Giessen 46ers

JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers
JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers
Nickname	MTV Gießen
Leagues	ProA
Founded	1937; 89 years ago
History	MTV 1846 Gießen; 1937–1993; Gießen Flippers; 1993–2000; Avitos Gießen; 2000–2003; Gießen 46ers; 2003–2019 ; JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers ; 2019–present
Arena	Sporthalle Gießen-Ost
Capacity	4,003
Location	Gießen, Germany
Team colors	Red, White, Black;
President	Michael Koch
Head coach	Branislav Ignjatovic
Team captain	Robin Benzing
Championships	5 German Championships; 3 German Cups; 1 German 2nd League
Website	Team site
Home	Away

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.^[1] In the 2014–15 season, they were crowned the ProA champions and promoted back to the highest tier.^[1]

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.^[2]

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^[a]
2009–10	1	Bundesliga	14th
2010–11	1	Bundesliga	15th
2011–12	1	Bundesliga	17th^[a]
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^[a]	Group stage
2021–22	1	Bundesliga	18th
2022–23	2	ProA	4th
2023–24	2	ProA	5th	Round of 16
2024–25	2	ProA	3rd	First round
2025–26	2	ProA	4th	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.

Gießen 46ers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name
G	1	Norl, Daniel	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	31 – (1995-03-07)7 March 1995
G	3	Warnholtz, Aiden	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	26 – (2000-02-04)4 February 2000
SG	7	Castlin, Kyle	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	30 – (1996-05-30)30 May 1996
SF	12	Benzing, Robin (C)	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	37 – (1989-01-25)25 January 1989
C	13	Maier, Jonathan	2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)	33 – (1992-12-09)9 December 1992
G/F	14	Figge, Luis	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	29 – (1997-06-02)2 June 1997
PF	15	Müsse, Kai	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	19 – (2006-07-04)4 July 2006
PF	17	Vuković, Domagoj	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	32 – (1993-10-29)29 October 1993
C	18	Gloger, Till	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	33 – (1993-01-26)26 January 1993
PG	22	Junaković, Martin	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	32 – (1994-02-16)16 February 1994
SG	24	Nyama, Roland	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	32 – (1993-07-11)11 July 1993
PG	55	Krajčovič, Šimon	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	32 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994

Head coach

Branislav Ignjatovic

Assistant coach(es)

Nikola Stanic

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: October 24, 2025

Individual awards

Basketball Bundesliga MVP

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)
Besnik Bekteshi (1 season: 2014–15)
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)