Baloncesto Málaga

Unicaja
Leagues Liga ACB
Euroleague
Founded 1992
History Unicaja Mayoral
(1992–1993)
Unicaja Polti
(1993–1994)
Unicaja
(1994–present)
Arena Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena
Arena Capacity 11,000
Location Málaga, Andalusia
Team colors Forest Green, White, Purple and Lime
                   
President Eduardo García López
Head coach Joan Plaza
Ownership Unicaja
Championships 1 Spanish Championship
1 Spanish Cup
1 Korać Cup
Retired numbers (5) Berni Rodríguez
Website unicajabaloncesto.com
Uniforms
Home
Away

Baloncesto Málaga, S.A.D.,[1] more commonly referred as Unicaja, is a Spanish professional basketball team based in Málaga, Andalusia. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the Euroleague.

History

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

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. It finished its best years in 2007 qualifying for the Euroleague Final Four, where it was defeated in the semifinals by Panathinaikos.

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.[2]

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.

Home arenas

Players

Current roster

Unicaja roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PF 45 United States Cooley, Jack 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 24 – (1991-04-04)4 April 1991
PG 4 Spain Díaz, Alberto 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 21 – (1994-04-23)23 April 1994
SF 11 Spain Díez, Dani 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 22 – (1993-04-07)7 April 1993
F/C 7 Republic of Macedonia Hendrix, Richard 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 29 – (1986-11-15)15 November 1986
SG 1 France Jackson, Edwin 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 26 – (1989-09-18)18 September 1989
F 19 Lithuania Kuzminskas, Mindaugas 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 26 – (1989-10-19)19 October 1989
PG 9 Serbia Marković, Stefan  1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 27 – (1988-04-25)25 April 1988
G 16 Serbia Nedović, Nemanja 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 24 – (1991-06-16)16 June 1991
PG 20 United States Nelson, DeMarcus 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 30 – (1985-11-02)2 November 1985
SG 15 United States Smith, Jamar 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 28 – (1987-04-07)7 April 1987
PF 12 Spain Suárez, Carlos 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 29 – (1986-05-23)23 May 1986
PF 10 Georgia (country) Thomas, Will 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 29 – (1986-07-01)1 July 1986
C 17 Spain Vázquez, Fran (C) 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 32 – (1983-05-01)1 May 1983
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: December 23, 2015

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Richard Hendrix Fran Vázquez
PF Will Thomas Jack Cooley
SF Mindaugas Kuzminskas Carlos Suárez
SG Edwin Jackson Dani Díez Jamar Smith
PG Nemanja Nedović DeMarcus Nelson Alberto Díaz Stefan Marković

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

Season by season

CB Caja de Ronda

Unicaja–Real Madrid in 2011.
Season Tier Division Pos. Postseason RS PO Copa del Rey Other cups European competitions
1978–79 2 1ª División B 10 6–16
1979–80 2 1ª División B 9 13–17
1980–81 2 1ª División B 1 Promoted 19–2–5
1981–82 1 1ª División 10 10–1–15 Round of 16
1982–83 1 1ª División 12 6–20 Quarterfinalist
1983–84 1 Liga ACB 10 Round of 16 14–14 0–2
1984–85 1 Liga ACB 14 Relegated 11–17 2–2
1985–86 2 1ª División B 4 Finalist 16–12 2–3
1986–87 2 1ª División B 1 Promoted 14–8 10–2
1987–88 1 Liga ACB 14 1–27 2–3 Copa Príncipe R16
1988–89 1 Liga ACB 5 Quarterfinalist 23–13 0–2 Quarterfinalist
1989–90 1 Liga ACB 5 Quarterfinalist 21–15 0–2 Round of 16 3 Korać Cup R1 1–1
1990–91 1 Liga ACB 10 Round of 16 15–19 4–2 Third round 3 Korać Cup R1 0–2
1991–92 1 Liga ACB 14 Round of 16 13–21 3–2 Second round

CB Maristas

Season Tier Division Pos. Postseason RS PO Copa del Rey
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
1985–86 3 2ª División 2 Promoted
1986–87 2 1ª División B 18 12–22
1987–88 2 1ª División B 4 Promoted 26–10 7–3
1988–89 1 Liga ACB 15 22–14 0–3 First round
1989–90 1 Liga ACB 13 17–19 1–3 Round of 16
1990–91 1 Liga ACB 14 Round of 16 16–18 2–4 Second round
1991–92 1 Liga ACB 15 Round of 16 12–22 3–0 First round

