The SC Bietigheim Steelers, commonly known simply as the Bietigheim Steelers, are a professional ice hockey team based in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany. They currently play in DEL2, the second highest-level league in Germany.
History The club was created as SC Bietigheim-Bissingen-Kornwestheim e.V. in 1988. In 1991, they were renamed SC Bietigheim-Bissingen. In 2000, the club was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga. They played the next 20 seasons in Germany's second-tiered ice hockey league, the DEL2, before they were promoted to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the 2021–22 season.
The Steelers enjoyed a two-year tenure in the top flight DEL before finishing last in the 2022–23 season which sealed relegation to return to the DEL2 for the 2023–24 season on 1 March 2023.
Honours and achievements DEB-Pokal champion: 2012, 2013 2nd Bundesliga champion: 2009, 2013, 2021 2. Liga Süd champion: 1997
Season-by-season records Tier Season Games WonOTWSOWTieOTLSOLLostPoints Goalsfor Goalsagainst Rank Playoffs22. Bundesliga 1999–005025———5—20761901838 Lost in quarterfinals22. Bundesliga 2000–014424———7—13761731464 Lost in quarterfinals22. Bundesliga 2001–025231———7—14942071783 Lost in semifinals22. Bundesliga 2002–035636———8—121072191821 Lost in semifinals22. Bundesliga 2003–0448252——2—19811971526 Lost in semifinals22. Bundesliga 2004–0552235——4—20831831718 Lost in quarterfinals22. Bundesliga 2005–0652268——6—121001801373 Lost in quarterfinals22. Bundesliga 2006–0752215——8—18811561499 No playoffs22. Bundesliga 2007–08522211—3421771301297 Lost in quarterfinals22. Bundesliga 2008–09483213—1110106177971 Champions22. Bundesliga 2009–10522425—3315921501204 Lost in semifinals22. Bundesliga 2010–11481460—34216112915910 Lost in Pre-Playoffs22. Bundesliga 2011–12481502—44235716517711 No playoffs/Relegation—Abstiegsrunde 2011–12Relegation Round841——0—31425172 Saved22. Bundesliga 2012–13482911-2411971811351 Champions
Players
Current roster Updated 21 March 2023.
Coaching history
Richard Piasecki, 1989–1990 Danilo Valenti, 1990–1991 Richard Piasecki, 1991–1992 Jan Mancar, 1992–1993 Petteri Lehmussaari, 1993–1995 Wolfgang Rosenberg, 1995–1996 Petteri Lehmussaari, 1996–1997 Doug Kacharvich, 1997–1998 Tom Pokel, 1998–2001 Gary Prior, 2001–2002 Daniel Naud, 2002–2004 Uli Liebsch, 2004–2006 Michael Komma, 2006–2007 Christian Brittig, 2007–2010 Danny Held, 2010–2011 Kevin Gaudet, 2011–2018 Daniel Naud, 2018–2022 Pekka Kangasalusta, 2022–Present
References
External links
SC Bietigheim-Bissingen on Eurohockey SC Bietigheim-Bissingen on HockeyDB