Apollo Amsterdam

{{infobox basketball club

| name = Apollo Amsterdam

| logo = Correct logo Apollo Amsterdam.png

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| nickname =

| leagues = Promotiedivisie

| founded = {{Start date and age|2011}}

| dissolved =

| history = BC Apollo
2011–2015
Apollo Amsterdam
2015–present

| arena = Apollohal

| capacity = 1,500

| location = Amsterdam, Netherlands

| colors =

| current =

| sponsor = Paul Meijering{{cite web|url=https://www.paulmeijering.nl/nieuws/2019/05/02/samenwerking-apollo-basketball/|title=Samenwerking Apollo Basketball|work=Paul Meijering metalen|access-date=11 August 2019}}

| president = Mark van Meggelen

| vice-presidents =

| manager =

| coach = Wierd Goedee

| ownership =

| season = {{Basketball updater|Apollo2}}

| position = {{Basketball updater|Apollo3}}

| championships = 1 Promotiedivisie

| website ={{URL|http://www.apollobasketball.nl/}}

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Apollo Amsterdam is a Dutch basketball team based in Amsterdam. The club plays its games in the Promotiedivisie, the Dutch second-level league.

The club was founded in 2011 and has played in the highest national level for {{years ago|2012}} years, from 2012 to 2023. They qualified for the national playoffs four times. The amateur section of the club is known as BC Apollo.

Apollo Amsterdam is known for their focus on developing the Dutch basketball players and giving them growth perspective in a foreign player dominated league.{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/doorontwikkeling-apollo-basketball-ramon-siljade|title=Doorontwikkeling Apollo Basketball|website=www.linkedin.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-23}}

History

File:BC Apollo - GasTerra Flames in de Apollohal 2012-10-14.jpg

File:BC Apollo kampioen 2011-2012.jpg in 2012|left]]

The club was founded in 2011, as a result of a merger between BV Lely and Mosquitos, both clubs from Amsterdam. Its name is derived from its home venue the Apollohal. Apollo took over the license of the old ABC Amsterdam second team.[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Holland/BC_Apollo_Amsterdam/6878?Page=5 Eurobasket.com team profile] In the first season of the club, Apollo played as an amateur team in the Promotiedivisie. They immediately won the Dutch amateur championship after defeating CBV Binnenland in the league final.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball.nl/nbb-organisatie/nieuws/nieuws-2015/!/11415/bc-apollo-grijpt-titel-in-mannen-promotiedivisie|title=BC Apollo grijpt titel in mannen promotiedivisie|work=Basketball.nl|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726171509/https://www.basketball.nl/nbb-organisatie/nieuws/nieuws-2015/!/11415/bc-apollo-grijpt-titel-in-mannen-promotiedivisie|url-status=dead}}

In 2012, Apollo club decided to enter the professional Dutch Basketball League (DBL) for the 2012–13 season.{{cite web|url=https://nos.nl/l/390753|title=Amsterdam terug in eredivisie|work=nos.nl|access-date=26 July 2019}} In its first season, led by coach Tyrone Marioneaux and All-Star Aron Royé, Apollo finished in ninth place in the DBL.

In 2013–14, Apollo managed to reach the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. The club lost in the quarterfinals to GasTerra Flames, 0–2.

During Apollo's most successful season since their establishment, the club had financial problems which made it close to withdrawing from the DBL. However, in August 2014 it was announced Apollo would continue playing in the DBL.{{Cite news | url = http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/949 | title = BC Apollo Amsterdam blijft in de DBL | work = DBL | date =8 August 2014}}

In the 2015–16 season, Apollo made its second appearance in the DBL playoffs where it lost to Den Bosch 0–2 in the quarterfinals.

Apollo won its first playoff game in 2016, defeating ZZ Leiden in Game 1 of the quarterfinals. However, in a packed Apollohal, Leiden retrieved home advantage and went on to beat Apollo 1–2 and advance to the semifinals.

