Baloncesto Málaga

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Unicaja

Leagues

ACB
Euroleague

Founded

1992

History

Caja de Ronda
(1977–1992)
Unicaja Mayoral
(1992–1993)
Unicaja Polti
(1993–1994)
Unicaja
(1994–present)

Arena

Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena
(capacity: 11,000)

Location

Málaga, Andalusia

Team colors

Forest Green, White and Lime

President

Eduardo García López

Head coach

Joan Plaza

Championships

1 Spanish Championship
1 Spanish Cup
1 Korać Cup

Website

unicajabaloncesto.com

Uniforms

Home

Away

Club Baloncesto Málaga, S.A.D., more commonly referred to by its sponsorship name of Unicaja Málaga, is a Spanish professional basketball team based in Málaga, Andalusia. The team plays in the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB) and the Euroleague.

History

Unicaja was founded in 1992 as a merger of the two ACB teams in the city:

CB Caja de Ronda
CB Maristas

The club won its first title, the Korać Cup in 2001. They then won the Spanish King's Cup championship in 2005. The next year in 2006, Unicaja won its first-ever Spanish Championship.

In October 2007, Unicaja faced the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies in a friendly match, defeating them 102–99. This is one of the few times an NBA team has lost to an overseas club. The Grizzlies' team contained Pau Gasol and Juan Carlos Navarro, two of the greatest Spanish basketball players.^[1]

The club has over the years featured players like Nacho Rodríguez, Berni Rodríguez, Carlos Cabezas, Jorge Garbajosa, Marcus Brown, Sergei Babkov, Michael Ansley, Louis Bullock, Kenny Miller, and others. In 2007, Unicaja finished in third place in the Euroleague competition, marking the club's best ever Euroleague season to that point.

Unicaja has also a reserve team playing in LEB Plata, the Spanish third division. It's called Clínicas Rincón.

Home arenas

Pabellón Guadaljaire (1977–78)
Pabellón Tiro Pichón (1978–81)
Pabellón Ciudad Jardín (1981–99)
Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena (1999–present)

Players

Retired numbers

5 Berni Rodríguez, G, 1999–2012^[2]

Current roster

CB Málaga roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
1.0 !PG	11	BUL !	Calloway, Earl	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	700130000000000000030 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1983-08-30)August 30, 1983
4.5 !PF	33	AZE !	Caner-Medley, Nik	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	700130000000000000030 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1983-10-20)October 20, 1983
2.0 !SG	22	SVN !	Dragić, Zoran	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	700124000000000000024 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1989-04-04)April 4, 1989
1.0 !PG	15	URU !	Granger, Jayson	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	700124000000000000024 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1989-09-15)September 15, 1989
6.0 !C	30	BRA !	Hettsheimeir, Rafael	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	120 kg (265 lb)	700127000000000000027 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1986-06-16)June 16, 1986
3.0 !SF	21	LTU !	Kuzminskas, Mindaugas	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	700124000000000000024 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1989-10-19)October 19, 1989
6.0 !C	18	SEN !	Nguirane, Maodo Malick	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)		700120000000000000020 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1993-11-10)November 10, 1993
4.5 !PF	8	LTU !	Sabonis, Domantas	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	700117000000000000017 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1996-05-03)May 3, 1996
3.0 !SF	12	ESP !	Suárez, Carlos	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	106 kg (234 lb)	700127000000000000027 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1986-05-23)May 23, 1986
6.0 !C	51	SRB !	Štimac, Vladimir	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	116 kg (256 lb)	700126000000000000026 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1987-08-25)August 25, 1987
4.5 !PF	6	SRB !	Todorović, Dejan	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)		700119000000000000019 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1994-05-29)May 29, 1994
2.0 !SG	19	USA !	Toolson, Ryan	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	700128000000000000028 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1985-03-21)March 21, 1985
2.0 !SG	10	ESP !	Urtasun, Txemi	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	90.5 kg (200 lb)	700129000000000000029 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1984-04-30)April 30, 1984
6.0 !C	17	ESP !	Vázquez, Fran (C)	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	109 kg (240 lb)	700130000000000000030 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1983-05-01)May 1, 1983
3.0 !SF	9	ESP !	Vidal, Sergi	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	700132000000000000032 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1981-04-09)April 9, 1981

Head coach

Joan Plaza

Assistant coach(es)

Antonio Herrera
Ángel Sánchez-Cañete
Carlos Jiménez

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster
Updated: August 22, 2013

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Fran Vázquez	Vladimir Štimac	Rafael Hettsheimeir
PF	Nik Caner-Medley	Domantas Sabonis
SF	Carlos Suárez	Mindaugas Kuzminskas	Sergi Vidal
SG	Zoran Dragić	Ryan Toolson	Txemi Urtasun
PG	Jayson Granger	Earl Calloway

