Saski Baskonia
Kirolbet Baskonia | ||||
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Leagues |
Liga ACB EuroLeague | |||
Founded |
26 December 1959 (3 December 1952 )[1] | |||
History |
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Arena | Fernando Buesa Arena | |||
Capacity | 15,504 | |||
Location | Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain | |||
Team colors |
Red, Blue, White | |||
President | José Antonio Querejeta | |||
Head coach | Pedro Martínez | |||
Team captain | Tornike Shengelia | |||
Championships |
3 Spanish Championships 6 Spanish Cups 4 Spanish Supercups 1 Saporta Cup | |||
Website | baskonia.com | |||
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Club Deportivo Saski-Baskonia, S.A.D.,[2] commonly known as Saski Baskonia (pronounced [s̺as̺ki bas̺konia]) and as Kirolbet Baskonia for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.
Historically, Baskonia has been a successful team in Spain, winning three ACB championships, six Spanish Cups and four Spanish Supercups. On the European level, Baskonia is one of the most important teams as it is present in the EuroLeague since 2000–01 season. Baskonia has been runners-up of the EuroLeague twice, in 2001 and 2005.
History
Early years (1959–1994)
The club was founded in 1959[3] as the basketball section of Club Deportivo Vasconia. It first played at Spain's highest level (Liga Nacional) in 1972, and emerged as a major force in Spanish basketball in the 1990s.
First trophies (1995–2008)
Baskonia's first trophy of any kind came in 1995, the Spanish King's Cup, when Pablo Laso and Velimir Perasović led the team to an historical win. The club was already making noise internationally too, reaching the FIBA Saporta Cup final in both 1994 and 1995. When it hosted the same title game in 1996, Baskonia pleased its many fans by downing PAOK behind 31 points from Ramón Rivas. Baskonia made its first Spanish Championship playoff final in 1998 and added a second Spanish King's Cup title in 1999.
They then found quick success in the newly reborn EuroLeague. With a deep roster featuring Elmer Bennett, Saulius Štombergas, Victor Alexander, Fabricio Oberto and a young Luis Scola, Baskonia reached the 2001 EuroLeague Finals, before losing to Kinder Bologna in the fifth and final game on the road. With winning momentum and the additions of Dejan Tomašević and Andrés Nocioni, Baskonia celebrated the next season with another Spanish King's Cup trophy and its first Spanish League title ever. Baskonia snatched two more Spanish King's Cups, in 2004 and 2006, as Luis Scola and Pablo Prigioni played decisive roles, and success followed the team in the EuroLeague. Baskonia's arrival to its first EuroLeague Final Four in 2005 couldn’t have been louder, as the team upset favored host CSKA Moscow in the semifinals, but couldn’t overcome defending champ Maccabi in the title game.
Back home, Baskonia again reached the Spanish League finals, only to lose in dramatic fashion. Baskonia returned to the EuroLeague Final Four in 2006, but once again Maccabi stood in its way, this time in the semifinal. The team also made it to the Spanish League finals, but was swept there. The next season, Baskonia won its EuroLeague regular season and Top 16 groups before sweeping Olympiacos in the Quarterfinal Playoffs, as Scola became the EuroLeague Basketball's top all-time scorer at that time. Nonetheless, eventual champion Panathinaikos downed Baskonia in the semifinals and once home again in Spain, Baskonia lost in the playoff semifinals.
Through outstanding scouting and shrewd management, Baskonia built a squad that went to four straight EuroLeague Final Fours. Baskonia advanced to the EuroLeague Final Four in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, losing to Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv in the 2005 final, and 2006 semifinals, to Panathinaikos in the 2007 semifinals, and to CSKA Moscow in the 2008 semifinals.
Modern era (2009–present)
In the 2009–10 season, Baskonia won the Spanish Liga ACB championship after sweeping Regal FC Barcelona in the league's finals, 3–0.
In 2016, Baskonia returned the EuroLeague Final Four for the first time in eight years, as the club made it to the 2016 Final Four. Here the team was defeated after overtime in the semi-final by Fenerbahçe.[4] In the third place game, Baskonia lost to Russian side Lokomotiv Kuban.
