Amics del Bàsquet Castelló, also known as TAU Castelló for sponsorship reasons, is a

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

team based in

Castellón de la Plana Castellón de la Plana (officially in ca-valencia, Castelló de la Plana), or simply Castellón ( ca-valencia, Castelló, link=no) is the capital city of the province of Castellón, in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is located in the east ...

, Spain. It was founded in 1994 and currently plays in

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. Real Madrid's coach Pablo Laso started his coach career in this team, in the 2003–2004 LEB 2 season.

History

Founded in 1994, Amics Castelló played for the first time the Liga EBA in the 1999–2000 season, achieving in 2002 a vacant berth to play the

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 ...

league, Spanish third division. After four seasons always in the low part of the standings, Amics Castelló was relegated to the Liga EBA, where it played during the six next seasons, only qualifying for the promotion playoffs in the last one. However, the club achieved again a vacant place in LEB Plata, playing there until the 2014–15 season, when the club won the Copa LEB Plata by defeating CEBA Guadalajara and promoted to

, also defeating the team from Castile-La Mancha.

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Season by season

Trophies and awards

Trophies

* Copa LEB Plata: (1) ** 2015

Individual awards

LEB Plata MVP *Ola Atoyebi –

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*Nick Washburn – 2015 Copa LEB Plata MVP *Nick Washburn – 2015

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Castello Sport in Castellón de la Plana Basketball teams in the Valencian Community Former LEB Plata teams Basketball teams established in 1994