Bàsquet Manresa

Assignia Manresa
Assignia Manresa
Leagues	ACB
Founded	1931
History	Manresa Basquetbol Club; (1931–1934); Unió Manresana de Bàsquet ; (1934–1979); Manresa Esportiu Bàsquet; (1979–1992); Bàsquet Manresa; (1992–Present)
Arena	Pavelló Nou Congost
Location	Manresa, Catalonia
Team colors	Red, Black, White;
President	Josep Vives
Head coach	Jaume Ponsarnau
Championships	1 Spanish Championship; 1 Spanish Cup; 1 LEB Oro Championship
Website	basquetmanresa.com
Home	Away

Bàsquet Manresa, S.A.D., known as Assignia Manresa for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Manresa, Catalonia, Spain, playing in Liga ACB. The team was founded in 1931. They are currently playing their home games at the Pavelló Nou Congost. The team has won the ACB Championship once, in 1998.

Joan "Chichi" Creus is the team's most decorated player; he was the Spanish Cup Most Valuable Player in 1996, and the ACB Finals MVP two years later. Some others well known players that had played for Bàsquet Manresa are Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Roger Esteller, Derrick Alston, Serge Ibaka, Andrés Nocioni, and the Basketball Hall of Famer George Gervin, that at the age of 38 spent one year in the team, averaging 23.1 points and helping them to avoid the relegation from the Spanish top division.

Sponsorship naming

Bàsquet Manresa has received diverse sponsorship names along the years:

Manresa K'ans 1967–1971
Manresa La Casera 1971–1977
Icab Manresa 1977–1979
Marlboro Manresa 1979–1980
Caixa Manresa 1981–1982, 1984–1985
Seguros Velázquez Manresa 1982–1983

Ebro Manresa 1983–1984
TDK Manresa 1985–2000
Minorisa.net Manresa 2000–2002
Ricoh Manresa 2002–2009
Suzuki Manresa 2009–2010
Assignia Manresa 2010–Present

Team logos

Non commercial logo
2002–2009

Home arenas

Pavelló Congost (1968–92), before 1968 the team played in not domed courts next to the football stadium of Pujolet.
Pavelló Nou Congost (1992–present)

Players of note

Basketball Hall of Famers

George Gervin, SG, 1989–1990, Inducted 1996

Retired numbers

7 Joan Creus, G, 1993–2001
10 Pep Pujolrás, F, 1986–1992

Roster

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Head coaches

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Francesc Casé 1967–1968
Josep Masseguer 1968–1969
Jeroni Alberola 1969–1970
Antoni Serra 1970–1977
Alfonso Martínez 1977–1978
Juan Martínez 1978
J. M. Soler 1978
Jaume Berenguer 1978–1979
Joan Basora 1979–1981
Pere Guiu 1981
Miguel López Abril 1981
Jaume Ventura 1981–1984
Germán González 1984

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Francesc Canellas 1984–1985
Miquel Bataller 1985
Juanito Jiménez 1985–1986
Joan María Gavaldá 1986–1988
Flor Meléndez 1988–1990
Ricard Casas 1990, 2001–2005
Pedro Martínez 1990–1994
Salva Maldonado 1994–1997, 2000–2001
Luis Casimiro 1997–1999
Manel Comas 1999–2000
Xavier García 2005
Óscar Quintana 2005–2007
Jaume Ponsarnau 2007–present

