Gladiators Trier
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Wikipedia - Gladiators Treves
Gladiators Treves, for sponsorship reasons known as Römerstrom Gladiators Trier, is a professional basketball club based in Trier, Germany. The club plays in the ProA. Their home arena is Trier Arena, which has a capacity of 5,495 people. From 1990 till 2015 the club existed in the form of TBB Trier, which went bankrupt.
History
The club was founded in 1990, and has played in the top division Basketball Bundesliga since the club's inception. They once were a part of the sports club TV Germania Trier, and became independent after promotion to the Bundesliga.
In the 2014–15 season, TBB relegated after it lost points in the standings because of financial problems. The club was dissolved after the season. However in the 2015 offseason, a new club was founded which was not the legal successor of TBB but inherited the club's license to play in the second tier ProA.
Laget ble grunnlagt i 1890, og er dermed et av de eldste basketballlagene i Tyskland. Gladiators Trier har vunnet flere titler, inkludert to tyske mesterskap i 1958 og 1964.
Lagets hjemmebane er Arena Trier, som har en kapasitet på 5900 tilskuere. Gladiators Trier er kjent for sin aggressive spillestil og sine lojale fans.
Noen av de mest kjente spillerne som har spilt for Gladiators Trier inkluderer Michael Weigand, Pascal Roller og Johannes Thiemann.
Lagets nåværende trener er Henrik Rödl.