Rotterdam City Basketball
basketball team in Rotterdam
Rotterdam City Basketball, also known as Zeeuw & Zeeuw Rotterdam City for sponsorship reasons, is a Dutch professional basketball club based in Rotterdam. The team plays in the BNXT League and plays its home games at the Topsportcentrum next to De Kuip in Rotterdam. Established in 1954, it became the basketball section of the football club Feyenoord in 2018. However, this cooperation was dissolved in 2025.
Rotterdam won their only trophy in 1985, when they won the domestic NBB Cup. The team has reached the semi-finals of the Dutch League playoffs three times in history.
History
Challenge Sports Rotterdam started in 1954 under the name AMVJ Rotterdam. The first sponsor of the club was Gunco in 1988, which was their first year in the highest Dutch league. They only lasted a year and demoted to a lower division. In 1991 they returned with sponsor De Schiestreek, followed by the Rotterdam firm Idetrading in 1995.
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