Basket Zaragoza

Tecnyconta Zaragoza
Leagues	Liga ACB
Founded	2002 (2002)
Arena	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe
Capacity	10,744
Location	Zaragoza, Spain
Team colors	Red, White, Black
President	Reynaldo Benito
Head coach	Porfirio Fisac
Championships	2 LEB championship 1 Copa Príncipe
Website	Official website
Uniforms
Home Away

Basket Zaragoza 2002 S.A.D.,^[1] officially known as Tecnyconta Zaragoza by sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Zaragoza, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is the Pabellón Príncipe Felipe.

History

Basket Zaragoza 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 LEB, after taking the place belonging to CB Coruña.

CAI Zaragoza spent five hard years on LEB league before reaching Liga ACB for the first time. The team had to overcome a relegation playoffs in its first season 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 after winning the title of the 2007–08 season, 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, specially in the 2012–13 season by qualifying for the first time to the Copa del Rey and reaching the semifinals in their first participation in the play-offs for the title. This success allowed CAI Zaragoza to make their debut in European competitions by playing the EuroCup Basketball during three consecutive seasons, reaching the Last 16 stage in the 2015–16 season.

In 2016, after 14 years with CAI, the club changed the sponsorship naming to Tecnyconta Zaragoza.^[2] However, the 2016–17 season was a step back in the club's path as they avoided the relegation in the last round.

Logos

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  Non-commercial logo until 2017.
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  Logo under the sponsorship of CAI.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Tecnyconta Zaragoza roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 7001120000000000000♠12 Alocén, Carlos 7000189000000000000♠1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 17 – (2000-12-30)30 December 2000 SF 7000700000000000000♠7 Barreiro, Jonathan 7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 21 – (1997-01-16)16 January 1997 SG 7000800000000000000♠8 Berhanemeskel, Johnny 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (1992-10-30)30 October 1992 C 5000000000000000000♠00 Justiz, Javier 7000210000000000000♠2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 26 – (1992-09-18)18 September 1992 C 7001710000000000000♠71 Martí, Marc 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 21 – (1997-06-19)19 June 1997 PF 7000300000000000000♠3 Martín, Nacho 7000202000000000000♠2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 35 – (1983-04-22)22 April 1983 PG 7000400000000000000♠4 McCalebb, Bo 7000183000000000000♠1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 33 – (1985-05-04)4 May 1985 SF 7000500000000000000♠5 Okoye, Stan 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1991-04-10)10 April 1991 PF 7001110000000000000♠11 Radović, Nemanja 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 26 – (1991-11-11)11 November 1991 PG 7000900000000000000♠9 Santana, Fabio 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 26 – (1992-06-09)9 June 1992 SG 7001100000000000000♠10 Seibutis, Renaldas 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 33 – (1985-07-27)27 July 1985 C 7001170000000000000♠17 Vázquez, Fran 7000209000000000000♠2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 35 – (1983-05-01)1 May 1983	Head coach Porfirio Fisac Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 18, 2018

