Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional

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club based in

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, Catalonia, Spain, playing in the

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and the EuroCup. Known to their fans as ''La Penya'' (in English, ''The Club''), it is one of only two teams that have never been

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from the top division of the Spanish League. The only other is

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. In 1994, Joventut de Badalona was the champion of the FIBA European Champions' Cup (today known as the EuroLeague), the first Catalan basketball club to accomplish such a grandiose achievement and the first Spanish team to do so in the ''Final Four'' format. Well-known players have included the Margall brothers (with

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Zoran Slavnić Zoran "Moka" Slavnić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Мока Славнић; born 26 October 1949) is a Serbian retired professional basketball player and coach. He played with Crvena zvezda and with Partizan. One of the best European point guar ...

Jordi Villacampa Jordi Villacampa Amorós (born October 11, 1963) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player of Joventut Badalona, and former chairman of the club. At 1.96 m (6 ft. 5 in.) tall, he played as a shooting guard-small forward. His main ...

Rafael Jofresa Rafael "Rafa" Jofresa Prats (born September 2, 1966 in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player. At a height of 1.83 m (6'0") tall, he played at the point guard position. Professional career Jofresa ACB stats l ...

, Raül López, Rudy Fernández, Ricky Rubio and

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History

Badalona has had a basketball team since 30 March 1930, when Joventut was founded as ''Penya Spirit of Badalona''. Apart from basketball, the club initially had teams involved in several sports including

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, and

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. In 1932, the club changed its name to ''Centre Esportiu Badaloní'' and in 1939, it was forced to become ''Club Juventud de Badalona''. By 1940, basketball was established as the club's main sport and green and black were adopted as the club's colours. As one of the founding clubs of the Spanish league, Joventut became also one of the top teams in Spain since the 1950s, developing a great rivalry with

and with the other neighbouring teams like

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, playing memorable duels. Joventut won their first

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in 1948 and their two first leagues in

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and

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. In 1981, Joventut started its golden era by winning their first European title: the

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, by defeating Carrera Venezia in the final played in

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by 105–104 after a game winning shot by Joe Galvin at the buzzer. Joventut repeated title in

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, this time beating

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in the double-legged final. One year later, in 1991, Joventut achieved their third league, the first under the ACB and repeated title in the following season, after losing the final of the FIBA European League against

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, that won thanks to a buzzerbeater of Saša Đorđević. However, in 1994, Joventut won the title after winning the Final Four played in

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against

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. After two years of decline, Joventut clinched their seventh national cup and in the 2000s, started a new golden era with players like Rudy Fernández, and Ricky Rubio developed in the youth teams of the club. During their years at Badalona, Joventut won a

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, by beating

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in the final, a ULEB Cup in 2008, beating

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in the finals, and the eighth Copa del Rey, also in 2008. Joventut Badalona is one of the only two teams, along with

, to have played every year in the top league. In the 2017–18 season, Joventut was close of the dissolution, but the shareholders voted to save the club. Finally, it could finish the season in the 15th season and avoided the relegation, despite ending in the worst position ever.

Sponsorship naming

Club Joventut de Badalona has received diverse trade names along its history. These are the Joventut denominations along the years: *Juventud Kalso: 1965–1968 *Juventud

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: 1968–1971 *Juventud

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: 1971–1977 *Juventud

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: 1977–1978 *Joventut

: 1978–1981 *Joventut

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: 1981–1982 *Joventut Fichet: 1982–1983 *Joventut

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: 1983–1984 *Ron Negrita Joventut: 1984–1987 *Ram Joventut: 1987–1990 *Montigalà Joventut: 1990–1992 *

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Joventut: 1992–1993 *

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Joventut: 1993–1995 *

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Joventut: 1996–1998 *Pinturas Bruguer Badalona: 1998–2000 *DKV Joventut: 2001–2011 *FIATC Joventut: 2011–2016 *Divina Seguros Joventut: 2016–2019

Home arenas

*Pavelló de la Plana: (1962–72), before 1962, the team played in open air stadiums. *Pavelló d'Ausiàs March: (1972–91), also known as Pavelló Club Joventut (5,000 seats).pistes de joc
* Palau Olímpic: (1991–present)

Players

Retired numbers

*Even though number #5 had been retired to honor

, from 2002 to 2008 Rudy Fernández kept wearing that number during his stay at the professional team.

