RheinStars Köln is a professional basketball club based in Cologne, Germany. The team currently plays in the ProA, the second tier basketball league in Germany. The club has won one Basketball Bundesliga championship and three German Cup titles in its history.
History The team was founded 1999, as Cologne 99ers. In the Euroleague 2006-07 season, their home arena was an arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, named Philips Halle.
RheinEnergie power company supported the team until the summer of 2007, thus the team changed to its original name, Köln 99ers. On January 21, 2008, the club announced that they were insolvent.Köln 99ers stellen Insolvenzantrag 21 January 2008 .
In 2013, the club was re-launched and started in the 2.Regionliga (5th division) with the new name of RheinStars Köln.Eurobasket.com – History Since 2015, the team plays in the ProA, Germany's second division of professional basketball. In 2018-19 season, the team was relegated to the Regionalliga from ProB (Germany's 3rd division of professional basketball) after finishing the season 5-17.
Honours German Champion: (1) 2005–06 German Cup: (3) 2004, 2005, 2007 BBL Champions Cup: (1) 2006
Players Current roster
Notable players
Season by season SeasonTierLeaguePostseasonEuropean competitions 2013–14 2.Regionliga Promoted– 2014–15 1.Regionliga Promoted– 2015–16 ProA –– 2016–17 ProA Quarterfinalist–2017–18ProARelegated–2018–19ProBRelegated–2019–201.Regionliga, West ZonePromoted–2020–21ProB, North Zone ––2021–22ProB, North Zone ––2022–23ProB, North Zone ––2023–24ProB, North Zone ––2024–25ProB, North ZonePromoted–2025–26ProA–
Head coaches Svetislav Pešić (2001–02) Stephan Baeck (2002) Saša Obradović (2005–08) Drasko Prodanovic
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External links Official site Official site of the Academy