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

11,300^[1]

Location

Málaga, Spain

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 EuroCup
1 Korać Cup

Retired numbers

1 (5)

Website

unicajabaloncesto.com

Uniforms

Home

Away

Baloncesto Málaga, S.A.D.,^[2] more commonly referred as Unicaja, is a Spanish professional basketball team that is based in Málaga, Spain. 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 of Málaga, CB Caja de Ronda and CB Maristas. Over the years, the club has featured players like: Nacho Rodríguez, Berni Rodríguez, Carlos Cabezas, Jorge Garbajosa, Marcus Brown, Sergei Babkov, Michael Ansley, Louis Bullock, and Kenny Miller, as well as numerous other well-known players. The club won its first title, when it won the European-wide third tier level FIBA Korać Cup in the 2000–01 season. They then won the Spanish King's Cup title in 2005. The next year, in the 2005–06 season, Unicaja won its first-ever Spanish League championship.

The club finished its best years to date, by qualifying for the 2007 EuroLeague Final Four, where it was defeated in the semifinals by CSKA Moscow, and thus finished in third place in the EuroLeague. In October 2007, Unicaja faced the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies in a friendly match, and they defeated the Grizzlies, by a score of 102–99. That was one of the 17 times that an NBA team has lost to a foreign club. Pau Gasol and Juan Carlos Navarro, two of the greatest Spanish basketball players of all time, played for Memphis in that historical game.^[3]

Málaga participated in the European-wide top-tier level league, the EuroLeague, for 15 consecutive seasons (2001–02 season to 2015–16 season). However, in the summer of 2015, it lost its EuroLeague A-licence. Therefore, in the 2016–17 season, Unicaja participated in the second tier level EuroCup. The club immediately won the EuroCup title, in its first season in the league, after winning over Valencia Basket in the league's Finals.^[4]

Home arenas

ACB 2011–12 game between Unicaja and Real Madrid, at Martín Carpena.

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

Since 1999, Unicaja Málaga has played its home games at the Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena arena. The arena originally seated 9,743 spectators for basketball games, and was expanded in the year 2010, to a current seating capacity of 11,300 people for basketball games.^[5]

Players

Retired numbers

N°	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure	Ceremony date
Unicaja retired numbers
5		Berni Rodríguez	SG	1998–2012	26 June 2012^[6] 21 May 2017^[7]^[8]

Current roster

Unicaja roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
4.5 !F/C		USA !	Augustine, James	7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	7002108000000000000♠108 kg (238 lb)	7001330000000000000♠33 – (1984-02-27)27 February 1984
3.5 !F	23	USA !	Brooks, Jeff	7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	7001980000000000000♠98 kg (216 lb)	7001280000000000000♠28 – (1989-06-12)12 June 1989
1.0 !PG	9	ESP !	Díaz, Alberto	7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb)	7001230000000000000♠23 – (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)	7001240000000000000♠24 – (1993-04-07)7 April 1993
1.0 !PG	3	USA !	McCallum Jr., Ray	7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb)	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1991-06-12)12 June 1991
2.5 !G/F	12	SRB !	Milosavljević, Dragan	7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb)	7001280000000000000♠28 – (1989-05-11)11 May 1989
5.0 !C	44	SRB !	Musli, Dejan	7000213000000000000♠2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	7002119000000000000♠119 kg (262 lb)	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1991-01-03)3 January 1991
1.5 !G	16	SRB !	Nedović, Nemanja	7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	7001870000000000000♠87 kg (192 lb)	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1991-06-16)16 June 1991
5.0 !C	2	DRC !	Okouo, Viny	7000214000000000000♠2.14 m (7 ft 0 in)	7002100000000000000♠100 kg (220 lb)	7001200000000000000♠20 – (1997-04-10)10 April 1997
1.5 !G	10	FIN !	Salin, Sasu	7000192000000000000♠1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb)	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1991-06-11)11 June 1991
5.0 !C	17	GEO !	Shermadini, Giorgi	7000216000000000000♠2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)	7002120000000000000♠120 kg (265 lb)	7001280000000000000♠28 – (1989-04-02)2 April 1989
1.0 !PG	6	GBR !	Soluade, Morayo	7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	7001900000000000000♠90 kg (198 lb)	7001220000000000000♠22 – (1995-07-12)12 July 1995
3.0 !SF	43	ESP !	Suárez, Carlos	7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	7002106000000000000♠106 kg (234 lb)	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1986-05-23)23 May 1986
2.5 !G/F	21	POL !	Waczyński, Adam	7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	7001960000000000000♠96 kg (212 lb)	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-10-15)15 October 1989

