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

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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, Bilbao promoted to

in 2004 by winning by 3–1 to

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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

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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. 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 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: 2001–2010 *Rafa Pueyo: 2010, 2013–2014 * Fotis Katsikaris: 2010–2013 * Sito Alonso: 2014–2016 *Carles Duran: 2016–2017 * Veljko Mršić: 2017–2018 *

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: 2018 * Álex Mumbrú: 2018–2022 *Jaume Ponsarnau: 2022–present

Season by season

Trophies and awards

Trophies

: **Runners-up (1):

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: **Runners-up (1):

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

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* LEB Oro: (1) **

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* Copa Princesa de Asturias: **Runners-up (2): 2002, 2019 * LEB Plata: (1) **2002 * Copa LEB Plata: (1) **2002

Individual awards

All-ACB First Team *

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– 2008 * Marko Todorović – 2015 * Álex Mumbrú – 2016 EuroCup MVP * Marko Banić – 2010

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

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– 2013 EuroCup Coach of the Year * Fotios Katsikaris – 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 positi ...

* Álex Mumbrú * 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 *

Marcelinho 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 Italia ...

* Rafa Luz * Tiago Splitter * Marko Banić * Damir Markota *

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 Domini ...

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 *

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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 *

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* Andrew Goudelock *

* 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 Timb ...

* 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 ca ...

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. S ...

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 * 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 caree ...

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.

Fundación Bilbao Basket

Fundación Bilbao Basket is the

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of Bilbao Basket. It currently plays in Primera División, 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