Unicaja

Season Tier Division Pos. Postseason RS PO Copa del Rey Other cups European competitions
1992–93 1 Liga ACB 6 Round of 16 19–12 0–2 First round
1993–94 1 Liga ACB 12 Round of 16 12–16 1–2 Quarterfinalist
1994–95 1 Liga ACB 2 Runner-up 25–13 7–3 First round
1995–96 1 Liga ACB 6 Quarterfinalist 26–12 1–2 Quarterfinalist 1 Euroleague GS 8–8
1996–97 1 Liga ACB 7 Quarterfinalist 19–15 3–2 3 Korać Cup QF 9–3
1997–98 1 Liga ACB 8 Quarterfinalist 20–14 0–3 3 Korać Cup R16 7–3
1998–99 1 Liga ACB 9 18–16 Quarterfinalist 3 Korać Cup GS 2–4
1999–00 1 Liga ACB 8 Quarterfinalist 19–15 3–2 Quarterfinalist 3 Korać Cup RU 11–5
2000–01 1 Liga ACB 4 Semifinalist 27–7 3–4 Quarterfinalist 3 Korać Cup C 14–2
2001–02 1 Liga ACB 2 Runner-up 27–7 6–3 Semifinalist 1 Euroleague RS 6–8
2002–03 1 Liga ACB 3 Semifinalist 24–10 5–5 Semifinalist 1 Euroleague T16 8–12
2003–04 1 Liga ACB 4 Semifinalist 20–14 3–5 1 Euroleague RS 4–10
2004–05 1 Liga ACB 3 Semifinalist 23–11 4–5 Champion Supercopa 3rd 1 Euroleague RS 6–8
2005–06 1 Liga ACB 1 Champion 26–8 9–2 Semifinalist Supercopa 4th 1 Euroleague T16 15–5
2006–07 1 Liga ACB 8 Quarterfinalist 17–17 0–3 Quarterfinalist Supercopa RU 1 Euroleague 3rd 14–11
2007–08 1 Liga ACB 4 Semifinalist 17–17 2–2 Quarterfinalist 1 Euroleague T16 13–7
2008–09 1 Liga ACB 3 Semifinalist 24–8 3–3 Runner-up 1 Euroleague T16 10–6
2009–10 1 Liga ACB 4 Semifinalist 19–15 2–3 1 Euroleague T16 9–7
2010–11 1 Liga ACB 8 Quarterfinalist 19–15 0–2 1 Euroleague T16 6–10
2011–12 1 Liga ACB 9 17–17 Quarterfinalist 1 Euroleague T16 4–12
2012–13 1 Liga ACB 9 18–16 1 Euroleague T16 15–9
2013–14 1 Liga ACB 4 Semifinalist 23–11 3–4 Quarterfinalist 1 Euroleague T16 11–13
2014–15 1 Liga ACB 3 Semifinalist 25–9 4–4 Semifinalist 1 Euroleague T16 8–16
2015–16 1 Liga ACB Supercopa RU 1 Euroleague

Honours and awards

Honours

National:

International:

Individual awards

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

Reserve team

Baloncesto Málaga B is the reserve team of Unicaja, basketball based in Málaga.

As from 2007, Baloncesto Málaga has an agreement with CB Axarquía to play as farm team, Baloncesto Málaga B, which plays also as Unicaja is the third team of Unicaja.

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. Postseason Cup Competitions RS PO Cup Tot
1993–94 2 1ª División 27 10–20 2–4 12–24
1993–94 2 1ª División 28 12–18 12–18
1994–95 2 Liga EBA 7 14–12 14–12
1995–96 2 Liga EBA 10 Relegation playoffs
1996–97 3 Liga EBA 1 Round of 16 Copa EBA semifinalist 0–1
1997–98 3 Liga EBA 2 Semifinalist 21–5
1998–99 3 Liga EBA 1 Quarterfinalist Copa EBA semifinalist 22–8 0–1 0–1 22–10
1999–00 3 Liga EBA 5 17–9 17–9
2000–01 4 Liga EBA 5 20–10 20–10
2001–02 4 Liga EBA 3 22–12 22–12
2002–03 4 Liga EBA 2 Round of 16 22–8 0–2 22–10
2003–04 4 Liga EBA 8 15–15 15–15
2004–05 4 Liga EBA 12 13–17 13–17
2005–06 4 Liga EBA 14 Relegated 10–20 10–20
2006–07 5 1ª División 3 Promoted 18–4 4–2 22–6
2007–08 5 Liga EBA 7 14–14 14–14
2008–09 5 Liga EBA 7 13–11 13–11
2009–10 4 Liga EBA 12 12–18 12–18
2010–11 4 Liga EBA 9 8–14 8–14
2011–12 5 1ª División 2 SemifinalistA 17–5 1–1 18–6
2012–13 5 1ª División 1 PromotedChampion 12–2 5–0 17–2
2013–14 4 Liga EBA 5 13–11 13–11
2014–15 4 Liga EBA 9 10–16 10–16
  • ^A The club did not play the promotion semifinals.

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