Valencia BC

Valencia Basket
2015–16 Valencia BC season
Nickname	Taronjas (Oranges)
Leagues	Liga ACB Eurocup
Founded	1986
History	Valencia Basket Club (1986–Present)
Arena	Pabellón Fuente San Luis
Capacity	9,000
Location	Valencia, Spain
Team colors	Orange, Black, White
President	Pablo Marín
Head coach	Pedro Martínez
Team captain	Rafa Martínez
Championships	3 Eurocup 1 Spanish Cup
Retired numbers	2 (11, 15)
Website	valenciabasket.com
Uniforms
Home Away Eurocup

Valencia Basket Club, S.A.D. is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the Eurocup.

History

Valencia Basket was founded on 27 September 1986, after Valencia CF decided to fold its basketball section.^[1]

On 4 May 1988, in its second season in Primera División B, the second tier in that time, the team won its first promotion to the ACB^[2] where the team remained until the 1994–95 season. In 1995, Valencia was relegated to the EBA League after falling in the relegation playoff against Somontano Huesca. In the next season, after being runner-up in Liga EBA in a non-promoting season, Valencia BC bought Amway Zaragoza's ACB place to join the league until nowadays.

On 2 February 1998, Pamesa Valencia won its first national title after beating Pinturas Bruguer Badalona by 89–75 in the final of the 1998 Copa del Rey played in Valladolid. One year later, on 13 April 1999, the club played the final of the 1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup but was defeated by Benetton Treviso 64–60 in the final played in Zaragoza. The years later, the club repeated success, but Montepaschi Siena won the final of the 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup by 81–71 in Lyon, France.

Continuing its best years, the 2001–02 ACB season was historic for the club by reaching the league finals, where they could not win any game against FC Barcelona. Before this first success at the league playoffs, Pamesa Valencia won its first European title by surpassing Krka Novo Mesto in the 2002–03 ULEB Cup, allowing the club to make its debut in the Euroleague, the top continental competition.

In its first Euroleague participation, Pamesa Valencia qualified for the Top 16, but was eliminated after not contesting its game at Nokia Arena against Maccabi Elite, adducing security issues in Israel.^[3]

On 18 April 2010, Power Electronics Valencia won its second European title by sweeping Alba Berlin 67–44 in the 2010 Eurocup Finals played in Vitoria-Gasteiz.^[4] This allowed the club to come back to the Euroleague seven years after its first participation. This time, Valencia reached the quarterfinals, where it was eliminated by Real Madrid who won the series by 3–2.

The third Eurocup title arrived on 7 May 2014, when Valencia surpassed UNICS Kazan in the double-legged finals.

Sponsorship naming

Valencia Basket has received diverse sponsorship names along the years:

Valencia-Hoja del Lunes: 1986–87 Pamesa Valencia: 1987–2009 Power Electronics Valencia: 2009–11

Logos

• 
  1987–2009 (The Logo during the Pamesa Era)
• 
  2009–present (Original non commercial logo)

Players

Retired numbers

• 11 Nacho Rodilla, G, 1994–2003
• 15 Víctor Luengo, G, 1992–2007

Current roster

Valencia Basket roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 8 Diot, Antoine 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 27 – 17 January 1989 F/C 14 Dubljević, Bojan 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 25 – 24 October 1991 C 55 Kravtsov, Viacheslav 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 29 – 25 August 1987 SG 17 Martínez, Rafa (C) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 34 – 3 March 1982 PF 18 Oriola, Pierre 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 24 – 25 September 1992 SF 19 San Emeterio, Fernando 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 105.4 kg (232 lb) 32 – 1 January 1984 SF 30 Sastre, Joan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 25 – 10 December 1991 G/F 10 Sato, Romain 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 35 – 2 March 1981 PF 43 Sikma, Luke  2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 27 – 30 July 1989 PG 9 van Rossom, Sam  1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 30 – 3 June 1986 PG 16 Vives, Guillem 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 23 – 16 September 1993 PF 0 Thomas, Will 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 30 – 1 July 1986	Head coach Pedro Martínez Assistant coach(es) Jaume Ponsarnau Juan Maroto Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 18 October 2016

