Sopron Basket
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Leagues | NB I/A EuroLeague Women | ||
Founded | 1921 | ||
History | Soproni VSE (1986–1993) GYSEV-Sopron (1993–2002) Orsi-Sopron (2002–2004) MKB-Euroleasing Sopron (2004–2011) Uniqa-Euroleasing Sopron (2011–2015) Uniqa Sopron (2015–2017) Sopron Basket | ||
Arena | MKB Aréna | ||
Location | Sopron, Hungary | ||
Team colors | Green and yellow | ||
President | Zoltán Török | ||
Head coach | Dávid Gáspár | ||
Championships | 1 Ronchetti Cup 13 Hungarian Leagues 8 | ||
Website | Official website | ||
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Sopron Basket is a Hungarian women's basketball club from Sopron. Founded in 1921 as the women's section of , it has played in the Hungarian National Championship since 1986. It plays its home games in the Aréna Sopron.
Sopron won its first national championship in 1993, making its debut in the Euroleague the following season. Settled in the top positions, the team played in subsequent years the Ronchetti Cup, which it won in 1998 beating . As of 2011 Sopron remains the only Hungarian women's basketball team that has won an international competition since the fall of communism. The following year Sopron won its second championship, which marked its return to the Euroleague, which it has played every year since.[1]
The team has won four more championships since 2002, three of them between 2007 and 2011. In 2009 it reached the Euroleague's Final Four after beating Wisła Kraków and Bourges Basket in the knockout stages, ending 4th after losing to CB Avenida and UMMC Ekaterinburg.
Honours[]
Titles[]
- 1 Ronchetti Cup (1998)
- 12 Hungarian Leagues (1993, 1999, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
- 7 (2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Record in European competitions[]
- EuroLeague
- 1994: 1st Preliminary Round
- 2000: Quarter-Finals
- 2001: Quarter-Finals
- 2002: Quarter-Finals
- : Quarter-Finals
- 2004: Round of 16
- : Round of 16
- : Quarter-Finals
- 2007: Quarter-Finals
- 2008: Round of 16
- 2009: 4th
- 2010: Group Stage (4/6)
- 2011: Round of 16
- 2012: Group Stage (4/8)
- 2013: Group Stage (3/9)
- 2014: Round of 16
- 2016: Group Stage (1/13)
- 2017: Group Stage (4/10)
- 2018: Runners-up
- Ronchetti Cup
- 1995: Group Stage (4/4)
- 1996: 3rd Preliminary Round
- 1997: Quarter-Finals
- 1998: Champion
- 1999: Quarter-Finals
Current squad[]
Team roster[]
- Roster for the 2017–18 season[2]
- Guards
- [1.78]
Virág Weninger
- [1.71]
Yvonne Turner
- [1.78]
Zsófia Fegyverneky
- [1.84]
Debora Dubei
- [1.78]
Ángela Salvadores
- [1.78]
- Forwards
- [1.88]
Aleksandra Crvendakić
- [1.83]
Dalma Czukor
- [1.91]
Tina Jovanović
- [1.68]
Dominika Böröndy
- [1.90]
Jelena Milovanović
- [1.90]
Patrícia Bakó
- [1.88]
- Centers
- [1.93]
Alaina Denise Coates
- [2.08]
Bernadett Határ
- [1.88]
Danielle Page
- [1.93]
Technical staff[]
Head Coach: Roberto Íñiguez
Assistant Coach: Carlos Cantero
Fitness Coach: Alberto Pacheco
Physiotherapist: Angel Lopez
Team Doctor: György Sztancs, MD
References[]
- ^ Profile in FIBA Europe's website
- ^ "Sopron Basket". Sopron Basket official website. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
External links[]
- Official website
- Profile at eurobasket.com
- Women's basketball teams in Hungary
- EuroLeague Women clubs
- Sport in Sopron
- Basketball teams established in 1921