Valencia Basket Club S.A.D., commonly known as Valencia Basket (), is a professional

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team based in

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, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague, with home games played at the Fuente de San Luis. The club is sponsored by the Spanish billionaire Juan Roig.

History

1986–1997

Valencia Basket was founded on 27 September 1986, after

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decided to fold its basketball section. On 4 May 1988, while in its second season in the Primera División B, which was the second tier league of Spanish basketball at that time, the team won its first

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to the Spanish top-tier level ACB, where the team remained until the 1994–95 season. In 1995, Valencia was

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to the Spanish 2nd-tier level EBA League, after falling in the league's relegation playoff against Somontano Huesca. In the next season, after being the runner-up in Liga EBA, in a non-promoting season, Valencia BC bought Amway Zaragoza's ACB place to join the top league, where it has remained until nowadays.

1998–2014

On 2 February 1998, Pamesa Valencia won its first Spanish national title, after beating Pinturas Bruguer Badalona, by a score of 89–75, in the final of the 1998 Copa del Rey, which was played in

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. One year later, on 13 April 1999, the club played in the final of the

1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup The 1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup was the thirty-third edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition. It occurred between September 15, 1998, and April 13, 1999. The final was held at Zaragoza, Spain. Compe ...

, but was defeated by Benetton Treviso, 64–60, in the final played in

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. Three years later, the club repeated the same success, but

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won the final of the

2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup The 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup was the thirty-sixth edition of FIBA's 2nd-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition. It was the last edition of the tournament. It took place between 30 October 2001 and 30 April 1998. The f ...

, by a score of 81–71, in

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, France. Continuing on with some of the club's best years, the 2001–02 ACB season was historic for the club, as it reached the Spanish

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finals, where they could not win any games in their series against

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. Before this first success in reaching the finals of the Spanish league's playoffs, Pamesa Valencia won its first European-wide title, by defeating Krka Novo Mesto in the 2002–03 ULEB Cup, which would then also allow the club to make its debut in the European top-tier level EuroLeague. In its first EuroLeague participation, Pamesa Valencia qualified for the Top 16, but was eliminated there, after not contesting its game at Nokia Arena against

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, adducing security issues in

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. On 18 April 2010, Power Electronics Valencia won its second European title, by beating Alba Berlin, 67–44, in the

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, which was played in

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. This allowed the club to come back to the top level EuroLeague, seven years after its first participation in the tournament. This time, Valencia reached the EuroLeague quarterfinals, where it was eliminated by Real Madrid, who won the playoff series by a 3–2 margin. The club's third European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup title arrived on 7 May 2014, when Valencia beat

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, in the double-legged finals.

2015–present

On 5 June 2017, Valencia Basket qualified for its second Spanish Liga ACB Finals series, after defeating Baskonia in the semifinals of the 2017 national league playoffs. This time, the club won its first ever Spanish national domestic league championship, on 16 June 2017, by defeating Real Madrid with a 3–1 series score in the ACB league's finals. In the same season, the club also reached the finals of both the

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(Spanish Cup), and the EuroCup, but they lost those finals to Real Madrid, and fellow Spanish side,

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, respectively. By winning the Spanish League championship, Valencia also sealed their return to the next season's top-tier level EuroLeague competition, for the 2017–18 season. The club's fourth European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup title arrived on 16 April 2019, when Valencia beat Alba Berlin, in the double-legged finals.

Arena

Valencia Basket plays its home games at the 8,500 seat Fuente de San Luis arena, however the arena is better known as ''La Fonteta''. The club is expected to move to a new 15,600 seat arena called

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(previously proposed as Casal España Arena), with the inauguration scheduled for 2024.

Sponsorship naming

Valencia Basket has had several sponsorship names over the years: *Valencia-Hoja del Lunes: 1986–1987 *Pamesa Valencia: 1987–2009 *Power Electronics Valencia: 2009–2011

Logos

File:Pamesa Valencia.jpg, 1987–2009 (The logo during the Pamesa era). File:Valencia Basket Club.png, 2009–2017 (Original non commercial logo). File:Valencia BC 30Years.png, 2016–2017 (30 year anniversary logo). File:Valencia-Basket-Club-2017.png, 2017–present.

