Kaohsiung Steelers

{{Short description|Taiwanese Professional Basketball Team}}

{{Infobox basketball club

| name = Kaohsiung Steelers

| current = 2024–25 Kaohsiung Steelers season

| image =Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers Logo.png

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| leagues = P. League+

| founded = {{Start date and age|2021|5|21|df=y}}{{cite web|title=高雄鋼鐵人|url=https://pleagueofficial.com/team/5|website=P. LEAGUE+|access-date=January 9, 2022}}

| history = Kaohsiung Steelers
2021–2022
Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers
2022–2024
Kaohsiung Steelers
2024–present

| arena = Fengshan Arena

| capacity = 5,300

| location = Kaohsiung, Taiwan

| colors = Quenching White and Flaming Red
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| president = Huang Che-Kuan{{cite web|title=高雄鋼鐵人管理層大地震 預告國手級戰將下週加盟|url=https://sports.ettoday.net/news/2104111|website=ETtoday|date=October 19, 2021|access-date=October 19, 2021}}

| gm = vacant

| coach = Chiu Ta-Tsung

| owner = Kaohsiung Sports & Entertainment

| affiliation =

| championships = 0

| website = https://www.steelers.com.tw/

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Kaohsiung Steelers ({{zh|t=高雄鋼鐵人}}) is a professional basketball team based in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. They have been part of the P. League+ since the 2021–22 season.{{cite web|title=P. LEAGUE+ 通過新北國王、高雄鋼鐵人兩隊加盟事宜|url=https://pleagueofficial.com/news-detail/82|website=P. LEAGUE+|date=May 21, 2021|access-date=June 11, 2021}}{{cite web|title=P聯盟增2隊!新北國王、高雄鋼鐵人|url=https://news.sina.com.tw/article/20210521/38639706.html|website=Sina|date=May 21, 2021|access-date=August 9, 2021}} Established in 2021, the team plays in the Kaohsiung City Fengshan Stadium{{Cite web |title=高雄17直播鋼鐵人職業籃球隊 {{!}} P. LEAGUE+ |url=https://pleagueofficial.com/team/5 |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=pleagueofficial.com}} indoor arena.

On October 13, 2022, the team was renamed to Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers.{{cite web|title=PLG/直播平台冠名 鋼鐵人公布新球衣淬煉白、炙焰紅|url=https://udn.com/news/story/7002/6683785?from=udn-ch1_breaknews-1-cate7-news|website=聯合線上公司|date=October 13, 2022|access-date=October 13, 2022}}

Facilities

=Home arenas=

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! Arena

! Location

! Duration

Fengshan Arena{{cite web|title=高雄鋼鐵人進軍PLG 主場擬落腳鳳山體育館|url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aspt/202105250296.aspx|website=Central News Agency|date=May 25, 2021|access-date=August 9, 2021}}{{cite web|title=PLG/高雄鋼鐵人落腳鳳山 前運動品牌總監任總經理|url=https://udn.com/news/story/7003/5484560|website=United Daily News|date=May 25, 2021|access-date=August 9, 2021}}

| Kaohsiung City

| style="text-align:center;"|2021–present

Roster

{{Main|Kaohsiung Steelers all-time roster|List of Kaohsiung Steelers head coaches}}

{{Basketball roster header|dob=y|from=y|team=Kaohsiung Steelers}}

{{player3 | pos = F | num = 0 | nat = TWN | name = Chen Yu-An | m = 1.92 | kgs = 90 | year = 2000 | month = 5 | date = 26 | school = UTaipei | note = }}

{{player3 | pos = G | num = 1 | nat = USA | name = Isaiah Briscoe | year = 1996 | month = 4 | date = 13 | m = 1.91 | kgs = 98 | school = Kentucky | inj = | note = I }}

{{player3 | pos = G | num = 3 | nat = TWN | name = Liu Cheng-Yen | m = 1.73 | kgs = 72 | inj = | year = 2001 | month = 7 | date = 8 | college = I-Shou | note = }}

{{player3 | pos = G | num = 4 | nat = TWN | name = Li Wei-Ting | year = 1999 | month = 10 | date = 3 | m = 1.81 | kgs = 84 | college = SHU | inj = | note = }}