In the following two season, the team was eliminated in the EuroLeague playoffs. In the 2016–17 season, the EuroLeague adopted a new league-style format in which a round-robin season of sixteen teams was played. Baskonia was one of the ten teams with A-licences who were guaranteed of playing in the EuroLeague. In the first season in the new format, Baskonia was eliminated in the quarter-finals by CSKA Moscow, 0–3. In the 2017–18 season, the club was defeated by Fenerbahçe, losing the quarter-final series 1–3.
Sponsorship naming
The club was often referred to for years as Tau Cerámica, a Spanish brand name of ceramics manufacturer TAULELL, which name sponsored the club from 1987–2009. Originally, TAULELL used another of its brand names, Taugrés, as the name of the team, before changing the name to Tau Cerámica in 1997.[5] Tau, Taugrés and Tau Vitoria were also frequently used to refer to the team. Baskonia, Saski Baskonia, and Saski Baskonia, S.A.D. refer to the name of the actual sports club itself. In 2009, the Spanish credit union Caja Laboral became the new name sponsor of the club[6] and increased the amount of money that the name sponsor contributes to the sports club's budget. In 2016, Laboral Kutxa end its sponsorship naming to Baskonia.[7]
Baskonia has received diverse sponsorship names along the years:[8][9]
- Caja Álava (1983–1987)
- Taugrés (1987–1997) / Tau Cerámica (1997–2009)
- Caja Laboral / Laboral Kutxa (2009–2016)
- Kirolbet (2018–present)[10]
Arena
Since 1991, Baskonia has played its home games at the Fernando Buesa Arena, which has a seating capacity of 15,504[11] people for basketball games. The arena was originally called the Pabellón Araba, from 1991 to 2000. The arena was extensively renovated and expanded in the year 2012.
Players
Current roster
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Depth chart
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Vincent Poirier | Ilimane Diop | |
PF | Tornike Shengelia | Johannes Voigtmann | Ajdin Penava |
SF | Shavon Shields | Patricio Garino | Tadas Sedekerskis |
SG | Matt Janning | Darrun Hilliard | |
PG | Jayson Granger | Marcelo Huertas | Luca Vildoza |
Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non–FIBA Europe player
Head coaches
Vicente Elejalde 1959–1969 Pepe Laso 1969–1977, 1985–1987 Juan Antonio Ortiz de Pinedo 1977–1978, 1982–1983 Iñaki Iriarte 1978–1980, 1981–1983, 1992–1993 Manu Moreno 1980–1981, 1987–1989 Txema Capetillo 1983–1984 Xabier Añúa 1984–1985 Željko Pavličević 1990 Herb Brown 1990–1992 Manel Comas 1993–1997 Sergio Scariolo 1997–1999, 2013–2014 Salva Maldonado 1999 Julio Lamas 1999–2000 Duško Ivanović 2000–2005, 2008–2012 Pedro Martínez 2005, 2017–present Velimir Perasović 2005–2007, 2015–2016 Natxo Lezkano 2007 Božidar Maljković 2007 Neven Spahija 2007–2008 Žan Tabak 2012–2013 Marco Crespi 2014 Ibon Navarro 2014–2015 Sito Alonso 2016–2017 Pablo Prigioni 2017
Source: baskonistas.com
Logos
- Non commercial logo (2010–2016)
- Non commercial logo (2016–present)
- TAU sponsorship logo (1987–2009)
- Caja Laboral sponsorship logo (2009–2013)
- Laboral Kutxa sponsorship logo (2013–2016)
Season by season
Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Copa del Rey | Other cups | European competitions | |||||
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1959 | Foundation of Club Deportivo Vasconia | |||||||||||
1959–60 | 4 | Provincial | 2nd | |||||||||
