Club Basket Bilbao Berri S.A.D., commonly known as Bilbao Basket (), also known as Surne Bilbao Basket for sponsorship reasons, is a professional

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club based in

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. The team plays in the

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. Their home arena is the

Bilbao Arena Bilbao Arena is an indoor arena in the neighbourhood of Miribilla in Bilbao, Spain. The central hall can hold up to 10,014 people for basketball games. The central hall is also used for concerts and other kinds of shows. The facilities also includ ...

History

The club was founded in 2000 after replacing the former city clubs: Cajabilbao and SD Patronato. After four seasons between LEB and

LEB 2 The LEB Plata is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system and the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Since 2019, three teams are promoted to Liga Española de Baloncesto, LEB Oro ...

, Bilbao promoted to

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 Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Founded ...

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

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against

Lokomotiv Kuban PBC Lokomotiv Kuban (russian: ПБК «Локомотив Кубань») is a Russian professional basketball team based in Krasnodar. The club participates in the VTB United League. The team is one of the top tier basketball teams in Russia. T ...

. On 17 July 2014, the ACB excluded Bilbao Basket from the

due to its financial trouble, but on 8 August, the Association was forced to retire the exclusion and finally Bilbao Basket remained in the Spanish top league. The club played four more seasons in Liga ACB until their relegation on 13 May 2018, after losing against Baskonia the

Basque derby The Basque derby (in Basque ''Euskal Derbia'', in Spanish ''derbi Vasco'') is the name of the football local derby between Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao. It embodies the inter-city rivalry between Bilbao and Donostia-San Sebastián, capit ...

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: 2011–12 *Uxúe Bilbao Basket: 2012–13 *Dominion Bilbao Basket: 2015–16 *RETAbet Bilbao Basket: 2016–21 *Surne Bilbao Basket: 2021–present

Logos

File:bilbaobasket.png, Non-commercial logo since 2009 File:Iurbentia Bilbao.jpg, 2007–2009 File:Dominion Bilbao Basket.png, 2015–2016

Home arenas

* Pabellón La Casilla: (2000–09) * Bizkaia Arena: (2009–10), occasionally used for home games in 2007 and 2008 *

: (2010–present)

Players

Retired numbers

Current roster

Depth chart

Head coaches

*Txutxo Sanz: 2000–2001 *Pedro Zorrozua: 2001 *

Txus Vidorreta Jesus "Txus" Gómez Vidorreta (born 20 June 1966) is a Spanish professional basketball coach. Vidorreta, born in Bilbao, has coached several teams in Spain. He has been most successful as the head coach of Canarias, he has won two Basketball Ch ...

: 2001–2010 *Rafa Pueyo: 2010, 2013–2014 *

Fotis Katsikaris Fotios Katsikaris (alternate spelling: Fotis) (Greek: Φώτιος Κατσικάρης, born 16 May 1967) is a Greek professional basketball coach and a former professional basketball player, he was most recently head coach for the Unicaja Málag ...

: 2010–2013 *

Sito Alonso Alfonso Alonso Blasco, commonly known as Sito Alonso, (born December 4, 1975) is a Spanish basketball coach who is the head coach for UCAM Murcia of the Spanish Liga ACB. Coaching career Pro clubs Alonso made his coaching debut in the Liga End ...

: 2014–2016 *Carles Duran: 2016–2017 *

Veljko Mršić Veljko Mršić (; born 13 April 1971) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player, who is currently the head coach of the CB Breogán, Río Breogán of the Spanish Liga ACB. Playing career Mršić was a member of the FIBA Eur ...

: 2017–2018 *

Jaka Lakovič Jaka Lakovič (born 9 July 1978) is a Slovenian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for Gran Canaria of the Liga ACB, as well as an assistant coach of the Slovenia national team. Standing at , a ...

: 2018 *

Álex Mumbrú Álex Mumbrú Murcia (born 12 June 1979) is a Spanish former professional basketball player and a professional basketball coach, who currently works as head coach for Valencia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He most recently worked f ...

: 2018–2022 *Jaume Ponsarnau: 2022–present

Season by season

Trophies and awards

Trophies

: **Runners-up (1):

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: **Runners-up (1):

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

* EuroCup Basketball: **Runners-up (1):

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* LEB Oro: (1) **

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

Copa Princesa de Asturias The Copa Princesa de Asturias de Baloncesto (English: ''Princess of Asturias' Cup of Basketball'') is an annual 2nd-tier level national cup competition for Spanish professional basketball teams, that is organized by Spain's 2nd-tier level professi ...