On 1 May 2020, Apollo announced it will not play in the 2020–21 DBL season because of uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Apollo also announced Laki Lakner was replacing Patrick Faijdherbe as head coach.{{cite web|url=https://www.dutchbasketballleague.nl/nieuws/dbl-gaat-verder-met-acht-ploegen/|title=DBL gaat verder met acht ploegen|work=Basketball League|access-date=1 May 2020}} Lakner resigned after three games,{{cite web|url=https://www.parool.nl/nieuws/basketballers-apollo-komend-seizoen-niet-op-het-hoogste-niveau~b7144c61/|title=Basketballers Apollo komend seizoen niet op het hoogste niveau|date=1 May 2020|publisher=Parool.nl}} and Edwin van der Hart took over for the remainder of the season. Apollo finished in ninth place for a second season in a row.

File:20230404 Apollo Amsterdam vs. Liège Basket 04.jpg during a game in 2023]]

Since the 2021–22 season, Apollo plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.{{cite web |title=Licenties BNXT League 2021-2022 toegekend |url=https://www.dutchbasketballleague.nl/nieuws/licenties-bnxt-league-2021-2022-toegekend/ |website=Basketball League |access-date=10 July 2021 |language=nl}} In June 2021, Wierd Goedee was signed as new head coach.{{cite news |title=Wierd Goedee hoofdcoach Apollo Amsterdam |url=https://www.dutchbasketballleague.nl/nieuws/wierd-goedee-hoofdcoach-apollo-amsterdam/ |access-date=26 June 2021 |work=Basketball League |language=nl}}

In June 2023, following the 2022–23 season, Apollo was forced to withdraw from the BNXT League as it was unable to come up with the necessary budget for participation. The BNXT organisation required a minimum budget of €350,000 which Apollo was unable to bring together with its sponsorships.{{Cite web |title=Basketballers Apollo Amsterdam trekken zich terug uit BNXT League |url=https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/320752/basketballers-apollo-amsterdam-trekken-zich-terug-uit-bnxt-league |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=www.nhnieuws.nl |language=nl}} Apollo entered the second-level Promotiedivisie for the 2023–24 season.

Honours

:Winners (1): 2011–12

Players

=Current roster=

{{further|Apollo Amsterdam past rosters}}

{{Basketball roster nationality note}}

{{Basketball roster header|team=Apollo Amsterdam |wt=n}}

{{player3 | num = 0 | nat = NED | first = Jaro | last = Abrams | pos = G | m= 1.91 |year= 2002 |month= 03 |day= 20 }}

{{player3 | num = 1 | nat = NED | first = Joost | last = Poels | pos = F | m= 1.96 |year= 2003 |month= 10 |day= 07 }}

{{player3 | num = 3 | nat = NED | first = Jibbe | last = Sikking | pos = PF | m= 1.96 |year= 2004 |month= 12 |day= 25 }}

{{player3 | num = 6 | nat = ITA | first = Jacopo | last = Bertotti | pos = PG | m= 1.83 |year= 2001 |month= 01 |day= 08 }}

{{player3 | num = 7 | nat = NED | first = Stef | last = Poels | pos = F | m= 2.02 |year= 2001 |month= 01 |day= 12 }}

{{player3 | num = 8 | nat = LTU | first = Saulius | last = Grigas | pos = PF | m= 2.00 |year= 2003 |month= 04 |day= 07 }}

{{player3 | num = 9 | nat = NED | first = Job | last = Kayhan | pos = F | m= 2.02 |year= 2000 |month= 12 |day= 23 }}

{{player3 | num = 10 | nat = LTU | first = Deividas | last = Kumelis | pos = PG | m= 1.88 |year= 1995 |month= 04 |day= 06 }}

{{player3 | num = 13 | nat = NED | first = Mees | last = Van't Hoff | pos = C | m= 2.08 |year= 2001 |month= 04 |day= 27 }}

{{player3 | num = 22 | nat = NED | first = Matthias | last = Runs | pos = C | m= 2.11 |year= 1992 |month= 10 |day= 15 }}

{{player3 | num = 23 | nat = NED | first = Joris | last = Metz | pos = SG | m= 2.11 |year= |month= |day= }}

{{player3 | num = 24 | nat = NED | first = Yamill | last = Wip | pos = SF | m= 1.91 |year= 1997 |month= 11 |day= 30 }}

