lamesic Davor , |
| 2004/05 | Quarter finals | 7th place | Elijah Palmer, Darius Wright, Davor Lamesic , David Geisler, Tomas Oresansky |
| 2005/06 | final | 4th Place | Mike English, Davor Lamesic, Joey Vickery, Tomas Oresansky, David Geisler |
| 2006/07 | Quarter finals | 7th place | Stjepan Stazic , Davor Lamesic, Joey Vickery, David Geisler, Michael English, D. Paliashchuk |
| 2007/08 | Final Four | 4th Place | Before that, Lamesic, Dragan Zekovic, Joey Vickery, Spencer Rhynes, Benedikt Danek , David Geisler, Nemanja Bjelica |
| 2008/09 | Final Four | 5th place | Deven Anthony Mitchell, Fabricio David Vay , Dragan Zekovic, Titus Nicoara, Benedikt Danek, David Geisler |
| 2009/10 | Final Four | 5th place | Kevin Houston, Terrence Roderick, Vilmantas Dilys, Djorde Drenovac, Benedikt Danek * |
| 2010/11 | Quarter finals | 3rd place | Fabricio David Vay, Kevin Houston, Djorde Drenovac, Benedikt Danek, Kevin Payton * |
| 2011/12 | Quarter finals | 9th place | Dorde Drenovac, Radosav Spasojevic, Benedikt Danek, Pranas Skurdauskas, Jurica Blazevic |
| 2012/13 | 1 round | 10th place | Fabricio David Vay, Radosav Spasojevic, Maximilian Graf, Jurica Blazevic, Tobias Stadelmann |
| 2013/14 | Quarter finals | 9th place | Jakob Pöltl , Fabricio David Vay, Maximilian Graf, Radosav Spasojevic, Jurica Blazevic |
| 2014/15 | Quarter finals | 8th place | Fabricio David Vay , Benedikt Danek , Florian Trmal , Benedikt Güttl , Aleksandar Vuletic |
| 2015/16 | Quarter finals | 3rd place | Fabricio David Vay, Benedikt Danek, Florian Trmal, Benedikt Güttl, Donatas Tarolis |
| 2016/17 | Round of 16 | 6th place | Fabricio David Vay, Benedikt Danek, Florian Trmal, Benedikt Güttl, Jason Detrick |
| 2017/18 | Quarter finals | 3rd place | Shawn L. Ray , Benedikt Danek, Florian Trmal, Benedikt Güttl, Jozo Brkic |
Trainer
- Franz Graf (1983–1985)
- Michael Sturmayr (1985–1987)
- Oskar Döppes (1987–1988)
- Renaldo O'Neal (1988-1989)
- Murat Ersek (1989–1991)
- Helmut Niederhofer (1991)
- Craig Nance (1992-1994)
- Franz Zderadicka (1994–1997)
- Nenad Krdzic (1997-1998)
- Scott Fields (1998-1999)
- Charles Payton (1999-2000)
- Miodrag Veskovich (2001-2002)
- Lino Fratin (2002)
- Bernhard March (2003)
- Raoul Korner (2003-2005)
- Andrea Maghelli (2005–2012)
- Zoran Kostić (2012-2013)
- Vladimir Lucic (2013-2016)
- Georgi Mladenov (2016-2017)
- Luigi Gresta (2017)
- Zoran Kostić (2017–12 / 2019)
- Markus Pinezich (12 / 2019–)
Lions players in various national teams
Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions players have always been an integral part of the Austrian national basketball team , both for men and for youth.
Former and active men's Lions national team players:
- Lukas Hajda
- Hermann Kilian
- Franz Graf
- Hannes Pestal
- Hannes Lutz
- Stefan Weissenböck
- Before that, Lamesic
- David Geisler
- Benedikt Danek
- Jakob Pöltl
- Benedikt Güttl
- Florian Trmal
- Jozo Rados
Venue
The Lions Dome is located in Traiskirchen and is both a basketball hall and a gym for the elementary school. It holds around 1200 spectators and can be divided into two parts in the middle by a lowerable wall. The Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions have been playing in it since 1999. The lower tiers can be retracted and extended, which enables a division into two playing fields, so that tournaments with two simultaneous matches can be held. There is space for around 700 people on the upper, permanently installed tiers. In addition, there is a corridor above the stands with additional standing options. This corridor also gives access to the buffet, to the smoking terrace, as there is no smoking in the hall, and to the VIP area, which is equipped with windows with a view of the playing field. The hall also has a camera gallery, which is used by the Sky TV channel for live games, four cloakrooms with showers, a massage room and two equipment chambers.