1960–61 | 4 | Provincial | 2nd | |||||||||
1961–62 | 4 | Provincial | 1st | |||||||||
1962–63 | 4 | Provincial | 2nd | |||||||||
1963–64 | 4 | Provincial | 1st | |||||||||
1964–65 | 4 | Provincial | 2nd | |||||||||
1965–66 | 4 | Provincial | 1st | |||||||||
1966–67 | 4 | Provincial | 2nd | |||||||||
1967–68 | 4 | Provincial | 1st | |||||||||
1968–69 | 4 | Provincial | 1st | |||||||||
1969–70 | 3 | 3ª División | 1st | 10–5 | ||||||||
1970–71 | 2 | 2ª División | 2nd | 20–4 | ||||||||
1971–72 | 2 | 2ª División | 1st | 21–3 | ||||||||
1972–73 | 1 | 1ª División | 10th | 12–18 | Semifinalist | |||||||
1973–74 | 1 | 1ª División | 8th | 12–16 | ||||||||
1974–75 | 1 | 1ª División | 8th | 8–14 | Quarterfinalist | |||||||
1975–76 | 1 | 1ª División | 8th | 14–18 | ||||||||
1976–77 | 1 | 1ª División | 10th | 8–14 | First Round | |||||||
1977–78 | 1 | 1ª División | 10th | 7–1–14 | First Round | |||||||
1978–79 | 1 | 1ª División | 8th | 9–13 | Semifinalist | |||||||
1979–80 | 1 | 1ª División | 11th | 5–2–15 | Round of 16 | |||||||
1980–81 | 1 | 1ª División | 14th | 6–20 | Round of 16 | |||||||
1981–82 | 2 | 1ª División B | 2nd | 19–1–6 | ||||||||
1982–83 | 1 | 1ª División | 13th | 3–3–20 | Round of 16 | |||||||
1983–84 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th | 9–22 | Round of 16 | |||||||
1984–85 | 1 | Liga ACB | 10th | 8–22 | Copa Asociación | C | ||||||
1985–86 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th | 16–14 | Copa Príncipe | QF | 3 Korać Cup | R2 | 0–1–1 | |||
1986–87 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 15–18 | Copa Príncipe | R16 | ||||||
1987–88 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 19–14 | Copa Príncipe | R16 | ||||||
1988 | Converting in Saski-Baskonia S.A.D. | |||||||||||
1988–89 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 21–17 | Round of 16 | |||||||
1989–90 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 23–15 | Quarterfinalist | |||||||
1990–91 | 1 | Liga ACB | 4th | 26–16 | Quarterfinalist | |||||||
1991–92 | 1 | Liga ACB | 4th | 30–15 | Quarterfinalist | 3 Korać Cup | QF | 6–6 | ||||
1992–93 | 1 | Liga ACB | 11th | 19–14 | Third position | 3 Korać Cup | GS | 6–4 | ||||
1993–94 | 1 | Liga ACB | 11th | 17–15 | Runner-up | 2 European Cup | RU | 11–4 | ||||
1994–95 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 24–17 | Champion | 2 European Cup | RU | 12–3 | ||||
1995–96 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 22–19 | 2 European Cup | C | 13–1–3 | |||||
1996–97 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 21–17 | 3 Korać Cup | R16 | 8–2 | |||||
1997–98 | 1 | Liga ACB | 2nd | 34–10 | Quarterfinalist | 3 Korać Cup | R32 | 5–3 | ||||
1998–99 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 25–13 | Champion | 1 Euroleague | GS | 4–6 | ||||
1999–00 | 1 | Liga ACB | 4th | 25–18 | Quarterfinalist | 2 Saporta Cup | R16 | 9–5 | ||||
2000–01 | 1 | Liga ACB | 3rd | 32–11 | Quarterfinalist | 1 Euroleague | RU | 15–7 | ||||
2001–02 | 1 | Liga ACB | 1st | 33–12 | Champion | 1 Euroleague | T16 | 13–7 | ||||
2002–03 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 20–19 | Runner-up | 1 Euroleague | T16 | 11–9 | ||||
2003–04 | 1 | Liga ACB | 3rd | 32–10 | Champion | 1 Euroleague | T16 | 13–7 | ||||
2004–05 | 1 | Liga ACB | 2nd | 36–11 | Semifinalist | Supercopa | 4th | 1 Euroleague | RU | 13–11 | ||
2005–06 | 1 | Liga ACB | 2nd | 31–13 | Champion | Supercopa | C | 1 Euroleague | 3rd | 18–7 | ||
