BC Luleå

BC Luleå
BC Luleå
Leagues	Basketligan
Founded	1976; 49 years ago
History	List Plannja Basket; (1976–2007); LF Basket Norrbotten; (2007–2015); BC Luleå; (2015–present);
Arena	Luleå Energi Arena
Capacity	2,500
Location	Luleå, Sweden
Head coach	Peter Öqvist
2017–18 position	Basketligan, 5th of 10
Championships	8 Swedish Championships
Website	bclulea.se
Home	Away

BasketballClub Luleå is a professional basketball club from Luleå, Sweden that competes in the Basketligan. The team has won the Swedish championship 8 times.

History

The club was founded in 1976 as Plannja Basket. From 1996 till 2007 Plannja won 7 Swedish titles, the only season they didn't win it was the 2002–03 season. Until the 2012–2013 season LF Basket played its home games in the Pontushallen, which held a capacity of 3,000. The club then moved to the ARCUS Arena during the 2012–2013 season due to reconstructions.^[3] Starting with the 2013–2014 season it has moved back, although the new name of the Pontushallen arena is Luleå Energi Arena.^[4]

In 2015, LF Basket changed its name to BC Luleå.^[5] In 2017, the club won its eight national championship.

Trophies

Basketligan (8):

1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2016–17

Runner-up: 2009–10, 2017–18

Players

Current roster

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

BC Luleå roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name
G/F	1	Upshur, Quinton
G	2	Rönnqvist, Adam
G	6	Hansson, Daniel
F	11	Stickan essebrink, Victor
C	12	Massamba, Brice
PF	14	Anzuluni, Yannick
F	16	Kobylak-Berglund, Anton
G	17	Arvidsson, Jonathan
F	20	Saks, Anton
G	32	Rozzell, Brandon
F	42	Andersson, Denzel
F	86	Kearney, Timothy

Head coach

Peter Öqvist

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 2017-09-19

Notable players

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.	European competitions
2010–11	1	Basketligan	3rd
2011–12	1	Basketligan	6th
2012–13	1	Basketligan	7th
2013–14	1	Basketligan	7th
2014–15	1	Basketligan	6th
2015–16	1	Basketligan	3rd
2016–17	1	Basketligan	1st
2017–18	1	Basketligan	2nd	3 Champions League	QR1
2018–19	1	Basketligan	5th	4 FIBA Europe Cup	QR2
2019–20	1	Basketligan	2nd
2020–21	1	Basketligan	5th

References

^ "Luleå Energi Arena: Fakta om arenan". Luleå Kommun. (In Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
^ "Fakta om arenan och kontakt". Luleå Kommun. (In Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
^ "ARCUS är LF Baskets hemmaarena 2012/13" (in Swedish). LF Basket. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
^ Spetth, Stina (2012-11-09). "Pontushallen får nytt namn". NSD. (In Swedish). Retrieved 26 April 2017.
^ "Klubbens nya namn är BC Luleå" (in Swedish). 17 July 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

External links

Official website (in Swedish)
Team profile at Eurobasket.com

[1] "Luleå Energi Arena: Fakta om arenan". Luleå Kommun. (In Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

[2] "Fakta om arenan och kontakt". Luleå Kommun. (In Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

[3] "ARCUS är LF Baskets hemmaarena 2012/13" (in Swedish). LF Basket. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2014-03-14.

[4] Spetth, Stina (2012-11-09). "Pontushallen får nytt namn". NSD. (In Swedish). Retrieved 26 April 2017.

[5] "Klubbens nya namn är BC Luleå" (in Swedish). 17 July 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

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BC Luleå

History

Trophies

Players

Current roster

Notable players

Season by season

References

External links

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