Heroes Den Bosch

Heroes Den Bosch is a Dutch professional basketball club based in 's-Hertogenbosch.[1] The club plays in the BNXT League since 2021 and in the top basketball division in the Netherlands since 1972. Founded as EBBC in 1951, the club had several sponsored names the following decades.

Heroes Den Bosch
NicknameEBBC
Titans
LeaguesBNXT League
Founded18 October 1952 (1952-10-18)
ArenaMaaspoort
Capacity2,700
Location's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Team colorsRed, White, Blue
     
PresidentBob van Oosterhout
General managerStefan Wessels
Head coachErik Braal
OwnershipBob van Oosterhout
2020–21 positionDBL, 2nd of 12
Championships16 Dutch Championships
7 Dutch Cups
2 Dutch Supercup
1 Ricoh Cup
1 Haarlem Basketball Week
Retired numbers4 (5, 9, 12, 12)
Websiteheroesdenbosch.com

Den Bosch has won a record sixteen Dutch championships as well as seven NBB Cup titles. The team has also been a regular at European competitions. Heroes plays their home games at the Maaspoort, which has a capacity of 2,700 people.[2]

History

On 18 October 1952, Eerste Bossche Basketball Club (EBBC) was founded by Cees Vossen, Tom van der Leur, Hans van Oorschot and Frans van de Wiel. In 1962, Den Bosch played in the top division Eredivisie for the first time, but not very successful. Subsequently the team was relegated again. In 1979, EBBC won its first title. In 1980, the team became Nashua Den Bosch after its new main sponsor. Its increased budget led to six consecutive Dutch titles between 1982 and 1987.

EiffelTowers (2005–2013)

Decades later, in June 2005, Den Bosch merged with EiffelTowers Nijmegen to form EiffelTowers Den Bosch. Following the merger the club had one of the largest budgets in the Netherlands, and with that they were able to attract high-quality players. In their first season they had immediate success by winning the Dutch League title. The year after that (2006–07) EiffelTowers The Bosch would win the title again after a clean sweep against the Matrixx Magixx, after losing only four games in the regular season. The two following years, Den Bosch reached the finals, but lost twice to Amsterdam.

In 2012, EiffelTowers won its fifteenth Dutch championship, after beating ZZ Leiden 1–4 in a best-of-seven-series.

SPM Shoeters (2013–2016)

After 13 years playing as the EiffelTowers, the club changed its name to SPM Shoeters in 2013. Along with the name change the club changed the team colors to black, after playing in red since 2000. In the 2014–15 season, Shoeters won its sixteenth DBL championship after Donar was beaten 4–1 in the Finals. The team also performed excellently in the EuroChallenge that season, reaching the Top 16. Star of the season for Den Bosch was Brandyn Curry, who was named DBL Playoffs MVP.

After the 2015–16 season, it was revealed that Shoeters was dealing with serious financial problems which had the team on the edge of bankruptcy.[3]

New Heroes (2016–2019)

In October 2016, the team was bought by Triple Double BV, a sports marketing enterprise. Owner of the company Bob van Oosterhout took over the club which was no longer in danger of dissolution. On 6 November 2016, Den Bosch found a new main sponsor and subsequently was named New Heroes Basketball.[4] In its first season as New Heroes, the club finished fourth in the DBL and was swept by Donar in the semi-finals.

In the 2017–18 season, Croatian coach Silvano Poropat signed a two-year contract.[5] Under Poropat, Heroes finished fourth once again but was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Rotterdam Basketbal. Following the disappointing season, Poropat and Heroes parted ways.

On 31 May 2018, Kees Akerboom Jr. announced his retirement at age 34.[6] Akerboom, who played 11 seasons for the club, had his jersey number 12 retired.[7]

For the 2018–19 season, Ivica Skelin was appointed as head coach. This season, New Heroes played in the FIBA Europe Cup after a European absence of 3 years. In Group D, Heroes had a 3–3 record and finished in third place. In the DBL playoffs, Den Bosch was once again eliminated in the semifinals, this time by Landstede.

Heroes Den Bosch (2019–present)

On 21 August 2019, the club announced it was changing its name to Heroes Den Bosch and it is not planning to change the club name anymore.[8] In June, Heroes signed Jean-Marc Jaumin as its new head coach.[9]

On 15 June 2021, Heroes signed three-time DBL champion Erik Braal as head coach.[10] Starting from the 2021–22 season, Heroes plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands are combined.

