Köln 99ers, that was known as RheinEnergie Köln from 2001-2007, (often RE Köln or REK) is a basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 club

Sports club

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 based in Cologne

Cologne

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, Germany

Germany

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 that played in the Basketball Bundesliga

Basketball Bundesliga

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 (BBL).

The team was founded 1999 as Cologne 99ers. The colors are red and white and home arena was the GEW Energy Dome

GEW Energy Dome

GEW Energy Dome is an indoor sporting arena located in Cologne, Germany. The seating capacity of the arena is for 3,232 people and it is home to the Köln 99ers basketball team....

. In the Euroleague

Euroleague

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 Season 2006-2007

Euroleague 2006-07

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 their home arena is an arena in Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

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, Germany

Germany

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 named Philips Halle

Philips Halle

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.

RheinEnergie

RheinEnergie

RheinEnergie can refer to:*RheinEnergie AG, energy company based in Cologne*RheinEnergieStadion, sports stadium in Cologne*Köln 99ers, formerly RheinEnergie Köln, defunct basketball club...

 power company

Electrical power industry

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 supported the team until the summer of 2007, thus the team changed to its original name, Köln 99ers.

On 21 January 2008, the club announced that they are insolvent. The club was subsequently relegated to the lower divisions and now play in the 1. Oberliga.

Titles

• Basketball Bundesliga
  Basketball Bundesliga
  The Basketball Bundesliga — commonly abbreviated BBL — is the highest level league of club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 18 teams. A BBL season is split into a league stage and a playoff stage...
  
   (1):2005-06
• BBL Pokal (3):2004, 2005, 2007
• BBL Champions Cup (1):2006

Rivalries

The games against local rivals Telekom Baskets Bonn

Telekom Baskets Bonn

Telekom Baskets Bonn is a professional basketball club that is based in Bonn, Germany. The club plays in the German Basketball League, which is the highest level pro basketball league in Germany. The club's sponsor is the German company Deutsche Telekom, a big telephone and internet company, which...

 and Bayer Giants Leverkusen

Bayer Giants Leverkusen

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 are among the biggest contests in the BBL. The games against Brose Baskets and ALBA Berlin

ALBA Berlin

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are the top games in German basketball.