Exterior view of the Lions Cathedral
Grandstand
Playing field and grandstand of the Lions Cathedral
Lions venues
- Pfarrhof Möllersdorf (lying outdoors 1966–1975)
- Gym of the elementary school Traiskirchen (mostly only in winter 1968-1975)
- Small gym of the Traiskirchen secondary school (1975–1977)
- Large gymnasium of the Traiskirchen secondary school (around 600 seats) (1977–1999)
- Lions Dome (since 1999)
Amateur teams
LZ Lower Austria South
The LZ NÖ Süd team has played since the 2007/08 season in a syndicate with Mödling in the 2nd Austrian basketball league, newly created in 2007, in the East division. The team was able to win the championship title of the 2nd Austrian Basketball Bundesliga, which was awarded for the first time in the 2007/08 season. However, the team was disbanded after the 2008/09 season, as many players moved to Mödling or continued their careers in 1st class.
- 2008/09: 2nd place
- 2007/08: 1st place
LZ IT Spirit Möllersdorf
This team played in the Lower Austrian regional league until 2008/09. However, he will play in 1st class in Lower Austria from the 2009/10 season.
- 2008/09: 2nd place
- 2007/08: 2nd place
- 2006/07: 3rd place
Youth teams
Since the association was founded, promoting the youth teams has played a major role. Just a few years after it was founded, the club was able to win its first national championship title, and a little later it was one of the best youth teams in Lower Austria. In the 1980s , the youth teams were able to achieve their first successes nationwide. The youth department has been one of the best in Austria since the 1990s . From the 1998/99 season, a syndicate was created for the youngsters, which has further increased the performance. This community initially consisted of four associations (Baden, Mödling, Möllersdorf and Oberwaltersdorf), but was later reduced to the Möllersdorf and Mödling associations and bears the name LZ NÖ Süd. The LZ NÖ Süd consists of the age groups U14, U16 and U18 in the competitions of the Austrian championship.
There are youngsters in the age groups Minis 1 and 2 U10, U12, U14, U16, U19, who have won many titles in Lower Austria and across Austria since the club was founded.
Since the 2018/19 season there has also been a girls' team in Traiskirchen for the first time, the LIONESSES, which secured the runner-up national title in their first season. There has also been a U10 girls' team since the 2019/20 season, with other teams to follow.
2010/11 season:
- U22: Vice State Champion
- U20: Vice State Champion
- U18: Vice State Champion
- U16: national champion
- U14: 3rd place in the national championship
- U10: National Champion (Lower Austria)
Season 2009/10:
- U22: national champion
- U20: national champion
Season 2008/09:
- U22: Vice State Champion
- U18: National Champion (Lower Austria)
- U14: National Champion (Lower Austria)
2007/08 season:
- U22: State champion for the 4th time in a row
- U20: 3rd place national championship
- U18: national champion , regional champion (Lower Austria)
2006/2007 season:
- U22: state champion for the third time in a row
- U20: national champion
- U16: National Champion (Lower Austria)
- U14: national champion
Furthermore, all youth teams were at least among the best 4 teams in Austria (Final Four). The Lions thus had the best male youth teams in Austria in the 2006/2007 season.
2005/2006 season:
- U22: undefeated national champion
- U20: national champion
- U18: National Champion (Lower Austria)
- U16: National Champion (Lower Austria)
Fan club
The official fan club of the Lions are the Red Lions Traiskirchen - These were founded in the 2014/15 season.
Web links
- official website
- Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions at Eurobasket.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b basket.at
- ↑ skysportaustria.at
- ↑ noen.at
- ↑ https://www.skysportaustria.at/basketball-at/traiskirchen-lions-trennen-sich-von-headcoach-kostic/
- ↑ https://www.basket.at/news/2103
- ↑ Festschrift of the Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions association
