Ratiopharm Ulm

ratiopharm Ulm
ratiopharm Ulm logo
NicknameDie Spatzen
(The Sparrows)
LeaguesBasketball Bundesliga
Founded2001; 23 years ago (2001)
ArenaRatiopharm Arena
Capacity6,000 (BBL)/5,100 (EuroCup)[1]
LocationUlm, Germany
Team colorsBlack, White, and Orange
     
Main sponsorRatiopharm
Head coachTy Harrelson
OwnershipBasketball Ulm/Alb-Donau GmbH
Affiliation(s)OrangeAcademy
Championships1 (2023)
Websiteratiopharmulm.com

Ratiopharm Ulm, officially stylized as ratiopharm ulm, is a professional basketball club based in Ulm, Germany.[2][3] The club has two teams, one professional team, which plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the major German professional league and one youth team, which plays in the NBBL (Nachwuchs Basketball-Bundesliga). The home arena of the team is the Ratiopharm Arena, an indoor sporting arena with a capacity of approximately 6,000 spectators.[4]

The mascot of the team is a rabbit named Spass ("fun"), who somewhat resembles Bugs Bunny. The main sponsor of the team is the pharmaceutical company Ratiopharm. The team colors are orange, white, and black.

Ulm has played in the BBL for 18 straight seasons since promoting in 2006, and won the national championship in 2023.

History

Early years (2001–2006)

The club was founded in 2001 after the previous professional basketball team in Ulm, run by the sports-club SSV Ulm 1846, became insolvent and had to resign from the league. Dr. Thomas Stoll and Andreas Oettel, the current CEO of the Basketball Ulm/Alb-Donau GmbH, which is the owner of the club, bought the license of the former team and started a second division team with the name of Basketball Ulm GmbH.[5] After playing in the second division for five years, the team qualified for the Basketball Bundesliga in 2006.

First Bundesliga seasons (2006–2011)

Inside view of the Ratiopharm Arena, the club's home arena since 2011

In the 2006–07 season, led by Head coach Mike Taylor and Assistant coach Rainer Bauer the team headed into their first season in the Basketball Bundesliga as the team with the smallest funds and the smallest arena in the league. With just two new players for the starting five, the team was seen by the media and many experts as the team most likely to be relegated to the second division again after the season. But due to a well-rehearsed team, with only a few players changed in the off-season, the team had some big upset wins and remained in the league with a 16–18 record. At the end of the season point guard Austen Rowland had the league's best assists per game rate and power forward Jeff Gibbs became the best rebounder in the league and was nominated as a starting-five player for the All-Star game.

Still a club with one of the smallest funds in the league, the team experienced some major changes in the pre-season of their second year in the Bundesliga because starting point guard Austen Rowland and shooting guard Jonathan Levy left the team while starting small forward Emeka Erege received a serious injury during an exhibition game. Nevertheless, the team was ranked twelfth in the league after 16 of 34 games with a 9–6 record.

In the 2008–09 season, with a young and talented team, ratiopharm Ulm had a very successful season. At the end of the 2008–09 season ulm was ranked on position five and entered the playoffs with a 21–13 record. But in the playoff the team was eliminated early, throughout a 3–0 loss against Telekom Baskets Bonn.

After a very good season in 2008–09, Ulm lost the league's best rebounder and most efficient player Jeff Gibbs to Eisbären Bremerhaven. The 2009–10 season ended on rank thirteen, which means Ulm was far away from the playoffs and away from a relegation spot, too. In the 2010–11 season, Ulm ended on the 14th place.

Climbing the ranks (2011–present)

Per Günther, Ulm player since 2008, has been the leader of the team.

In the 2011–12 season Ulm reached the Basketball Bundesliga Finals, after finishing second in the regular season. In the Playoffs Ulm had beaten Phantoms Braunschweig and S.Oliver Baskets and had a Playoff record of 6–0 coming into the Finals. In the Finals Ulm, lost 0–3 to Brose Baskets.

In the 2012–13 season Ulm entered a European competition for the first time, in the 2012–13 Eurocup, the team reached the quarterfinals. Ulm reached the BBL semi-finals and lost in the German Cup Final, 67–85 against Alba Berlin, as well that season.

In the 2016–17 season, the club had a historically successful season as the team started the Basketball Bundesliga with 27 consecutive wins. The club ended in the first place of the regular season with 30 wins and just 2 losses,[6] but could not achieve the title as it lost in the semi-finals of the playoffs by EWE Baskets Oldenburg.