{{Basketball roster footer

| head_coach =

| asst_coach =

  • {{flagicon|ISR}} Liad Schneider
  • {{flagicon|NED}} Philip Sowers

| roster_url = http://www.apollobasketball.nl/heren-1/roster/

| accessdate = 10 October 2022

}}

=Depth chart=

{{Basketball depth chart

|team_name = Apollo Amsterdam

|starter_c = Berend Weijs

|starter_pf = Sergio De Randamie

|starter_sf = Trevian Bell

|starter_sg = Justin Mitchell

|starter_pg = Dexter Hope

|bench 1_c = Matthias Runs

|bench 1_pf = Job Kayhan

|bench 1_sf = Tibor Taraš

|bench 1_sg = Lucas Faijdherbe

|bench 1_pg = Jacopo Bertotti

|bench 2_c =

|bench 2_pf = Stef Poels

|bench 2_sf = Benicio Leons

|bench 2_sg = Shamar Dormoy

|bench 2_pg = River Gori

|bench 3_c =

|bench 3_pf = Denzel Ndongosi

|bench 3_sf =

|bench 3_sg =

|bench 3_pg =

}}

=Individual awards=

=Notable players=

{{Basketball notable players criteria}}

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|

}}

=NCAA Division 1 players from academy=

The youth academy of Apollo Amsterdam has developed the following players who have played in the NCAA Division I. Players in bold have played minutes for the senior team in the Dutch Basketball League or BNXT League.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
style="color:white; background:black;" | Player

! style="color:white; background:black;" | Committed to

! style="color:white; background:black;" | First year

{{sortname|Shaquille|Doorson}}

| Rutgers

| 2014

{{sortname|Jesse|Edwards|dab=basketball}}

| Syracause

| 2019

{{sortname|Kai|Edwards|dab=basketball}}

| Northern Colorado

| 2016

{{sortname|Iyen|Enaruna|nolink=1}}

| Evansville

| 2020

{{sortname|Tristan|Enaruna}}

| Kansas

| 2019

{{sortname|Malevy|Leons}}

| Bradley

| 2021

{{sortname|Siem|Uijtendaal|nolink=1}}

| Canisius

| 2020

=Top scorers by seasons=

valign="top" |

{| class="wikitable"

style="color:white; background:black;" |Season

! style="color:white; background:black;" |Name

! style="color:white; background:black;" |PPG

2012–13{{flagicon|NED}} Aron Royé

| style="text-align:center;" |16.3

2013–14{{flagicon|NED}} Aron Royé

| style="text-align:center;" |13.2

2014–15{{flagicon|NED}} Dimeo van der Horst

| style="text-align:center;" |12.8

2015–16{{flagicon|NED}} Aron Royé

| style="text-align:center;" |15.6

2016–17{{flagicon|NED}} Dimeo van der Horst

| style="text-align:center;" |16.0

| width="1" | 

| valign="top" |

class="wikitable"
style="color:white; background:black;" |Season

! style="color:white; background:black;" |Name

! style="color:white; background:black;" |PPG

2017–18{{flagicon|SYR}} Micheal Madanly

| style="text-align:center;" |16.1

2018–19{{flagicon|NED}} Dimeo van der Horst

| style="text-align:center;" |15.6

2019–20{{flagicon|USA}} Xavier Cannefax

| style="text-align:center;" |21.9

2020–21{{flagicon|NED}} Berend Weijs

| style="text-align:center;" |13.5

2021–22

|{{Flagicon|CMR}} Roger Moute a Bidias

|15.9

|}{{cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/international/league/25/Netherlands-DBL/team/1260/BC-Apollo-Amsterdam/stats/2013/Averages/All/All/points/All/desc/1/Regular_Season|title=BC Apollo Amsterdam Stats - RealGM|work=basketball.realgm.com|access-date=29 August 2019}}

=Individual awards=

{{columns-start|num=3}}

;DBL Top Scorer

;DBL Rookie of the Year

;DBL All-Rookie Team

{{columns-end}}

Season by season

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"

| align="center" bgcolor="FFFCAF" | Champions

| align="center" bgcolor="E5E5E5" | Runners-up

| align="center" bgcolor="bce8e8" | National playoffs berth

| align="center" bgcolor="BBF3BB" | Promoted

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" summary="Season (sortable), Team, Conference, Conference finish (sortable), Division, Division finish (sortable), Wins (sortable), Losses (sortable), Win% (sortable), GB (sortable), Playoffs, Awards and Head coach"
rowspan="2" scope="col" | Season

