Wikipedia - Swans Gmunden
Basket Swans Gmunden is an Austrian professional basketball club that is based in Gmunden. Their home arena is Volksbank-Arena Gmunden. The club has won the Austrian Bundesliga six times, its most recent being in 2023. To add to that, the Swans have won seven national Cups as well. The main sponsor of the team used to be Allianz for a long period, in which the team was known as Allianz Swans Gmunden.
History
The team was founded in 1965, as the basketball section of Union Gmunden. The first match of Union was played in 1966, it was lost 11–35. After six years, the team eventually promoted all the way to the 2. Bundesliga. Gmunden played seven years in the league, than promoted to the 1. Bundesliga.
The club had its golden years starting from 2003, since then the team started winning trophies in Austria. In 2005, 2006 and 2007 the Swans took the national title. In the 2007–08 season, the first European game of the Swans was played. The team competed in the ULEB Cup, the second tier of European basketball. Swans won the first game on the road against Hapoel Galil Elyon with 74:79. After it sensationally survived the regular season, the team lost in the Eight-finals against Joventut Badalona, the eventual ULEB Cup champions.
In 2014, the sponsorship deal with Allianz ended and the team was named just Swans Gmunden.
In the 2020–21 season, Gmunden won its fifth national championship after a 11-year drought.
Swans Gmunden je jedním z nejúspěšnějších týmů v rakouské basketbalové historii, vyhrál 13 mistrovských titulů ÖBL a 11 rakouských pohárů. Klub se také několikrát zúčastnil evropských soutěží, včetně FIBA Europe Cup.
V současné soupisce Swans Gmunden jsou hráči z Rakouska, Spojených států, Srbska a dalších zemí. Hlavním trenérem týmu je Rainer Guschelbauer.
Fanouškovská základna Swans Gmunden je známá svou vášní a hlučností. Klub má silné vazby na místní komunitu a jeho zápasy jsou často vyprodané.