| Sant Josep | ||||
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| Leagues | LEB Oro | |||
| Founded | 1962 | |||
| History | CB Sant Josep (1962–1989) CB Girona (1989–2008) CB Sant Josep (2008-present) |
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| Arena | Palau Girona-Fontajau (capacity: 5,049) |
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| Location | Girona, Catalonia, Spain | |||
| Team colors | White and red |
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| President | Francesc Ferroni | |||
| Head coach | Žan Tabak | |||
| Championships | 1 FIBA EuroCup 2 Catalan Leagues |
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| Website | www.cbsantjosepgirona.com | |||
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Club Bàsquet Sant Josep is a professional basketball team based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The team is currently playing in LEB Oro. By sponsorship reasons, the club is also known as Girona FC.
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The club was founded in 1962 by Ramon Sitjà as CB Sant Josep. In 1989 it became the Anonymous Sport Association (SAD). In 1987, when the ACB was enlarged to 24 teams, CB Girona entered the first division. In 1991, the club had to buy the rights of the CB Granollers to stay in the ACB as they were going to be relegated to the second division.
In 2007, Girona won the FIBA EuroCup championship, which was hosted at Palau Girona-Fontajau arena. They beat Azovmash Mariupol in the final after having beaten Adecco Estudiantes in the semifinals.
After the end of the 2007–2008 season, CB Girona suffered serious economic problems, with a debt of over €6 million euros. On July 25, 2008, the club announced that it would not participate in the 2008–09 season of either the Spanish ACB League or the Eurocup.[1]
The SAD was dissolved original CB Sant Josep Girona was kept for beginning playing in Adecco Bronce, the fourth level Spanish division.
In the 2009-10 season, Sant Josep bought a LEB Oro place from CB Vic and played the quarterfinals of the promotion playoffs. On the next season, Girona finished in fourth position, arriving to the semifinals.
| Pos. | Starter | Bench | Bench |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Thomas Coleman | Darryl Middleton | |
| PF | Rolands Freimanis | Arnas Labuckas | |
| SF | Marc Fernández | Sergi Pino | |
| SG | Xavi Guirao | Èric Jiménez | |
| PG | Nacho Ordín | Jordi Vallmajó |
| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | Postseason | Cup Competitions | European Competitions |
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| 1983–84 | 3 | 2ª División | 1 | Promotion playoffs | – | – |
| 1984–85 | 3 | 2ª División | 10 | – | – | – |
| 1985–86 | 3 | 2ª División | 5 | Promoted | – | – |
| 1986–87 | 2 | 1ª División B | 12 | – | – | – |
| 1987–88 | 2 | 1ª División B | 7 | Promoted | – | – |
| 1988–89 | 1 | Liga ACB | 23 | Relegated | – | – |
| 1989–90 | 1 | Liga ACB | 18 | Relegation playoffs | Copa del Rey quarterfinalist | Played Korać Cup |
| 1990–91 | 1 | Liga ACB | 13 | Round of 16 | – | – |
| 1991–92 | 1 | Liga ACB | 11 | Round of 16 | Copa del Rey quarterfinalist | – |
| 1992–93 | 1 | Liga ACB | 16 | Round of 16 | – | – |
| 1993–94 | 1 | Liga ACB | 17 | Relegation playoffs | – | – |
| 1994–95 | 1 | Liga ACB | 17 | Relegation playoffs | – | – |
| 1995–96 | 1 | Liga ACB | 11 | – | – | – |
| 1996–97 | 1 | Liga ACB | 14 | – | – | – |
| 1997–98 | 1 | Liga ACB | 12 | – | – | – |
| 1998–99 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8 | Quarterfinalist | – | – |
| 1999–00 | 1 | Liga ACB | 10 | – | – | Korać Cup semifinalist |
| 2000–01 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9 | – | – | Played Korać Cup |
| 2001–02 | 1 | Liga ACB | 11 | – | – | – |
| 2002–03 | 1 | Liga ACB | 15 | – | – | – |
| 2003–04 | 1 | Liga ACB | 13 | – | – | – |
| 2004–05 | 1 | Liga ACB | 16 | – | – | – |
| 2005–06 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7 | Quarterfinalist | Copa del Rey quarterfinalist | – |
| 2006–07 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5 | Quarterfinalist | Copa del Rey quarterfinalist | FIBA EuroCup champion |
| 2007–08 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8 | Quarterfinalist | Copa del Rey quarterfinalist | ULEB Cup runner-up |
| 2008–09 | 4 | LEB Bronce | 12 | – | – | – |
| 2009–10 | 2 | LEB Oro | 9 | Quarterfinalist | – | – |
| 2010–11 | 2 | LEB Oro | 4 | Semifinalist | – | – |
| 2011–12 | 2 | LEB Oro | – | – |
see also Category:CB Girona basketball players
CB Girona plays in Palau Girona-Fontajau, which has a capacity of 5,049 spectators. The arena was inaugurated in 1993 by NBA player Moses Malone, at a match between the local team Valvi Girona and PAOK Salonica.
"Girona a l'ACB" platform (translated from Catalan: Girona in ACB) was created on May 23, 2008, by CB Girona fans. Its purpose was to support the team and the club so they could get rid of the debt and continue playing in the top Spanish division the next year. A website was created for that [2] (Catalan) (Spanish), and there were more than 10,500 signatures collected. Some protests were also made, like a demonstration with over 1,100 people, a basketball match in front of the city hall and a sit-down protest, amongst other actions. 300 t-shirts were also sold.
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