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Bojan Dubljević	Viacheslav Kravtsov
PF	Will Thomas	Luke Sikma	Pierre Oriola
SF	Fernando San Emeterio	Romain Sato
SG	Antoine Diot	Joan Sastre	Rafa Martínez
PG	Sam van Rossom	Guillem Vives

Coaches

Toni Ferrer 1986–87, 1989 Antoni Serra 1987–89 José Antonio Figueroa 1989–91 Fernando Jiménez 1991 Manu Moreno 1992–95 Herb Brown 1995 Mihajlo Vuković 1995–2000 Luis Casimiro 2000–02 Paco Olmos 2002–04, 2011–12 Pablo Laso 2004–05

Chechu Mulero 2005, 2006 Ricard Casas 2005–06 Fotios Katsikaris 2006–08 Neven Spahija 2008–10 Manolo Hussein 2010 Svetislav Pešić 2010–11 Velimir Perasović 2012–15 Carles Duran 2015 Pedro Martínez 2015–

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	RS	PO	Copa del Rey	Other cups		European Competitions
1986–87	2	1ª División B	19	–	10–12	4–8	–	–	–	–	–	–
1987–88	2	1ª División B	8	Promoted	20–16	4–3	–	–	–	–	–	–
1988–89	1	Liga ACB	16	–	12–24	0–3	First round	–	–	–	–	–
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	10	–	24–12	3–0	Round of 16	–	–	–	–	–
1990–91	1	Liga ACB	9	Round of 16	15–19	3–3	Second round	–	–	–	–	–
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	9	Round of 16	18–16	3–3	Second round	–	–	–	–	–
1992–93	1	Liga ACB	10	Round of 16	18–13	1–2	Second round	–	–	–	–	–
1993–94	1	Liga ACB	12	Round of 16	14–14	1–3	First round	–	–	–	–	–
1994–95	1	Liga ACB	19	Relegated	15–23	1–3	First round	–	–	–	–	–
1995–96	2	Liga EBA	2	Runner-up[5]	22–8	6–2	–	–	–	–	–	–
1996–97	1	Liga ACB	11	–	17–17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1997–98	1	Liga ACB	7	Quarterfinalist	20–14	1–3	Champion	–	–	–	–	–
1998–99	1	Liga ACB	6	Quarterfinalist	18–16	2–3	Quarterfinalist	–	–	2 Saporta Cup	RU	17–2
1999–00	1	Liga ACB	6	Quarterfinalist	20–14	0–3	Runner-up	–	–	2 Saporta Cup	QF	13–3
2000–01	1	Liga ACB	5	Quarterfinalist	22–12	1–3	Semifinalist	–	–	2 Saporta Cup	SF	11–5
2001–02	1	Liga ACB	6	Quarterfinalist	21–13	1–3	Quarterfinalist	–	–	2 Saporta Cup	RU	13–4
2002–03	1	Liga ACB	2	Runner-up	26–8	6–5	Semifinalist	–	–	2 ULEB Cup	C	14–4
2003–04	1	Liga ACB	5	Quarterfinalist	23–11	1–3	Quarterfinalist	–	–	1 Euroleague	T16	13–7
2004–05	1	Liga ACB	9	–	18–16	–	Semifinalist	–	–	2 ULEB Cup	SF	11–1–4
2005–06	1	Liga ACB	9	–	16–18	–	Runner-up	–	–	–	–	–
2006–07	1	Liga ACB	7	Quarterfinalist	19–15	1–3	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007–08	1	Liga ACB	5	Quarterfinalist	22–12	1–2	Quarterfinalist	–	–	2 ULEB Cup	QF	10–5
2008–09	1	Liga ACB	7	Quarterfinalist	16–16	0–2	Quarterfinalist	–	–	2 Eurocup	QF	10–3
2009–10	1	Liga ACB	5	Quarterfinalist	23–11	0–2	Semifinalist	–	–	2 Eurocup	C	14–2
2010–11	1	Liga ACB	5	Quarterfinalist	24–10	0–2	Semifinalist	Supercopa	RU	1 Euroleague	QF	10–11
2011–12	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	20–14	3–4	–	–	–	2 Eurocup	RU	12–4
2012–13	1	Liga ACB	6	Quarterfinalist	22–12	1–2	Runner-up	Supercopa	SF	2 Eurocup	SF	11–5
2013–14	1	Liga ACB	3	Semifinalist	30–4	4–4	Semifinalist	–	–	2 Eurocup	C	15–9
2014–15	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	20–14	3–4	Quarterfinalist	Supercopa	SF	1 Euroleague	RS	3–7
										2 Eurocup	QF	5–5
2015–16	1	Liga ACB	3	Semifinalist	28–6	3–3	Quarterfinalist	–	–	2 Eurocup	L32	13–3
2016–17	1	Liga ACB						–	–	2 Eurocup

