Bisons Loimaa

Bisons Loimaa
Leagues	Korisliiga VTB United League
Founded	1964
History	Loimaan Korikonkarit (1964–2011) Nilan Bisons Loimaa (2011–2015) Bisons Loimaa (2015–present)
Arena	Loimaa Sports Center Energia Areena
Capacity	1,500[1] 3,500
Location	Loimaa, Finland
Team colors	Red, White, Navy
Head coach	Greg Gibson
Championships	2 Finnish Leagues
Website	bisons.fi
Uniforms
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Bisons Loimaa is a Finnish professional basketball club that is based in Loimaa. The club competes in the Korisliiga, the top Finnish league. As of the 2014–15 season it also competes in the VTB United League.

History

Logo with Nilan as the main sponsor

The club was established in 1964 as Loimaan Korikonkarit. The team was renamed Bisons after it was promoted to the Korisliiga in 2011. The team won the Finnish league championship in its first season in the league. Bisons won the championship once again in 2013, and qualified to play in Europe's 2nd-tier competition, the Eurocup, during the Eurocup 2013–14 season.

On 31 May 2016, Bisons Loimaa did not participate in the top Finish league due to financial problems and would join the fourth division.^[2]

Arenas

The club plays its national domestic league home games at the Loimaa Sports Center in Loimaa. Its VTB United League home games are played in Loimaa and at the Energia Areena in Vantaa.

Trophies

• Korisliiga

Champions (2): 2011–12, 2012–13

Runners-up (1): 2014–15

Current roster

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

Bisons Loimaa roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name PG 4 P.J. Hill Jr. F/C 5 Josh Sparks SF 8 Matias Ojala G/F 10 Ronnie Clark C 11 Tuukka Kotti SF 12 Eero Aaltonen G 13 Aubrey Coleman G 13 Tayloe Taylor F 17 Juho-Matti Henttonen PG 22 Artur Arhangelski G/F 23 Ville Mäkäläinen PG 25 Villematti Kopio G 27 Yannick Franke SF 28 Aapeli Alanen SF 32 Henri Niemistö F/C 41 Erkka Lahti	Head coach Greg Gibson Assistant coach(es) Damion Dantzler Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 18 April 2016

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

• Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
• Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time.
• Mikko Koivisto
• Matti Nuutinen
• Kimmo Muurinen
• Roope Ahonen
• Pierre Jallow
• Yannick Franke
• Ralph Sampson III

Season by season

Season	Domestic competitions				Finnish Cup	European competitions			Regional competitions
	Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason		Tier	League	Result	League	Pos.	Postseason
2011–12	1	Korisliiga	2	Champion		N/A			N/A
2012–13	1	Korisliiga	1	Champion	Runner–up	N/A			N/A
2013–14	1	Korisliiga	2	Third place		2	Eurocup	RS	N/A
2014–15	1	Korisliiga	4	Runners-up	–	N/A			VTB	13	–

References

1. "Nilan Bisons Loimaa". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
2. "Bisons hakee liigalisenssiä" (in Finnish). Loimaan Lehti. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.

External links

• Official Website (Finnish)
• Eurobasket.com Team Page