Southside Flyers | |
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Leagues | WNBL |
Founded | 1992 |
History |
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Arena | State Basketball Centre |
Capacity | 3,200 |
Location | Wantirna South, Victoria, Australia |
Team colors | Aqua, Navy, White |
Main sponsor | Jayco |
General manager | Ian Coutts |
Head coach | Kristi Harrower |
Ownership | Gerry Ryan |
Championships | 5 ( 2004, 2005, 2012, 2020, 2024) |
Website | wnbl.basketball/southside |
The Southside Flyers are an Australian professional basketball team based in Melbourne, Victoria. The Flyers compete in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and play their home games at the State Basketball Centre. For sponsorship purposes, they are known as the Jayco Southside Flyers.
The team was founded as the Dandenong Rangers in 1992. In 2019, the team was rebranded as the Southside Flyers.
The Dandenong Rangers made their debut in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in the 1992 season after Dandenong Basketball Association (DBA) obtained a WNBL license from the Nunawading Spectres. [1] The Rangers went on to finish as runners-up in their first season. In the 2003β04 and 2004β05 seasons, the Rangers won back-to-back WNBL championships. They finished as runners-up in 2005β06. The team won their third championship in 2011β12 and finished runners-up again in 2016β17. [2]
In July 2019, the Dandenong Rangers franchise was purchased from DBA by long-time sponsor Gerry Ryan and rebranded to the Southside Flyers. [3] [4] The team continued to play at Dandenong Stadium until moving to the State Basketball Centre in 2022. [5]
In the 2019β20 WNBL season, the Flyers finished as runners-up. In the 2020 WNBL Hub season in Queensland, the Flyers won their first championship and fourth in franchise history. They finished runners-up again in 2022β23. [2] The Flyers won their second WNBL championship and the franchise's fifth in the 2023β24 season. [6] In the third and deciding game of the 2024 grand final series, the Flyers won 115β81 over the Perth Lynx, breaking the record for both the biggest winning margin in a grand final and the highest score. [7] [8]
Season | Standings | Regular season | Finals | Head coach | ||
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Dandenong Rangers | ||||||
1992 | 3rd | 14 | 6 | 70.0 | Won Semi Final (
Canberra, 67β65) Won Preliminary Final ( Melbourne, 67β57) Lost Grand Final ( Perth, 54β58) |
Alex Palazzolo |
1993 | 4th | 10 | 8 | 55.5 | Lost Semi Final ( Perth, 68β83) | Alex Palazzolo |
1994 | 5th | 10 | 8 | 55.5 | Did not qualify | Alex Palazzolo |
1995 | 8th | 4 | 14 | 22.2 | Did not qualify | Alex Palazzolo |
1996 | 6th | 9 | 9 | 50.0 | Did not qualify | Steve Barr |
1997 | 4th | 9 | 9 | 50.0 | Lost Qualifying Final ( AIS, 66β76) | Steve Barr |
1998 | 6th | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | Did not qualify | Steve Barr |
1998β99 | 7th | 6 | 15 | 28.5 | Did not qualify | Mark Wright |
1999β00 | 5th | 11 | 10 | 52.3 | Did not qualify | Mark Wright |
2000β01 | 4th | 15 | 6 | 71.4 | Won Semi Final (
Adelaide, 83β71) Lost Preliminary Final ( Sydney, 72β78) |
Mark Wright |
2001β02 | 3rd | 15 | 6 | 71.4 | Lost Semi Final ( Sydney, 85β98) | Mark Wright |
2002β03 | 5th | 11 | 10 | 52.3 | Did not qualify | Gary Fox |
2003β04 | 1st | 17 | 4 | 80.9 | Won Semi Final (
Sydney, 85β68) Won Grand Final ( Sydney, 63β53) |
Gary Fox |
2004β05 | 1st | 19 | 2 | 90.4 | Won Semi Final (
Bulleen, 63β59) Won Grand Final ( Sydney, 52β47) |
Gary Fox |
2005β06 | 1st | 14 | 7 | 66.6 | Won Semi Final (
Adelaide, 75β70) Lost Grand Final ( Canberra, 55β68) |
Gary Fox |
2006β07 | 4th | 12 | 9 | 57.1 | Lost Semi Final ( Adelaide, 61β66) | Gary Fox |
2007β08 | 4th | 12 | 12 | 50.0 | Won Semi Final (
Canberra, 60β54) Lost Preliminary Final ( Adelaide, 64β74) |
Dale Waters |
2008β09 | 7th | 7 | 15 | 31.8 | Did not qualify | Dale Waters |
2009β10 | 7th | 7 | 15 | 31.8 | Did not qualify | Dale Waters / Dean Kinsman |
2010β11 | 4th | 12 | 10 | 54.5 | Lost Elimination Final ( Logan, 73β83) | Mark Wright |
2011β12 | 3rd | 14 | 8 | 63.4 | Won Semi Final (
Townsville, 77β66) Won Preliminary Final ( Adelaide, 91β78) Won Grand Final ( Bulleen, 94β70) |
Mark Wright |
2012β13 | 2nd | 19 | 5 | 79.2 | Lost Semi Final (
Bendigo, 71β78) Lost Preliminary Final ( Townsville, 64β78) |
Mark Wright |
2013β14 | 2nd | 16 | 8 | 66.6 | Lost Semi Final (
Bendigo, 62β71) Lost Preliminary Final ( Townsville, 71β74) |
Mark Wright |
2014β15 | 3rd | 12 | 10 | 54.5 | Lost Semi Final ( Sydney, 80β89) | Mark Wright |
2015β16 | 3rd | 15 | 9 | 62.5 | Lost Semi Final ( South East Queensland, 82β86) | Larissa Anderson |
2016β17 | 2nd | 15 | 9 | 62.5 | Won Semi Final (
Perth, 2β1) Lost Grand Final ( Sydney, 0β2) |
Larissa Anderson |
2017β18 | 7th | 7 | 14 | 33.3 | Did not qualify | Larissa Anderson |
2018β19 | 5th | 9 | 12 | 42.8 | Did not qualify | Larissa Anderson |
Southside Flyers | ||||||
2019β20 | 1st | 17 | 4 | 80.9 | Won Semi Final (
Adelaide, 2β0) Lost Grand Final ( Canberra, 0β2) |
Cheryl Chambers |
2020 | 1st | 11 | 2 | 84.6 | Won Semi Final (
Townsville, 106β93) Won Grand Final ( Townsville, 99β82) |
Cheryl Chambers |
2021β22 | 7th | 5 | 12 | 41.1 | Did not qualify | Cheryl Chambers |
2022β23 | 2nd | 15 | 6 | 71.4 | Won Semi Final (
Melbourne, 2β1) Lost Grand Final ( Townsville, 0β2) |
Cheryl Chambers |
2023β24 | 2nd | 13 | 8 | 61.9 | Won Semi Final (
Melbourne, 2β1) Won Grand Final ( Perth, 2β1) |
Cheryl Chambers |
Regular season | 389 | 287 | 57.5 | 5 Minor Premierships | ||
Finals | 18 | 20 | 47.3 | 5 WNBL Championships |
Source: WNBL
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Updated: 28 January 2024 |