: **Runners-up (2): 2002, 2019 *

LEB Plata The LEB Plata is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system and the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Since 2019, three teams are promoted to LEB Oro and six teams are relegated t ...

: (1) **2002 *

Copa LEB Plata The LEB Plata is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system and the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Since 2019, three teams are promoted to LEB Oro and six teams are relegated t ...

: (1) **2002

Individual awards

All-ACB First Team *

Marcelo Huertas Marcelo "Marcelinho" Tieppo Huertas (born 25 May 1983) is a Brazilian professional basketball player for Iberostar Tenerife of the Spanish Liga ACB. He is also a member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team, and holds Italian ...

– 2008 * Marko Todorović – 2015 *

– 2016 EuroCup MVP *

Marko Banić Marko Banić (born August 31, 1984) is a Croatian professional basketball player. He is tall, and he plays at the center and power forward positions. Professional career Banić has played with Zadar and Bilbao Berri. He was chosen as the EuroC ...

– 2010

All-EuroCup First Team The EuroCup Basketball All-EuroCup Team is an annual award of the secondary level European-wide professional club basketball league, the EuroCup. The EuroCup is the European-wide professional basketball league that is one tier level below the ...

– 2009, 2010 * Kostas Vasileiadis – 2013 All-EuroCup Second Team *

Lamont Hamilton Lamont Alexander "Monty" Hamilton (born April 6, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for Niigata Albirex BB of the Japanese B.League. He is a 6'10" (2.08 m) tall power forward-center. College career Hamilton played four years of ...

– 2013 EuroCup Coach of the Year *

Fotios Katsikaris Fotios Katsikaris (alternate spelling: Fotis) (Greek: Φώτιος Κατσικάρης, born 16 May 1967) is a Greek professional basketball coach and a former professional basketball player, he was most recently head coach for the Unicaja Málag ...

– 2013

Notable players

Quino Colom Joaquim "Quino" Colom Barrufet (born November 1, 1988) is a Spanish-Andorran professional basketball player for Bàsquet Girona of the Spain Liga ACB. Professional career Colom played in the youth age categories with BC Andorra. He then played ...

* Alberto Díaz *

Germán Gabriel Germán Antonio Gabriel Benaches (born November 16, 1980) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player. He played as a power forward and as a center. Professional career Gabriel signed with the Liga ACB club Estudiantes in 2009. After s ...

* Roger Grimau *

Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca Lorenzo (born 21 June 1983) is a Spanish professional basketball player who plays for Basket Navarra of the LEB Plata. Professional career Hernández-Sonseca starts his career in the reserve team of Baloncesto, and ...

* Raül López *

Rafa Martínez Rafael Martínez Aguilera (born 3 March 1982), known as Rafa Martínez, is a Spanish professional basketball player for Baxi Manresa of the Liga ACB. He also represented the Spain national team internationally. He plays the shooting guard pos ...

* Javi Salgado *

Fran Vázquez Francisco Vázquez González (; born 1 May 1983), more commonly known as Fran Vázquez, is a retired Spanish professional basketball player. Originally drafted by the Orlando Magic in 2005, Vázquez decided to remain in the Spanish ACB League ra ...

Axel Hervelle Axel Marie Gustave Hervelle (born 12 May 1983) is a Belgian former professional basketball player. He represented the senior Belgian national basketball team. Professional career Hervelle spent the early part of his career in Belgium. He first p ...

* Marcelinho Huertas *

Rafa Luz Rafael Freire Luz (born February 11, 1992), commonly known as Rafa Luz, is a Brazilian-Spanish professional basketball player for BC Andorra, MoraBanc Andorra of the LEB Oro. He is a point guard. Early years Rafa Luz, the brother of several int ...

* Tiago Splitter *

Damir Markota Damir Markota (born December 26, 1985 as Damir Omerhodžić) is a Croatian professional basketball player currently playing for Dinamo in the Croatian League. Standing at , he plays at the power forward position. Professional career Markota, b ...

Ondřej Balvín Ondřej Balvín (born September 20, 1992) is a Czech professional basketball player for Prometey of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League and EuroCup. Standing at , he plays at the center position. As well as Latvia, Balvin has played club bask ...

Ángel Delgado Ángel Luis Delgado Astacio (born November 20, 1994) is a Dominican professional basketball player for Beşiktaş of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball for the Seton Hall Pirates. Delgado has also played on the Domin ...

