Valencia Basket
Valencia Basket | ||||
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Nickname | Taronges (Oranges) | |||
Leagues | Liga ACB EuroCup | |||
Founded | 27 September 1986 | |||
History | Valencia Basket (1986–Present) | |||
Arena | Fuente de San Luis | |||
Capacity | 9,000 | |||
Location | Valencia, Spain | |||
Team colors | Orange, Black, White | |||
President | Vicent J. Solá | |||
Head coach | Joan Peñarroya | |||
Team captain | Bojan Dubljević | |||
Ownership | Juan Roig | |||
Championships | 1 Spanish League 1 Spanish Cup 1 Spanish Supercup 4 EuroCup | |||
Retired numbers | 2 (11, 15) | |||
Website | valenciabasket.com | |||
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Valencia Basket Club S.A.D.,[1] commonly known as Valencia Basket (pronounced [baˈlenθja basˈket]), is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague, with home games played at the Fuente de San Luis. The club is sponsored by the Spanish billionaire Juan Roig.[2]
History[]
1986–1997[]
Valencia Basket was founded on 27 September 1986, after Valencia CF decided to fold its basketball section.[3]
On 4 May 1988, while in its second season in the Primera División B, which was the second tier league of Spanish basketball at that time, the team won its first promotion to the Spanish top-tier level ACB,[4] where the team remained until the 1994–95 season. In 1995, Valencia was relegated to the Spanish 2nd-tier level EBA League, after falling in the league's relegation playoff against Somontano Huesca. In the next season, after being the runner-up in Liga EBA, in a non-promoting season, Valencia BC bought Amway Zaragoza's ACB place to join the top league, where it has remained until nowadays.
1998–2014[]
On 2 February 1998, Pamesa Valencia won its first Spanish national title, after beating Pinturas Bruguer Badalona, by a score of 89–75, in the final of the 1998 Copa del Rey, which was played in Valladolid. One year later, on 13 April 1999, the club played in the final of the 1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup, but was defeated by Benetton Treviso, 64–60, in the final played in Zaragoza. Three years later, the club repeated the same success, but Montepaschi Siena won the final of the 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup, by a score of 81–71, in Lyon, France.
Continuing on with some of the club's best years, the 2001–02 ACB season was historic for the club, as it reached the Spanish ACB League finals, where they could not win any games in their series against FC Barcelona. Before this first success in reaching the finals of the Spanish league's playoffs, Pamesa Valencia won its first European-wide title, by defeating Krka Novo Mesto in the 2002–03 ULEB Cup, which would then also allow the club to make its debut in the European top-tier level EuroLeague.
In its first EuroLeague participation, Pamesa Valencia qualified for the Top 16, but was eliminated there, after not contesting its game at Nokia Arena against Maccabi Elite, adducing security issues in Israel.[5]
On 18 April 2010, Power Electronics Valencia won its second European title, by beating Alba Berlin, 67–44, in the 2010 EuroCup Finals, which was played in Vitoria-Gasteiz.[6] This allowed the club to come back to the top level EuroLeague, seven years after its first participation in the tournament. This time, Valencia reached the EuroLeague quarterfinals, where it was eliminated by Real Madrid, who won the playoff series by a 3–2 margin.
The club's third European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup title arrived on 7 May 2014, when Valencia beat UNICS Kazan, in the double-legged finals.
2015–present[]
On 5 June 2017, Valencia Basket qualified for its second Spanish Liga ACB Finals series, after defeating Baskonia in the semifinals of the 2017 national league playoffs. This time, the club won its first ever Spanish national domestic league championship, on 16 June 2017, by defeating Real Madrid with a 3–1 series score in the ACB league's finals.[7] In the same season, the club also reached the finals of both the Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup), and the EuroCup, but they lost those finals to Real Madrid, and fellow Spanish side, Unicaja, respectively. By winning the Spanish League championship, Valencia also sealed their return to the next season's top-tier level EuroLeague competition, for the 2017–18 season.
The club's fourth European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup title arrived on 16 April 2019, when Valencia beat Alba Berlin, in the double-legged finals.
Arena[]
Valencia Basket plays its home games at the 8,500 seat[8] Fuente de San Luis arena, however the arena is better known as La Fonteta.
Sponsorship naming[]
Valencia Basket has had several sponsorship names over the years:
- Valencia-Hoja del Lunes: 1986–1987
- Pamesa Valencia: 1987–2009
- Power Electronics Valencia: 2009–2011
Logos[]
1987–2009 (The logo during the Pamesa era).
2009–2017 (Original non commercial logo).
2016–2017 (30 year anniversary logo).
2017–present.
