{{Short description|Professional basketball club in Wien, Austria}} {{Infobox basketball club | name = Vienna Timberwolves | color1 = white | color2 = navy | color3 = skyblue | logo = | nickname = Wolves | leagues = Austrian Basketball Superliga | conference = | division = | founded = {{Start date and age|1957}} | dissolved = <!-- or | folded = --> | history = | arena = | capacity = 1,000 | location = Telekom Dome | colors = Wien, Austria | current = | sponsor = Deutsche Telekom | media = | president = | vice-presidents = | manager = | coach = Hubert Schmidt | captain = | ownership = | championships = '''3''' Austrian Second League | conf_champs = | div_champs = | season = | position = | website =[http://www.dctimberwolves.at/ dctimberwolves.at] | 1_body = FFFFFF | 1_pattern_b = | 1_shorts = FFFFFF | 1_pattern_s = _purplesides | 2_body = 800080 | 2_pattern_b = _whitesides | 2_shorts = 800080 | 2_pattern_s = _whitesides }}
The '''Vienna Timberwolves,''' formerly '''Vienna DC Timberwolves''', are an Austrian basketball club based in Wien. Since the 2018–19 season, the Timberwolves play in the Austrian Basketball Superliga (BSL), the highest tier in Austrian basketball. The Timberwolves are three-times Austrian Second League winners.
The club was founded on 21 June 1957 as the basketball section of WAT Stadlau,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://citizen.bmi.gv.at/at.gv.bmi.fnsweb-p/zvn/public/imagesdyn/Vereinsregisterauszug?sessionID=bd39960f-c881-449b-a214-6a5a51cdbb89_20180213085440535&pdf=true |title=Archivierte Kopie |access-date=August 31, 2019 |archive-date=February 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213195216/https://citizen.bmi.gv.at/at.gv.bmi.fnsweb-p/zvn/public/imagesdyn/Vereinsregisterauszug?sessionID=bd39960f-c881-449b-a214-6a5a51cdbb89_20180213085440535&pdf=true |url-status=dead }}</ref> which was established two years earlier. In 1972, the club separated from the WAT Stadlau Omnisport club and became WAT Donaustadt. The first president of the club was Ferdinand Stadelmayer. In the 2014–15 season, the Timberwolves won the 2.ÖBL but was not able to promote as it lost to UBSC Graz in the promotion playoffs. Jakob Pöltl played in the Wolves youth sections during his younger years, from 2009 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dctimberwolves.at/verein-presse/geschichte|title=Geschichte|work=www.dctimberwolves.at|access-date=31 August 2019|archive-date=22 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822190337/http://www.dctimberwolves.at/verein-presse/geschichte|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Trophies== '''Austrian Second League''' *'''Winners (3):''' 2009–10, 2014–15, 2017-18
==Season by season== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" |+ Key |bgcolor="bce8e8" width=15| | Playoff berth |- | bgcolor=#BBF3BB| | Promoted |} {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%" summary="Season (sortable), Team, Conference, Conference finish (sortable), Division, Division finish (sortable), Wins (sortable), Losses (sortable), Win% (sortable), GB (sortable), Playoffs, Awards and Head coach" |- !scope="col" rowspan=2 | Season !scope="col" rowspan=2 | Tier !scope="col" rowspan=2 | League !scope="col" colspan=5 | Regular season !scope="col" rowspan=2|Playoffs !scope="col" rowspan=2|Austrian Cup !scope="col" rowspan=2|Head coach |- !scope="col"| Finish !scope="col"| Played !scope="col"| Wins !scope="col"| Losses !scope="col"| Win% |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="13" class="unsortable" align="center" style="border:2px solid silver; background-color:purple;" | <span style="color:white;">'''Vienna DC Timberwolves'''</span> |- |2017–18 |2 |'''2. ÖBL''' | bgcolor=#BBF3BB| 1st | | | | {{Winning percentage||}} | – | | rowspan=3 | Hubert Schmidt |- |2018–19 |1 |'''ÖBL''' | bgcolor=#bce8e8| 8th | 36 | 12 | 24 | {{Winning percentage|12|24}} | Lost quarterfinals (Kapfenberg Bulls, 0–3) | |- |2019–20 |1 |'''Superliga''' | 10th{{efn|The 2019–20 season was ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.}} | 18 | 2 | 16 | {{Winning percentage|2|16}} | – | |}
==Notes== {{Notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga}}
Category:Basketball teams in Austria Category:Basketball teams established in 1957 Category:Sports clubs and teams in Vienna [https://www.flashscore.com/team/vienna-timberwolves/GbMUzUdA/results/ Vienna DC Timberwolves Results] Current results of the Vienna DC Timberwolves