Uppsala Basket

Uppsala Basket
Uppsala Basket logo
LeaguesSuperettan
Founded1960 (1960)
ArenaFyrishov
Capacity3,000
LocationUppsala, Sweden

Uppsala Basket is a Swedish basketball club based in Uppsala. The team plays in the Basketligan, the first tier level in Sweden. The club was founded in 1960 and plays it home games at Fyrishov.

The club is known for its talent development. In recent years, this has been shown by the many players in the Swedish youth national teams hailing from Uppsala. The club has a unique cooperation with a basketball academy.

Honours

Basketligan
  • Runner-up (1): 2014–15

Results

Season Tier League Pos.
2012–13 1 Basketligan 3rd
2013–14 1 Basketligan 4th
2014–15 1 Basketligan 2nd
2015–16 1 Basketligan 7th
2016–17 1 Basketligan 4th
2017–18 1 Basketligan 7th
2018–19 1 Basketligan 10th
2019–20 4 Fourth division 2nd
2020–21 2 Superettan 3rd
2021–22 2 Superettan 1st
2022–23 1 Basketligan ?

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Uppsala Basket roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
F 0 United States Hinton, Jalyn 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 26 – (1998-08-06)6 August 1998
G 1 Sweden Mansson, Jacob 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 23 – (2002-06-05)5 June 2002
F/C 3 Sweden Jadersten, Henrik 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 30 – (1995-03-18)18 March 1995
G 4 United States Shepherd, Jordan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 28 – (1997-03-04)4 March 1997
G 5 Sweden Friberg, Lukas 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 29 – (1995-09-07)7 September 1995
G 6 Sweden Grant, Kevin 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 31 – (1994-04-22)22 April 1994
PG 7 Sweden Sanne, Tom 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 22 – (2002-09-04)4 September 2002
SG 8 Sweden Delryd, Melker 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 22 – (2003-03-24)24 March 2003
G/F 10 Sweden Zekovic, Alan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 26 – (1998-08-19)19 August 1998
SF 13 Sweden Larsson, Niklas 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 31 – (1994-04-28)28 April 1994
C 31 Sweden Axelsson, Mikael 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 30 – (1994-09-29)29 September 1994
SG 32 United States Mathis, Anthony 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 28 – (1996-11-23)23 November 1996
F/C 34 Croatia Kutic, Nemanja 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 22 – (2002-12-11)11 December 2002
Head coach
  • Greece Panagiotis Nikolaidis
Assistant coach(es)
  • Cyprus Dimitris Aristotelous
  • Sweden Leif Ibrahim
  • Sweden Mathias Rutegaard
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DC) Dual citizenship
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: December 2, 2022

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Henrik Jadersten Mikael Axelsson
PF Jalyn Hinton Nemanja Kutic Jacob Mansson
SF Niklas Larsson Alen Zekovic
SG Anthony Mathis Melker Delryd Kevin Grant
PG Jordan Shepherd Lukas Friberg Tom Sanne

Notable players

  • United Kingdom Dee Ayuba (1 season: 2013–14)
  • United States Thomas Jackson (6 seasons: 2003–04, 2006–09, 2012–15)
  • Sweden Alexander Lindqvist
  • United States Anthony Mathis


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