Players

Retired numbers

Current roster

Depth chart

FIBA Hall of Famers

Head coaches

*Toni Ferrer: 1986–1987, 1989 *Antoni Serra: 1987–1989 *José Antonio Figueroa: 1989–1991 *Fernando Jiménez: 1991 *Manu Moreno: 1992–1995 *

Herb Brown Herbert Brown (born March 14, 1936) is an American basketball coach and the brother of Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown. He is the former head coach of the Detroit Pistons (1976–78). Career Brown succeeded Ray Scott when he was promoted from a ...

: 1995 *

Mihajlo Vuković Mihajlo "Miki" Vuković ( sr-cyr, Михајло "Мики" Вуковић; 25 June 1944 – 15 January 2021) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. Early life Vuković was born in a village Miločaj near Kraljevo, German-oc ...

: 1995–2000 * Luis Casimiro: 2000–2002 *

Paco Olmos Francisco Olmos Hernández (born July 10, 1970), usually known as Paco Olmos, is a Spanish professional basketball coach, who is currently the head coach of the San Pablo Burgos of the Spanish LEB Oro. Coaching career Olmos coached inferior tea ...

: 2002–2004, 2011–2012 * Pablo Laso: 2004–2005 *Chechu Mulero: 2005, 2006 * Ricard Casas: 2005–2006 * Fotios Katsikaris: 2006–2008 *

Neven Spahija Neven Spahija (born 6 November 1962) is a Croatian professional basketball coach who was most recently the head coach for Bitci Baskonia of the Liga ACB. He spent four years in the NBA as an assistant coach with the Atlanta Hawks and Memphis G ...

: 2008–2010 *Manolo Hussein: 2010 *

Svetislav Pešić Svetislav "Kari" Pešić ( sr-cyrl, Светислав "Кари" Пешић; born August 28, 1949) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Serbia men's national team. Playing career During his ...

: 2010–2011 *

Velimir Perasović Velimir Perasović (; born 9 February 1965) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player. He is serving as the head coach for the Russian team UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League and the EuroLeague. Early life Perasović was bo ...

: 2012–2015 *Carles Duran: 2015 *

Pedro Martínez Pedro Jaime Martínez (born October 25, 1971) is a Dominican-American former professional baseball starting pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from to , for five teams—most notably the Boston Red Sox from to . At the time o ...

: 2015–2017 * Txus Vidorreta: 2017–2018 *Jaume Ponsarnau: 2018–2021 *

Joan Peñarroya Joan Peñarroya Rodríguez (born 20 April 1969) is a Spanish retired basketball player and current head coach of Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB. Coaching career Peñarroya started his coaching career as assistant coach with CB Olesa of the Lig ...

: 2021–2022 *

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 ...

: 2022–present

Season by season

Honours

Trophies and Awards

* Liga ACB: (1) :

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::Runners-up (1): 2003 *

: (1) :

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 s ...

::Runners-up (4):

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

, 2006,

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* Supercopa: (1) :

* Saporta Cup: ::Runners-up (2): 1999, 2002 * EuroCup Basketball: (4) : 2003, 2010,

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2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

::Runners-up (2):

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Friendly trophies

* Torneo de Lleida Stagepro: (1) : 2009 * Valencia, Spain Invitational Game: (1) : 2009 * Trofeo Costa de Sol: (1) : 2014 * Trofeo Feria de Albacete: (1) : 2019 * Castello, Spain Invitational Game: (1) : 2019 * Salou, Spain Invitational Game: (1) : 2020

Individual awards

ACB Most Valuable Player *

Justin Doellman Justin Joseph Doellman (born 3 February 1985) is an American-born naturalized Kosovan former professional basketball player who last played for Baxi Manresa of the Liga ACB. Standing at , he plays at the power forward position. College career D ...

– 2014 ACB Finals MVP *

Bojan Dubljević Bojan Dubljević (born 24 October 1991) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player and the team captain for Valencia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He also represents the senior Montenegrin national basketball team in nationa ...

– 2017 Spanish Cup MVP *

Nacho Rodilla José Ignacio "Nacho" Rodilla Gil (born 12 March 1974) is a former Spanish professional basketball player.Profile at acb.com< ...

– 1998 Spanish Supercup MVP *

Erick Green Erick O'Brien Green (born May 9, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Budućnost VOLI in the Prva A Liga and the ABA League. He finished the 2012–13 NCAA Division I season as the top scorer in the nation at 25.0 points per g ...

– 2017 All-ACB First Team *

– 2014 *

Romain Sato Romain Guessagba-Sato-Lebel (; born March 2, 1981), generally known as Romain Sato, is a former Central African professional basketball player. Standing at a height of 1.96 m (6' 5"), he played as a swingman. High school Sato attended Dayton Chri ...

