AB Castelló

Amics del Bàsquet Castelló, also known as TAU Castelló for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in Castellón de la Plana, Spain. It was founded in 1994 and currently plays in LEB Oro.

TAU Castelló
LeaguesLEB Oro
Founded1994 (1994)
ArenaPabellón Ciutat de Castelló
Capacity3,000
LocationCastellón de la Plana, Spain
PresidentLuis García Sainz
Head coachAntonio Ten
Championships1 Copa LEB Plata
Websiteamicscastello.com

Real Madrid's coach Pablo Laso started his coach career in this team, in the 2003–2004 LEB 2 season.

History

Founded in 1994, Amics Castelló played for the first time the Liga EBA in the 1999–2000 season, achieving in 2002 a vacant berth to play the LEB 2 league, Spanish third division. After four seasons always in the low part of the standings, Amics Castelló was relegated to the Liga EBA, where it played during the six next seasons, only qualifying for the promotion playoffs in the last one.

However, the club achieved again a vacant place in LEB Plata, playing there until the 2014–15 season, when the club won the Copa LEB Plata by defeating CEBA Guadalajara and promoted to LEB Oro, also defeating the team from Castile-La Mancha.

Players

Current roster

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

TAU Castelló roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
SF 7 Bas, Romà 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 37 – (1983-04-18)18 April 1983
SG 20 Đukanović, Brano 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1994-03-21)21 March 1994
PG 8 Faner, Joan 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 29 – (1990-11-17)17 November 1990
SG 14 García, Chema 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 33 – (1987-04-27)27 April 1987
PF 44 García, Juanjo 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1989-04-22)22 April 1989
C 12 Gatell, Edu 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1989-03-17)17 March 1989
PG 0 Kinoshita, Isao 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 26 – (1994-04-07)7 April 1994
SF 9 Puerto, Josep 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (1999-03-08)8 March 1999
PF 15 Rosa, Ignacio 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 20 – (1999-07-01)1 July 1999
C 2 van Zegeren, Joey 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 29 – (1990-12-07)7 December 1990
PG 1 Wade-Chatman, Henri 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 27 – (1992-12-09)9 December 1992
Head coach
  • Toni Ten
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Joey van Zegeren Edu Gatell
PF Juanjo García Ignacio Rosa
SF Josep Puerto Romà Bas
SG Brano Đukanović Chema García
PG Henri Wade-Chatman Joan Faner Isao Kinoshita

Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non-FIBA Europe player

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Cup competitions
1999–00 3 Liga EBA 7th 13–13
2000–01 4 Liga EBA 4th 13–13
2001–02 4 Liga EBA 6th[lower-alpha 1] 18–12
2002–03 3 LEB 2 14th 13–21
2003–04 3 LEB 2 12th 10–16
2004–05 3 LEB 2 12th 12–18
2005–06 3 LEB 2 15th 12–22
2006–07 4 Liga EBA 7th 13–13
2007–08 5 Liga EBA 12th 12–16
2008–09 5 Liga EBA 5th 20–10
2009–10 4 Liga EBA 6th 18–1–11
2010–11 4 Liga EBA 9th 11–15
2011–12 4 Liga EBA 2nd[lower-alpha 2] 18–6
2012–13 3 LEB Plata 5th 11–15
2013–14 3 LEB Plata 4th 16–14
2014–15 3LEB Plata 2nd 30–10 Copa LEB PlataC
2015–16 2LEB Oro 11th 13–17
2016–17 2LEB Oro 15th 12–22
2017–18 2LEB Oro 7th 20–18
2018–19 2LEB Oro 13th 13–21
2019–20 2LEB Oro 11th[lower-alpha 3] 10–14
  1. Achieved a vacant berth in LEB 2.
  2. Achieved a vacant berth in LEB Plata.
  3. Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trophies and awards

Trophies
  • Copa LEB Plata: (1)

Individual awards

LEB Plata MVP

  • Ola Atoyebi – 2014
  • Nick Washburn – 2015

Copa LEB Plata MVP

  • Nick Washburn – 2015
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