Fixtures

Germany Pro A 03/31 13:00 29 Fraport Skyliners vs Uni Baskets Munster - View
Germany Pro A 04/03 17:30 30 Paderborn Baskets vs Fraport Skyliners - View
Germany Pro A 04/07 13:00 31 Fraport Skyliners vs Jena - View
Germany Pro A 04/14 13:00 32 Fraport Skyliners vs Dresden - View
Germany Pro A 04/20 17:00 33 Kirchheim vs Fraport Skyliners - View
Germany Pro A 04/27 17:30 34 Fraport Skyliners vs Artland Dragons - View

Results

Germany Pro A 03/24 16:00 28 [6] Phoenix Hagen v Deutsche Bank Skyliners Frankfurt [2] L 85-74
Germany Pro A 03/17 14:00 27 [2] Deutsche Bank Skyliners Frankfurt v Bremerhaven [11] W 84-78
Germany Pro A 03/10 14:00 26 [9] BBC Bayreuth v Deutsche Bank Skyliners Frankfurt [2] W 62-80
Germany Pro A 03/03 15:00 25 [16] Dusseldorf v Deutsche Bank Skyliners Frankfurt [4] W 85-93
Germany Pro A 03/01 18:30 24 [1] Trier v Fraport Skyliners [3] L 90-55
Germany Pro A 02/18 14:00 23 [3] Deutsche Bank Skyliners Frankfurt v Giessen [4] W 94-67
Germany Pro A 02/11 14:00 22 [3] Deutsche Bank Skyliners Frankfurt v PS Karlsruhe [7] L 69-80
Germany Pro A 02/07 18:00 21 [12] Nurnberg Falcons v Deutsche Bank Skyliners Frankfurt [4] W 63-78
Germany Pro A 02/04 14:00 20 [4] Deutsche Bank Skyliners Frankfurt v Baskets Koblenz [13] W 74-71
Germany Pro A 01/27 18:00 19 [18] Bochum v Deutsche Bank Skyliners Frankfurt [4] W 68-94
Germany Pro A 01/21 14:00 18 [4] Deutsche Bank Skyliners Frankfurt v Rasta Vechta 2 [15] W 89-61
Germany Pro A 01/14 14:00 17 [4] Deutsche Bank Skyliners Frankfurt v Trier [3] L 77-84

Wikipedia - Skyliners Frankfurt

The Skyliners Frankfurt, currently known as Fraport Skyliners for sponsorship reasons, are a professional basketball club based in Frankfurt, Germany. Their home arena is Ballsporthalle.

The club has played in the Basketball Bundesliga since 1999. Its greatest accomplishments were the German Cup competition title in 2000, the German national championship in 2004 and the FIBA Europe Cup in 2016.

Its most famous player has been Pascal Roller, who was selected as Basketball Bundesliga All-Star seven times and played 122 games for the German national basketball team. Roller played ten seasons for the Frankfurt Skyliners until his retirement in 2011. Besides Roller, numerous other players of the German national team played multiple seasons for the Skyliners. A notable non-German basketball player is Mario Kasun, who played for the Skyliners when he was discovered and eventually drafted by the NBA team Orlando Magic in 2002.

History

The foundation

In 1999, Gunnar Woebke, then manager and former player of TV Tatami Rhöndorf moved his team from Bad Honnef to its current location. The declared goal was to place the team in a big arena in a large city to become a top team in the Basketball Bundesliga and in Europe in the near future. In Bad Honnef, this did not seem possible. After going through several options – including the idea to send the team to Cologne – Sylvia Schenk, the director of Frankfurt's sports department officially announced Frankfurt as the team's new location. Franz-Ludwig Solzbacher, a businessman from Bad Honnef helped organize the Skyliners' first steps but remained patron of the TV Rhöndorf and bought a second division license from EnBW Ludwigsburg to keep Rhöndorf from being relegated.

Later years

Johannes Voigtmann, playing for the Skyliners in 2015

In its first season as a German elite team it managed to win the German Cup competition. In 2004, they won their first and only Bundesliga title, beating Baskets Bamberg in the finals by 3–2 victories. The following year, the Skyliners had a repeated appearance in the finals, but this time the Baskets Bamberg took the title by 3–2 victories. As in the year before, both teams were almost equally strong.

In 2004 and 2010, the Skyliners finished as runner-up in the German Cup competition, falling against the same opponent with identical victory splits again.

Throughout the years, the Skyliners have been known for their numerous appearances at European competitions such as the Euroleague, Saporta Cup and the Eurocup Basketball.

In 2015, the team reached the EuroChallenge Final Four, but the Germans lost both games to finish in fourth place. In the 2015–16 season, Fraport had once again an impressive European campaign, this time in the newly established FIBA Europe Cup. In the Final, Skyliners beat Pallacanestro Varese 66–62 to win its first European cup in history.

After preventing a relegation to the second tier ProA in the 2021/22 Basketball Bundesliga season by receiving a wildcard, the team again finished 17th in the 2022/23 season and relegated. Denis Wucherer was announced as new head coach for the following 2023/24 season.

The Fraport Skyliners are a professional basketball team based in Frankfurt, Germany. The team was founded in 1999 and has since become one of the most successful basketball teams in Germany. The team plays in the Basketball Bundesliga, which is the top professional basketball league in Germany.

The Fraport Skyliners have a strong reputation for their fast-paced and aggressive style of play. They are known for their high-scoring offense and their ability to dominate the court with their athleticism and skill. The team has a loyal fan base and plays their home games at the Fraport Arena, which has a capacity of over 5,000 spectators.

Over the years, the Fraport Skyliners have won numerous championships and awards, including the German Cup in 2000 and 2004, and the German Championship in 2004. The team has also had several players go on to play in the NBA, including Pascal Siakam and Danilo Barthel.

Overall, the Fraport Skyliners are a talented and exciting basketball team that continues to make a name for themselves in the world of professional basketball.