Season by season

Honours

Players database

Updated as of the end of the 2014–15 season

Nationality	Name	Season	Valuation
	Pablo Aguilar Bermúdez	2010–2013	9'6
	Pablo Almazán Sierra	2011–2012	0'8
	Alejandro Andreu Sanz	2005–2006	0
	Alberto Angulo Espinosa	2005–2007	7'3
	José Ángel Antelo	2005–2006	8'5
	Robert Archibald	2011–2012	3'9
	Ander Arruti Portilla	2009–2010	-0'6
	Oliver Arteaga	2005–2006 & 2008–2009	3'6
	David Barlow	2009–2011	11'2
	Howard Stephen Brown	2006–2008	4'3
	John Oliver Brown	2004–2005	9'3
	Jacob Burtschi	2011–2012	2
	Carlos Cabezas	2010–2012	11'8
	Jorge Cano Quintana	2010–2011	0'3
	Víctor Miguel Catalán Sánchez	2002–2003 & 2004–2005	-1
	Adam Chubb	2010–2011	6'7
	Josep Cargol Costa	2002–2003	9'5
	Lionel Chalmers	2006–2007	9'5
	Jesús Antonio Cilla Rubio	2004–2005	4'8
	Diego Ciorciari	2002–2005	10'8
	Joaquim "Quino" Colom	2006–2007 & 2008–2009	3'1
	Alberto Corbacho	2006–2007	3
	Blaž Črešnar	2007–2008	0'7
	Joe Steven Crispin	2006–2007	9'7
	Branko Cvetković	2008–2009	10
	László Dobos	2013–2014	1
	Benito Doblado Velázquez	2003–2004 & 2005–2006	2'6
	Lester Earl	2003–2004	13
	Chinemelu Elonu	2009–2010 & 2013–2014	8'3
	David Ereña	2002–2004	-0'3
	José Ramón Esmorís	2003–2004	5'2
	Heshimu Evans	2006–2007	12'6
	Nkechinyelu Peter Ezugwu	2004–2005	6'3
	Desmond Farmer	2005–2006	6
	Vítor Luiz Faverani Tatsch	2006–2007	10'3
	Borja Vidal Fernández Fernández	2004–2005	2'5
	Mario Bruno Fernández Hidalgo	2005–2006	10
	José Antonio Ferrer González	2003–2005	7'8
	Josh Fisher	2004–2005	-2
	Albert Fontet	2011–2015	(2'4)
	Ricardo Eduardo Fox Tejero	2005–2006	0'5
	Samuel Adán Fuentes	2003–2004	1
	José Luis Galilea	2004–2005	5'8
	Rubén Santiago Garcés Riquelme	2008–2009	4'6
	Sergi García	2013–present	(0'6)
	Adrián García Herepey-Csakanyi	2012–2013	(0'5)
	Asier García Regueiro	2004–2005	7'4
	Iván García Casado	2006–2009	0'4
	Mario Vicente García Burón	2002–2003	5'1
	George Gilmore Jr.	2002–2003	7'7
	Óscar Marco González de las Cuevas Gómez	2003–2004 & 2007–2008	4'7
	Chris Goulding	2014–present	(5'5)
	Taurean Green	2008–2009	9'5
	Vladimir Golubović	2013	8'9
	Roberto Guerra Santana	2008–2010	2'5
	Rafael Hettsheimeir	2009–2012	12'5
	Mike Higgins	2007–2008	1'6
	Otis Hill	2002–2004	17'6
	Stevan Jelovac	2014–present	(15'8)
	Juan José Jiménez Martín	2002–2003	-1'5
	Oriol Junyent Monuera	2009–2010	10'3
	Raško Katić	2014-present	(6'4)
	William Amar Keys	2005–2006	11'9
	Mattew Martin Kiefer	2009–2010	5'6
	Joseph Jones	2012–2014	8'4
	Marcus Tyrone Landry	2014–2015	10'1
	Rogelio Legasa Pérez	2011–2012	-1
	Matías Lescano	2003–2010	10'1
	Lawrence Charles Lewis	2008–2009	11
	Kevin Lisch	2014–2015	6'3
	Pedro Llompart Usón	2012–present	(10'3)
	José Jaime Lloreda Ferrón	2009–2010	8'4
	Esteban López	2005–2006	0'6
	Sebastien Robert N. Maio	2006–2007	0'6
	Christian Maråker	2006–2007	6'3
	Carles Marco	2008–2009	-1'5
	Javier Marín Ayerbe	2009–2010 & 2011–2014	(-0'8)