Head coach

Joan Plaza

Assistant coach(es)

Ángel Sánchez-Cañete
Antonio Herrera
Boniface N'Dong

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Updated: August 3, 2017

On loan

Nat.	Player	Position	Team	On loan until
Unicaja players out on loan
	Cristian Uta	C	Ciudad de Valladolid	June 2018

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Giorgi Shermadini	James Augustine	Dejan Musli	Viny Okouo
PF	Carlos Suárez	Jeff Brooks
SF	Dani Díez	Adam Waczyński
SG	Nemanja Nedović	Dragan Milosavljević	Sasu Salin
PG	Ray McCallum Jr.	Alberto Díaz		Morayo Soluade

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

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Copa del Rey	Other cups		European competitions
1978–79	2	1ª División B	10th	6–16
1979–80	2	1ª División B	9th	13–17
1980–81	2	1ª División B	1st	19–2–5
1981–82	1	1ª División	10th	10–1–15	Round of 16
1982–83	1	1ª División	12th	6–20	Quarterfinalist
1983–84	1	Liga ACB	10th	14–16
1984–85	1	Liga ACB	14th	13–19
1985–86	2	1ª División B	4th	18–15
1986–87	2	1ª División B	1st	24–10
1987–88	1	Liga ACB	14th	3–30		Copa Príncipe	R16
1988–89	1	Liga ACB	5th	23–15	Quarterfinalist
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	5th	21–17	Round of 16			3 Korać Cup	R1	1–1
1990–91	1	Liga ACB	10th	19–21	Third round			3 Korać Cup	R1	0–2
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	14th	16–23	Second round

CB Maristas

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Copa del Rey
1981–82	3	2ª División	1st
1982–83	3	2ª División	2nd
1983–84	3	2ª División	2nd
1984–85	2	1ª División B	15th	6–20
1985–86	3	2ª División	2nd
1986–87	2	1ª División B	18th	12–22
1987–88	2	1ª División B	4th	33–13
1988–89	1	Liga ACB	15th	22–17	First round
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	13th	18–22	Round of 16
1990–91	1	Liga ACB	14th	18–22	Second round
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	15th	15–22	First round

Unicaja

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Copa del Rey	Other cups		European competitions
1992–93	1	Liga ACB	6th	19–14	First round
1993–94	1	Liga ACB	12th	13–18	Quarterfinalist
1994–95	1	Liga ACB	2nd	32–16	First round
1995–96	1	Liga ACB	6th	27–14	Quarterfinalist			1 Euroleague	GS	8–8
1996–97	1	Liga ACB	7th	22–17				3 Korać Cup	QF	9–3
1997–98	1	Liga ACB	8th	20–17				3 Korać Cup	R16	7–3
1998–99	1	Liga ACB	9th	18–16	Quarterfinalist			3 Korać Cup	GS	2–4
1999–00	1	Liga ACB	8th	22–17	Quarterfinalist			3 Korać Cup	RU	11–5
2000–01	1	Liga ACB	4th	30–11	Quarterfinalist			3 Korać Cup	C	14–2
2001–02	1	Liga ACB	2nd	33–10	Semifinalist			1 Euroleague	RS	6–8
2002–03	1	Liga ACB	3rd	29–15	Semifinalist			1 Euroleague	T16	8–12
2003–04	1	Liga ACB	4th	23–19				1 Euroleague	RS	4–10
2004–05	1	Liga ACB	3rd	27–16	Champion	Supercopa	3rd	1 Euroleague	RS	6–8
2005–06	1	Liga ACB	1st	35–10	Semifinalist	Supercopa	4th	1 Euroleague	T16	15–5
2006–07	1	Liga ACB	8th	17–20	Quarterfinalist	Supercopa	RU	1 Euroleague	3rd	14–11
2007–08	1	Liga ACB	4th	19–19	Quarterfinalist			1 Euroleague	T16	13–7
2008–09	1	Liga ACB	3rd	27–11	Runner-up			1 Euroleague	T16	10–6
2009–10	1	Liga ACB	4th	21–18				1 Euroleague	T16	9–7
2010–11	1	Liga ACB	8th	19–17				1 Euroleague	T16	6–10
2011–12	1	Liga ACB	9th	17–17	Quarterfinalist			1 Euroleague	T16	4–12
2012–13	1	Liga ACB	9th	18–16				1 Euroleague	T16	15–9
2013–14	1	Liga ACB	4th	26–15	Quarterfinalist			1 Euroleague	T16	11–13
2014–15	1	Liga ACB	3rd	29–13	Semifinalist			1 Euroleague	T16	8–16
2015–16	1	Liga ACB	6th	20–16		Supercopa	RU	1 Euroleague	T16	11–13
2016–17	1	Liga ACB	4th	24–14	Quarterfinalist			2 EuroCup	C	13–9
2017–18	1	Liga ACB				Supercopa		1 EuroLeague

