Rotterdam City Basketball, also known as Zeeuw & Zeeuw Rotterdam City for sponsorship reasons, is a Dutch professional basketball club based in Rotterdam. The team plays in the BNXT League and plays its home games at the Topsportcentrum next to De Kuip in Rotterdam. Established in 1954, it became the basketball section of the football club Feyenoord in 2018. However, this cooperation was dissolved in 2025.

Rotterdam won their only trophy in 1985, when they won the domestic NBB Cup. The team has reached the semi-finals of the Dutch League playoffs three times in history.

History

Challenge Sports Rotterdam started in 1954 under the name AMVJ Rotterdam. The first sponsor of the club was Gunco in 1988, which was their first year in the highest Dutch league. They only lasted a year and demoted to a lower division. In 1991 they returned with sponsor De Schiestreek, followed by the Rotterdam firm Idetrading in 1995. After a sponsorless year, Gunco then again returned as title sponsor in 1999. Johan Haga has made possible following a restart. This created a new name, new look, new logo and a change in the player selection. In 2002, the team took the name Rotterdam Basketbal, without sponsorname. In 2007 the team was renamed to Rotterdam Challengers, but in 2010 they again took the name Rotterdam Basketbal. Starting with the 2011–2012 season, the name became Rotterdam Basketbal College, to underline the importance of the youth in the team. During the 2013–14 season, the club got a new main sponsor in Challenge Sports and the team's name was changed to Challenge Sports Rotterdam.

Feyenoord Basketball era (2018–2025) In May 2018, Rotterdam reached the DBL semi-finals for the first time in 12 years, after upsetting Den Bosch in the quarter-finals, 1–2.Rotterdam Basketbal stunt op bezoek bij Den Bosch This month the club announced as well that it would be named Feyenoord Basketball starting with the 2018–19 season, as the team became a part of the multi-sports club of association football club Feyenoord.Rotterdamse sportclubs gaan in rood/wit en onder naam Feyenoord spelen

On 15 April 2019, accomplished head coach Toon van Helfteren signed a two-year contract to become the head coach of Feyenoord.

Since the 2021–22 season, Feyenoord plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged.

Rotterdam City Basketball (2025–present) In the 2025 offseason, the club announced that it ended its collaboration with Feyenoord, with the aim of having more room to attract its own commercial partners. The club was rebranded as Rotterdam City Basketball starting from the 2025–26 season. The logo was announced in June, with the new team's colors being navy blue and green.

Names Due to sponsorship reasons, the club has known several names: 1988–1989: Gunco Rotterdam 1989-1995: De Schiestreek Rotterdam 1995–1999: Idétrading Rotterdam 1999–2002: Gunco Rotterdam 2002–2007: Rotterdam Basketbal 2007–2010: Rotterdam Challengers 2010–2011: Rotterdam Basketbal 2011–2014: Rotterdam Basketbal College 2014–2016: Challenge Sports Rotterdam 2016–2018: Forward Lease Rotterdam 2018–2019: Feyenoord Basketball 2019–2025: Zeeuw & Zeeuw Feyenoord 2025–2026: Rotterdam City Basketball 2026–present: Zeeuw & Zeeuw Rotterdam City

Players Current roster

Notable players

Individual awards

All-DBL Team Patrick Hilliman – 2010 Arūnas Mikalauskas – 2021 DBL Coach of the Year Erik Braal – 2006 DBL MVP Under 23 Arvin Slagter – 2006 DBL Rookie of the Year Jeroen Slor – 2008

DBL Most Improved Player Leon Williams – 2012 Yannick Franke – 2015 DBL All-Rookie Team Yasalde Pas Costa – 2007 Yannick Franke – 2014 Nigel Onuoha – 2015

