Basket Zaragoza 2002
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| Leagues | Liga ACB | |||
| Founded | 2002 | |||
| Arena | Pabellón Príncipe Felipe | |||
| Location | Zaragoza, Aragón | |||
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| President | Reynaldo Benito | |||
| Head coach | José Luis Abós | |||
| Championships | 2 LEB Oro championship 1 Copa Príncipe |
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Basket Zaragoza 2002 S. A. D., more commonly known as CAI Zaragoza by sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Zaragoza, Aragón, who currently plays in Liga ACB. It does it at Pabellón Príncipe Felipe.
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History
Basket Zaragoza 2002 S. A. D. was founded in 2002 with the aim of giving the city of Zaragoza back to the Spanish basketball elite league, after old CB Zaragoza left the Liga ACB on 1996. It started playing on Liga LEB, after taking the post belonging to CB Coruña.
CAI Zaragoza spent five hard years on LEB Oro league before reaching Liga ACB for the first time. The team had to overcome a relegation playoffs (against CB Ciudad de Huelva) and four consecutive failed promotion playoffs (against CB Granada, CB Murcia and Baloncesto León twice).
Finally, the "red tide" got promoted to Liga ACB but its first participation on it was a total failure. CAI Zaragoza got immediately relegated, after being defeated in the last day by CB Murcia. Nevertheless the team arranged again the highest competition at the first attempt.
Important changes inside the club made the team improve and get healthy. Thanks to these changes, CAI Zaragoza has established on the highest basketball league of Spain.
Season by season
| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | Postseason | Cup competitions |
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| 2002–03 | 2 | LEB | 14 | Relegation playoffs | – |
| 2003–04 | 2 | LEB | 4 | Semifinalist | Copa Príncipe champion |
| 2004–05 | 2 | LEB | 6 | Quarterfinalist | Copa Príncipe semifinalist |
| 2005–06 | 2 | LEB | 4 | Semifinalist | – |
| 2006–07 | 2 | LEB | 3 | Semifinalist | – |
| 2007–08 | 2 | LEB Oro | 1 | Promoted | Copa Príncipe semifinalist |
| 2008–09 | 1 | Liga ACB | 17 | Relegated | Supercopa runner-up |
| 2009–10 | 2 | LEB Oro | 1 | Promoted | – |
| 2010–11 | 1 | Liga ACB | 10 | – | – |
| 2011–12 | 1 | Liga ACB | – |
Honors
Trophies
- 2nd division championships: (2)
- Copa Príncipe de Asturias: (1)
- 2004
Individual awards
- Matías Lescano – 2004
Players database
Coaches database
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José Luis Abós García | 2009-present |
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Alberto Angulo Espinosa | 2008-2009 |
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Alfred Julbe Bosch | 2002-2004 & 2005-2006 |
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Jesús Alfonso Mateo Díez | 2006-2007 |
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José Luis Oliete Terraz | 2002-2003 |
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Óscar Quintana Viar | 2004-2005 |
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Francisco Segura Gómez | 2007-2009 |
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Ranko Zeravica | 2002-2003 |
