February 10, 2012
Alba Berlin 2009-10, team profile
Alba Berlin
Immanuel McElroy - Alba Berlin
2008-09 RESULTS
Euroleague
Regular Season
4-6
Top 16
0-6
German League
Regular Season
26-8
Playoffs
Semifinalist
Cup
Champion
The 2009-10 season marked a successful return to the Euroleague for Alba Berlin, which after four years away from the competition packed the o2 World en route to a Top 16 berth. This season Alba will start from the qualification rounds as it tries to duplicate that success and catapult the club to the European elite. Alba's climb to greatness goes back to 1995, when it became the first German team to win a European trophy, in this case the Korac Cup. Sasa Obradovic, Teo Alibegovic and head coach Svetislav Pesic led Alba to that first crown. That success ignited a run of seven straight German League titles and earned the club a regular spot in the Euroleague, with players like Wendell Alexis, Henrik Rodl and Marco Pesic playing major roles in the dynasty.
Roster
#
 Name
Pos.
Height
6
 Steffen Hamann
G
1.94
7
 Philip Zwiener
F
2.01
8
 Dragan Dojcin
F
2.04
10
 Blagota Sekulic
C
2.09
11
 Julius Jenkins
G
1.87
12
 Rashad Wright
G
1.89
14
 Adam Chubb
C
2.08
15
 Kenan Bajramovic
F
2.06
16
 Andreas Seiferth
C
2.06
17
 Oliver Clay
F
2.05
19
 Oskar Fassler
G
1.98
23
 Immanuel McElroy
G
1.94
-
 A. Schachowzew
-
-
-
 Brian Wenzel
G
-
Head Coach: Luka Pavicevic
Twice during a four-year span Alba even reached the Euroleague quarterfinals only to lose to the competition's eventual runner-up. Alba would continue to be a dangerous opponent in years to come, though it never found the recipe to get through to the Top 16. In 2003-04, Alba showed that it could compete with some of the biggest teams in Europe on many nights, beating powerful Tau Ceramica and Efes Pilsen in Berlin, but its Euroleague season ended bitterly, with five losses in the final six games and a seventh-place finish in its regular season group. Alba's amazing streak of German League titles came to an end in 2004 when it was bounced in the semifinals by GHP Bamberg. Alba then began a run of four successive seasons in the ULEB Cup, though it narrowly missed the elimination rounds, losing out in a tiebreaker in both 2007 and 2008. Alba took part in one of that competition's most exciting games ever, a five-overtime 141-127 win over KK Bosna in December 2007. Back in Germany, Alba finished the regular season atop the standings in 2006 and 2007 and won the German Cup title in 2006, downing Bamberg in the final. It wasn't until 2008, however, when the dynamic backcourt of Julius Jenkins and Bobby Brown came together to help the Berliners reclaim the German League title and secure a spot in the Euroleague. The Euroleague season began with three straight home wins and a key road victory late in the regular season that sent Berlin to the Top 16 for the first time. And even though the run ended there, Berlin was still able to witness the Final Four, which played out on its home court. Alba also claimed the 2009 German Cup by beating Telekom Bonn in the final, though that team exacted revenge by eliminating Berlin from the playoffs in the semifinals. Now Berlin is focused on the new season ready to come out strong in the Euroleague qualifying round and to bring back the German championship again.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Euroleague.net
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