Early years (1995–1997) After it was announced that the
Graydons Canadians, a team from Amsterdam would not participate in the Eredivisie of 1995–96, Ed de Haas, Carlo Brunink and Oscar Kales founded the club. The club immediately started playing in the highest division in the Netherlands, and was named
Finish Profiles Amsterdam after the new main sponsor. In the first season Tyrone Marionneaux was the head coach and Finish Profiles ended on a 9th place. In the 1996–97 Jan Willem Jansen became head coach and new players like Mario Bennes were acquired, which led to the team winning the
NBB Cup and reaching the league Finals. The club also played for the first season with the name Amsterdam Astronauts, which referred to the home arena of the club, the
Apollohal.
First European games and Dutch titles (1997–2002) In 1997–98 the club debuted in
Europe and started a second team, that would play in the
Promotiedivisie. From that point some good years for the club began, as one of the all-time great coaches in Dutch basketball history
Ton Boot started coaching the team. In the 1998–99 season the club won its first Dutch championship and reached the semifinals of the
Korać Cup, in which it lost to
Racing Basket Paris. In that semifinals the team played against later NBA All-Star
Tony Parker. In the 2000–01 season the 3rd straight Dutch title was one. Before the 2001–02 season the club moved to Sporthallen Zuid, which had a capacity of 3,000. Another championship was won in the Sporthallen. The club had a tough season the following year, as newly formed
EiffelTowers Nijmegen took the trophies.
Golden Years (2003–2009) coached Amsterdam to three
DBL titles In the 2003–04, season Israeli head coach
Arik Shivek became head coach of Amsterdam, and some memorable players were acquired in
Joe Spinks, Mario Bennes (who played earlier with the club), Chris McGuthrie and
Teddy Gipson. The club also got a new main sponsor in Demon and was renamed
Demon Astronauts. In 2004–05, the fifth national title was won, after Amsterdam beat
Landstede Basketbal 4–0 in the Finals. In 2005–06 and 2006–07, Amsterdam played as the
Amsterdam Astronauts and ended in the 2nd and 6th places in the Eredivisie. In May 2007, businessman Roel Pieper got the job of chairman of the club. MyGuide became the new main sponsor of the club. In 2008–09 and 2009–10, the club won their sixth and seventh titles, both by beating
EiffelTowers Den Bosch 4–3 in the Finals. Also, captain
Peter van Paassen won the
league MVP award in both seasons. Even though Amsterdam won their 2009 title on May 31, they had to wait till June 15 to officially get their title. Amsterdam player
Orien Greene had used cannabis, but because the letter to inform the club never arrived the club got to keep their title. To add to the turmoil, both main sponsors of the club (MyGuide and Eclipse-Jet) went bankrupt, so the team played without a sponsor in the 2009–10 season.
Rebuilding and disappearance (2009–2011) The team was renamed
ABC Amsterdam. The team, led by domestic players as
DBL All-Stars
Jessey Voorn,
Dimeo van der Horst and
Ramon Siljade did manage to reach the Playoffs in the
2009–10 and
2010–11 seasons. The team was dissolved on August 11, 2011, after it couldn't find a main sponsor that was willing to invest enough money to keep the club in the DBL. For the first time since the foundation of the Eredivisie, no team from
Amsterdam played in the league. In the 2012–13 season,
BC Apollo entered as new team from Amsterdam. ==Sponsorships names==