Basket Zaragoza 2002

CAI Zaragoza
Leagues Liga ACB
Eurocup
Founded 2002
Arena Pabellón Príncipe Felipe
Location Zaragoza, Aragón
Team colors               
President Reynaldo Benito
Head coach Joaquín Ruiz Lorente
Championships 2 LEB Oro championship
1 Copa Príncipe
Website www.basketzaragoza.net
Uniforms
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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
PF 22 Dominican Republic García, Juan José 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 26 – 22 April 1989
SG 43 Australia Goulding, Chris 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 26 – 24 October 1988
PF 89 Serbia Jelovac, Stevan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 25 – 8 July 1989
C 14 Serbia Katić, Raško 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 114 kg (251 lb) 34 – 8 December 1980
F 24 United States Landry, Marcus 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 29 – 1 November 1985
G 10 United States Lisch, Kevin 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 28 – 16 May 1986
PG 12 Spain Llompart, Pedro 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 33 – 9 January 1982
C 25 Netherlands Norel, Henk 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 27 – 17 September 1987
SF 20 United States Robinson, Jason 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 34 – 12 August 1980
SF 15 Spain Sastre, Joan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 23 – 10 December 1991
SF 19 Spain Tomàs, Pere 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 25 – 5 September 1989
Head coach
  • Spain Joaquín Ruiz Lorente
Assistant coach(es)
  • Spain Pep Cargol
  • Spain Pedro Carrillo
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 2015-03-06

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. Postseason RS PO Copa del Rey Other cups European competitions
2002–03 2 LEB 14 Relegation playoffs 12–18 3–2 – – – – – –
2003–04 2 LEB 4 Semifinalist 20–14 5–5 – Copa Príncipe C – – –
2004–05 2 LEB 6 Quarterfinalist 19–15 0–3 – Copa Príncipe SF – – –
2005–06 2 LEB 4 Semifinalist 25–9 5–3 – – – – – –
2006–07 2 LEB 3 Semifinalist 21–13 5–3 – – – – – –
2007–08 2 LEB 1 Promoted 28–6 – – Copa Príncipe SF – – –
2008–09 1 Liga ACB 17 Relegated 8–24 – – Supercopa RU – – –
2009–10 2 LEB 1 Promoted 27–7 – – – – – – –
2010–11 1 Liga ACB 10 – 16–18 – – – – – – –
2011–12 1 Liga ACB 10 – 16–18 – – – – – – –
2012–13 1 Liga ACB 3 Semifinalist 21–13 2–4 Quarterfinalist Supercopa SF – – –
2013–14 1 Liga ACB 8 Quarterfinalist 18–16 0–2 Semifinalist – – 2 Eurocup L32 8–8
2014–15 1 Liga ACB Quarterfinalist – – 2 Eurocup L32

Honours

Trophies

Individual awards

Copa Príncipe de Asturias MVP

Players database

Updated as of the end of the 2013–14 season

Coaches database

Nationality Name Season
Spain José Luis Abós García 2009–2014
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 Joaquín Ruiz Lorente 2014–present
Spain Francisco Segura Gómez 2007–2009
Serbia Ranko Zeravica 2002–2003

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