– 2014 * Pau Ribas – 2015 * Justin Hamilton – 2016 *

– 2017, 2019 All-ACB Second Team *

– 2018 * Alberto Abalde – 2020 ACB Slam Dunk Champion * Víctor Claver – 2007 EuroCup Finals MVP *

Dejan Tomašević Dejan Tomašević ( sr, Дејан Томашевић; born 6 May 1973) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player. An All-EuroLeague Team selection on two occasions, he played with Borac Čačak, Crvena zvezda, Partizan, ...

– 2003 *

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– 2010 *

– 2014 * Will Thomas - 2019 EuroCup Rising Star Award * Víctor Claver – 2010 *

– 2013, 2014 EuroCup Coach of the Year *

– 2017 All-EuroLeague Second Team *

Duško Savanović Duško Savanović ( sr-cyr, Душко Савановић, born September 5, 1983) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. A power forward, he represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally and was an All-Euroleague ...

– 2011 All-EuroCup First Team * Nando De Colo – 2010 *

– 2010 * Nik Caner-Medley – 2012 *

– 2013, 2014 *

– 2017, 2019 All-EuroCup Second Team *

– 2009 *

– 2014 *

Fernando San Emeterio Fernando San Emeterio Lara (born 1 January 1984) is a Spanish professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently working as an assistant coach for Valencia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He was an All-EuroLeague Firs ...

– 2017 * Sam Van Rossom – 2019

Notable players

* Salva Díez * Johnny Rogers *

Víctor Luengo Víctor José Luengo Ciscar (born February 1, 1974) is a former Spanish professional basketball player. Luengo played the majority of his career with Valencia Basket, as he spent 14 seasons with the club. He finished his career with two seasons fo ...

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* Berni Álvarez * Víctor Claver * Rafa Martinez * Pau Ribas * Guillem Vives *

* Alberto Abalde *

Alejandro Montecchia Alejandro Ariel Montecchia (born 1972) is a retired Argentine-Italian professional basketball player. He played at the point guard position. Professional career In his pro career, Montecchia won the South American League and Argentine League ch ...

* Federico Kammerichs *

Fabricio Oberto Fabricio Raúl Jesús Oberto (; born March 21, 1975) is an Argentine-Italian color analyst and former professional basketball player. At , he played as a center and power forward. With the LNB club Atenas, in his native Argentina, Oberto began ...

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* Florent Piétrus * Nando de Colo * Mickaël Gelabale *

* Robertas Javtokas * Mindaugas Timinskas *

Igor Rakočević Igor Rakočević ( sr-cyrl, Игор Ракочевић; born 29 March 1978) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player. At a height of 1.94 m (6'4 ") tall, he played at both the point guard and shooting guard positions, but ...

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Nikola Kalinić Nikola Kalinić (; born 5 January 1988) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Croatian club Hajduk Split. Kalinić began his career with Hajduk Split in his native Croatia before moving to English club Blackburn Rove ...

Tornike Shengelia Tornike "Toko" Shengelia ( ka, თორნიკე შენგელია; born October 5, 1991) is a Georgian professional basketball player for Virtus Bologna. At a height of 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) tall, he plays at the power forward posi ...

* Shammond Williams *

Dimos Dikoudis Dimosthenis "Dimos" Dikoudis (alternate spellings include: Demosthenis, Demos, Ntikoudis) ( el, Δημοσθένης "Δήμος" Ντικούδης; born June 24, 1977 in Larissa, Greece), is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He is ...

* Serhiy Lishchuk * Brad Branson *

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* Tanoka Beard * Brian Cardinal * Derrick Williams

Women's team

The women's team of Valencia Basket was created in 2014 and promoted to Liga Femenina in 2018, winning the final game against

Real Club Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta de Vigo or simply Celta, is a Spanish professional Association football, football club based in Vigo, Galicia (Spain), Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football leagu ...

in Valencia. This access to the first division and the relegation of Club Baloncesto Estudiantes (femenino) made Valencia Basket the only club with masculine and feminine representation in the first division in the 2018-2019 season. In the first season competing on the first division, Valencia Basket achieved a ticket to their first

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, celebrated in Vitoria between the 28th of February and the 3 of June. Also, they achieve a spot to participate in the playoffs, losing against Perfumerías Avenida on the semifinals, but achieving the opportunity to play his first European tournament the next season.

References

External links

Official website

Valencia Basket
at ACB.com
Valencia Basket
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