Bilbao Basket
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Nickname | Hombres de negro (Men in Black) | ||
Leagues | LEB Oro | ||
Founded | 7 March 2000 | ||
History | Club Basket Bilbao Berri (2000–present) | ||
Arena | Bilbao Arena | ||
Capacity | 10,014 | ||
Location | Bilbao, Spain | ||
Team colors | Black, Silver | ||
Main sponsor | RETAbet | ||
President | Koldo Mauraza | ||
Head coach | Álex Mumbrú | ||
Retired numbers | 1 (14) | ||
Website | Official website | ||
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Club Basket Bilbao Berri S.A.D.,[1] commonly known as Bilbao Basket (pronounced [bilˈβao basˈket]) and as RETAbet Bilbao Basket for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Bilbao, Spain. The team plays in the LEB Oro. Their home arena is the Bilbao Arena.
History
The club was founded in 2000 replacing the former city clubs: Cajabilbao and SD Patronato. After four seasons between LEB and LEB 2, Bilbao promoted to Liga ACB in 2004 by winning by 3–1 to Baloncesto León in the LEB semifinals.
Bilbao spent ten seasons in the top tier of the Spanish basketball becoming finalist of the league in the 2010–11 season, where it lost in the finals to FC Barcelona by 3–0. In 2012, Bilbao played the EuroLeague and it was eliminated in the quarterfinals by CSKA Moscow, who won the series by 3–1.
The best era of the club finished in 2013, when it lost the 2013 Eurocup Final at Charleroi against Lokomotiv Kuban.
On 17 July 2014, the ACB excluded Bilbao Basket from the Liga ACB due to its financial trouble,[2] but on August 8, the Association was forced to retire the exclusion and finally Bilbao Basket remained in the Spanish top league.[3]
The club played four more seasons in Liga ACB until their relegation on 13 May 2018, after losing against Baskonia the Basque derby by 74–78.
Sponsorship naming
Bilbao Basket has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:
- Lagun Aro Bilbao Basket: 2004–07
- iurbentia Bilbao Basket: 2007–09
- Bizkaia Bilbao Basket: 2009–11
- Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao Basket: 2011–2012[4]
- Uxúe Bilbao Basket: 2012–2013[5]
- Dominion Bilbao Basket: 2015–2016[6]
- RETAbet Bilbao Basket: 2016–present[7]
Logos
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Non-commercial logo since 2009
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2007–2009
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2015–2016
Home arenas
- Pabellón La Casilla: (2000–09)
- Bizkaia Arena: (2009–10), occasionally used for home games in 2007 and 2008
- Bilbao Arena: (2010–present)
Players
Retired numbers
Bilbao Basket retired numbers | ||||
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No. | Nat. | Player | Position | Tenure |
14 | ![]() |
Javi Salgado | PG | 2001–2010, 2016–present |
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Updated: August 27, 2018 |
Depth chart
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench |
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C | Kevin Larsen | Ben Lammers |
PF | Justas Sinica | Iván Cruz |
SF | Osvaldas Matulionis | Edu Martínez |
SG | Jaylon Brown | Tomeu Rigo |
PG | Thomas Schreiner | Javi Salgado |
Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non–FIBA Europe player
Coaches
- Txutxo Sanz: 2000–2001
- Pedro Zorrozua: 2001
- Txus Vidorreta: 2001–2010
- Rafa Pueyo: 2010, 2013–2014
- Fotis Katsikaris: 2010–2013
- Sito Alonso: 2014–2016
- Carles Duran: 2016–2017
- Veljko Mršić: 2017–2018
- Jaka Lakovič: 2018
- Álex Mumbrú: 2018–present
Season by season
Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Copa del Rey | Other cups | European competitions | |||
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2000–01 | 3 | LEB 2 | 13th | 13–20 | ||||||
2001–02 | 3 | LEB 2 | 1st | 31–8 | Copa LEB 2 | C | ||||
2002–03 | 2 | LEB | 6th | 21–14 | Copa Príncipe | RU | ||||
2003–04 | 2 | LEB | 1st | 29–14 | Copa Príncipe | SF | ||||
2004–05 | 1 | Liga ACB | 14th | 12–22 | ||||||
2005–06 | 1 | Liga ACB | 15th | 13–21 | ||||||
2006–07 | 1 | Liga ACB | 10th | 15–19 | ||||||
2007–08 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 21–15 | Semifinalist | Supercopa | RU | |||
2008–09 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 15–19 | 2 Eurocup | SF | 11–3 | |||
2009–10 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th | 16–18 | Quarterfinalist | 2 Eurocup | 3rd | 13–5 | ||
2010–11 | 1 | Liga ACB | 2nd | 26–17 | Quarterfinalist | |||||
2011–12 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 19–17 | Supercopa | SF | 1 Euroleague | QF | 10–10 | |
2012–13 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 20–17 | Quarterfinalist | 2 Eurocup | RU | 13–4 | ||
2013–14 | 1 | Liga ACB | 14th | 12–22 | Supercopa | SF | 2 Eurocup | L32 | 8–8 | |
2014–15 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 21–18 | Quarterfinalist | |||||
2015–16 | 1 | Liga ACB | 10th | 16–18 | Semifinalist | 2 Eurocup | L32 | 11–5 | ||
2016–17 | 1 | Liga ACB | 10th | 14–18 | 2 EuroCup | RS | 3–5 | |||
2017–18 | 1 | Liga ACB | 17th | 8–26 | 2 EuroCup | RS | 2–8 |
Trophies and awards
Trophies
- Liga ACB:
- Runners-up (1): 2011
- Supercopa de España:
- Runners-up (1): 2007
- EuroCup Basketball:
- Runners-up (1): 2013
- LEB Oro: (1)
- Copa Príncipe de Asturias:
- Runners-up (1): 2002
- LEB Plata: (1)
- 2002
- Copa LEB Plata: (1)
- 2002
- Euskal Kopa: (3)
- 2012, 2017, 2018
Individual awards
- Marcelo Huertas – 2008
- Marko Todorović – 2015
- Álex Mumbrú – 2016
- Marko Banić – 2010
- Marko Banić – 2009, 2010
- Kostas Vasileiadis – 2013
- Lamont Hamilton – 2013
- Fotios Katsikaris – 2013
Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
Criteria |
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Matches against NBA teams
Rivalry
Bilbao Basket has a strong rivalry with Saski Baskonia. Their games together are called the Basque basketball derby.
References
- ^ "Relación de SAD — Portal del Consejo Superior de Deportes" (in Spanish). Consejo Superior de Deportes. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ^ "Bilbao Basket no completa el proceso de inscripción para la Liga Endesa 14-15" (in Spanish). ACB.com. July 17, 2014.
- ^ "Comunicado Oficial de la ACB" (in Spanish). ACB.com. August 8, 2014.
- ^ "El Gescrap Bizkaia ya es una realidad" (in Spanish). ACB.com. November 11, 2011.
- ^ "Nace el Uxúe Bilbao Basket" (in Spanish). ACB.com. December 21, 2012.
- ^ "Dominion, nuevo patrocinador principal del Bilbao Basket" (in Spanish). ACB.com. March 24, 2015.
- ^ "Nace RETAbet Bilbao Basket" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 27 October 2016.