In June 2019, Jaka Lakovič signed a three-year contract as head coach of Ulm.[7] His appointment meant the end of the Thorsten Leibenath era, who coached the club for eight seasons. Leibenath stepped down as head coach and started working as sporting director of the club.[8]

On 16 June 2023, Ulm won their first-ever national championship after winning the 2022–23 Basketball Bundesliga season. They defeated Telekom Baskets Bonn in the finals, 3–1, behind Finals MVP Yago dos Santos. As the seventh seed, they were the lowest seed ever to win the national championship in league history.[9]

Players

Current roster

ratiopharm Ulm roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht.
SG 0 Germany Weidemann, Nelson 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 25 – (1999-03-25)25 March 1999
C 3 Brazil Santos, Márcio 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 22 – (2002-11-02)2 November 2002
SG 7 Denmark Jensen, Tobias 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 20 – (2004-05-08)8 May 2004
SG 9 Puerto Rico Plummer, Alfonso 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 27 – (1997-09-04)4 September 1997
SG 10 United States Jessup, Justinian 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 26 – (1998-05-23)23 May 1998
F 12 France Essengue, Noa 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 18 – (2006-12-18)18 December 2006
C 13 Germany Bretzel, Nicolas 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 25 – (1999-05-29)29 May 1999
PF 14 Germany Herkenhoff, Philipp 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 25 – (1999-06-29)29 June 1999
PF 15 United States Roby, Isaiah 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – (1998-02-03)3 February 1998
SF 21 Germany Anigbata, Alec 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 20 – (2004-10-06)6 October 2004
SG 22 Austria Klepeisz, Thomas 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 33 – (1991-08-04)4 August 1991
G/F 35 Germany Jallow, Karim 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 27 – (1997-04-13)13 April 1997
PG 77 Israel Saraf, Ben 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 18 – (2006-04-14)14 April 2006
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: October 15, 2024

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Márcio Santos Nicolas Bretzel
PF Isaiah Roby Noa Essengue Philip Herkenhoff
SF Karim Jallow Robin Christen
SG Justinian Jessup Thomas Klepeisz Alfonso Plummer
PG Ben Saraf Nelson Weidemann

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. German Cup European competitions
2001–02 2 2. BBL 7th
2002–03 2 2. BBL 3rd
2003–04 2 2. BBL 2nd
2004–05 2 2. BBL 2nd
2005–06 2 2. BBL 1st
2006–07 1 Bundesliga 12th
2007–08 1 Bundesliga 12th
2008–09 1 Bundesliga 6th
2009–10 1 Bundesliga 13th
2010–11 1 Bundesliga 14th
2011–12 1 Bundesliga 2nd Third position
2012–13 1 Bundesliga 3rd Runner-up 2 Eurocup QF 6–8
2013–14 1 Bundesliga 7th Runner-up 2 Eurocup EF 11–7
2014–15 1 Bundesliga 4th Quarter-finalist 3 EuroChallenge RS 3–3
2015–16 1 Bundesliga 2nd 2 Eurocup L32 5–11
2016–17 1 Bundesliga 4th Quarter-finalist 2 EuroCup T16 4–10
2017–18 1 Bundesliga 10th Third position 2 EuroCup RS 2–8
2018–19 1 Bundesliga 6th Round of 16 2 EuroCup T16 8–8
2019–20 1 Bundesliga 3rd Semifinals 2 EuroCup Canc.
2020–21 1 Bundesliga 4th Semifinals 2 EuroCup RS 4–6
2021–22 1 Bundesliga 7th Round of 16 2 EuroCup QF 8–12
2022–23 1 Bundesliga 1st Round of 16 2 EuroCup QF 12–8
2023–24 1 Bundesliga 5th Runner-up 2 EuroCup EF 10–9
2024–25 1 Bundesliga Round of 16 2 EuroCup

Games against NBA teams

16 October 2024
ratiopharm Ulm Germany 100–111 United States Portland Trail Blazers
Scoring by quarter: 21–28, 24–33, 29–22, 26–28
Pts: Essengue 20
Rebs: Essengue 8
Asts: Herkenhoff, Klepeisz, Plummer 4 each		 Pts: Henderson 23
Rebs: Clingan 11
Asts: Henderson 6
Moda Center, Portland, OR
Attendance: 11,627
Referees: JB DeRosa, Tre Maddox, Tyler Mirkovich

Honors and awards

  • ProA (II)
    • Champions: 2005–06
  • Stechert Cup
    • Winners: 2011

Team

Award winners

BBL Most Valuable Player
BBL Finals Most Valuable Player
BBL Coach of the Year
BBL Best Young Player
BBL Best Offensive Player

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Head coaches

2001 United States Tom Ludwig
2003–2011 United States Mike Taylor
2011–2019 Germany Thorsten Leibenath
2019–2022 Slovenia Jaka Lakovič
2022–2024 GermanySlovakia Anton Gavel
2024–present AustraliaUnited States Ty Harrelson

References

  1. ^ ratiopharmulm.com (in German)
  2. ^ "ratiopharm ulm". ratiopharm ulm. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Ratiopharm Ulm basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-eurobasket".
  4. ^ Basketball Bundesliga homepage (in German).
  5. ^ Basketball Ulm history
  6. ^ Gameplan ratiophram ulm
  7. ^ "Jaka Lakovic neuer Trainer in Ulm". easycredit-bbl.de. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Basketball: Ratiopharm Ulm: Thorsten Leibenath künftig nicht mehr Chef-Trainer". swp.de. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Ulm conclude miraculous German playoff run by winning first-ever championship title". basketnews.com. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
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