Head coaches

Alfonso Queipo de Llano 1977–79, 1985–86
José María Martín Urbano 1979–80, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990–92
Damián Caneda 1980–81
Ramón Guardiola 1981–82
Moncho Monsalve 1982–84
Ignacio Pinedo 1984–85
Arturo Ortega 1986–87
Zoran Slavnić 1987–88
Mario Pesquera 1988–90
Javier Imbroda 1992–98

Pedro Ramírez 1998–99
Božidar Maljković 1999–03
Paco Alonso 2003
Chechu Mulero 2003
Sergio Scariolo 2003–08
Aito Garcia Reneses 2008–2011
Chus Mateo 2011–12
Luis Casimiro 2012
Jasmin Repeša 2012–13
Joan Plaza 2013–present

Season by season

CB Caja de Ronda

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	Cup Competitions	European Competitions	RS	PO	Cup	EU	Tot
1978–79	2	1ª División B	10	–	–	–	6–16	–	–	–	6–16
1979–80	2	1ª División B	9	–	–	–	13–17	–	–	–	13–17
1980–81	2	1ª División B	1	Promoted	–	–	19–2–5	–	–	–	19–2–5
1981–82	1	1ª División	10	–	Copa del Rey Round of 16	–	10–1–15	–	1–1	–	11–1–16
1982–83	1	1ª División	12	–	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	–	6–20	–	1–3	–	7–23
1983–84	1	Liga ACB	10	Round of 16	–	–	14–14	0–2	–	–	14–16
1984–85	1	Liga ACB	14	Relegated	–	–	11–17	2–2	–	–	13–19
1985–86	2	1ª División B	4	Finalist	–	–	16–12	2–3	–	–	18–15
1986–87	2	1ª División B	1	Promoted	–	–	14–8	10–2	–	–	24–10
1987–88	1	Liga ACB	14	–	Copa Príncipe Round of 16	–	1–27	2–3	0–2	–	3–32
1988–89	1	Liga ACB	5	Quarterfinalist	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	–	23–13	0–2	3–2	–	26–17
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	5	Quarterfinalist	Copa del Rey Round of 16	Korać Cup First Round	21–15	0–2	1–1	1–1	23–19
1990–91	1	Liga ACB	10	Round of 16	Copa del Rey Third Round	Korać Cup First Round	15–19	4–2	1–1	–	20–22
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	14	Round of 16	Copa del Rey Second Round	–	13–21	3–2	3–1	–	19–24

CB Maristas

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	Cup Competitions	RS	PO	Cup	Tot
1981–82	3	2ª División	1	Promotion playoffs	–			–	–
1982–83	3	2ª División	2	Promotion playoffs	–			–	–
1983–84	3	2ª División	2	Promoted	–		3–2	–	–
1984–85	2	1ª División B	15	Relegated	–	6–20	–	–	6–20
1985–86	3	2ª División	2	Promoted	–			–	–
1986–87	2	1ª División B	18	–	–	12–22	–	–	12–22
1987–88	2	1ª División B	4	Promoted	–	26–10	7–3	–	33–13
1988–89	1	Liga ACB	15	–	Copa del Rey First Round	22–14	0–3	0–1–1	22–1–18
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	13	–	Copa del Rey Round of 16	17–19	1–3	1–3	19–25
1990–91	1	Liga ACB	14	Round of 16	Copa del Rey Second Round	16–18	2–4	2–2	20–24
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	15	Round of 16	Copa del Rey First Round	12–22	3–0	1–1	16–23

