Untouchables Paderborn

Untouchables Paderborn founded in 1990
Full name
Untouchables Paderborn Baseball Club e. V.
Nickname (s)
U's
Club colors
Green / yellow / black   
league
Baseball Bundesliga (since 1996) Division North (since 1996)
Ball park (s)
Ahorn Ballpark (1,200 seats)
president
1st chairman: J. Uwe Diedam
Members
311 (as of: 8/2013)
Website : http://www.untouchables.eu

The Untouchables Paderborn Baseball Club e. V. , also Paderborn U's, is a German baseball club. The first men's team of the East Westphalian Paderborn -based teams playing in the 1996 League of DBV . In their first ten years in the first division, the U's were able to secure six championship titles, five of them in a row (2001 to 2005). The U's have won the second most championship title behind the record champions Mannheim Tornados in the history of the Bundesliga baseball . In addition to the successful men's baseball department, the club also has a youth and softball department .

history

After the Untouchables Paderborner Baseballclub eV was founded as an association on August 4, 1990, the association was accepted into the NRW Baseball and Softball Association on December 16 of the same year. Her vision was to get her first German championship by the turn of the century. In 1997 Martin Helmig, a big name in German baseball, came to Paderborn and in the same year the U's played for the first time in their new stadium, the Ahorn-Ballpark. 5 years after the founding, they were finally able to get promoted to the 1st Bundesliga North and after only 9 years it was perfect, the U's won the German championship in 1999. From 2001 to 2005 the U's were able to win 5 German championship titles in a row. Since 2013 the U's have been relying on their own offspring and foregoing professional players from the baseball nations.

Teams

The following teams play for the Untouchables Paderborn. Men 1: 1. Bundesliga North, Men 2: Regionalliga Northwest, Men 3: District League I (BSV-NRW), Women: Softball Association League, Junior Association League, Youth Association League, Student 1 (Live Pitch) Association League, Student (Tee-Ball) .

Bundesliga squad

Roster 2018

#	Surname	First name	position
15th	Kemp	Matthew	P
12	Thaqi	Benjamin	P
35	Goebert	Nicolas	P
27	Neuhäuser	Philip	P
23	Harrison	mark	P
11	Seidel	Florian	P
19th	Thieben	Daniel	P / OF
22nd	Add	Daniel	P / IF
6th	Bendrien	Maurice	C.
2	Kloidt	Dennis	C.
X	Cataldo	Demetrio	C.
44	Gerdtommarkotten	Frederik	UT
10	What a shame	Till	IF / OF
20th	Schonlau	Bjorn	IF

Roster 2018

#	Surname	First name	position
14th	spear	Jendrik	IF
1	Cardoso	Marco	IF
9	Medina	Octavio	IF
13	Miner	Finn	IF
32	White	Andreas	IF
39	Primozic	Zan	IF
51	Weber	Yannis	IF
3	Buder	Dominik	OF
25th	Gerdtommarkotten	Tristan	OF
26th	Ehmcke	Maik	OF
39	Vockel	Marcel	OF
28	Evers	Aki	OF

Coaches

• Head coach: Jendrick Speer
• Assistant Coaches: Octavio Medina (Fielding), Matthew Kemp (Pitching)

Sports boarding school

Since 2011 the U's have also been running a baseball department in the Paderborn sports boarding school. With 14 young athletes, they're also the biggest party in the house. Baseballers come to Paderborn from all over Germany to live their dream of baseball and to perfectly coordinate school and training. The athletes live in the Paderborn house, which is close to the sports facilities and the school. In addition to the baseball players, SC Paderborn 07 eV, Paderborn Baskets 91 eV and AFC Paderborn Dolphins eV also have a share in the boarding school.

U's abroad

Since 2017, the Untouchables have another young star in the USA. In addition to Nadir Ljatifi, who plays for the Billings Mustangs (Cincinnati Reds) in the Pioneer League, Marco Cardoso plays for the Bosten Red Sox in the Dominican Republic. Unlike Nadir Ljatifi (19 years), Marco came from Paderborn. He is the first home-grown Untouchables to sign a professional contract.

cheerleader

the Untouchables Paderborn:

• 4th place national championship
• 4th place German championship

Ball park

The Untouchables play their home games in the Ahorn Ballpark, established in 1997 . The ball park consists of a total of three playing areas. The actual stadium can seat around 1,200 spectators. The main field of the ball park has the following dimensions:

• Leftfield: 96 m
• Centerfield: 114 m
• Rightfield: 96 m

successes

Dresdner Bank's Green Belt

• 2010 1st place
• 2007 1st place

baseball

• 2012 German runner-up
• 2011 German runner-up
• 2008 BSV NRW Cup winner
• 2006 BSV NRW Cup winner
• 2005 German champion
• 2004 German champion
• 2004 BSV NRW Cup winner
• 2003 German champion
• 2002 German champion
• 2001 German champion
• 2001 BSV NRW Cup winner
• 1999 German champion
• 1999 DBV Cup winner
• 1999 BSV NRW Cup winner
• 1999 championship district league
• 1998 German runner-up
• 1998 DBV Cup winner
• 1998 BSV NRW Cup winner
• 1998 National League Champion
• 1997 BSV NRW Cup winner
• 1995 champions 2nd Bundesliga
• 1995 District League Champion
• 1994 Champion of the Association League
• 1993 National League Champion
• 1993 championship district league
• 1992 District League Champion
• 1991 District League Champion

offspring

• 2017 German junior champion
• 2015 German runner-up youth
• 2014 German junior runner-up
• 2013 German junior runner-up
• 2013 German Champion Youth
• 2013 Champion Youth (2) Landesliga NRW
• 2013 NRW master student
• 2012 NRW Champion Juniors
• 2012 Champion Youth (2) Landesliga NRW
• 2012 German runner-up student
• 2011 NRW Champion Youth
• 2011 Champion Youth (2) Landesliga NRW
• 2009 German master student
• 2008 NRW master student
• 2007 German Junior Champion
• 2006 German Junior Champion
• 2005 German Champion Juniors
• 2004 German junior runner-up
• 2004 German Champion Youth
• 2003 German Junior Champion
• 2002 German champion youth
• 2002 German runner-up student
• 2001 German runner-up student
• 1999 Champion youth regional league NRW
• 1998 NRW master student
• 1995 Champion Junior National League NRW
• 1994 Champion Junior State League North Rhine-Westphalia
• 1994 NRW Champion Youth

European Cup participation

European Champions Cup:

• 2013 5th group place (2 groups of 6 teams each) (Barcelona)
• 2012 4th group place (2 groups of 6 teams each) (San Marino)
• 2006 4th place (Grosseto)
• 2005 6th place (Rotterdam)
• 2004 5th place (San Marino)
• 2002 7th place (Barcelona)
• 2001 6th place (Rotterdam)
• 2000 6th place (San Marino)

European Champion Clubs' Cup (B-Pool):

• 2003 1st place (Rättvik, Sweden)

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:

• 1999 4th place (Brno)

Softball

• 1999 Champion Bundesliga middle
• 1999 BSV NRW Cup winner
• 1997 National League Champion
• 1996 Champion District League

Mixed softball

• 2008 Champions League winner
• 2007 Champions League winner
• 2005 Champions League winner (unofficial German championship)

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ baseball-bundesliga.de
2. ↑ history. Untouchables Paderborn, accessed on August 3, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Jendrick Speer new head coach of the U's. Untouchables Paderborn, April 5, 2017, accessed on April 17, 2017 . 
4. ↑ http://www.sportinternat-pb.de/

Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 24.7 "  N , 8 ° 43 ′ 18.6"  E