Feyenoord
Leagues	BNXT League
Founded	1954; 70 years ago (1954)
History	AMVJ 1954–1988 Rotterdam Basketbal 1988–2018 Feyenoord Basketbal 2018–present
Arena	Topsportcentrum Rotterdam
Capacity	2,000
Location	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Team colors	Red, Black, White, Gold
Main sponsor	Zeeuw & Zeeuw
President	Chiel den Dunnen
General manager	Paul de Vos Armand Salomon
Head coach	Tim Arns
2021–22 position	BNXT League, 10th of 21
Championships	1 Dutch Cup
Website	www.feyenoordbasketball.nl
Home Away

Active departments of Feyenoord
Football Women Football Amateur Football Basketball Handball Futsal

Feyenoord Basketball, for sponsorship reasons known as Zeeuw & Zeeuw Feyenoord Basketball, is a Dutch professional basketball club based in Rotterdam. The team plays in the BNXT League and plays its home games at the Topsportcentrum next to De Kuip in Rotterdam. Established in 1954, it became the basketball section of the football club Feyenoord in 2018.

Rotterdam won their only trophy in 1985, when they won the domestic NBB Cup. The team has reached the semi-finals of the Dutch League playoffs three times in history. Until its name change to Feyenoord in 2018, the club was known as Rotterdam Basketbal.

History

Challenge Sports Rotterdam started in 1954 under the name AMVJ Rotterdam.^[1] The first sponsor of the club was Gunco in 1988, which was their first year in the highest Dutch league. They only lasted a year and demoted to a lower division. In 1991 they returned with sponsor De Schiestreek, followed by the Rotterdam firm Idetrading in 1995. After a sponsorless year, Gunco then again returned as title sponsor in 1999. Johan Haga has made possible following a restart. This created a new name, new look, new logo and a change in the player selection.^[2] In 2002, the team took the name Rotterdam Basketbal, without sponsorname. In 2007 the team was renamed to Rotterdam Challengers, but in 2010 they again took the name Rotterdam Basketbal. Starting with the 2011–2012 season, the name became Rotterdam Basketbal College, to underline the importance of the youth in the team. During the 2013–14 season, the club got a new main sponsor in Challenge Sports and the team's name was changed to Challenge Sports Rotterdam.^[3]

In May 2018, Rotterdam reached the DBL semi-finals for the first time in 12 years, after upsetting Den Bosch in the quarter-finals, 1–2.^[4] This month the club announced as well that it would be named Feyenoord Basketball starting with the 2018–19 season, as the team became a part of the multi-sports club of association football club Feyenoord.^[5]

On 15 April 2019, accomplished head coach Toon van Helfteren signed a two-year contract to become the head coach of Feyenoord.^[6]

Since the 2021–22 season, Feyenoord plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.^[7]

Names

Due to sponsorship reasons, the club has known several names:

• 1988–1989: Gunco Rotterdam
• 1989-1995: De Schiestreek Rotterdam
• 1995–1999: Idétrading Rotterdam
• 1999–2002: Gunco Rotterdam
• 2002–2007: Rotterdam Basketbal
• 2007–2010: Rotterdam Challengers
• 2010–2011: Rotterdam Basketbal
• 2011–2014: Rotterdam Basketbal College
• 2014–2016: Challenge Sports Rotterdam
• 2016–2018: Forward Lease Rotterdam
• 2018–present: Feyenoord Basketball
  • 2019–present: Zeeuw & Zeeuw Feyenoord^[8]

Players

Current roster

Feyenoord roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 2 Beckton, Stacy 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1998-08-16)16 August 1998 F 4 Diggs, Trey 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1999-02-27)27 February 1999 PG 5 Sow, Isai 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 21 – (2002-09-17)17 September 2002 SF 8 Metz, Philip 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (2002-10-06)6 October 2002 PF 9 Obad, Marijan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1998-09-02)2 September 1998 F/C 11 van der List, Jeroen 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 34 – (1989-12-09)9 December 1989 F/C 13 de Vreede, Ivo 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 25 – (1999-05-11)11 May 1999 C 17 Bieshaar, Terrence 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 26 – (1997-07-28)28 July 1997 G 20 Vijber, Caleb 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) G 33 Reynolds, Shavar 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 26 – (1998-05-11)11 May 1998 F 34 Buijs, Pieter 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – (2002-02-25)25 February 2002 G Gibson, Trenton 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (2000-04-19)19 April 2000	Head coach Tim Arns Assistant coach(es) Armand Salomon Michael Kok Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: June 13, 2023

Notable players

Individual awards

Club records

Bold denotes still active with team. As of 14 April 2021:

Trophies

• NBB Cup^[9]
  • Winners (1): 1984–85
    • Runners-up (1): 2005–06

Season by season