Sponsorship names

Due to sponsorship reasons, Heroes Den Bosch has known a lot of names over the years:

  • 1952–74 EBBC
  • 1974–77 Sperry Remington EBBC
  • 1977–78 Falcon Jeans EBBC
  • 1978–80 EBBC
  • 1980–91 Nashua EBBC
  • 1991–92 Pro-Specs EBBC
  • 1992–95 Canoe Jeans EBBC
  • 1995–96 America Today EBBC
  • 1996–97 Libertel EBBC
  • 1997–99 Libertel Dolphins EBBC
  • 1999–03 Canoe Jeans EBBC
  • 2003–05 Tulip EBBC
  • 2005–13 EiffelTowers Den Bosch
  • 2013–16 SPM Shoeters Den Bosch[11]
  • 2016 Shooters Den Bosch
  • 2016–2019 New Heroes Basketball[4]
  • 2019–now Heroes Den Bosch

Logos
Heroes Den Bosch logos
2009–2013 2013–2016 2017–2019 2019–now

Honours

Domestic

Dutch League (record)[12]

  • Winners (16): 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2014–15

Dutch Cup (record)[12]

Dutch SuperCup[13]

Ricoh Cup[14]

  • Winners (1): 2000

European

FIBA Saporta Cup[14]

Worldwide

FIBA Intercontinental Cup[14]

  • Runners-up (1): 1982

Friendly

Haarlem Basketball Week[14]

  • Winners (1): 2006

All-time records
Kees Akerboom, Jr. holds the record for most games played

Players

Retired numbers
Heroes Den Bosch retired numbers
No Player Position Tenure Retirement date
5 Jan Dekker G 1978–1982
9 Jos Kuipers PF/C 1981–1984, 1986–1999 9 December 2021[16]
12 Kees Akerboom Sr. G 1975–1985
12 Kees Akerboom Jr. SG 2001–2004, 2006–2018 23 September 2018[7]

Current roster
Heroes Den Bosch roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G 2 van Vliet, Boy 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 27 – (1994-07-13)13 July 1994
F/C 4 Rijkers, Florian 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 16 – (2005-08-30)30 August 2005
PF 6 Carlson, Mike 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 30 – (1991-06-17)17 June 1991
PG 7 Maxhuni, Edon 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 24 – (1998-03-21)21 March 1998
SF 8 Vianen, Sam 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 20 – (2002-03-12)12 March 2002
PF 9 Kherrazi, Mohamed 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1990-06-29)29 June 1990
SF 10 Helfrich, Keime 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (1997-09-05)5 September 1997
G/F 11 Hammink, Shane 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1994-07-22)22 July 1994
C 21 van der Mars, Thomas 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 31 – (1990-11-15)15 November 1990
G/F 23 Lautier-Ogunleye, Dwayne 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1996-03-23)23 March 1996
G 31 Price, Austin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1995-09-16)16 September 1995
C 33 Stilma, Morgan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 21 – (2000-06-19)19 June 2000
F 61 Mounce, Clay 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – (1998-03-12)12 March 1998
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Mike de Kraker
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Rik Van Waes
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured
Updated: February 6, 2022

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Thomas van der Mars Mike Carlson
PF Mohamed Kherrazi Morgan Stilma Florian Rijkers
SF Shane Hammink Clay Mounce
SG Austin Price Keime Helfrich
PG Edon Maxhuni Boy van Vliet Sam Vianen

Notable 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.