2006–07 | 1 | Liga ACB | 3rd | 31–11 | Semifinalist | Supercopa | C | 1 Euroleague | 4th | 20–4 | ||
2007–08 | 1 | Liga ACB | 1st | 29–13 | Runner-up | Supercopa | C | 1 Euroleague | 4th | 16–9 | ||
2008–09 | 1 | Liga ACB | 2nd | 33–8 | Champion | Supercopa | C | 1 Euroleague | QF | 14–7 | ||
2009–10 | 1 | Liga ACB | 1st | 35–9 | Semifinalist | Supercopa | SF | 1 Euroleague | QF | 11–9 | ||
2010–11 | 1 | Liga ACB | 4th | 25–14 | Semifinalist | Supercopa | SF | 1 Euroleague | QF | 10–10 | ||
2011–12 | 1 | Liga ACB | 3rd | 27–14 | Semifinalist | Supercopa | RU | 1 Euroleague | RS | 5–5 | ||
2012–13 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 26–11 | Semifinalist | 1 Euroleague | QF | 13–15 | ||||
2013–14 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 19–17 | Quarterfinalist | Supercopa | SF | 1 Euroleague | T16 | 11–13 | ||
2014–15 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 20–17 | Supercopa | SF | 1 Euroleague | T16 | 11–13 | |||
2015–16 | 1 | Liga ACB | 4th | 27–14 | Semifinalist | 1 Euroleague | 4th | 18–11 | ||||
2016–17 | 1 | Liga ACB | 3rd | 26–13 | Semifinalist | Supercopa | SF | 1 EuroLeague | QF | 17–16 | ||
2017–18 | 1 | Liga ACB | 2nd | 31–13 | Quarterfinalist | 1 EuroLeague | QF | 17–17 | ||||
2018–19 | 1 | Liga ACB | Supercopa | RU | 1 EuroLeague | |||||||
Honours
Domestic competitions
- Winners (1): 1985
- 2nd Division
- Winners (1): 1971–72
- Winners (2): 2011, 2012
European competitions
- Runners-up (2): 2000–01, 2004–05
- 3rd place (1): 2005–06
- 4th place (3): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2015–16
- Final Four (5): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016
- Winners (1): 1995–96 MVP Ramón Rivas
- Runners-up (2): 1993–94, 1994–95
Individual awards
- Kenny Green – 1997
- Andrés Nocioni – 2004
- Luis Scola – 2005, 2007
- Tiago Splitter – 2010
- Fernando San Emeterio – 2011
- Ioannis Bourousis – 2016
- Mirza Teletović – 2008
- Elmer Bennett – 2002
- Pete Mickeal – 2008
- Tiago Splitter – 2010
- Joe Arlauckas – 1993
- Velimir Perasović – 1994
- Pablo Laso – 1995
- Elmer Bennett – 1999
- Dejan Tomašević – 2002
- Pablo Prigioni – 2007
- Mirza Teletović – 2009
- Luis Scola – 2005
- Tiago Splitter – 2006, 2007
- Pablo Prigioni – 2008
ACB Three Point Shootout Champion
- Juan Espil – 1997
- Igor Rakočević – 2007
- Ádám Hanga – 2017
- Dejan Tomašević – 2002
- Arvydas Macijauskas – 2005
- Luis Scola – 2006, 2007
- Tiago Splitter – 2008
- Igor Rakočević – 2009
- Fernando San Emeterio – 2011
- Ioannis Bourousis – 2016
- Tornike Shengelia – 2018
- Andrés Nocioni – 2003, 2004
- Luis Scola – 2005
- Pablo Prigioni – 2006, 2007
- Igor Rakočević – 2007
- Tiago Splitter – 2009, 2010
- Andrés Nocioni – 2004, 2013
- Luis Scola – 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- José Calderón – 2005
- Pablo Prigioni – 2006, 2007, 2009
- Igor Rakočević – 2009
- Tiago Splitter – 2010
- Marcelinho Huertas – 2011
- Fernando San Emeterio – 2011
- Mirza Teletović – 2012
- Darius Adams – 2016
- Ioannis Bourousis – 2016
- Ádám Hanga – 2017
- Tornike Shengelia – 2018
- Ádám Hanga – 2016
- Shane Larkin – 2017
Notable players
