Crailsheim Merlins

The club was founded on 31 January 1986 by a group of students. Until 1994, the team was only active at the lower local leagues and had problems in finding a hall to play at. A year later, the club found a new home in the barracks of departed American armed forces. In 2001, the Merlins managed to promote to the German second division, now the ProA, for the first time. A new home arena was found again, in the form of a renovated market hall.

In the 2013–14 season Merlins promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga, by reaching the ProA Finals. The club managed to avoid relegation in its first season in the league, because Artland Dragons was relegated the club received a wild card. However, in the following 2015–16 season the team was relegated once again after finishing last. In the 2020–21 season, coach Tuomas Iisalo guided the Merlins to their first Bundesliga playoff appearance in club history. Iisalo left Crailsheim at the conclusion of the 2020–21 campaign, Sebastian Gleim was named the new head coach.^[]

In the 2021–22 season, Crailsheim made its European debut as it was placed in the regular season of the FIBA Europe Cup. On 13 October 2021, the Merlins recorded an away win over Bakken Bears in their debut. The same season, the Merlins also reached the final of the 2021–22 BBL-Pokal, its first final appearance in the national cup. The Merlins eventually lost to 86–78 to ALBA Berlin.

Saksamaa Bundesliga	11/02 19:30	6	^[15] Crailsheim Merlins v Rasta Vechta ^[11]	L	68-70
Saksamaa Bundesliga	10/28 14:00	5	^[7] BG Göttingen v Crailsheim Merlins ^[13]	L	93-80
Saksamaa Bundesliga	10/20 18:30	4	^[16] Crailsheim Merlins v Science City Jena ^[12]	W	101-78
Saksamaa Bundesliga	10/12 18:30	3	^[5] Alba Berlin v Crailsheim Merlins ^[14]	L	115-76
Saksamaa Bundesliga	10/03 16:00	2	^[15] Crailsheim Merlins v Giessen 46ers ^[6]	L	90-92
Saksamaa Bundesliga	09/28 18:30	1	Eisbaren Bremerhaven v Crailsheim Merlins	L	93-80
Klubide sõpruskohtumised	08/27 15:30	-	FMP v Crailsheim Merlins	L	95-78
Saksamaa ProA	05/06 13:00	1	SC Vechta v Crailsheim Merlins	W	62-71
Saksamaa ProA	05/04 17:30	1	Crailsheim Merlins v Rasta Vechta	L	87-103
Saksamaa ProA	04/29 15:00	2	^[6] Trier Gladiators v Crailsheim Merlins ^[1]	W	75-97
Saksamaa ProA	04/27 17:30	2	^[1] Crailsheim Merlins v Trier Gladiators ^[6]	W	82-67
Saksamaa ProA	04/24 18:00	2	^[6] Trier Gladiators v Crailsheim Merlins ^[1]	W	90-103
Saksamaa ProA	04/21 17:30	2	Crailsheim Merlins v Trier	L	83-87
Saksamaa ProA	04/14 17:30	3	Crailsheim Merlins v Hanau White Wings	W	99-75
Saksamaa ProA	04/11 17:30	3	^[9] Hanau White Wings v Crailsheim Merlins ^[1]	W	82-107
Saksamaa ProA	04/08 16:00	3	Crailsheim Merlins v Hanau White Wings	W	87-71
Saksamaa ProA	03/31 17:30	30	Chemnitz 99 v Crailsheim Merlins	W	74-91
Saksamaa ProA	03/24 18:30	29	Crailsheim Merlins v Hanau White Wings	W	91-63
Saksamaa ProA	03/17 18:30	28	^[2] Crailsheim Merlins v Nurnberg Falcons ^[12]	W	84-64
Saksamaa ProA	03/14 18:30	27	^[2] Crailsheim Merlins v Paderborn Uni Baskets ^[12]	W	102-77
Saksamaa ProA	03/04 16:00	26	^[15] Baunach Young Pikes v Crailsheim Merlins ^[2]	W	65-103
Saksamaa ProA	02/28 18:30	25	Crailsheim Merlins v Koln Rhein Stars	W	106-94
Saksamaa ProA	02/24 19:00	24	^[11] Hamburg Towers v Crailsheim Merlins ^[2]	W	73-79
Saksamaa ProA	02/18 17:00	23	Crailsheim Merlins v PS Karlsruhe Lions	W	96-86
Saksamaa ProA	02/11 16:00	22	Orange Academy v Crailsheim Merlins	W	76-103
Saksamaa ProA	02/04 16:00	21	^[5] Heidelberg Academics v Crailsheim Merlins ^[2]	W	95-99
Saksamaa ProA	01/24 18:30	20	^[2] Crailsheim Merlins v Ehingen Urspring ^[16]	W	115-68
Saksamaa ProA	01/20 18:30	19	SC Vechta v Crailsheim Merlins	L	86-78
Saksamaa ProA	01/12 19:00	18	^[6] Phoenix Hagen v Crailsheim Merlins ^[2]	W	71-122
Saksamaa ProA	01/05 18:30	17	^[2] Crailsheim Merlins v Kirchheim Knights ^[9]	W	95-84

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