Nederland - DBL 11/07 18:30 1 [1] Landstede Zwolle v Apollo Amsterdam [7] L 100-73
Nederland - DBL 11/03 18:45 1 [10] Feyenoord Rotterdam v Apollo Amsterdam [7] L 67-52
Nederland - DBL 10/31 19:00 1 [7] Apollo Amsterdam v Dutch Windmills [6] L 81-95
Nederland - DBL 10/20 18:00 1 [6] Apollo Amsterdam v Shoeters Den Bosch [3] L 63-106
Nederland - DBL 10/13 18:00 1 Aris Leeuwarden v Apollo Amsterdam L 77-65
Nederland - DBL 10/11 18:00 1 [5] Apollo Amsterdam v Basketball Academie Limburg [10] W 91-71
Vennskapskamper 09/22 12:00 - Apollo Amsterdam v Aris Leeuwarden L 70-71
Vennskapskamper 09/15 17:00 - Feyenoord Rotterdam v Apollo Amsterdam W 64-81
Vennskapskamper 09/08 19:00 - Apollo Amsterdam v Landstede Zwolle L 64-83
Nederland - DBL 04/22 15:00 1 [1] Donar Groningen v Apollo Amsterdam [7] L 90-61
Nederland - DBL 04/21 18:00 1 [4] ZZ Leiden v Apollo Amsterdam [7] L 87-60
Nederland - DBL 04/19 17:30 1 [8] Den Helder v Apollo Amsterdam [7] W 56-80
Nederland - DBL 04/12 18:30 1 [6] Apollo Amsterdam v Landstede Zwolle [3] L 65-105
Nederland - DBL 04/07 14:00 1 Apollo Amsterdam v Aris Leeuwarden L 55-74
Nederland - DBL 04/04 18:30 1 [6] Apollo Amsterdam v Shoeters Den Bosch [2] L 82-93
Nederland - DBL 03/29 18:30 1 [6] Apollo Amsterdam v BS Weert [9] W 86-69
Nederland - DBL 03/24 19:00 1 [5] Rotterdam Challengers v Apollo Amsterdam [7] W 65-67
Nederland - DBL 03/17 19:00 1 [7] Apollo Amsterdam v ZZ Leiden [3] L 79-100
Nederland - DBL 03/11 15:00 1 Aris Leeuwarden v Apollo Amsterdam L 70-68
Nederland - DBL 03/08 18:30 1 [4] Landstede Zwolle v Apollo Amsterdam [6] L 73-69
Nederland - DBL 03/02 19:00 1 Apollo Amsterdam v Donar Groningen L 81-87
Nederland - DBL 02/15 19:00 1 [3] Shoeters Den Bosch v Apollo Amsterdam [6] L 78-73
Nederland - DBL 02/10 15:00 1 Apollo Amsterdam v Den Helder W 94-72
Nederland - DBL 02/06 19:00 1 [8] BS Weert v Apollo Amsterdam [7] W 55-80
Nederland - DBL 02/03 15:00 1 Apollo Amsterdam v Rotterdam Challengers L 84-91
Nederland - DBL 02/01 19:00 1 [3] ZZ Leiden v Apollo Amsterdam [7] L 82-69
Nederland - DBL 01/25 19:00 1 [2] Shoeters Den Bosch v Apollo Amsterdam [7] L 89-64
Nederland - DBL 01/20 15:00 1 Apollo Amsterdam v LWD Basket W 82-76
Nederland - DBL 01/13 15:00 1 Apollo Amsterdam v Landstede Zwolle L 76-84
Nederland - DBL 01/06 18:30 1 Den Helder v Apollo Amsterdam L 84-74

Wikipedia - Apollo Amsterdam

Apollo Amsterdam is a Dutch basketball team based in Amsterdam. The club plays its games in the Promotiedivisie, the Dutch second-level league.

The club was founded in 2011 and has played in the highest national level for 12 years, from 2012 to 2023. They qualified for the national playoffs four times. The amateur section of the club is known as BC Apollo.

Apollo Amsterdam is known for their focus on developing the Dutch basketball players and giving them growth perspective in a foreign player dominated league.

History

Apollo playing its first home game ever in the Dutch Basketball League in October 2012
Apollo celebrating after winning the Promotiedivisie in 2012

The club was founded in 2011, as a result of a merger between BV Lely and Mosquitos, both clubs from Amsterdam. Its name is derived from its home venue the Apollohal. Apollo took over the license of the old ABC Amsterdam second team. In the first season of the club, Apollo played as an amateur team in the Promotiedivisie. They immediately won the Dutch amateur championship after defeating CBV Binnenland in the league final.

In 2012, Apollo club decided to enter the professional Dutch Basketball League (DBL) for the 2012–13 season. In its first season, led by coach Tyrone Marioneaux and All-Star Aron Royé, Apollo finished in ninth place in the DBL.

In 2013–14, Apollo managed to reach the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. The club lost in the quarterfinals to GasTerra Flames, 0–2.

During Apollo's most successful season since their establishment, the club had financial problems which made it close to withdrawing from the DBL. However, in August 2014 it was announced Apollo would continue playing in the DBL.

In the 2015–16 season, Apollo made its second appearance in the DBL playoffs where it lost to Den Bosch 0–2 in the quarterfinals.

Apollo won its first playoff game in 2016, defeating ZZ Leiden in Game 1 of the quarterfinals. However, in a packed Apollohal, Leiden retrieved home advantage and went on to beat Apollo 1–2 and advance to the semifinals.

On 1 May 2020, Apollo announced it will not play in the 2020–21 DBL season because of uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Apollo also announced Laki Lakner was replacing Patrick Faijdherbe as head coach. Lakner resigned after three games, and Edwin van der Hart took over for the remainder of the season. Apollo finished in ninth place for a second season in a row.

The Apollohal during a game in 2023

Since the 2021–22 season, Apollo plays in the BNXT League, in which the national leagues of Belgium and the Netherlands have been merged. In June 2021, Wierd Goedee was signed as new head coach.

In June 2023, following the 2022–23 season, Apollo was forced to withdraw from the BNXT League as it was unable to come up with the necessary budget for participation. The BNXT organisation required a minimum budget of €350,000 which Apollo was unable to bring together with its sponsorships. Apollo entered the second-level Promotiedivisie for the 2023–24 season.

Apollo Amsterdam er et nederlandsk basketball-lag som spiller i den nederlandske basketballligaen (DBL). Laget ble grunnlagt i 1977 og holder til i Amsterdam. Apollos hjemmebane er Apollohal, som har en kapasitet på 1.800 tilskuere.

Apollo har vunnet det nederlandske mesterskapet to ganger, i 1983 og 1984. De har også vunnet den nederlandske cupen tre ganger, i 1984, 1990 og 2011.

Lagens nåværende trener er Erik Braal. Bemerkelsesverdige tidligere spillere for Apollo inkluderer Coby Rowe, Rik Smits og Dan Gay.