CB Málaga

Unicaja
Leagues	ACB; Euroleague
Founded	1992
History	Caja de Ronda; (1977-1992); Unicaja Mayoral; (1992-1993); Unicaja Polti; (1993-1994); Unicaja; (1994-Present)
Arena	Palacio de Deportes Jose María Martin Carpena; (capacity: 11,000)
Location	Málaga, Andalusia
Team colors	Forest Green, White and Lime;
President	Eduardo García López
Head coach	Chus Mateo
Championships	1 Spanish Championship; 1 Spanish Cup; 1 Korać Cup
Website	unicajabaloncesto.com
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Home	Away

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Club Baloncesto Málaga, S.A.D., more commonly referred to by its sponsorship name of Unicaja Málaga, is a Spanish professional basketball team based in Málaga, Andalusia. The team plays in the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB) and the Euroleague.

[edit] History

Unicaja was founded in the year 1992 as a merger of the two ACB teams in the city:

CB Caja de Ronda
CB Maristas

The club won its first championship, the Korać Cup in the year 2001. They then won the Spanish King's Cup championship in the year 2005. The next year in 2006, Unicaja won its first-ever Spanish Championship.

The club has over the years featured players like Nacho Rodríguez, Berni Rodríguez, Carlos Cabezas, Jorge Garbajosa, Marcus Brown, Sergei Babkov, Michael Ansley, Louis Bullock, Kenny Miller, and others. In 2007, Unicaja finished in third place in the Euroleague competition, marking the club's best ever Euroleague season to that point.

[edit] Home arenas

Pabellón Guadaljaire (1977–78)
Pabellón Tiro Pichón (1978–81)
Pabellón Ciudad Jardín (1981–99)
Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena (1999–present)

[edit] Players

[edit] Roster

CB Málaga roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
6.0 !C	7	BIH !	Kuzmic, Ognjen	2.14 m (7 ft 0 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	&1000000000000002100000021
2.0 !SG	4	USA !	Fitch, Gerald	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	&1000000000000002900000029
2.0 !SG	12	USA !	Darden, Tremmell	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	&1000000000000003000000030
4.5 !PF	19	UK !	Freeland, Joel	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	113.5 kg (250 lb)	&1000000000000002400000024
4.5 !PF	15	Spain !	Garbajosa, Jorge	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	&1000000000000003400000034
4.5 !PF	--	Brazil !	Lima, Augusto César	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	118 kg (260 lb)	&1000000000000002000000020
3.0 !SF	10	Croatia !	Peric, Hrvoje	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	&1000000000000002600000026
6.0 !C	--	Brazil !	Prestes, Paulão	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	120 kg (265 lb)	&1000000000000002300000023
2.0 !SG	5	Spain !	Rodríguez, Berni (C)	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	&1000000000000003100000031
1.0 !PG	6	USA !	Rowland, Earl	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	&1000000000000002800000028
6.0 !C	22	BIH !	Sinanovic, Nedzad	2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)	113 kg (249 lb)	&1000000000000002800000028
1.0 !PG	9	Latvia !	Valters, Kristaps	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	&1000000000000003000000030
6.0 !C	21	Croatia !	Žorić, Luka	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	&1000000000000002700000027

Head coach

Chus Mateo

Assistant coach(es)

Paco Aurioles
Ángel Sánchez-Cañete

Legend

(C) Team captain
(*) Playing only in Euroleague

Injured

Roster
Updated: 2011-08-27

[edit] Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Inactive
C	Luka Žorić	Nedzad Sinanovic	Paulao Prestes
PF	Joel Freeland	Jorge Garbajosa	Augusto César Lima
SF	Berni Rodriguez	Hrvoje Perić
SG	Tremmell Darden	Gerald Fitch
PG	E. J. Rowland	Kristaps Valters	José Pozas

[edit] Head coaches

Alfonso Queipo de Llano 1977–79, 1985–86
José María Martín Urbano 1979–80, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990–92
Damián Caneda 1980–81
Ramón Guardiola 1981–82
Moncho Monsalve 1982–84
Ignacio Pinedo 1984–85
Arturo Ortega 1986–87
Zoran Slavnić 1987–88
Mario Pesquera 1988–90

Javier Imbroda 1992–98
Pedro Ramírez 1998–99
Božidar Maljković 1999–03
Paco Alonso 2003
Chechu Mulero 2003
Sergio Scariolo 2003–08
Aito Garcia Reneses 2008–2011
Chus Mateo 2011–present

[edit] Season by season

[edit] CB Caja de Ronda

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	Cup Competitions	European Competitions
1979–80	2	1ª División B	9	–	–	–
1980–81	2	1ª División B	1	Promoted	–	–
1981–82	1	1ª División	10	–	–	–
1982–83	1	1ª División	12	–	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	–
1983–84	1	Liga ACB	10	Round of 16	–	–
1984–85	1	Liga ACB	14	Relegated	–	–
1985–86	2	1ª División B	4	Finalist	–	–
1986–87	2	1ª División B	1	Promoted	–	–
1987–88	1	Liga ACB	14	Relegation playoffs	–	Played Korać Cup
1988–89	1	Liga ACB	5	Quarterfinalist	–	–
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	5	Quarterfinalist	–	Played Korać Cup
1990–91	1	Liga ACB	10	Round of 16	–	Played Korać Cup
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	14	Round of 16	–	–

[edit] CB Maristas

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason
1981–82	3	2ª División	1	Promotion playoffs
1982–83	3	2ª División	2	Promotion playoffs
1983–84	3	2ª División	2	Promoted
1984–85	2	1ª División B	15	Relegated
1985–86	3	2ª División	2	Promoted
1986–87	2	1ª División B	5	–
1987–88	2	1ª División B	4	Promoted
1988–89	1	Liga ACB	15	–
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	13	–
1990–91	1	Liga ACB	14	Round of 16
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	15	Round of 16

[edit] CB Málaga

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	Cup Competitions	European Competitions
1992–93	1	Liga ACB	9	Round of 16	–	–
1993–94	1	Liga ACB	10	Round of 16	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	–
1994–95	1	Liga ACB	2	Runner-up	–	–
1995–96	1	Liga ACB	6	Quarterfinalist	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	Played Euroleague
1996–97	1	Liga ACB	7	Quarterfinalist	–	Korać Cup quarterfinalist
1997–98	1	Liga ACB	8	Quarterfinalist	–	Played Korać Cup
1998–99	1	Liga ACB	9	–	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	Played Korać Cup
1999–00	1	Liga ACB	8	Quarterfinalist	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	Korać Cup runner-up
2000–01	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	Korać Cup champion
2001–02	1	Liga ACB	2	Runner-up	Copa del Rey semifinalist	Played Euroleague
2002–03	1	Liga ACB	3	Semifinalist	Copa del Rey semifinalist	Played Euroleague
2003–04	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	–	Played Euroleague
2004–05	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	SC semifinalist, CR champion	Played Euroleague
2005–06	1	Liga ACB	1	Champion	SC semifinalist, CR semifinalist	Played Euroleague
2006–07	1	Liga ACB	8	Quarterfinalist	SC runner-up, CR quarterfinalist	Euroleague semifinalist^3rd
2007–08	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	Played Euroleague
2008–09	1	Liga ACB	3	Semifinalist	Copa del Rey runner-up	Played Euroleague
2009–10	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	–	Played Euroleague
2010–11	1	Liga ACB	8	Quarterfinalist	–	Played Euroleague
2011–12	1	Liga ACB			Copa del Rey	Euroleague