Damien Inglis Damien Roberto Inglis ( ; born May 20, 1995) is a French professional basketball player for Gran Canaria of the Spanish Liga ACB and EuroCup. He was selected with the 31st overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Bucks and represents France in ...

Adrien Moerman Adrien Rene Moerman (born 7 August 1988) is a French professional basketball player who plays for BC Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League. He is also a member of the senior French national team. Early years Moerman was born in Font ...

Jérôme Moïso Jérôme Moïso (born 15 June 1978) is a French former professional basketball player. College career He played college basketball at UCLA with the UCLA Bruins. Professional career A forward-center who has played in the NBA, Moïso was selected ...

Frédéric Weis Frédéric Weis (born 22 June 1977) is a French former professional basketball player. Professional career During his pro career, Weis played with Unicaja Málaga and Iurbentia Bilbao of the Spanish ACB League, PAOK Thessaloniki in the Greek ...

Jaylon Brown Jaylon Brown (born September 11, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Pınar Karşıyaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball at Evansville (2013–2017). As a senior, he led the Missouri Valley Conf ...

D'or Fischer D'or Anthony Naheem Fischer (born October 12, 1981) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Elitzur Eito Ashkelon of the Israeli National League. He has also represented the senior Israeli national team. Standing at , he plays ...

Andrew Goudelock Andrew Darius Goudelock (born December 7, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB. Standing at , he plays the shooting guard position. He played college basketball for the Charleston Cougars and was ...

* Aaron Jackson * John Jenkins *

Quincy Lewis Quincy Lavell Lewis (born June 26, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player who last played with the pro club Iurbentia Bilbao Basket in Spain. He currently works as an analyst for Fox Sports North, covering the Minnesota Timbe ...

* Khyri Thomas *

Jeff Withey Jeffree David Withey (born March 7, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Bilbao Basket of the Liga ACB. He played college basketball for the University of Kansas where he became known for his shot-blocking ability and his defens ...

Dairis Bertāns Dairis Bertāns (born September 9, 1989) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Real Betis of the Spanish Liga ACB. Bertāns also plays for the Latvia national basketball team. He is the older brother of Dāvis Bertāns. Professional car ...

Jānis Blūms Jānis Blūms (born 20 April 1982) is a former Latvian professional basketball player. Standing at , Blūms played both point guard and shooting guard positions. He also served as the captain of the Latvian national basketball team. Player career ...

* Antanas Kavaliauskas *

Arnoldas Kulboka Arnoldas Kulboka (born 4 January 1998) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League and the EuroCup. He was selected by the Charlotte Hornets with the 55th overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft. ...

Renaldas Seibutis Renaldas Seibutis (born July 23, 1985) is a former Lithuanian professional basketball player. He represented the senior Lithuanian national team internationally. Professional career Europe In the 2010–11 season, Seibutis played for Olin Edi ...

* Predrag Savović * Marko Todorović *

Micheal Eric Micheal Oluwaseun Eric (born June 24, 1988) is a Nigerian professional basketball player for Unicaja Málaga of the Spanish Liga ACB. He played college basketball for Temple. Early life Born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, Eric did not play basketb ...

* Georgios Bogris * Dimitrios Mavroeidis * Kostas Vasileiadis * Nikos Zisis * Martin Rančík *

Ludvig Håkanson Ludvig "Ludde" Erik Håkanson (born 22 March 1996) is a Swedish professional basketball player for UCAM Murcia of the Spanish Liga ACB. Standing at 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) he plays at the point guard and shooting guard positions. Professional career ...

Matches against NBA teams

Rivalries

Bilbao Basket has a strong rivalry with

Saski Baskonia Club Deportivo Saski-Baskonia, S.A.D., commonly known as Saski Baskonia (), also known as Cazoo 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 ...

. Their games together are called the

Basque basketball derby es, Derbi vasco , other names = , image = , caption = , team1logo = , team2logo = , team1 = Baskonia , team2 = Bilbao Basket , sport = Basketball , city or region = Basque Co ...

Fundación Bilbao Basket

Fundación Bilbao Basket is the

reserve team In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i ...

of Bilbao Basket. It currently plays in

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, the fifth tier of Spanish basketball.

Season by season

References

External links

Official website

Bilbao Basket
at ACB.com {{Basketball Champions League 2022–23 Basque basketball teams Basketball teams established in 2000 Liga ACB teams Former LEB Oro teams Former LEB Plata teams 2000 establishments in Spain Sports teams in Bilbao