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Forward Lease Rotterdam

Forward Lease Rotterdam
Forward Lease Rotterdam logo
Leagues Dutch Basketball League
Founded 1954; 63 years ago (1954)
History See Names
Arena Topsportcentrum Rotterdam
Arena Capacity 1,000
Location Rotterdam, Netherlands
Team colors Green, Black, White
              
Head coach Armand Salomon
Championships 1 Dutch Cup
Website Link
Uniforms
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Home jersey
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Team colours
Home
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Away jersey
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Team colours
Away

Forward Lease Rotterdam is a Dutch professional basketball club based in Rotterdam. The team plays in the Dutch Basketball League and plays its home games at the Topsportcentrum next to De Kuip in Rotterdam. Despite being a team from a major Dutch city, Rotterdam has never won the Dutch championship, though they did win the Dutch NBB cup in 1985.

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. After a sponsorless year, Gunco then again returned as title sponsor in 1999. Johan Haga has made possible following a restart. This created a new name, new look, new logo and a change in the player selection. In 2002, the team took the name Rotterdam Basketbal, without sponsorname. In 2007 the team was renamed to Rotterdam Challengers, but in 2010 they again took the name Rotterdam Basketbal. Starting with the 2011–2012 season, the name became Rotterdam Basketbal College, to underline the importance of the youth in the team. During the 2013–14 season, the club got a new main sponsor in Challenge Sports and the team's name was changed to Challenge Sports Rotterdam.

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