Club records Bold denotes still active with team. As of 14 April 2021: CategoryPlayerRecord Games played Ties Theeuwkens 283 Points scored Ties Theeuwkens 1,862 Rebounds Robert Krabbendam 917 Assists Ties Theeuwkens 433 Steals Stephan van der Schoot 277 Blocks Chaz Briggs 85 Three-point field goals Ties Theeuwkens 376

Trophies NBB Cup Winners (1): 1984–85 Runners-up (1): 2005–06

Season by season SeasonTierLeaguePostseasonNBB Cup1988–891 Eredivisie 9– 1991–921 Eredivisie 11– 1992–931 Eredivisie 8 Quarterfinalist 1993–941 Eredivisie 9– 1994–951 Eredivisie 8– 1995–961 Eredivisie 3 Quarterfinalist 1996–971 Eredivisie 6 Quarterfinalist 1997–981 Eredivisie 6 Quarterfinalist 1998–991 Eredivisie 8 Quarterfinalist 1999–001 Eredivisie 8 Quarterfinalist 2000–011 Eredivisie – 2001–021 Eredivisie 10– 2002–031 Eredivisie 9– 2003–041 Eredivisie 9– 2004–051 Eredivisie 4Semifinalist 2005–061 Eredivisie 4Semifinalist Runner-up2007–081 Eredivisie 6Quarterfinalist 2008–091 Eredivisie 10 –2009–101 Eredivisie 10– 4th round2010–111 DBL 10– 4th round2011–121 DBL 8– Quarterfinalist2012–131 DBL 10– 4th round2013–141 DBL 9– Quarterfinalist2014–151 DBL 5 Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist2015–161 DBL 6 Quarterfinalist2016–171 DBL 5 Quarterfinalist2017–181 DBL 5Semifinalist 2018–191 DBL 8 Quarterfinalist

Champions Runners-up Playoff berth Season Tier League Finish Wins Losses Win%National PlayoffsNBB CupBNXT PlayoffsHead coach Rotterdam Basketbal2012–131DBL10th333–Fourth Round– Randy Wiel2013–141DBL9th729–Quarterfinalist Ferry Steenmetz2014–151DBL 5th820Lost quarterfinals (Landstede), 0–2 Armand Salomon2015–161DBL 6th919Lost quarterfinals (Donar), 0–2 2016–171DBL 5th1216Lost quarterfinals (Den Bosch), 0–2 2017–181DBL 5th1517Won quarterfinals (Den Bosch), 3–1Lost semifinals (Donar), 0–4Fourth Round Feyenoord Basketball2018–191DBL 8th925Lost quarterfinals (ZZ Leiden), 0–2Quarterfinalist–Richard den OsJan Stalman (a.i.)2019–201DBL5th1210Cancelled Quarterfinalist Toon van Helfteren2020–211DBL5th1011 Lost quarterfinals (Landstede, 158–180) Semifinalist2021–221BNXT League 10 20 Lost quarterfinals (Landstede, 0–2) Quarterfinalist Won second round (BAL, 158–138)Lost third round (Mons, 143–162)2022–231BNXT League 10 18 – Semifinalist Lost first round (Brussels, 137–152)2023–241BNXT League 8 20 Lost quarterfinals (ZZ Leiden, 0–2) Semifinalist – Tim Arns2024–251BNXT League 9 27 – Semifinalist Rotterdam City Basketball2025–261BNXT League 4 30 – Quarterfinalist – Tim ArnsDeividas Kumelis

Head coaches PeriodNameHonours 2003–2008 Erik Braal 2008–2009 Terence Stansbury 2009–2011 Zlatko Jezerkic 2011–2013 Randy Wiel 2013–2014 Ferry Steenmetz 2014–2018 Armand Salomon 2018–2019 Richard den Os 2019 Jan Stalman (interim) 2019–2023 Toon van Helfteren 2023 Armand Salomon (interim) 2023–2026 Tim Arns 2026 Deividas Kumelis (interim) 2026–present Jeroen van Vugt

References

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External links Official website Eurobasket.com profile