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

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:

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. 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

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

Players

Current roster

Unicaja roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
4.0 !PF	45	USA !	Cooley, Jack	7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	7002112000000000000♠112 kg (247 lb)	7001240000000000000♠24 – (1991-04-04)4 April 1991
1.0 !PG	4	ESP !	Díaz, Alberto	7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb)	7001210000000000000♠21 – (1994-04-23)23 April 1994
3.0 !SF	11	ESP !	Díez, Dani	7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	7002100000000000000♠100 kg (220 lb)	7001220000000000000♠22 – (1993-04-07)7 April 1993
4.5 !F/C	7	MKD !	Hendrix, Richard	7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	7002113000000000000♠113 kg (249 lb)	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1986-11-15)15 November 1986
2.0 !SG	1	FRA !	Jackson, Edwin	7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb)	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-09-18)18 September 1989
3.5 !F	19	LTU !	Kuzminskas, Mindaugas	7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb)	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-10-19)19 October 1989
1.0 !PG	9	SRB !	Marković, Stefan	7000199000000000000♠1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb)	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1988-04-25)25 April 1988
1.5 !G	16	SRB !	Nedović, Nemanja	7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	7001870000000000000♠87 kg (192 lb)	7001240000000000000♠24 – (1991-06-16)16 June 1991
1.0 !PG	20	USA !	Nelson, DeMarcus	7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb)	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1985-11-02)2 November 1985
2.0 !SG	15	USA !	Smith, Jamar	7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	7001840000000000000♠84 kg (185 lb)	7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-04-07)7 April 1987
4.0 !PF	12	ESP !	Suárez, Carlos	7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	7002106000000000000♠106 kg (234 lb)	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1986-05-23)23 May 1986
4.0 !PF	10	GEO !	Thomas, Will	7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	7002104000000000000♠104 kg (229 lb)	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1986-07-01)1 July 1986
5.0 !C	17	ESP !	Vázquez, Fran (C)	7000209000000000000♠2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	7002109000000000000♠109 kg (240 lb)	7001320000000000000♠32 – (1983-05-01)1 May 1983

Head coach

Joan Plaza

Assistant coach(es)

Antonio Herrera
Ángel Sánchez-Cañete
Carlos Jiménez

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

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

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:

Liga ACB: (1)
- 2005–06
Copa del Rey: (1)
- 2005
2nd division championships: (2)
- 1ª División B: 1981, 1987
Andalusia Cup: (9)
- 1996, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014

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
Jayson Granger – 2015

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.

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	Semifinalist^A	–	17–5	1–1	–	18–6
2012–13	5	1ª División	1	Promoted^Champion	–	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.

References

↑ Unicaja info
↑ Unicaja defeats Memphis Grizzlies in NBA Euroleague Live 2007 Interbasket. 9 October 2007

External links

Unicaja current roster

1 Jackson 4 Díaz 7 Hendrix 9 Marković 10 Thomas 11 Díez 12 Suárez 15 Smith 16 Nedović 17 Vázquez 19 Kuzminskas 20 Nelson 45 Cooley Head Coach: Plaza Assistant coaches: Herrera Sánchez-Cañete Jiménez

Liga ACB

ACB Spanish League Pyramid ACB MVP ACB Finals MVP All-ACB Team ACB Best Young Player ACB Player of the Month ACB contests

2015–16 Liga ACB teams	Baloncesto Sevilla CAI Zaragoza Dominion Bilbao Basket FC Barcelona Lassa FIATC Joventut Herbalife Gran Canaria Iberostar Tenerife ICL Manresa Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Montakit Fuenlabrada MoraBanc Andorra Movistar Estudiantes Real Madrid RETAbet.es GBC Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro Universidad Católica de 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 1999–2000 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 2014–15 2015–16

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 2014 2015

Other competitions	Copa del Rey Supercopa

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