Cocodrilos de Caracas () is a

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n professional

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club based in

Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...

. Established in 1990, the club competes in the

Venezuelan SuperLiga The Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto, commonly known as the SPB, is the Venezuelan first division national professional basketball league. Founded in 1974 as the Liga Especial de Baloncesto, it adopted the name Liga Profesional de Baloncesto i ...

and has won six national championships. The Cocodrilos' home games are played at the Parque Naciones Unidas.

History

The city of

had known various teams that had played in the national premier basketball leagues. In the end of 1990, Dr. Guillermo Valentiner acquired the capital's basketball team and named it Cocodrilos de Caracas. In the first season of the team, it finished in fifth place. The team won its first national league after only one year, in 1992.

Trophies

* Venezuelan LPB / Superliga: 6 :1974As "Ahorristas de Caracas" 1992, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2013

Season by season

Notable alumni

Players

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* Kevin Freeman * Ray Jackson

Coaches

:To appear in this section a player must have either: - Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional coach.
- Coached at least one official international match for a senior national team at any time.

Notes

References

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