Bilbao Basket

RETAbet Bilbao Basket
2015–16 Bilbao Basket season
Nickname Hombres de negro
(Men in Black)
Leagues Liga ACB
Eurocup
Founded 7 March 2000 (2000-03-07)
History Basket Bilbao Berri
(2000–2002)
Bilbao Basket
(2002–present)
Arena Bilbao Arena
Arena Capacity 11,000
Location Bilbao, Spain
Team colors Black, Silver
         
Main sponsor RETAbet
President Xabier Davalillo
Head coach Carles Duran
Team captain Alex Mumbrú
Retired numbers 14 Javi Salgado
Website Official website
Uniforms
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Bilbao Basket, also known as RETAbet Bilbao Basket by sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Bilbao, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the Eurocup. Their home arena is the Bilbao Arena.

History

The club was founded in 2000 replacing the former city clubs: Cajabilbao and SD Patronato. After four seasons between LEB and LEB 2, Bilbao promoted to Liga ACB in 2004 by winning by 3–1 to Baloncesto León 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 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 Charleroi against Lokomotiv Kuban.

On 17 July 2014, the ACB excluded Bilbao Basket from the Liga ACB due to its financial trouble,[1] but on August 8, the Association was forced to retire the exclusion and finally Bilbao Basket will continue in the Spanish top league.[2]

Sponsorship naming

Bilbao Basket has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

Logos

Home arenas

Players

Retired numbers

Current roster

Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
SG 4 United States Bamforth, Scott 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 27 – (1989-08-12)12 August 1989
SG 8 Sweden Borg, Tobias 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 23 – (1993-11-02)2 November 1993
PF 25 Croatia Buva, Ivan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 25 – (1991-05-06)6 May 1991
F/C 50 Nigeria Eric, Micheal 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 28 – (1988-06-24)24 June 1988
PF 17 Belgium Hervelle, Axel 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 33 – (1983-05-12)12 May 1983
SG 13 Slovenia Lapornik, Miha 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 23 – (1993-10-18)18 October 1993
PG 30 Spain Llorente, Sergio 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 26 – (1990-09-13)13 September 1990
SF 10 Spain Mendía, Borja 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 22 – (1994-11-10)10 November 1994
SF 15 Spain Mumbrú, Álex (C) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 37 – (1979-06-12)12 June 1979
PF 34 Montenegro Nikolić, Danilo 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 23 – (1993-04-08)8 April 1993
PG 14 Spain Salgado, Javi 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 36 – (1980-08-06)6 August 1980
PG 9 Belgium Tabu, Jonathan 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 31 – (1985-10-07)7 October 1985
SF 20 Serbia Todorović, Dejan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 22 – (1994-05-29)29 May 1994
C 22 Serbia Vucetic, Vasilije 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 20 – (1996-05-04)4 May 1996
PG 7 Spain de la Rúa, Daniel 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 19 – (1997-01-30)30 January 1997
PF 12 Spain Iriarte, David 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 21 – (1995-04-01)1 April 1995
Head coach
  • Spain Carles Duran
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: September 26, 2016

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Michael Eric Ivan Buva
PF Axel Hervelle Danilo Nikolić
SF Alex Mumbrú Dejan Todorović Borja Mendía
SG Scott Bamforth Miha Lapornik
PG Tobias Borg Jonathan Tabu Javi Salgado

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–present

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. Postseason RS PO Copa del Rey Other cups European competitions
2000–01 3 LEB 2 13 Relegation playoffs 10–20 3–0 – – – – – –
2001–02 3 LEB 2 1 Promoted 23–7 8–1 – Copa LEB 2 C – – –
2002–03 2 LEB 6 Quarterfinalist 19–11 2–3 – Copa Príncipe RU – – –
2003–04 2 LEB 1 Promoted 22–12 7–2 – Copa Príncipe SF – – –
2004–05 1 Liga ACB 14 – 12–22 – – – – – – –
2005–06 1 Liga ACB 15 – 13–21 – – – – – – –
2006–07 1 Liga ACB 10 – 15–19 – – – – – – –
2007–08 1 Liga ACB 7 Quarterfinalist 21–13 0–2 Semifinalist Supercopa RU – – –
2008–09 1 Liga ACB 8 Quarterfinalist 15–17 0–2 – – – 2 Eurocup SF 11–3
2009–10 1 Liga ACB 9 – 16–18 – Quarterfinalist – – 2 Eurocup 3rd 13–5
2010–11 1 Liga ACB 2 Runner-up 21–13 5–4 Quarterfinalist – – – – –
2011–12 1 Liga ACB 6 Quarterfinalist 19–15 0–2 Supercopa SF 1 Euroleague QF 10–10
2012–13 1 Liga ACB 7 Quarterfinalist 19–15 1–2 Quarterfinalist – – 2 Eurocup RU 13–4
2013–14 1 Liga ACB 14 – 12–22 – – Supercopa SF 2 Eurocup L32 8–8
2014–15 1 Liga ACB 5 Quarterfinalist 20–16 1–2 Quarterfinalist – – – – –
2015–16 1 Liga ACB 10 – 16–18 – Semifinalist – – 2 Eurocup L32 11–5
2016–17 1 Liga ACB – – 2 Eurocup

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Individual awards

All-ACB First Team

Eurocup MVP

All-Eurocup First Team

All-Eurocup Second Team

Eurocup Coach of the Year

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

Matches against NBA teams

6 October 2013
Bilbao Basket 104–106 Philadelphia 76ers
Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo
Attendance: 13,538

References

  1. ↑ "Bilbao Basket no completa el proceso de inscripción para la Liga Endesa 14-15" (in Spanish). ACB.com. July 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Comunicado Oficial de la ACB" (in Spanish). ACB.com. August 8, 2014.
  3. ↑ "El Gescrap Bizkaia ya es una realidad" (in Spanish). ACB.com. November 11, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Nace el Uxúe Bilbao Basket" (in Spanish). ACB.com. December 21, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Dominion, nuevo patrocinador principal del Bilbao Basket" (in Spanish). ACB.com. March 24, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Nace RETAbet Bilbao Basket" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 27 October 2016.
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