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Tier

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | League

! colspan="5" scope="col" | Regular season

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |National playoffs

! rowspan="2" |BNXT Playoffs

! colspan="4" |Basketball Cup

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Head coach

! rowspan="2" |President

scope="col" | Finish

! scope="col" | Pld

! scope="col" | W

! scope="col" | L

! scope="col" | Win%

!Pld

!W

!L

!Result

class="sortbottom"

| colspan="16" class="unsortable" align="center" style="border:2px solid silver; background-color:black" | Apollo Amsterdam

2011–12

|2

|Promotiedivisie

| style="background:#BBF3BB" |1st

|26

|21

|5

|{{Winning percentage|21|5}}

|Won Final Four

|–

|0

|0

|0

|–

| rowspan="2" |Tyrone Marioneaux

| rowspan="2" |Menno Fluks

2012–13

|1

|DBL

|9th

|36

|4

|32

|{{Winning percentage|4|32}}

|–

|

|1

|0

|1

|Eightfinals

2013–14

|1

|DBL

| bgcolor="#bce8e8" | 8th

|36

|7

|29

|{{Winning percentage|0|2}}

|Lost quarterfinals (GasTerra Flames), 0–2

|

|1

|0

|1

| Eightfinals

| Hakim Salem

|Menno Fluks / Ramon Siljade

2014–15

|1

|DBL

|7th

|28

|5

|23

|{{Winning percentage|5|23}}

|–

|

|1

|0

|1

|Eightfinals

|Jaanus Liivak

| rowspan="5" |Ramon Siljade

2015–16

|1

|DBL

| bgcolor="#bce8e8" | 5th

|28

|10

|18

|{{Winning percentage|10|18}}

|Lost quarterfinals (Den Bosch), 0–2

|

|3

|1

|2

|Quarterfinalist

| rowspan="5" |Patrick Faijdherbe

2016–17

|1

|DBL

| bgcolor="#bce8e8" | 5th

|28

|9

|19

|{{Winning percentage|9|19}}

|Lost quarterfinals (ZZ Leiden), 1–2

|

|5

|3

|2

|Semifinalist

2017–18

|1

|DBL

|7th

|32

|9

|23

|{{Winning percentage|9|23}}

|–

|

|1

|0

|1

|Eightfinals

2018–19

|1

|DBL

| bgcolor="#bce8e8" | 6th

|34

|10

|24

|{{Winning percentage|10|24}}

|Lost quarterfinals (Den Bosch), 0–2

|

|3

|1

|2

|Quarterfinals

2019–20

|1

|DBL

|9th

|25{{refn|group=note|name=first|The 2019–20 season was ended in March 2020 prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.}}

|4

|19

|{{Winning percentage|4|19}}

|{{n/a}}

|

|3

|1

|2

|Quarterfinals

2020–21

|1

|DBL

|9th

|21

|6

|15

|{{Winning percentage|6|15}}

|–

|

|1

|0

|1

|First Round

|Edwin van der Hart

|

2021–22

|1

|BNXT League

| 19th

| 30

| 9

| 21

|{{Winning percentage| 9|21}}

|–

|Lost first round (Okapi, 128–179)

|1

|0

|1

|Eightfinals

| rowspan="2" | Wierd Goedee

| Dilo Kruyswijk

2022–23

|1

|BNXT League

| 20th

| 28

| 2

| 26

|{{Winning percentage|2|26}}

|–

|Lost first round (Okapi, 161–188)

|1

|0

|1

|Eightfinals

| Mark van Meggelen

colspan="4" |Total (12 seasons)

|352

|96

|254

|{{Winning percentage|96|254}}

|4 appearances

|2 appearances

|21

|6

|15

| colspan="3" |

List of head coaches

The following is a list of all the head coaches of Apollo since its establishment in 2011:

class="wikitable"

!style="{{Euroleague color cell|Apollo Amsterdam}}" | Period

!style="{{Euroleague color cell|Apollo Amsterdam}}" | Coach

2011–2013{{flagicon|NED}} Tyrone Marioneaux
2013–2014{{flagicon|NED}} Hakim Salem
2014–2015{{flagicon|EST}} Jaanus Liivak
2015–2020{{flagicon|NED}} Patrick Faijdherbe
2020–2021{{flagicon|CRO}} Laki Lakner
2021{{flagicon|NED}} Edwin van der Hart
2021–present{{flagicon|NED}} Wierd Goedee

Notes

{{reflist|group=note}}

References

{{reflist}}