Bilbao Basket

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 Liga ACB. Their home arena is the Bilbao Arena.

RETAbet Bilbao Basket
NicknameHombres de negro
(Men in Black)
LeaguesLiga ACB
Basketball Champions League
Founded7 March 2000 (2000-03-07)
HistoryClub Basket Bilbao Berri
(2000–present)
ArenaBilbao Arena
Capacity10,014
LocationBilbao, Spain
Team colorsBlack, Silver
         
Main sponsorRETAbet
PresidentKoldo Mauraza
Head coachÁlex Mumbrú
Retired numbers1 (14)
WebsiteOfficial website

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 8 August, 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
  • Non-commercial logo since 2009
  • 2007–2009
  • 2015–2016

Home arenas

Players

Retired numbers
Bilbao Basket retired numbers
No. Nat. Player Position Tenure
14Javi SalgadoPG2001–2010, 2016–2019

Current roster

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

RETAbet Bilbao Basket roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
C 12 Balvín, Ondřej 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) 27 – (1992-09-20)20 September 1992
SG 3 Brown, Jaylon 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 25 – (1994-09-11)11 September 1994
PF 8 Cruz, Iván 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 28 – (1991-10-24)24 October 1991
PF 98 Kulboka, Arnoldas 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 22 – (1998-01-04)4 January 1998
C 44 Lammers, Ben 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 24 – (1995-11-12)12 November 1995
SG 10 Martínez, Rafa (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 38 – (1982-03-03)3 March 1982
SG 7 Rigo, Tomeu 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (1997-05-08)8 May 1997
SF 4 Rodríguez, Sergio 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1993-10-18)18 October 1993
PG 2 Rousselle, Jonathan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – (1990-02-07)7 February 1990
PG 5 Schreiner, Thomas 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 33 – (1987-02-03)3 February 1987
SG 18 Serron, Quentin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 30 – (1990-02-25)25 February 1990
PF 19 Sulejmanović, Emir 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (1995-07-13)13 July 1995
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: May 11, 2020

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Ondřej Balvín Ben Lammers
PF Arnoldas Kulboka Emir Sulejmanović Iván Cruz
SF Quentin Serron Sergio Rodríguez
SG Jaylon Brown Rafa Martínez Tomeu Rigo
PG Jonathan Rousselle Thomas Schreiner

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

Head coaches

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Copa del Rey Other cups European competitions
2000–01 3LEB 2 13th 13–20
2001–02 3LEB 2 1st 31–8 Copa LEB 2C
2002–03 2LEB 6th 21–14 Copa PríncipeRU
2003–04 2LEB 1st 29–14 Copa PríncipeSF
2004–05 1Liga ACB 14th 12–22
2005–06 1Liga ACB 15th 13–21
2006–07 1Liga ACB 10th 15–19
2007–08 1Liga ACB 7th 21–15 Semifinalist SupercopaRU
2008–09 1Liga ACB 8th 15–19 2 EurocupSF11–3
2009–10 1Liga ACB 9th 16–18 Quarterfinalist 2 Eurocup3rd13–5
2010–11 1Liga ACB 2nd 26–17 Quarterfinalist
2011–12 1Liga ACB 6th 19–17 SupercopaSF 1 EuroleagueQF 10–10
2012–13 1Liga ACB 7th 20–17 Quarterfinalist 2 EurocupRU13–4
2013–14 1Liga ACB 14th 12–22 SupercopaSF 2 EurocupL328–8
2014–15 1Liga ACB 5th 21–18 Quarterfinalist
2015–16 1Liga ACB 10th 16–18 Semifinalist 2 EurocupL3211–5
2016–17 1 Liga ACB 10th 14–18 2 EuroCupRS3–5
2017–18 1 Liga ACB 17th 8–26 2 EuroCupRS2–8
2018–19 2LEB Oro 2nd 29–12 Copa PrincesaRU
2019–20 1Liga ACB Quarterfinalist

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Individual awards

All-ACB First Team

EuroCup MVP

All-EuroCup First Team

All-EuroCup Second Team

EuroCup Coach of the Year

Notable players

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

Matches against NBA teams
6 October 2013
Bilbao Basket 104–106 Philadelphia 76ers
Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo
Attendance: 13,538

Rivalries

Bilbao Basket has a strong rivalry with Saski Baskonia. Their games together are called the Basque basketball derby.

Fundación Bilbao Basket

Fundación Bilbao Basket is the reserve team of Bilbao Basket. It currently plays in Primera División, the fifth tier of Spanish basketball.

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. W–L
2019–20 51ª División 12th[lower-alpha 1] 5–13
  1. Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References
  1. "Relación de SAD — Portal del Consejo Superior de Deportes" (in Spanish). Consejo Superior de Deportes. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  2. "Bilbao Basket no completa el proceso de inscripción para la Liga Endesa 14-15" (in Spanish). ACB.com. July 17, 2014.
  3. "Comunicado Oficial de la ACB" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 8 August 2014.
  4. "El Gescrap Bizkaia ya es una realidad" (in Spanish). ACB.com. November 11, 2011.
  5. "Nace el Uxúe Bilbao Basket" (in Spanish). ACB.com. December 21, 2012.
  6. "Dominion, nuevo patrocinador principal del Bilbao Basket" (in Spanish). ACB.com. March 24, 2015.
  7. "Nace RETAbet Bilbao Basket" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 27 October 2016.
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