Gladiators Trier, for sponsorship reasons known as VET-CONCEPT Gladiators Trier, is a professional basketball club based in Trier, Germany.Eurobasket.com – Gladiators TrierOfficial website The club plays in the Basketball Bundesliga since their promotion from the ProA in 2025. Its 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 as TBB Trier 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 Basketball 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.
Gladiators Trier were promoted and returned to Basketball Bundesliga after their previous naming, TBB and the club's last participation during the 2014–15 season. They beat Science City Jena 2–0 in the finals of ProA during the 2024–25 season's playoffs and achieved its promotion and its return to the top–tier league after 10 years.
Trophies German Cup Winners (2): 1998, 2001 ProA Winners: 2025
Current roster
Season by season SeasonTierLeaguePos.PostseasonGerman CupEuropean competitions TBB Trier1991–921 BundesligaQuarter-finalist – –1992–931 Bundesliga – – –1993–941 Bundesliga – – –1994–951 BundesligaRelegation playoffs – –1995–961 Bundesliga9Relegation playoffs – –1996–971 Bundesliga3Semi-finalist – –1997–981 Bundesliga3Semi-finalistChampion –1998–991 Bundesliga5Quarter-finalist – –1999–001 Bundesliga5Quarter-finalist Semi-finalist 3 Played Korać Cup2000–011 Bundesliga9Relegation playoffsChampion 3 Played Korać Cup2001–021 Bundesliga11Relegation playoffs Fourth position 3 Played Korać Cup2002–031 Bundesliga14Relegated – –2003–041 Bundesliga7Quarter-finalist Third position –2004–051 Bundesliga11 – – –2005–061 Bundesliga9 – – –2006–071 Bundesliga15 – – –2007–081 Bundesliga17Relegated – –2008–091 Bundesliga10 – – –2009–101 Bundesliga15 – – –2010–111 Bundesliga10 – – –2011–121 Bundesliga14 – – –2012–131 Bundesliga12 – Quarter-finalist –2013–141 Bundesliga13 – – –2014–151 Bundesliga17Relegated – – Gladiators Trier2015–162 ProA6Quarter-finalist – –2016–172 ProA6Quarter-finalist – –2017–182 ProA6Semi-finalist – –2018–192 ProA9 – – –2019–202 ProA7 – – –2020–212 ProA9 – – –2021–222 ProA4Quarter-finalist – –2022–232 ProA13 – – –2023–242 ProA1Semi-finalist – –2024–252 ProA1Champions First round –2025–261 Bundesliga 8Quarter-finalist Quarterfinals –2026–271 Bundesliga 4 Europe Cup
Notable players
Bastian Doreth Maik Zirbes Anton Shoutvin Chris Copeland Bernard Thompson
Head coaches DatesName 1994–2001 Don Beck 2015–2018 Marco van den Berg 2018–2020 Christian Held 2020–2022 Marco van den Berg 2022–2023 Pascal Heinrichs 2023 Jermaine Bucknor 2023–2024 Don Beck 2024–present Jacques Schneider
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References
External links Official website