{{player3 | pos = F | num = 7 | nat = TWN | name = Liu Yan-Ting | year = 2000 | month = 1 | date = 17 | m = 1.96 | kgs = 96 | school = OCU | inj = | note = }}

{{player3 | pos = G | num = 8 | nat = TWN | name = Lin Hsin-Hsiang | m = 1.85 | kgs = 80 | year = 2001 | month = 4 | date = 9 | school = NTNU | note = }}

{{player3 | pos = G | num = 9 | nat = TWN | name = Chuang Chao-Sheng | m = 1.78 | kgs = 75 | year = 2003 | month = 2 | date = 9 | school = NCCU | note = }}

{{player3 | pos = G | num = 13 | nat = TWN | name = Kao Wei-Lun | m = 1.83 | kgs = 76 | year = 2001 | month = 12 | date = 15 | school = VNU | note = }}

{{player3 | pos = F | num = 23 | nat = TWN | name = Chen Fan Po-Yen | m = 1.96 | kgs = 103 | year=2000 | month=1 | date=24 | school = Chien Hsin Tech | note = }}

{{player3 | pos = C | num = 32 | nat = CAN | name = Jordy Tshimanga | m = 2.11 | kgs = 122 | inj = | year = 1996 | month = 11 | date = 4 | college = Dayton | note = I}}

{{player3 | pos = C | num = 35 | nat = NGR | name = Daniel Oli | m = 2.05 | kgs = 102 | inj = | year = 2000 | month = 8 | date = 7 | college = SHU | note = FS }}

{{player3 | pos = F | num = 37 | nat = GBR | nat2 = BRU | name = Marcus Quirk | m = 1.98 | kgs = 98 | year = 2000 | month = 5 | date = 10 | school = NFU | note = FS }}

{{player3 | pos = G | num = 42 | nat = TWN | name = Wang Kai-Yu | m = 1.90 | kgs = 83 | year = 2002 | month = 1 | date = 11 | school = NCCU | note = }}

{{player3 | pos = F | num = 62 | nat = USA | name = Will Davis|dab=basketball | m = 2.03 | kgs = 100 | year = 1992 | month = 11 | date = 9 | school = UC Irvine | note = I }}

{{player3 | pos = G | num = 77 | nat = TWN | nat2 = INA | name = Chu Yuk-Qiun | m = 1.83 | kgs = 80 | year = 2000 | month = 11 | date = 22 | school = NKNU | note = }}

{{PLG roster footer|I=y|

| head_coach =

  • {{player||TWN|Chiu Ta-Tsung}}

| asst_coach =

  • {{player||TWN|Han Yi-Pin}}
  • {{player||TWN|Liu Wen-He}}

| str_cond =

  • {{player||TWN|Chiu Po-Chang}}

| ath_train =

  • {{player||TWN|Bao Chun-Hsin}}
  • {{player||TWN|Huang Yu-Chun}}

| team_man=

  • {{player||TWN|Chen Chien-Fu}}
  • {{player||TWN|Shen Chiu-Chan}}

| roster_url = https://pleagueofficial.com/team/5

| accessdate = September 9, 2024

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Season-by-season record

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
colspan="10"|P. LEAGUE+
rowspan="2"|Seasonrowspan="2"|Coachcolspan="4"|Regular Seasoncolspan="4"|Post Season
WonLostWin %FinishWonLostWin %Result
rowspan=3|2021–22DeMarcus Berryrowspan=3|9rowspan=3|20rowspan=3|{{Winning percentage|9|20}}rowspan=3|5throwspan="3" colspan="4"|Did not qualify.
Hung Chi-Chao
Slavoljub Gorunovic
rowspan=4|2022–23Slavoljub Gorunovicrowspan=4|17rowspan=4|23rowspan=4|{{Winning percentage|17|23}}rowspan=4|5throwspan="4" colspan="4"|Did not qualify.
Hung Chi-Chao
Dean Murray
Cheng Chih-Lung
2023–24Chiu Ta-Tsung931{{Winning percentage|9|31}}6thcolspan="4"|Did not qualify.
2024–25Chiu Ta-Tsung{{Winning percentage|
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! colspan="2"|Totals!!35!!74!!{{Winning percentage|35|74}}!!-!!0!!0!!{{Winning percentage|0|0}}!!0 Playoff Appearances

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References

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