1955–2003: first Bundesliga years The
1. FC 01 Bamberg basketball team was promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga, the
German Basketball League, for the first time in 1970. In 1988, after being relegated and promoted twice (relegations in 1979 and 1983, promotions in 1982 and 1984), and with 1. FC 01 Bamberg facing bankruptcy, the basketball division split to form a new club: TTL Basketball Bamberg. TTL stands for Tapeten-Teppichboden-Land, which is a wallpaper and carpet company. It was the first time the team name had reflected the name of its main
sponsor. From 1995, the team was called TTL uniVersa Bamberg after uniVersa Versicherungen, an insurance company. In 1992, the team won the German Cup, earning Bamberg its first basketball trophy. In 2000, following financial difficulties, the team was rescued by the TSK company and changed its name to TSK uniVersa Bamberg. Differences of opinion between the main sponsor and the club in 2003 jeopardized the team's position in the Bundesliga and led to a new change of name.
2003–2006: first championship During the 2003–04 to 2005–06 seasons, the team played in the Bundesliga under the name of its new sponsor, as GHP Bamberg. Having come second in the Championship twice in a row, in 2004–05 the team brought the German Championship title home to Bamberg for the first time. His long-term assistant coach, Arne Woltmann, also came with him from Quakenbrück. The first year under the new trainer was difficult and the team only just qualified for the playoffs (top eight teams), with two points more than the team in ninth place. Nevertheless, they went on to beat the team in second place,
MEG Göttingen, but did not stand a chance against the Oldenburg team, who eventually won the Championship. In the following year, the points round did not go very well, but the team still qualified for the playoffs in fifth place. In the cup competition they made it into the Top 4 final in Frankfurt, where they beat Skyliners, the home team, by one point, bringing the cup back to Bamberg after 18 years, for the second time in the club's history. In the Championship playoffs, Bonn and Braunschweig, who had previously knocked Oldenburg, the winners of the first round, out of the competition, did not pose many problems and Bamberg went through to the finals. There they once again faced Skyliners Frankfurt. Brose Baskets lost the first home game but immediately fought back to achieve a 2:1 lead. Frankfurt won the fourth game in their own arena, which was as close run as the cup final had been. Eventually, however, Brose Baskets won the Championship title with a 72:70 in front of its own fans, achieving its first double win.
2010–2011: first treble For the 2010–11 season, Brose Baskets managed to hold onto most of their players from the year before and made a few strategic additions. The well-rounded team went on to dominate the points round, losing only two out of 34 matches. The team also won the Cup competition, The team also failed to reach the
BBL-Pokal Final and did not accomplish much in its European campaign. After the season the club parted ways with head coach
Chris Fleming. Long time great players of the club
John Goldsberry and
Casey Jacobsen put an end to their careers, and had their jersey numbers retired by the club.
2014–2015: back on top In the 2014–15 season, Brose Baskets came back on top of the German basketball world, after they beat the defending champions Bayern Munich 3–2 in the Finals. In August 2016, the Brose Baskets changed the name to Brose Bamberg.
2016–17: EuroLeague and more domination in Germany Through its championship in the 2015–16 season, Bamberg qualified for the
2016–17 EuroLeague, the first true European basketball league. Bamberg finished in the 10th place, with
All-EuroLeague Second Team member
Nicolò Melli leading the team. In Germany, the team once again dominated. The
BBL-Pokal was won after beating
Bayern Munich in the Final. The ninth
Basketball Bundesliga title of the club was won after sweeping
EWE Baskets Oldenburg 3–0 in the BBL Finals.
2017–18: Last season in the EuroLeague In the 2017–2018 season, Brose finished 12th in the EuroLeague. In the Basketball Bundesliga, Brose's domination ended at the hands of Bayern Munich, who beat Brose 3–1 in the semifinals. Brose also lost to Bayern in the BBL-Pokal quarterfinals. The 4th-place finish in the Bundesliga was the worst for Brose in years.
2018: Participation in FIBA tournaments with Bamberg, in 2018.
2019–2020 On 17 February 2019, Bamberg won its fifth
BBL-Pokal after defeating
Alba Berlin 83–82 in the
final. In the 2018–19 season, Bamberg also made its debut in the
Basketball Champions League. After playing in
EuroLeague Basketball competitions since 2004, this was the first time the club participated in a
FIBA-organised competition. In the quarter-finals, Bamberg narrowly beat defending champions
AEK Athens to qualify for the
2019 Final Four. On 1 July 2020,
Johan Roijakkers signed a 3-year contract as Bamberg's new head coach. With
Johan Roijakkers as their head coach Brose Bamberg did not lose a single home game during the 2020–2021 season in the
Basketball Champions League. Brose Bamberg also set the record for most made 3s in a single game (21 made 3s on 58% vs Casademont Zaragoza, 23 March 2021, 117 – 76).
2021 In November 2021, Brose Bamberg announced that
Oren Amiel had signed as their head coach. With Oren Amiel as their head coach they did not qualify for the
Basketball Champions League in the 2022–2023 season. The team continued their European season in the
FIBA Europe Cup.
2023 In June 2023, the club announced that Brose was selling its shares in the company and also released its naming rights. As a result, the name of the club was changed to
Bamberg Baskets on 1 July 2023.
2025 In June 2025, the club announced that starting with the 2025–2026 season they will have a new name sponsor and the team name will change to
BMA365 Bamberg Baskets. ==Club logos==