Club Basket Bilbao Berri S.A.D., commonly known as Bilbao Basket (), also known as Surne Bilbao Basket for sponsorship reasons, is a professional
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
. The team plays in the
Liga ACB
The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...
. Their home arena is the
Bilbao Arena
Bilbao Arena is an indoor arena in the neighbourhood of Miribilla in Bilbao, Spain. The central hall can hold up to 10,014 people for basketball games. The central hall is also used for concerts and other kinds of shows. The facilities also includ ...
,
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
.
History
The club was founded in 2000 after replacing the former city clubs:
Cajabilbao
Club Baloncesto Caja Bilbao was a professional basketball club based in Bilbao, Spain.
History
Caja Bilbao was founded in 1983 and promoted to Liga ACB in 1987, where it remained during five years.LEB and
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 ...
, Bilbao promoted to
Liga ACB
The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...
in 2004 by winning by 3–1 to
Baloncesto León
Club Baloncesto León was a basketball team, based in León, Spain.
History
Early years (1981-1988)
Baloncesto León was founded by José Antonio Moirón García, Enrique Emperador Marcos, Juan Carlos Rodríguez Villanueva, Lisardo Mourelo Gonz ...
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
FC Barcelona
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Founded ...
by 3–0. In 2012, Bilbao played the EuroLeague and it was eliminated in the
quarterfinals
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by
CSKA Moscow
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, who won the series by 3–1.
The best era of the club finished in 2013, when it lost the 2013 Eurocup Final at
Charleroi
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against
Lokomotiv Kuban
PBC Lokomotiv Kuban (russian: ПБК «Локомотив Кубань») is a Russian professional basketball team based in Krasnodar. The club participates in the VTB United League.
The team is one of the top tier basketball teams in Russia. T ...
.
On 17 July 2014, the ACB excluded Bilbao Basket from the
Liga ACB
The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...
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
The Basque derby (in Basque ''Euskal Derbia'', in Spanish ''derbi Vasco'') is the name of the football local derby between Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao. It embodies the inter-city rivalry between Bilbao and Donostia-San Sebastián, capit ...
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
Bizkaia Arena
Bizkaia Arena is an indoor arena in Barakaldo, Greater Bilbao. It is the biggest multipurpose hall in Spain, as it can hold up to 26,000 people, and 15,414 for indoor sports. The arena is part of the Bilbao Exhibition Centre (BEC) complex, the Exhi ...
: (2009–10), occasionally used for home games in 2007 and 2008
*
Bilbao Arena
Bilbao Arena is an indoor arena in the neighbourhood of Miribilla in Bilbao, Spain. The central hall can hold up to 10,014 people for basketball games. The central hall is also used for concerts and other kinds of shows. The facilities also includ ...
: (2010–present)
Players
Retired numbers
Current roster
Depth chart
Head coaches
*Txutxo Sanz: 2000–2001
*Pedro Zorrozua: 2001
*
Txus Vidorreta
Jesus "Txus" Gómez Vidorreta (born 20 June 1966) is a Spanish professional basketball coach. Vidorreta, born in Bilbao, has coached several teams in Spain.
He has been most successful as the head coach of Canarias, he has won two Basketball Ch ...
: 2001–2010
*Rafa Pueyo: 2010, 2013–2014
*
Fotis Katsikaris
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: 2010–2013
*
Sito Alonso
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Coaching career Pro clubs
Alonso made his coaching debut in the Liga End ...
: 2014–2016
*Carles Duran: 2016–2017
*
Veljko Mršić
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Playing career
Mršić was a member of the FIBA Eur ...
: 2017–2018
*
Jaka Lakovič
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Standing at , ...
: 2018
*
Álex Mumbrú
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: 2018–2022
*Jaume Ponsarnau: 2022–present
Season by season
Trophies and awards
Trophies
*
Liga ACB
The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...
:
**Runners-up (1):
2011
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*
Supercopa de España
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:
**Runners-up (1):
2007
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2013
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*
LEB Oro LEB or Leb may refer to:
* Lausanne–Echallens–Bercher railway, Switzerland
* Lebanon, UNDP country code
* Lebanon Municipal Airport (New Hampshire) (FAA identifier)
* Lexham English Bible
* Life expectancy at birth
* Liga Española de Balonces ...
: (1)
**
2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
*
Copa Princesa de Asturias
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:
**Runners-up (2): 2002, 2019
*
LEB Plata
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 LEB Oro and six teams are relegated t ...
: (1)
**2002
*
Copa LEB Plata
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Marcelo Huertas
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Álex Mumbrú
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Marko Banić
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Professional career
Banić has played with Zadar and Bilbao Berri. He was chosen as the EuroC ...
Marko Banić
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Banić has played with Zadar and Bilbao Berri. He was chosen as the EuroC ...
– 2009, 2010
*
Kostas Vasileiadis
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Lamont Hamilton
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College career
Hamilton played four years o ...
Fotios Katsikaris
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– 2013
Notable players
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Quino Colom
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Professional career
Colom played in the youth age categories with BC Andorra. He then played ...
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Alberto Díaz
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*
Germán Gabriel
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Gabriel signed with the Liga ACB club Estudiantes in 2009. After s ...
Rafa Martínez
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Álex Mumbrú
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Javi Salgado
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Early career
After being formed at Maristas school in Bilbao, Salgado started his career at SD Patronato in 1998. The next year, he ...
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Fran Vázquez
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Axel Hervelle
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Marcelinho Huertas
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Rafa Luz
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Tiago Splitter
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Marko Banić
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Professional career
Banić has played with Zadar and Bilbao Berri. He was chosen as the EuroC ...
*
Damir Markota
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Markota, b ...
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Ondřej Balvín
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Ángel Delgado
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Damien Inglis
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Adrien Moerman
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Jérôme Moïso
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Professional career
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Frédéric Weis
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D'or Fischer
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Andrew Goudelock
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Lamont Hamilton
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Quincy Lewis
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Khyri Thomas
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Dairis Bertāns
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Jānis Blūms
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Antanas Kavaliauskas
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Arnoldas Kulboka
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Renaldas Seibutis
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Micheal Eric
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Born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, Eric did not play basketb ...
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Georgios Bogris
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Dimitrios Mavroeidis
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Kostas Vasileiadis
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Nikos Zisis
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Martin Rančík
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Saski Baskonia
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. Their games together are called the
Basque basketball derby
es, Derbi vasco
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Fundación Bilbao Basket
Fundación Bilbao Basket is the
reserve team
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