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Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	Cup Competitions	European Competitions	RS	PO	Cup	EU	Tot
1967–68	2	2ª División	1	Promoted^Runner-up	–	–	15–3	9–2	–	–	24–5
1968–69	1	1ª División	11	Relegated	–	–	7–15	0–1	–	–	7–16
1969–70	2	2ª División	1	Promoted	–	–	19–3	–	–	–	19–3
1970–71	1	1ª División	4	–	Copa del Rey semifinalist	–	11–1–10	–	3–3	–	14–1–13
1971–72	1	1ª División	8	–	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	Korać Cup quarterfinalist	9–13	–	2–4	0–2	11–19
1972–73	1	1ª División	7	–	–	–	14–1–15	–	1–1	–	15–1–16
1973–74	1	1ª División	6	–	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	–	13–2–13	–	0–2	–	13–2–15
1974–75	1	1ª División	5	–	Copa del Rey semifinalist	–	9–3–10	–	0–2	–	9–3–12
1975–76	1	1ª División	6	Final stage	–	–	10–12	3–7	–	–	13–19
1976–77	1	1ª División	9	–	–	–	8–1–13	–	3–2	–	11–1–15
1977–78	1	1ª División	5	–	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	–	9–1–12	–	5–9	–	14–1–21
1978–79	1	1ª División	7	–	–	–	10–12	–	1–1	–	11–13
1979–80	1	1ª División	6	–	Copa del Rey runner-up	–	10–12	–	4–1–1	–	14–1–13
1980–81	1	1ª División	8	–	Copa del Rey semifinalist	–	10–1–15	–	2–4	–	12–1–19
1981–82	1	1ª División	7	–	–	–	13–13	–	1–1	–	14–14
1982–83	1	1ª División	9	–	–	–	10–16	–	0–2	–	10–18
1983–84	1	Liga ACB	16	Relegated	–	–	5–23	–	–	–	5–23
1984–85	2	1ª División B	3	Promoted	–	–	17–9	–	–	–	17–9
1985–86	1	Liga ACB	10	Round of 16	Copa Príncipe quarterfinalist	–	14–14	0–2	1–5	–	15–21
1986–87	1	Liga ACB	10	Round of 16	Copa Príncipe runner-up	–	13–15	1–2	3–1	–	17–18
1987–88	1	Liga ACB	15	–	Copa Príncipe quarterfinalist	Korać Cup Second Round	15–13	2–3	–	1–1	18–17
1988–89	1	Liga ACB	20	Relegation playoffs	–	–	15–21	3–1	–	–	18–22
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	22	Relegation playoffs	–	–	15–13	2–3	2–1–1	–	19–1–17
1990–91	1	Liga ACB	18	Relegation playoffs	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	–	15–19	3–1	6–1	–	24–21
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	13	Round of 16	–	–	15–19	2–4	1–1	–	18–24
1992–93	1	Liga ACB	13	Round of 16	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	–	15–16	1–2	4–3	–	20–21
1993–94	1	Liga ACB	7	Quarterfinalist	–	–	19–9	3–3	2–2	–	24–14
1994–95	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	–	Korać Cup Group Stage	21–17	2–4	–	–	23–21
1995–96	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	Copa del Rey champion	Korać Cup Group Stage	24–14	4–4	3–0	5–5	36–23
1996–97	1	Liga ACB	8	Quarterfinalist	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	Saporta Cup Round of 16	19–15	0–3	0–1	7–7	26–26
1997–98	1	Liga ACB	1	Champion	Copa del Rey semifinalist	Korać Cup Round of 32	21–13	9–3	1–1	5–3	36–20
1998–99	1	Liga ACB	11	–	–	Euroleague Group Stage	16–18	–	–	3–7	19–25
1999–00	1	Liga ACB	17	Relegated	–	–	11–23	–	–	–	11–23
2000–01	2	LEB	3	Semifinalist	Copa Príncipe runner-up	–	22–8	4–4	1–1	–	27–13
2001–02	2	LEB	2	Promoted	Copa Príncipe semifinalist	–	26–4	6–1–4	0–1	–	32–1–9
2002–03	1	Liga ACB	13	–	–	–	15–19	–	–	–	15–19
2003–04	1	Liga ACB	9	–	–	–	16–18	–	–	–	16–18
2004–05	1	Liga ACB	13	–	–	–	12–22	–	–	–	12–22
2005–06	1	Liga ACB	17	Relegated	–	–	12–22	–	–	–	12–22
2006–07	2	LEB	1	Promoted	–	–	19–15	7–0	–	–	26–15
2007–08	1	Liga ACB	11	–	–	–	14–20	–	–	–	14–20
2008–09	1	Liga ACB	11	–	–	–	14–18	–	–	–	14–18
2009–10	1	Liga ACB	12	–	–	–	14–20	–	–	–	14–20
2010–11	1	Liga ACB	15	–	–	–	10–24	–	–	–	10–24
2011–12	1	Liga ACB	12	–	–	–	15–19	–	–	–	15–19
2012–13	1	Liga ACB									–