Valencia BC

Valencia Basket
Leagues ACB
Euroleague
Founded 1986
History Valencia Basket Club
(1986–Present)
Arena Pabellón Fuente San Luis
Location Valencia, Valencian Community
Team colors Orange, Purple, White
              
President Vicente Solà
Head coach Paco Olmos
Championships 2 Eurocup
1 Spanish Cup
Website valenciabasket.com
Uniforms
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Valencia Basket Club, S.A.D. is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, Valencian Community, that is part of Spain's top basketball league, the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto. Having its origins in a basketball section of Valencia CF, the team was established in 1986, and gained popularity under his former denomination of Pamesa Valencia.

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History

On May 4, 1988 the team won its first promotion to the ACB[1] where the team remained until the 1994/1995 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 ACB until nowadays.

Sponsorship naming

Valencia Basket has received diverse sponsorship names along the years:

  • Valencia-Hoja del Lunes 1986–1987
  • Pamesa Valencia 1987–2009
  • Power Electronics Valencia 2009–2011

Logos

Players

Retired numbers

Roster

Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
F 33 Caner-Medley, Nik 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) &1000000000000002800000028
SF 9 Claver, Víctor (C) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) &1000000000000002300000023
PG 22 De Colo, Nando 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) &1000000000000002400000024
C 13 Faverani, Vitor 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 118 kg (260 lb) &1000000000000002300000023
SG 30 Kuksiks, Rihards 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) &1000000000000002300000023
C 12 Lishchuk, Serhiy 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 110 kg (243 lb) &1000000000000002900000029
G 4 Markovic, Stefan 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) &1000000000000002300000023
SG 17 Martínez, Rafa 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 77 kg (170 lb) &1000000000000002900000029
C 6 Ogilvy, Andrew 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 113 kg (249 lb) &1000000000000002300000023
C 7 Splitter, Tiago 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 109 kg (240 lb) &1000000000000002700000027
PF 20 Piétrus, Florent 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) &1000000000000003100000031
PG 00 San Miguel, Rodrigo 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) &1000000000000002700000027
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Chechu Mulero
  • Néstor Mataix
Legend
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 2011-09-13

Depth Chart

Pos. Starter Bench Bench Inactive
C Tiago Splitter Andrew Ogilvy Sergei Lishouk Vitor Faverani
PF Nik Caner-Medley Florent Piétrus
SF Víctor Claver Rihards Kuksiks
SG Rafa Martínez Nando de Colo
PG Stefan Marković Rodrigo San Miguel

Coaches

  • Toni Ferrer 1986–87, 1989
  • Antoni Serra 1987–89
  • José Antonio Figueroa 1989–92
  • Manu Moreno 1992–95
  • Herb Brown 1995
  • Miki Vuković 1995–2000
  • Fernando Jiménez 2000
  • Luis Casimiro 2000–02

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. Postseason Cup Competitions European Competitions
1986–87 2 1ª División B 7 – – –
1987–88 2 1ª División B 8 Promoted – –
1988–89 1 Liga ACB 16 – – –
1989–90 1 Liga ACB 10 – – –
1990–91 1 Liga ACB 9 Round of 16 – –
1991–92 1 Liga ACB 9 Round of 16 – –
1992–93 1 Liga ACB 10 Round of 16 – –
1993–94 1 Liga ACB 12 Round of 16 – –
1994–95 1 Liga ACB 19 Relegated – –
1995–96 2 Liga EBA 2 Runner-up – –
1996–97 1 Liga ACB 11 – – –
1997–98 1 Liga ACB 7 Quarterfinalist Copa del Rey champion –
1998–99 1 Liga ACB 6 Quarterfinalist Copa del Rey quarterfinalist Saporta Cup runner-up
1999–00 1 Liga ACB 6 Quarterfinalist Copa del Rey runner-up Saporta Cup quarterfinalist
2000–01 1 Liga ACB 5 Quarterfinalist Copa del Rey semifinalist Saporta Cup semifinalist
2001–02 1 Liga ACB 6 Quarterfinalist Copa del Rey quarterfinalist Saporta Cup runner-up
2002–03 1 Liga ACB 2 Runner-up Copa del Rey semifinalist ULEB Cup champion
2003–04 1 Liga ACB 5 Quarterfinalist Copa del Rey quarterfinalist Played Euroleague
2004–05 1 Liga ACB 9 – Copa del Rey semifinalist ULEB Cup semifinalist
2005–06 1 Liga ACB 9 – Copa del Rey runner-up –
2006–07 1 Liga ACB 7 Quarterfinalist – –
2007–08 1 Liga ACB 5 Quarterfinalist Copa del Rey quarterfinalist ULEB Cup quarterfinalist
2008–09 1 Liga ACB 7 Quarterfinalist Copa del Rey quarterfinalist Eurocup quarterfinalist
2009–10 1 Liga ACB 5 Quarterfinalist Copa del Rey semifinalist Eurocup champion
2010–11 1 Liga ACB 5 Quarterfinalist SC runner-up, CR semifinalist Euroleague quarterfinalist
2011–12 1 Liga ACB Eurocup

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Individual awards

Spanish Cup MVP

  • Nacho Rodilla – 1998

ACB Slam Dunk Champion

ULEB Eurocup Finals MVP

ULEB Eurocup Rising Star Award

All-Euroleague Second Team

All-Eurocup First Team

References

  1. ^ 23 years from the promotion of Valencia Basket ACB.com May 4, 2011

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