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

Domestic players: * Rudy Fernández *

Josep Maria Guzmán Josep Maria Guzmán Cañas (born February 28, 1984 in Badalona, Catalonia) is a Spanish basketball player, playing the point guard position. Clubs * ''Joventut Badalona'' - EBA (Spain) - 2001/2002 * ''Joventut Badalona'' - EBA & ACB (Spain) - ...

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* Raúl López *

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* Ricky Rubio * Mike Smith *

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(Non- EU players): *

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* Reggie Johnson * Charles Gaines *

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Bosman players: *

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* Jamie Arnold *

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* Andrew Betts *

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* Jan-Hendrik Jagla *

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* Šarūnas Vasiliauskas *

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* Petar Popović *

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* Uroš Tripković *

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* Jesse Young ''For a complete list of current and former players, see the

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category.

Players at the NBA Draft

Head coaches

* Xavier Estruch: 1939–1941 * Luis Antoja: 1941–1943 * Gironés: 1943–1944 * Xavier Estruch: 1944–1946 * Vicenç Lleal: 1946–1947 * José Tomas: 1947–1948 * José Vila: 1947–1950 * José Maria Costa: 1950–1951 * José Grau: 1951–1953 * Joaquín Broto: 1953–1955 * J. Jiménez: 1955–1956 * Joaquín Broto: 1956–1958 * Rafael Murgadas: 1958–1959 * José Grau: 1959–1961 * Joan Canals: 1961–1962 * Antonio Molina: 1962–1963 * Albert Gasulla: 1963–1964 * Antonio Molina: 1963–1964 * Eduardo Kucharski: 1965–1969 * Josep Lluís Cortés: 1969–1972 * Clinton Morris: 1972–1973 * Josep Lluís Cortés: 1973–1975 * Eduardo Kucharski: 1975–1976 * Josep María Meléndez: 1975–1977 * Antoni Serra: 1977–1979 * Josep Lluís Cortés: 1979–1980 * Manel Comas: 1980–1982 * Joaquín Costa Prat: 1981–1982 * Jack Schrader: 1982–1983 *

Aíto García Reneses Alejandro 'Aíto' García Reneses (born 20 December 1946 in Madrid, Spain), usually known as just Aíto, is a Spanish former professional basketball coach and former player. As a head coach, as well as leading Spain's national team to Olympic si ...

: 1983–1985 * Miquel Nolis: 1985–1986 * Alfred Julbe: 1986–1989 *

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: 1989–1990 *

Lolo Sainz Manuel "Lolo" Sainz Márquez (born August 28, 1940) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player and coach. Sainz spent most of his career with Real Madrid, either as a player, or a head coach. He did however, also coach the senior Spain ...

: 1990–1993 *

Željko Obradović Želimir "Željko" Obradović ( sr-cyr, Желимир "Жељко" Обрадовић, ; born 9 March 1960) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for KK Partizan, Partizan of the ABA League, ...

: 1993–1994 *

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: 1994–1995 * Miquel Nolis: 1994–1995 *

: 1995–1996 * Alfred Julbe: 1996–2000 *

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: 1999–2001 * Manel Comas: 2000–2003 *

: 2003–2008 *

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: 2008–2010 *

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: 2010–2011 * Salva Maldonado: 2011–2016 * Diego Ocampo: 2016–2018 * Carles Duran: 2018–present

Logos

File:Joventut Badalona.jpg, Non commercial logo File:DKV Joventut logo.png, DKV sponsorship logo File:Logo of FIATC Joventut.png, FIATC sponsorship logo

Uniforms

The Joventut jerseys have always been green with a black stripe across the chest, and the shorts have been traditionally black, with the exception of some years that have been green too. The traditional away jerseys have been white, although in 2008–09 a new silver alternate jersey was introduced.

Rivalries

Joventut has a traditional rivalry with provincial neighbours

. Both teams face in the

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Season by season

Honours

Domestic competitions

* Spanish League : Winners (4): 1966–67, 1977–78, 1990–91, 1991–92 : Runners-up (10): 1958, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1992–93 *

: Winners (8): 1948, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1969, 1976,

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: Runners-up (13): 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974,

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1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

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 ...

