Södertälje Kings

Södertälje Kings
Leagues	Basketligan, FIBA Europe Cup
Founded	1968
Arena	Täljehallen
Capacity	2,000
Location	Södertälje, Sweden
Team colors	Green, White
Head coach	Vedran Bosnic
Championships	11 Swedish Championships
Website	sbbk.se (Swedish)
Uniforms
Home Away

Södertälje Kings is a basketball team from Södertälje, Stockholm, Sweden, playing in the Swedish Basketball League.^[1] Södertälje Kings' home arena is the Täljehallen. Södertälje is the most successful team ever in Sweden, having won a record 10 championships, 3 more than the second most winners LF Basket Norrbotten.

Trophies

• Swedish Championship (11):

1978, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016^[2]

Season by season

Season	Domestic competitions				European competitions
	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason	Tier	League	Result
2010–11	1	Basketligan	4	Semifinalist	N/A
2011–12	1	Basketligan	2	Runner–up	N/A
2012–13	1	Basketligan	3	Champion	3	EuroChallenge	RS
2013–14	1	Basketligan	1	Champion	3	EuroChallenge	RS
2014–15	1	Basketligan	1	Champion	3	EuroChallenge	RS
2015–16	1	Basketligan	1	Champion	3	FIBA Europe Cup	R32

Current roster

Södertälje Kings roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. C 4 Engström, Carl 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 120 kg (265 lb) PF 5 Andersson, Jesper 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) C 6 Johansson, Erik 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) PG 7 Simpson, Vincent 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) SF 7 Czerapowicz, Christopher 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) PG 8 Sadnik, Uros 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) SG 11 Butorac, Dino 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) SF 12 Jukic, Darko 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) PG 13 Joseph, Mike (C) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 81 kg (179 lb) SF 14 Anderson, Aaron 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) F 38 Bizaca, Toni 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb)	Head coach Vedran Bosnic Assistant coach(es) Ludvig Degernäs Srdjan Klinas Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2014-12-2

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Carl Engström	Jesper Andersson
PF	Toni Bizaca	Erik Johansson
SF	Aaron Anderson	Christopher Czerapowicz
SG	Darko Jukic	Uros Zadnik
PG	Dino Butorac	Vincent Simpson

Players

Individual awards

Basketligan MVP

• Toni Bizaca (2): 2013, 2014
• John Roberson: 2015

Basketligan Finals MVP

• Johnell Smith: 2012
• John Roberson: 2013
• Toni Bizaca: 2014
• Skyler Bowlin: 2016

Notable players

Toni Bizaca ◆ John Roberson ◆ Notes ◆ Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. ◆ Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. ◆ To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

References

1. "Sodertalje Kings basketball team". Eurobasket. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
2. "Södertälje svenska mästare igen!" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

External links

• Södertälje Kings profile on RealGM.com