Season by season
Season Tier League Pos. Dutch Cup European competitions
1996–97 1 DBL 1st 2 Saporta CupRS
1997–98 1 DBL 4th 2 Saporta CupRS
1998–99 1 DBL 4th
1999–00 1 DBL 5th Winner
2000–01 1 DBL 3rd
2001–02 1 DBL 6th Winner
2002–03 1 DBL 5th
2003–04 1 DBL 2nd
2004–05 1 DBL 5th
EiffelTowers Den Bosch
2005–06 1 DBL 1st Eighthfinalist 4 EuroCup ChallengeT16
2006–07 1 DBL 1st Eighthfinalist 2 ULEB CupRS
2007–08 1 DBL 2nd Winner 2 ULEB CupRS
2008–09 1 DBL 2nd Winner 3 EuroChallengeT16
2009–10 1 DBL 5th Quarterfinalist 3 EuroChallengeRS
2010–11 1 DBL 3rd Semifinalist
2011–12 1 DBL 1st Quarterfinalist
2012–13 1 DBL 3rd Winner
SPM Shoeters
2013–14 1 DBL 2nd Semifinalist 3 EuroChallengeRS
2014–15 1 DBL 1st Runners-up 3 EuroChallengeT16
2015–16 1 DBL 4th Champions
Heroes Den Bosch
2016–17 1 DBL 4th Eighthfinalist
2017–18 1 DBL 5th Semifinalist
2018–19 1 DBL 4th Quarterfinalist 4 FIBA Europe CupRS
2019–20 1 DBL 3rd[lower-alpha 1] Fourth round
2020–21 1 DBL 2nd Quarterfinalist 4 FIBA Europe CupR16
  1. The 2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. No playoffs were played and no champions were named.

European record
Season Competition Round Club Home[A] Away[A] Agg[A]
2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup Second qualifying round Balkan 76–86 68–66 144–152[B]
Regular season Avtodor 93–97 79–89 3rd place
Ironi Nes Ziona 102–87 85–91
JIP Pardubice 91–58 68–64
2021–22 FIBA Europe Cup Regular season Benfica 76–78 78–73 3rd in Group C
Opava 87–82 88–72
Parma 75–92 52–67
Notes
  1. ^ a b c
    Heroes Den Bosch points are listed first.
  2. ^ a b c d
    Despite losing, Heroes qualified for the regular season as "Lucky Loser".

List of head coaches
Coach Nationality Tenure Honours
Bill Sheridan United States1976 – 1977
Ton Boot Netherlands1978 – 19802 Dutch Basketball League
Bill Sheridan United States1980 – 19821 Dutch Basketball League
Ton Boot Netherlands1982 – 19852 Dutch Basketball League
Toon van Helfteren Netherlands1997 – 1998
Toon van Helfteren Netherlands2001 – 2005
Randy Wiel Netherlands2005 – 2009
Don Beck United States2009 – 2010
Maarten van Gent (interim) Netherlands1 April 2010 – 1 July 2010
Raoul Korner Austria2010 – 20131 Dutch Basketball League, 1 NBB Cup
Sam Jones Netherlands2013 – 20161 Dutch Basketball League, 1 NBB Cup, 1 Dutch Basketball Supercup
Sander van der Holst Netherlands2016 – 2017
Silvano Poropat Croatia2017 – August 2018
Ivica Skelin Croatia3 September 2018 – 22 June 2019
Jean-Marc Jaumin Belgium23 June 2019 – 31 May 2021
Erik Braal Netherlands15 June 2021 – present

References
  1. "Dukes Unlimited Den Bosch basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  2. Zaal en ruimtes Archived 31 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine msedb.nl
  3. Faillissement SPM Shoeters dreigt, basketbalclub Den Bosch heeft grote geldschulden
  4. "New Heroes is nieuwe naam en sponsor basketbalclub Shooters in Den Bosch". Omroep Brabant. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  5. NEW HEROES CONTRACTEERT SILVANO POROPAT ALS HOOFDCOACH
  6. "Kees Akerboom stopt met basketbal". BD.nl. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  7. "Den Bosch zwaait Akerboom uit". Eredivisie basketbal Nederland, basketballleague.nl (in Dutch). 23 September 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  8. "Na 15 clubnamen heten Bossche basketballers voortaan Heroes Den Bosch, geen sponsor meer in de naam". Omroep Brabant. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  9. "New Heroes - Jean-Marc Jaumin naar Den Bosch". www.newheroesbasketball.com. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  10. "Heroes Den Bosch verwelkomt head coach Erik Braal - Heroes Den Bosch - Basketball". Heroes Den Bosch. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  11. "EiffelTowers vanaf komend seizoen SPM Shoeters". www.omroepbrabant.nl. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  12. "Landskampioenen, bekerwinnaars en competitiewinnaars" (in Dutch). J-dus.com. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  13. "Super Cup" (in Dutch). J-dus.com. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  14. Erelijst Archived 4 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine spmshoeters.nl
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  16. "Heroes Den Bosch eert de eeuwige nummer 9 Jos Kuipers, die 'zijn tijd ver vooruit was'". Brabants Dagblad. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

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