Trophies and awards

Trophies

• Liga ACB:

Runners-up (1): 2003

• Copa del Rey: (1)

1998

Runners-up (3): 2000, 2006, 2013

• Saporta Cup:

Runners-up (2): 1999, 2002

• Eurocup Basketball: (3)

2003, 2010, 2014

Runners-up (1): 2012

Individual awards

ACB Most Valuable Player

• Justin Doellman – 2014

Spanish Cup MVP

• Nacho Rodilla – 1998

All-ACB First Team

• Justin Doellman – 2014
• Romain Sato – 2014
• Pau Ribas – 2015
• Justin Hamilton – 2016

ACB Slam Dunk Champion

• Víctor Claver – 2007

Eurocup Finals MVP

• Dejan Tomašević – 2003
• Matt Nielsen – 2010
• Justin Doellman – 2014

Eurocup Rising Star Award

• Víctor Claver – 2010
• Bojan Dubljević – 2013, 2014

All-Euroleague Second Team

• Duško Savanović – 2011

All-Eurocup First Team

• Nando De Colo – 2010
• Matt Nielsen – 2010
• Nik Caner-Medley – 2012
• Justin Doellman – 2013, 2014

All-Eurocup Second Team

• Matt Nielsen – 2009
• Bojan Dubljević – 2014

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

• Played at least one season for the club.
• Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
• Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time.
• To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

Salva Díez Johnny Rogers Víctor Luengo Nacho Rodilla Berni Álvarez José Antonio Paraíso Víctor Claver Rafa Martínez Pau Ribas Alejandro Montecchia Federico Kammerichs Fabricio Oberto Matt Nielsen Tiago Splitter Vítor Faverani

Antoine Rigaudeau Florent Piétrus Nando de Colo Mickaël Gelabale Alessandro Abbio Robertas Javtokas Bojan Dubljević Dejan Tomašević Igor Rakočević Kosta Perović Duško Savanović Serhiy Lishchuk Bernard Hopkins Tanoka Beard Brian Cardinal Justin Doellman

Women's team

Since 2014, Valencia BC has also a women's team. It was created after integrating the youth system of Ros Casares Valencia, former EuroLeague Women champion club which dissolved its senior squad in 2012.^[6]

In its first season, Valencia BC plays in Primera División, the third tier of Spanish women's basketball.^[7]

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason
2014–15	3	1ª División	2	Promotion playoffs
2015–16	3	1ª División	1	Promoted

References

1. "Valencia Basket cumple 30 años" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
2. 23 years from the promotion of Valencia Basket ACB.com May 4, 2011
3. "El Pamesa no viaja a Tel Aviv y perderá (20-0) el partido" (in Spanish). El País. 25 March 2004. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
4. "Power Electronic Valencia Champ!". Eurocup Basketball. 18 April 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
5. Bought the ACB berth to Amway Zaragoza.
6. Ros Casares se integra en la Escuela del Valencia Basket; Superdeporte, 18 May 2014 (Spanish)
7. Valencia Basket Femenino, un club de cantera; enCancha, 11 October 2014 (Spanish)

External links

• Official website
• Valencia BC at ACB.com (Spanish)
• Valencia BC at the Eurocup