Basket Zaragoza 2002

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CAI Zaragoza
Leagues Liga ACB
Eurocup
Founded 2002
Arena Pabellón Príncipe Felipe
Location Zaragoza, Aragón
Team colors               
President Reynaldo Benito
Head coach José Luis Abós
Championships 2 LEB Oro championship
1 Copa Príncipe
Website
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Basket Zaragoza 2002 S. A. D., more commonly known as CAI Zaragoza by sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Zaragoza, Aragón, who currently plays in Liga ACB. It does it at Pabellón Príncipe Felipe.

History

Basket Zaragoza 2002 S. A. D. was founded in 2002 with the aim of giving the city of Zaragoza back to the Spanish basketball elite league, after old CB Zaragoza left the Liga ACB on 1996. It started playing on Liga LEB, after taking the post belonging to CB Coruña.

CAI Zaragoza spent five hard years on LEB Oro league before reaching Liga ACB for the first time. The team had to overcome a relegation playoffs (against CB Ciudad de Huelva) and four consecutive failed promotion playoffs (against CB Granada, CB Murcia and Baloncesto León twice).

Finally, the "red tide" got promoted to Liga ACB but its first participation on it was a total failure. CAI Zaragoza got immediately relegated, after being defeated in the last day by CB Murcia. Nevertheless the team arranged again the highest competition at the first attempt.

Important changes inside the club made the team improve and get healthy. Thanks to these changes, CAI Zaragoza has established on the highest basketball league of Spain.

Roster

Basket Zaragoza 2002 roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
C 18 Hungary Dobos, László 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 20 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1993-12-29)December 29, 1993
C 31 Spain Fontet, Albert 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 27 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1986-03-16)March 16, 1986
F/C 5 United States Jones, Joseph 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 127 kg (280 lb) 27 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1986-03-21)March 21, 1986
PG 12 Spain Llompart, Pedro 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 32 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1982-01-09)January 9, 1982
PG 17 Spain Marín, Javier 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 19 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1994-04-12)April 12, 1994
C 25 Netherlands Norel, Henk 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 26 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1987-09-17)September 17, 1987
SG 8 United States Roll, Michael 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 26 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1987-12-04)December 4, 1987
F 10 Croatia Rudež, Damjan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 27 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1986-06-17)June 17, 1986
F 13 Georgia (country) Sanikidze, Viktor 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1986-04-01)April 1, 1986
C 19 Georgia (country) Shermadini, Giorgi 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 120 kg (265 lb) 24 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1989-04-02)April 2, 1989
G/F 9 Iceland Stefánsson, Jón Arnór 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 31 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1982-09-21)September 21, 1982
PG 30 Belgium Tabu, Jonathan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 28 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1985-10-07)October 7, 1985
SF 21 Spain Tomàs, Pere 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 24 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1989-09-05)September 5, 1989
SG 11 Spain Urtasun, Álex 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 29 – <span="font-size:140%;">(1984-04-30)April 30, 1984
Head coach
  • Spain José Luis Abós
Assistant coach(es)
  • Spain Joaquín Ruiz Lorente
  • Spain Pedro Carrillo
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 2013-09-20

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. Postseason Cup Competitions European Competitions RS PO Cup EU Tot
2002–03 2 LEB 14 Relegation playoffs – – 12–18 3–2 – – 15–20
2003–04 2 LEB 4 Semifinalist Copa Príncipe champion – 20–14 5–5 2–0 – 27–19
2004–05 2 LEB 6 Quarterfinalist Copa Príncipe semifinalist – 19–15 0–3 0–1 – 19–19
2005–06 2 LEB 4 Semifinalist – – 25–9 5–3 – – 30–12
2006–07 2 LEB 3 Semifinalist – – 21–13 5–3 – – 26–16
2007–08 2 LEB Oro 1 Promoted Copa Príncipe semifinalist – 28–6 – 0–1 – 28–7
2008–09 1 Liga ACB 17 Relegated Supercopa runner-up – 8–24 – 1–1 – 9–25
2009–10 2 LEB Oro 1 Promoted – – 27–7 – – – 27–7
2010–11 1 Liga ACB 10 – – – 16–18 – – – 16–18
2011–12 1 Liga ACB 10 – – – 16–18 – – – 16–18
2012–13 1 Liga ACB 3 Semifinalist SC semifinalist, CR quarterfinalist – 21–13 2–4 0–2 – 23–19
2013–14 1 Liga ACB Copa del Rey Eurocup –

Honours

Trophies

  • 2nd division championships: (2)
  • Copa Príncipe de Asturias: (1)
    • 2004

Individual awards

Copa Príncipe de Asturias MVP

  • Matías Lescano – 2004

Players database

Coaches database

Nationality Name Season
Spain José Luis Abós García 2009–present
Spain Alberto Angulo Espinosa 2008–2009
Spain Alfred Julbe Bosch 2002–2004 & 2005–2006
Spain Jesús Alfonso Mateo Díez 2006–2007
Spain José Luis Oliete Terraz 2002–2003
Spain Óscar Quintana Viar 2004–2005
Spain Francisco Segura Gómez 2007–2009
Serbia Ranko Zeravica 2002–2003

External links

2013–14 Liga ACB teams
Liga ACB seasons
Liga ACB playoffs
Other competitions
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