Bilbao Basket

RETAbet Bilbao Basket
Nickname Hombres de negro
(Men in Black)
Leagues Liga ACB
Founded 7 March 2000 (2000-03-07)
History Basket Bilbao Berri
(2000–2002)
Bilbao Basket
(2002–present)
Arena Bilbao Arena
Arena Capacity 10,014
Location Bilbao, Spain
Team colors Black, Silver
         
Main sponsor RETAbet
President Koldo Mauraza
Head coach Carles Durán
Team captain Alex Mumbrú
Retired numbers 1 (14)
Website Official website
Uniforms
Home
Away

Bilbao Basket, also known as RETAbet Bilbao Basket by sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Bilbao, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is the Bilbao Arena.

History

The club was founded in 2000 replacing the former city clubs: Cajabilbao and SD Patronato. After four seasons between LEB and LEB 2, Bilbao promoted to Liga ACB in 2004 by winning by 3–1 to Baloncesto León in the LEB semifinals.

Bilbao spent ten seasons in the top tier of the Spanish basketball becoming finalist of the league in the 2010–11 season, where it lost in the finals to FC Barcelona by 3–0. In 2012, Bilbao played the Euroleague and it was eliminated in the quarterfinals by CSKA Moscow, who won the series by 3–1.

The best era of the club finished in 2013, when it lost the 2013 Eurocup Final at Charleroi against Lokomotiv Kuban.

On 17 July 2014, the ACB excluded Bilbao Basket from the Liga ACB due to its financial trouble,[1] but on August 8, the Association was forced to retire the exclusion and finally Bilbao Basket will continue in the Spanish top league.[2]

Sponsorship naming

Bilbao Basket has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

Logos

Home arenas

Players

Retired numbers

Bilbao Basket retired numbers
No. Nat. Player Position Tenure
14 Spain Javi Salgado G 2001–2010

Current roster

RETAbet Bilbao Basket roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
PG Brazil Fischer, Ricardo 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 26 – (1991-05-16)16 May 1991
G/F Netherlands Hammink, Shane 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 23 – (1994-07-22)22 July 1994
PF 17 Belgium Hervelle, Axel 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 34 – (1983-05-12)12 May 1983
F/C United States Kempton Jr., Tim 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 22 – (1995-04-28)28 April 1995
F/C United States McKay, Jameel 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 24 – (1992-09-14)14 September 1992
SF 10 Spain Mendía, Borja 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 22 – (1994-11-10)10 November 1994
SF 15 Spain Mumbrú, Álex (C) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 38 – (1979-06-12)12 June 1979
SG Argentina Redivo, Lucio 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 23 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994
PG 14 Spain Salgado, Javi 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 37 – (1980-08-06)6 August 1980
PG 9 Belgium Tabu, Jonathan 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 31 – (1985-10-07)7 October 1985
SF Spain Tomàs, Pere 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 27 – (1989-09-05)5 September 1989
SF 20 Serbia Todorović, Dejan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 23 – (1994-05-29)29 May 1994
C 22 Serbia Vučetić, Vasilije 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 21 – (1996-05-04)4 May 1996
Head coach
  • Spain Carles Duran
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Updated: August 7, 2017

On loan

Bilbao Basket players out on loan
Nat. Player Position Team On loan until
Spain Aitor Zubizarreta G Spain Sammic Hostelería June 2018

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Tim Kempton Jr. Vasilije Vučetić
PF Axel Hervelle Jameel McKay
SF Alex Mumbrú Pere Tomàs Borja Mendía
SG Lucio Redivo Shane Hammink Dejan Todorović
PG Jonathan Tabu Ricardo Fischer Javi Salgado

Coaches

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Copa del Rey Other cups European competitions
2000–01 3 LEB 2 13th 13–20
2001–02 3 LEB 2 1st 31–8 Copa LEB 2 C
2002–03 2 LEB 6th 21–14 Copa Príncipe RU
2003–04 2 LEB 1st 29–14 Copa Príncipe SF
2004–05 1 Liga ACB 14th 12–22
2005–06 1 Liga ACB 15th 13–21
2006–07 1 Liga ACB 10th 15–19
2007–08 1 Liga ACB 7th 21–15 Semifinalist Supercopa RU
2008–09 1 Liga ACB 8th 15–19 2 Eurocup SF 11–3
2009–10 1 Liga ACB 9th 16–18 Quarterfinalist 2 Eurocup 3rd 13–5
2010–11 1 Liga ACB 2nd 26–17 Quarterfinalist
2011–12 1 Liga ACB 6th 19–17 Supercopa SF 1 Euroleague QF 10–10
2012–13 1 Liga ACB 7th 20–17 Quarterfinalist 2 Eurocup RU 13–4
2013–14 1 Liga ACB 14th 12–22 Supercopa SF 2 Eurocup L32 8–8
2014–15 1 Liga ACB 5th 21–18 Quarterfinalist
2015–16 1 Liga ACB 10th 16–18 Semifinalist 2 Eurocup L32 11–5
2016–17 1 Liga ACB 10th 14–18 2 EuroCup RS 3–5
2017–18 1 Liga ACB 2 EuroCup

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Individual awards

All-ACB First Team

EuroCup MVP

All-EuroCup First Team

All-EuroCup Second Team

EuroCup Coach of the Year

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Matches against NBA teams

6 October 2013
Bilbao Basket 104106 Philadelphia 76ers
Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo
Attendance: 13,538

Rivalry

Bilbao Basket has a strong rivalry with Saski Baskonia. Their games together are called the Basque basketball derby.

References

  1. "Bilbao Basket no completa el proceso de inscripción para la Liga Endesa 14-15" (in Spanish). ACB.com. July 17, 2014.
  2. "Comunicado Oficial de la ACB" (in Spanish). ACB.com. August 8, 2014.
  3. "El Gescrap Bizkaia ya es una realidad" (in Spanish). ACB.com. November 11, 2011.
  4. "Nace el Uxúe Bilbao Basket" (in Spanish). ACB.com. December 21, 2012.
  5. "Dominion, nuevo patrocinador principal del Bilbao Basket" (in Spanish). ACB.com. March 24, 2015.
  6. "Nace RETAbet Bilbao Basket" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 27 October 2016.
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