Players[]
Retired numbers[]
Valencia Basket retired numbers | |||||
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No | Nat. | Player | Position | Tenure | |
11 | Nacho Rodilla | PG | 1994–2003 | ||
15 | Víctor Luengo | SG/SF | 1992–2007 |
Current roster[]
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Updated: September 8, 2021 |
Depth chart[]
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench | Bench 3 |
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C | Bojan Dubljević | Mike Tobey | |
PF | Jasiel Rivero | Louis Labeyrie | Jaime Pradilla |
SF | Víctor Claver | Xabier López-Arostegui | |
SG | Klemen Prepelič | Martin Hermannsson | |
PG | Nenad Dimitrijević | Sam Van Rossom |
Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non–FIBA Europe player
FIBA Hall of Famers[]
Valencia Basket Hall of Famers | |||||
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Players | |||||
No. | Nat. | Name | Position | Tenure | Inducted |
44 | Antoine Rigaudeau | G | 2003–2005 | 2015[9] |
Head coaches[]
- Toni Ferrer: 1986–1987, 1989
- Antoni Serra: 1987–1989
- José Antonio Figueroa: 1989–1991
- Fernando Jiménez: 1991
- Manu Moreno: 1992–1995
- Herb Brown: 1995
- Mihajlo Vuković: 1995–2000
- Luis Casimiro: 2000–2002
- Paco Olmos: 2002–2004, 2011–2012
- Pablo Laso: 2004–2005
- Chechu Mulero: 2005, 2006
- Ricard Casas: 2005–2006
- Fotios Katsikaris: 2006–2008
- Neven Spahija: 2008–2010
- Manolo Hussein: 2010
- Svetislav Pešić: 2010–2011
- Velimir Perasović: 2012–2015
- Carles Duran: 2015
- Pedro Martínez: 2015–2017
- Txus Vidorreta: 2017–2018
- Jaume Ponsarnau: 2018–2021
- Joan Peñarroya: 2021–present
Season by season[]
Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Copa del Rey | Other cups | European competitions | |||
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1986–87 | 2 | 1ª División B | 19th | 14–20 | ||||||
1987–88 | 2 | 1ª División B | 8th | 24–19 | ||||||
1988–89 | 1 | Liga ACB | 16th | 12–27 | First round | |||||
1989–90 | 1 | Liga ACB | 10th | 27–12 | Round of 16 | |||||
1990–91 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th | 18–22 | Second round | |||||
1991–92 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th | 21–19 | Second round | |||||
1992–93 | 1 | Liga ACB | 10th | 19–15 | Second round | |||||
1993–94 | 1 | Liga ACB | 12th | 15–17 | First round | |||||
1994–95 | 1 | Liga ACB | 19th | 16–26 | First round | |||||
1995–96 | 2 | Liga EBA | 2nd[a] | 28–10 | ||||||
1996–97 | 1 | Liga ACB | 11th | 17–17 | ||||||
1997–98 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 21–17 | Champion | |||||
1998–99 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 20–19 | Quarterfinalist | 2 Saporta Cup | RU | 17–2 | ||
1999–00 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 20–17 | Runner-up | 2 Saporta Cup | QF | 13–3 | ||
2000–01 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 23–15 | Semifinalist | 2 Saporta Cup | SF | 11–5 | ||
2001–02 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 22–16 | Quarterfinalist | 2 Saporta Cup | RU | 13–4 | ||
2002–03 | 1 | Liga ACB | 2nd | 32–13 | Semifinalist | 2 ULEB Cup | C | 14–4 | ||
2003–04 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 24–14 | Quarterfinalist | 1 Euroleague | T16 | 13–7 | ||
2004–05 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th | 18–16 | Semifinalist | 2 ULEB Cup | SF | 11–1–4 | ||
2005–06 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th | 16–18 | Runner-up | |||||
2006–07 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 20–18 | ||||||
2007–08 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 23–14 | Quarterfinalist | 2 ULEB Cup | QF | 10–5 | ||
2008–09 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 16–18 | Quarterfinalist | 2 Eurocup | QF | 10–3 | ||
2009–10 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 23–13 | Semifinalist | 2 Eurocup | C | 14–2 | ||
2010–11 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 24–12 | Semifinalist | Supercopa | RU | 1 Euroleague | QF | 10–11 |
2011–12 | 1 | Liga ACB | 4th | 23–18 | 2 Eurocup | RU | 12–4 | |||
2012–13 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 23–14 | Runner-up | Supercopa | SF | 2 Eurocup | SF | 11–5 |
2013–14 | 1 | Liga ACB | 3rd | 34–8 | Semifinalist | 2 Eurocup | C | 15–9 | ||
2014–15 | 1 | Liga ACB | 4th | 23–18 | Quarterfinalist | Supercopa | SF | 1 Euroleague | RS | 3–7 |
2 Eurocup | QF | 5–5 | ||||||||
2015–16 | 1 | Liga ACB | 3rd | 31–9 | Quarterfinalist | 2 Eurocup | L32 | 13–3 | ||
2016–17 | 1 | Liga ACB | 1st | 31–12 | Runner-up | 2 EuroCup | RU | 18–5 | ||
2017–18 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 23–14 | Quarterfinalist | Supercopa | C | 1 EuroLeague | 9th | 12–18 |
2018–19 | 1 | Liga ACB | 3rd | 25–15 | Quarterfinalist | 2 EuroCup | C | 20–3 | ||
2019–20 | 1 | Liga ACB | 3rd | 16–13 | Semifinalist | Supercopa | SF | 1 EuroLeague | — | 12–16 |
- ^ Bought the ACB berth to Amway Zaragoza.