Baloncesto Málaga

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	Cup Competitions	European Competitions	RS	PO	Cup	EU	Tot
1992–93	1	Liga ACB	9	Round of 16	Copa del Rey First Round	–	19–12	0–2	0–2	–	19–16
1993–94	1	Liga ACB	10	Round of 16	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	–	12–16	1–2	3–2	–	16–20
1994–95	1	Liga ACB	2	Runner-up	–	–	25–13	7–3	–	–	32–16
1995–96	1	Liga ACB	6	Quarterfinalist	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	Euroleague Group Stage	26–12	1–2	0–1	8–8	35–23
1996–97	1	Liga ACB	7	Quarterfinalist	–	Korać Cup quarterfinalist	19–15	3–2	–	9–3	31–20
1997–98	1	Liga ACB	8	Quarterfinalist	–	Korać Cup Round of 16	20–14	0–3	–	7–3	27–20
1998–99	1	Liga ACB	9	–	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	Korać Cup Group Stage	18–16	–	0–1	2–4	20–21
1999–00	1	Liga ACB	8	Quarterfinalist	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	Korać Cup runner-up	19–15	3–2	0–1	11–5	33–23
2000–01	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	Korać Cup champion	27–7	3–4	0–1	14–2	44–14
2001–02	1	Liga ACB	2	Runner-up	Copa del Rey semifinalist	Euroleague Regular Season	27–7	6–3	1–1	6–8	40–19
2002–03	1	Liga ACB	3	Semifinalist	Copa del Rey semifinalist	Euroleague Top 16	24–10	5–5	1–1	8–12	38–28
2003–04	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	–	Euroleague Regular Season	20–14	3–5	–	4–10	27–29
2004–05	1	Liga ACB	3	Semifinalist	SC semifinalist, CR champion	Euroleague Regular Season	23–11	4–5	4–1	6–8	37–25
2005–06	1	Liga ACB	1	Champion	SC semifinalist, CR semifinalist	Euroleague Top 16	26–8	9–2	1–3	15–5	51–18
2006–07	1	Liga ACB	8	Quarterfinalist	SC runner-up, CR quarterfinalist	Euroleague semifinalist^3rd	17–17	0–3	1–2	14–11	32–33
2007–08	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	Euroleague Top 16	17–17	2–2	0–1	13–7	32–27
2008–09	1	Liga ACB	3	Semifinalist	Copa del Rey runner-up	Euroleague Top 16	24–8	3–3	2–1	10–6	39–18
2009–10	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	–	Euroleague Top 16	19–15	2–3	–	9–7	30–25
2010–11	1	Liga ACB	8	Quarterfinalist	–	Euroleague Top 16	19–15	0–2	–	6–10	25–27
2011–12	1	Liga ACB	9	–	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	Euroleague Top 16	17–17	–	–	4–12	21–29
2012–13	1	Liga ACB	9	–	–	Euroleague Top 16	18–16	–	–	15–9	33–25
2013–14	1	Liga ACB			Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	Euroleague			0–1		–

Honours and awards

Honours

National:

Liga ACB: (1)
- 2005–06
Copa del Rey: (1)
- 2005
2nd division championships: (2)
- 1ª División B: 1981, 1987
Andalusia Cup: (8)
- 1996, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012

International:

Korać Cup: (1)
- 2001
Euroleague:
- Third Place: 2007

Individual awards

ACB Finals MVP

Michael Ansley – 1995
Jorge Garbajosa – 2006

Spanish Cup MVP

Jorge Garbajosa – 2005

ACB Slam Dunk Champion

Florent Piétrus – 2006
James Gist – 2012

ACB Three Point Shootout Champion

Paco Vázquez – 2001

All-ACB Team

Jorge Garbajosa – 2005, 2006

All-Euroleague Second Team

Jorge Garbajosa – 2006

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.

References

↑ Unicaja Malaga Defeats Memphis Grizzlies in NBA Euroleague Live 2007 Interbasket. 9 October 2007
↑ El Unicaja retira el dorsal 5 en honor a Berni Rodríguez Unicaja website. 26 June 2012

External links

v t e Unicaja Málaga current roster

6 Todorović 7 Conde 8 Sabonis 9 Vidal 10 Urtasun 11 Calloway 12 Suárez 15 Granger 17 Vázquez 19 Toolson 21 Kuzminskas 22 Dragić 30 Hettsheimeir 33 Caner-Medley 51 Štimac Head Coach: Plaza Assistant coaches: Segura Sánchez-Cañete Jiménez

v t e Liga ACB

ACB Spanish League Pyramid ACB MVP ACB Finals MVP All-ACB Team ACB Rising Star ACB Player of the Month ACB contests

2013–14 Liga ACB teams	Baloncesto Fuenlabrada Bilbao Basket CAI Zaragoza Cajasol CB Valladolid FC Barcelona FIATC Joventut Gipuzkoa Basket Herbalife Gran Canaria Iberostar Tenerife La Bruixa d'Or Laboral Kutxa Real Madrid Rio Natura Monbús Tuenti Móvil Estudiantes 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 1999–00 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

Liga ACB playoffs	1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Other competitions	Copa del Rey Supercopa

v t e 2013–14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague

Participating in the Top 16 Group E	Anadolu Efes Istanbul FC Barcelona Fenerbahçe Ülker Istanbul Emporio Armani Milano Laboral Kutxa Vitoria Olympiacos Piraeus Panathinaikos Athens Unicaja Málaga

Participating in the Top 16 Group F	CSKA Moscow FC Bayern Munich Galatasaray Liv Hospital Lokomotiv Kuban Maccabi Tel Aviv Partizan NIS Belgrade Real Madrid Žalgiris Kaunas

Eliminated in the Regular season	Group A Group B Group C Group D Brose Baskets Bamberg Budivelnyk Kiev Nanterre Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius Montepaschi Siena Strasbourg IG Stelmet Zielona Góra Red Star Belgrade

Eliminated in the third qualifying round	Telenet Oostende

Eliminated in the second qualifying round	Banvit EWE Oldenburg

Eliminated in the first qualifying round	Cimberio Varese ČEZ Nymburk Khimki Moscow VEF Rīga

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