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
1.5 !G	7000800000000000000♠8	FRA !	Diot, Antoine	7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb)	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-01-17)17 January 1989
4.5 !F/C	7001140000000000000♠14	MNE !	Dubljević, Bojan	7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	7002111000000000000♠111 kg (245 lb)	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1991-10-24)24 October 1991
5.0 !C	7001550000000000000♠55	UKR !	Kravtsov, Viacheslav	7000213000000000000♠2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	7002115000000000000♠115 kg (254 lb)	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1987-08-25)25 August 1987
2.0 !SG	7001170000000000000♠17	ESP !	Martínez, Rafa (C)	7000186000000000000♠1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	7001770000000000000♠77 kg (170 lb)	7001340000000000000♠34 – (1982-03-03)3 March 1982
4.0 !PF	7001180000000000000♠18	ESP !	Oriola, Pierre	7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb)	7001240000000000000♠24 – (1992-09-25)25 September 1992
3.0 !SF	7001190000000000000♠19	ESP !	San Emeterio, Fernando	7000199000000000000♠1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	7002105400000000000♠105.4 kg (232 lb)	7001320000000000000♠32 – (1984-01-01)1 January 1984
3.0 !SF	7001300000000000000♠30	ESP !	Sastre, Joan	7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb)	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1991-12-10)10 December 1991
2.5 !G/F	7001100000000000000♠10	CAF !	Sato, Romain	7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	7002101000000000000♠101 kg (223 lb)	7001350000000000000♠35 – (1981-03-02)2 March 1981
4.0 !PF	7001430000000000000♠43	USA !	Sikma, Luke	7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	7002106000000000000♠106 kg (234 lb)	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-07-30)30 July 1989
1.0 !PG	7000900000000000000♠9	BEL !	van Rossom, Sam	7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb)	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-06-03)3 June 1986
1.0 !PG	7001160000000000000♠16	ESP !	Vives, Guillem	7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb)	7001230000000000000♠23 – (1993-09-16)16 September 1993
4.0 !PF	5000000000000000000♠0	USA !	Thomas, Will	7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	7002104000000000000♠104 kg (229 lb)	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-07-01)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
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
2014–15	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	20–14	3–4	Quarterfinalist	Supercopa	SF	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.

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

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

External links

Valencia Basket – current roster

0 Thomas 8 Diot 9 Van Rossom 10 Sato 14 Dubljević 16 Vives 17 Martínez 18 Oriola 19 San Emeterio 30 Sastre 43 Sikma 55 Kravtsov

Head coach: Martínez Assistant coaches: Ponsarnau Maroto

Liga ACB

ACB Spanish League Pyramid ACB MVP ACB Finals MVP All-ACB Team ACB Best Young Player ACB Player of the Month Best Coach AEEB Coach of the Year ACB statistical leaders ACB contests

2016–17 Liga ACB teams	Baskonia Divina Seguros Joventut FC Barcelona Lassa Herbalife Gran Canaria Iberostar Tenerife ICL Manresa Montakit Fuenlabrada MoraBanc Andorra Movistar Estudiantes Real Betis Energía Plus Real Madrid RETAbet Bilbao Basket Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro Tecnyconta Zaragoza UCAM Murcia Unicaja Valencia Basket

Liga ACB seasons	1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Liga ACB playoffs	1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Liga ACB finals	1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Other competitions	Copa del Rey Supercopa

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