Honours[]
Trophies and Awards[]
- Liga ACB: (1)
- Copa del Rey: (1)
- Supercopa: (1)
- Saporta Cup:
- Runners-up (2): 1999, 2002
- EuroCup Basketball: (4)
Friendly trophies[]
- Torneo de Lleida Stagepro: (1)
- 2009
- Valencia, Spain Invitational Game: (1)
- 2009
- Trofeo Costa de Sol: (1)
- 2014
- Trofeo Feria de Albacete: (1)
- 2019
- Castello, Spain Invitational Game: (1)
- 2019
- Salou, Spain Invitational Game: (1)
- 2020
Individual awards[]
- Justin Doellman – 2014
- Bojan Dubljević – 2017
Spanish Cup MVP
- Nacho Rodilla – 1998
- Erick Green – 2017
All-ACB First Team
- Justin Doellman – 2014
- Romain Sato – 2014
- Pau Ribas – 2015
- Justin Hamilton – 2016
- Bojan Dubljević – 2017, 2019
All-ACB Second Team
- Bojan Dubljević – 2018
- Alberto Abalde – 2020
ACB Slam Dunk Champion
- Víctor Claver – 2007
- Dejan Tomašević – 2003
- Matt Nielsen – 2010
- Justin Doellman – 2014
- Will Thomas - 2019
- Víctor Claver – 2010
- Bojan Dubljević – 2013, 2014
- Pedro Martínez – 2017
- Duško Savanović – 2011
- Nando De Colo – 2010
- Matt Nielsen – 2010
- Nik Caner-Medley – 2012
- Justin Doellman – 2013, 2014
- Bojan Dubljević – 2017, 2019
- Matt Nielsen – 2009
- Bojan Dubljević – 2014
- Fernando San Emeterio – 2017
- Sam Van Rossom – 2019
Notable players[]
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- Salva Díez
- Johnny Rogers
- Víctor Luengo
- Nacho Rodilla
- Berni Álvarez
- Víctor Claver
- Rafa Martinez
- Pau Ribas
- Guillem Vives
- Fernando San Emeterio
- Alberto Abalde
- Alejandro Montecchia
- Federico Kammerichs
- Fabricio Oberto
- Matt Nielsen
- Tiago Splitter
- Vítor Faverani
- Antoine Rigaudeau
- Florent Piétrus
- Nando de Colo
- Mickaël Gelabale
- Justin Doellman
- Robertas Javtokas
- Mindaugas Timinskas
- Dejan Tomašević
- Igor Rakočević
- Kosta Perović
- Duško Savanović
- Nikola Kalinić
- Tornike Shengelia
- Shammond Williams
- Dimos Dikoudis
- Serhiy Lishchuk
- Brad Branson
- Bernard Hopkins
- Tanoka Beard
- Brian Cardinal
- Derrick Williams
Women's team[]
The women's team of Valencia Basket was created in 2014 and promoted to Liga Femenina in 2018, winning the final game against Real Club Celta de Vigo in Valencia. This access to the first division and the relegation of made Valencia Basket the only club with masculine and feminine representation in the first division in the 2018-2019 season.
In the first season competing on the first division, Valencia Basket achieved a ticket to their first Copa de la Reina de baloncesto, celebrated in Vitoria between the 28th of February and the 3 of June. Also, they achieve a spot to participate in the playoffs, losing against Perfumerías Avenida on the semifinals, but achieving the opportunity to play his first European tournament the next season.
References[]
- ^ "Relación de SAD — Portal del Consejo Superior de Deportes" (in Spanish). Consejo Superior de Deportes. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ^ Olvídese de la Masía de Messi: bienvenidos a L'Alqueria de Juan Roig (in Spanish).
- ^ "Valencia Basket cumple 30 años" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ 23 years from the promotion of Valencia Basket ACB.com May 4, 2011
- ^ "El Pamesa no viaja a Tel Aviv y perderá (20-0) el partido" (in Spanish). El País. 25 March 2004. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ "Power Electronic Valencia Champ!". Eurocup Basketball. 18 April 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ "Valencia Basket reescribe su historia (87-76)" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- ^ MUNICIPAL COURT FUENTE DE SAN LUIS CAPACITY: 8.500 spectators
- ^ "FIBA.basketball". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
External links[]
- Official website
- Valencia Basket at ACB.com (in Spanish)
- Valencia Basket at the EuroLeague
- Valencia Basket
- Basketball teams in the Valencian Community
- Basketball teams established in 1986
- Liga ACB teams
- Sport in Valencia