	José Ignacio "Nacho" Martín	2009–2010	4'7
	Marc Martí Roig	2014–present	(1)
	Carlos Martínez Díaz de Corcuera	2002–2003	8'7
	Ben McCauley	2014	4'8
	Javier Mesa Yáñez	2003–2004	4'9
	Andrés Miso	2010–2011	8'6
	Francisco José Murcia Sánchez	2002–2004	8
	Henk Norel	2012–present	(12'8)
	Roberto Núñez Sánchez	2004–2005	4'3
	Ugonna Nnamdi Onyekwe	2006–2007	10'5
	José María Panadero Cordón	2002–2003	5'9
	Pervis Pasco	2011–2012	4'3
	Sergio Pérez Anagnostou	2008–2009	2'8
	Roberto Pérez Arteaga	2009–2010	1
	Richard Petruška	2002–2003	21'7
	Darren Phillip	2006–2011	10'2
	Gianmarco Pozzecco	2004–2005	18
	Rubén Elías Quintana Ruano	2005–2006	5'5
	Paolo Alfredo Quinteros	2007–2011	13'7
	Nikola Rakočević	2010–2011	0
	Damjan Rudež	2012–2014	(7'9)
	Antonio de André Reynolds-Dean	2004–2005	19'5
	Charles Rhodes	2011–2012	3'8
	Joan Riera Martí	2010–2011	1'5
	Pedro Rivero del Caz	2009–2010	9'6
	Jason Michael Robinson	2014–2015	8'8
	Francisco Robles Campos	2009–2010	1'1
	Gastao Lucio Rodrigues Pinheiro	2002–2003	-3
	José Antonio Rojas Martín	2007–2008	0'8
	Michael Roll	2012–2014	9'4
	Joseph García Roundy	2005–2007	7'2
	Juan José García Rodríguez	2014–present	(0'7)
	José Luis Rubio Costa	2003–2004	0
	Francisco Javier Ruiz González	2002–2003	0'7
	Francisco Sabaté Boada	2003–2004	5'2
	Rodrigo San Miguel	2002–2004	2'5
	Eduardo Sánchez Cimadevilla	2009–2010	5'4
	Viktor Sanikidze	2013–2014	12'8
	Juan Pablo Sartorelli	2006–2007	2
	Joan Sastre Morro	2014–present	6'1
	Brent Scott	2004–2005	14'1
	Giorgi Shermadini	2013–2014	(15'8)
	Ondřej Starosta	2006–2009	11'9
	Jón Arnór Stefánsson	2011–present	(6'0)
	Terrence Terrell Stewart	2005–2006	3'5
	Jonathan Tabu	2013–2014	7'8
	José Javier Terrén Morales	2004–2006	-0'3
	Pere Tomàs Noguera	2013-present	(4'9)
	Andre Devalle Turner	2007–2008	2'4
	Chad Toppert	2010–2013	3'7
	Ricardo Uriz	2002–2003	7'1
	Álex Urtasun Uriz	2013–2014	3'7
	José Miguel Urtasun Uriz	2004–2005	6'7
	Sam Tom Bert Van Rossom	2010–2013	8'5
	Luc-Arthur Vebobe	2005–2006	9
	Cuthbert Victor	2007–2008	14'8
	Lucas Javier Victoriano Acosta	2006–2009	9'7
	Rafael Vidaurreta Ramírez	2005–2007	6'3
	Willie Earl Walls III	2003–2004	11'2
	Derell Lacero Washington	2002–2003 & 2005–2006	16'5
	Loren Woods	2008–2009	18'3
	Bracey Wright	2011–2012	(12'4)
	Andrija Žižić	2008–2009	2'1

Coaches database

Nationality	Name	Season
	José Luis Abós García	2009–2014
	Alberto Angulo Espinosa	2008–2009
	Andreu Casadevall Guinart	2015–2017
	Jota Cuspinera	2017–present
	Luis Guil Torres	2017
	Alfred Julbe Bosch	2002–2004 & 2005–2006
	Jesús Alfonso Mateo Díez	2006–2007
	José Luis Oliete Terraz	2002–2003
	Óscar Quintana Viar	2004–2005
	Joaquín Ruiz Lorente	2014–2015
	Francisco Segura Gómez	2007–2009
	Ranko Žeravica	2002–2003

References

External links

• Official website
• Basket Zaragoza 2002 at ACB.com (in Spanish)
• Basket Zaragoza 2002 at the Eurocup