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: Winners (2): 1986, 1987 : Runners-up (1): 1988

European competitions

* EuroLeague : Winners (1): 1993–94 : Runners-up (1): 1991–92 : Final Four (2):

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(defunct) : Runners-up (1): 1987–88 : Semifinalists (4): 1971–72, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1985–86 *

(defunct) : Winners (2): 1980–81, 1989–90 : Semifinalist (3): 1975–76, 1977–78, 1990–91 * EuroCup Basketball : Winners (1): 2007–08 : Semifinalists (1): 2002–03 *

FIBA EuroChallenge FIBA EuroChallenge (called the FIBA Europe League in 2003–05, and FIBA EuroCup in 2005–08) was the 3rd-tier level transnational men's professional continental club basketball competition in Europe, from 2003 to 2015. It was organized and run ...

(defunct) : Winners (1): 2005–06 *

European Basketball Club Super Cup The FIBA European Super Cup was a professional men's basketball club competition that was held by FIBA. It took place between 1983 and 1991. It was played between the winners of the European-wide top-tier level league, the FIBA European Champion ...

(semi-official, defunct) : Runners-up (2):

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: 3rd place (1):

Worldwide competitions

McDonald's Championship The McDonald's Championship (sometimes called the McDonald's Open) was an international men's professional basketball club cup competition that featured a representative of the National Basketball Association (representing North America) agains ...

(defunct) : Runners-up (1):

Other competitions

FIBA International Christmas Tournament FIBA International Christmas Tournament also known as the Christmas Tournament (''Torneo de Navidad'') was a men's basketball international friendly competition at the club level (and in some editions with national teams), organized by FIBA at its ...

(defunct) : Runners-up (3):

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

*Vielha, Spain Invitational Game : Winners (1): 2014

Regional competitions

* Catalan League : Winners (11):

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, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008 : Runners-up ():

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 * Catalan Championship (defunct) : Winners (5): 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957 : Runners-up (5): 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957

Individual awards

ACB Most Valuable Player *

– 2002 ACB Rising Star/Best Young Player * Ricky Rubio – 2007 *

Guillem Vives Guillem Vives Torrent (born 16 June 1993) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Joventut Badalona of the Spanish Liga ACB. He is also a member of the senior Spain national team. At a height of 1.92 m (6'3 "), he plays primarily at the ...

– 2014 ACB Finals MVP *

– 1991 * Mike Smith – 1992 Spanish Cup MVP *

– 1997 * Rudy Fernández – 2004, 2008 ULEB Eurocup Finals MVP * Rudy Fernández – 2008

EuroChallenge Final Four MVP The FIBA EuroChallenge Final Four MVP, or FIBA EuroChallenge Finals MVP, was the most valuable player award that was presented to the basketball player who most exhibited exceptional play during the FIBA EuroChallenge's Final Four stage, which was ...

* Rudy Fernández – 2006 EuroLeague Rising Star * Rudy Fernández – 2007

All-ACB Team The All-Liga ACB Team ( es, Quinteto Ideal de la ACB) is an award for the top-tier professional basketball league in Spain, the Spanish ACB League. It is the yearly selection of the league's top 10 basketball players by position. The award began w ...

* Rudy Fernández – 2007, 2008 * Ricky Rubio – 2008 *

Nicolás Laprovittola Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), ...

– 2019 *

Klemen Prepelič Klemen Prepelič (born 20 October 1992) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for Valencia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Slovenia national basketball team, Slovenian national basketball team internatio ...

– 2020 *

Xabier López-Arostegui Xabier López-Arostegui Eskauriaza (born 19 May 1997) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Valencia Basket, Valencia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Professional career López-Arostegui started his career in the youth tea ...

– 2021 ACB Slam Dunk Champion *

– 2009

Wheelchair basketball

Joventut Badalona has also a

wheelchair basketball Wheelchair basketball is basketball played by people with varying physical disabilities that disqualify them from playing a non-disabled sport. These include spina bifida, birth defects, cerebral palsy, paralysis due to accident, amputations (of ...

team which currently plays in the División de Honor, the Spanish top league.Information and news about Joventut wheelchair basketball team
In 2011 the team, which was known as Joventut GAM by sponsorship reasons, was dissolved and two years later was re-launched again. In its first season after the re-opening, the team promoted to División de Honor.

Season by season

References

External links

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History

Sponsorship naming

Home arenas

Players

Retired numbers

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

Players at the NBA Draft

Head coaches

Logos

Uniforms

Rivalries

Season by season

Honours

Domestic competitions

European competitions

Worldwide competitions

Other competitions

Regional competitions

Individual awards

Wheelchair basketball

Season by season

See also

References

External links