PS Karlsruhe Lions

PS Karlsruhe Lions is a German professional basketball team located in Karlsruhe. The team competes in Germany's ProA league, the country's second division. In 2017, the team promoted from the third tier ProB to the second tier.[1] The team is part of the multi-sports club Post Südstadt Karlsruhe (PSK).

PS Karlsruhe Lions
PS Karlsruhe Lions logo
LeaguesProA
Founded1961 (1961)
ArenaLina-Radke-Halle
Capacity1,500
LocationKarlsruhe, Germany
PresidentDanijel Ljubić
Head coachAleksandar Scepanovic
Websitepsk-lions.de
PS Karlsruhe Lions in December 2018
PS Karlsruhe Lions home game in December 2018

History

Basketball has been played at PSK in the southern Karlsruhe district of Weiherfeld-Dammerstock since 1961. In the following decades, the department celebrated numerous regional and national successes. In 2016, the PS Karlsruhe Lions had four men's teams and two women's teams registered for play. In addition, there were numerous youth teams from U10 to U18. Until 2016, there was a cooperation with BG Karlsruhe, which had emerged in 1993 from the basketball departments of PSK and its neighboring club, FC Südstern. Due to the promotion of the first men's team of the PS Karlsruhe Lions to the 2nd Bundesliga ProB, the cooperation was terminated in May 2016, as both teams competed in the same league in the 2016/17 season. The first Karlsruhe women's team played in the Regionalliga Südwest.

Arenas

Until 2017, the club played in the Friedrich-List-Schule, which had a capacity of 862 people. In the 2017–18 season, following the club's promotion to the ProA, the Lions started playing in the Europahalle Karlsruhe which has a capacity of 1,500 people. In 2020, they moved to the Lina-Radke-Halle. (1,500 seats)

Players

Current roster

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

PS Karlsruhe LIONS roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.Name
PF 0 Denmark Bakary Dibba
PG 2 Uganda Adam Seiko
G 3 Germany Garai Zeeb
PG 4 United States O'Showen Williams
PG 7 Australia Lachlan Dent
SF 9 Germany Dominick Von Waaden
C 11 United States Dennis Tunstall
PF 12 Germany Melvin Jostmann
G 14 Germany Jesse Ani
F 17 Germany Terry Haarmann
SG 20 Germany Julian Albus
SG 28 Germany Hendrik Eltges
Head coach

Croatia Aleksandar Scepanovic

Assistant coach(es)

Germany Aleksandar Nadjfeji

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 22 October 2023

Season by season
Season Tier League Pos. Cup
2013–14 5 2. Regionalliga 2nd
2014–15 5 2. Regionalliga 1st
2015–16 4 1. Regionalliga 1st
2016–17 3 ProB 2nd
2017–18 2 ProA 3rd
2018–19 2 ProA 8th
2019–20 2 ProA 15th
2020–21 2 ProA 11th
2021–22 2 ProA 7th
2022–23 2 ProA 3rd
2023–24 2 ProA First round

Notable former players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality 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
  • United States Michael Mai: (2017-2018)
  • Croatia Ivan Rudez: (2018–2020)
  • GermanyCroatia Drazan Salavarda: (2020–21)
  • Croatia Aleksandar Scepanovic: (2021–present)

References
  1. Endstand 92:75: PSK Lions steigen in die zweite Bundesliga auf regio-news.de, 23 April 2017. Accessed 16 June 2017. (in German)
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