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Carlos Cabezas José Calderón Carlos Cazorla Mikel Cuadra Xabier Davalillo Ilimane Diop Jorge Garbajosa Roberto Íñiguez Vicente Lafuente Pablo Laso Alberto Ortega Fernando San Emeterio Pau Ribas Sergi Vidal Aitor Zárate Walter Herrmann Marcelo Nicola Andrés Nocioni Fabricio Oberto Pablo Prigioni Luis Scola Mirza Teletović Marcelinho Huertas Tiago Splitter Georgi Glouchkov Velimir Perasović Zoran Planinić Roko Ukić Jim Bilba Laurent Foirest Thomas Heurtel Hanno Möttölä William Warren Phillips Kevin Seraphin Tibor Pleiß Ioannis Bourousis Christos Harisis Kornél Dávid Ádám Hanga Pat Burke Lior Eliyahu Andrea Bargnani Stefano Rusconi Simas Jasaitis Rimantas Kaukėnas Arvydas Macijauskas Saulius Štombergas Mindaugas Timinskas Predrag Drobnjak Thomas Kelati Maciej Lampe David Logan Ramón Rivas Miroslav Berić Nemanja Bjelica Vladimir Micov Dejan Tomašević Igor Rakočević Richard Petruška Goran Dragić Jaka Blažič Ender Arslan Serkan Erdoğan Kaya Peker Andrew Betts Victor Alexander Jerome Allen J. J. Anderson Joe Arlauckas Ken Bannister Scooter Barry Elmer Bennett Anthony Bonner Ryan Bowen Rickey Brown Lionel Chalmers Chris Corchiani Pat Durham Rashard Griffith Travis Hansen Essie Hollis Casey Jacobsen Mike James Linton Johnson Randolph Keys Shane Larkin Will McDonald Larry Micheaux Pete Mickeal Drew Nicholas Dan O'Sullivan Lamar Odom Lou Roe Brent Scott James Singleton Matt Steigenga Nikita Wilson David Wood
Matches against NBA teams
Baskonia B
Baskonia B is the reserve team of Baskonia. The team currently plays in the LEB Plata, third tier of Spanish basketball after requesting a place in the Spanish 3rd-tier level LEB Plata for the 2017–18 season.[12]
References and notes
- ↑ "Lo que se olvidó en Vasconia". Proyecto 75ers. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ↑ "Relación de SAD — Portal del Consejo Superior de Deportes" (in Spanish). Consejo Superior de Deportes. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ↑ "History – Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz". Euroleague Basketball. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ↑ "Bogdanovic's late heroics put Fenerbahce in final". Euroleague. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ "Taulell S.A. y Saski Baskonia S.A.D. han decidido de mutuo acuerdo dar por terminada la relación de patrocinio del equipo de baloncesto TAU Cerámica" (in Spanish). baskonia.com. 23 July 2009. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ↑ "Caja Laboral, nuevo Patrocinador Principal del Baskonia" (in Spanish). baskonia.com. 24 July 2009. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ↑ "Laboral Kutxa and Saski Baskonia end their main sponsorhip agreement". baskonia.com. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ↑ "Los patrocinadores del Baskonia a lo largo de la historia del club (1969–2016)" (in Spanish). baskonistas.com. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ↑ "De Embutidos Celedón a Laboral Kutxa" (in Spanish). elcorreo.com. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ↑ "KIROLBET, new Baskonia's title sponsor". Saski Baskonia. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ↑ SPORTS COMPETITIONS: Maximum capacity for sports events leaving the court free 15504. Archived 2016-11-07 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Baskonia tendrá un equipo en LEB Plata". Saski Baskonia (in Spanish). 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
External links
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- Official website
- Saski Baskonia at ACB.com (in Spanish)
- Saski Baskonia at Euroleague.net