# Giessen 46ers

The GIESSEN 46ers (formerly GIESSEN 46ers) is a professional basketball club based in Gießen, Germany, that plays in the ProA. Their home arena is Sporthalle Gießen-Ost, with a capacity of 4,003 people.

## History

The biggest achievements in club history are five German Championships (1965, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1978). Besides that, the 46ers have won the German Cup three times (1969, 1973, 1979). The most recent achievements were an appearance in the BBL semi-finals in 2005, when the team lost the series 1–3, to the eventual champion GHP Bamberg, and the third place in the BBL Cup in 2006.
In the 2012–13 season, the 46ers relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time. In the 2014–15 season, they were crowned the ProA champions and promoted back to the highest tier.
They are known in the USA, for having been the team for which professional wrestler Kevin Nash (also known as Diesel) finished his professional basketball career, due to a knee injury.

## Honours

* German Championship
    Winners (5): 1965, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1978
* German Cup
    Winners (3): 1969, 1973, 1979
    Runners-up (2): 1980, 1987

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | German Cup |
| 2008–09 | 1 | Bundesliga | 17th | |
| 2009–10 | 1 | Bundesliga | 14th | |
| 2010–11 | 1 | Bundesliga | 15th | |
| 2011–12 | 1 | Bundesliga | 17th | |
| 2012–13 | 1 | Bundesliga | 18th | |
| 2013–14 | 2 | ProA | 3rd | |
| 2014–15 | 2 | ProA | 1st | |
| 2015–16 | 1 | Bundesliga | 9th | |
| 2016–17 | 1 | Bundesliga | 9th | |
| 2017–18 | 1 | Bundesliga | 11th | |
| 2018–19 | 1 | Bundesliga | 13th | Round of 16 |
| 2019–20 | 1 | Bundesliga | 13th | Round of 16 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | Bundesliga | 17th | Group stage |
| 2021–22 | 1 | Bundesliga | 18th | |
| 2022–23 | 2 | ProA | 4th | |
| 2023–24 | 2 | ProA | 5th | Round of 16 |
| 2024–25 | 1 | ProA | | First round |

### Notes

* 1 2 3 Gießen eventually did not relegate.

## Team
### Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

### Individual awards

* Chuck Eidson – 2005
Basketball Bundesliga Best Offensive Player
* Chuck Eidson – 2005
Basketball Bundesliga Coach of the Year
* Stefan Koch – 2005
Basketball Bundesliga Rookie of the Year
* Anton Gavel – 2006

### Notable players

    To appear in this section a player must have either:
* Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
* Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time.
* Achieved significant notability outside of basketball.
* Henning Harnisch (3 seasons: 1985–88)
* Heiko Schaffartzik (2 seasons: 2004–05, 2007–08)
* Anton Gavel (2 seasons: 2004–2006)
* Lance Blanks (1 season: 1994–1995)
* Louis Campbell (2 seasons: 2004–2006)
* Chuck Eidson (2 seasons: 2004–2006)
* Kevin Nash (1 season: 1980–1981)
* Diante Garrett (1 season: 2021)
* Rawle Alkins
* Nick Hornsby (born 1995)

### Top scorers

| Season | Player | PPG |
| 2012–13 | Ryan Brooks | 15.9 |
| 2013–14 | Myles Hesson | 16.1 |
| 2014–15 | Cameron Wells | 12.3 |
| 2015–16 | Suleiman Braimoh | 12.1 |
| 2016–17 | Cameron Wells | 14 |