Honours and awards

Honours

National:

Liga ACB (Spanish League): (1)
- 2005–06
Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup): (1)
- 2005
2nd division championships: (2)
- 1ª División B: 1981, 1987
Andalusia Cup: (11)
- 1996, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016

International:

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-EuroLeague Second Team

Jorge Garbajosa – 2006

All-ACB First Team

Jorge Garbajosa – 2005, 2006
Jayson Granger – 2015

All-ACB Second Team

Nemanja Nedović – 2017

EuroCup Finals MVP

Alberto Díaz – 2017

Notable players

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

Criteria
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.

Ralph Sampson

Reserve team

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

From 2007 to 2016, Baloncesto Málaga had an agreement with CB Axarquía, for them to play as the club's main farm team, while Baloncesto Málaga B, which plays also under the name Unicaja, was the club's third team until the end of this contract.

References

↑ Palacio de Deportes, datos de interés (in Spanish).
↑ Unicaja info
↑ Unicaja defeats Memphis Grizzlies in NBA Euroleague Live 2007 Interbasket. 9 October 2007
↑ "7DAYS EuroCup Finals, Game 3: Unicaja Malaga is the champion!". Eurocupbasketball.com. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
↑ Palacio de Deportes, datos de interés (in Spanish).
↑ "El Unicaja retira el dorsal 5 en honor a Berni Rodríguez". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 26 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
↑ "El dorsal "5" del Unicaja, para siempre en el Carpena en homenaje a Berni". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
↑ "El 5 del "Eterno Capitán", para siempre en el Carpena". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 22 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.

External links

Official Website (in Spanish)
Baloncesto Málaga at ACB.com (in Spanish)
Baloncesto Málaga at Euroleague.net
Baloncesto Málaga at Eurobasket.com

Unicaja – current roster
2 Okouo 3 McCallum 6 Soluade 9 Díaz 10 Salin 11 Díez 12 Milosavljević 16 Nedović 17 Shermadini 21 Waczyński 23 Brooks 43 Suárez 44 Musli Augustine
Head coach: Plaza Assistant coaches: Herrera Sánchez-Cañete N'Dong

Unicaja 2000–01 FIBA Korać Cup Winners
4 Jaumin 5 Rodríguez 6 Mršić 7 Phillip 8 Abrams 9 Vázquez 10 Cabezas 11 Perujo 12 Miller 13 Weis 13 Gabriel 14 Sonko 15 Petruška
Coach: Maljković

Unicaja 2016–17 EuroCup champions
2 Okouo 8 Fogg 9 Díaz 11 Díez 15 Smith 16 Nedović 20 Lafayette 21 Waczyński 23 Brooks 43 Suárez 44 Musli 92 Omić
Head coach: Plaza Assistant coaches: Herrera Sánchez-Cañete Jiménez

Liga ACB
ACB Pyramid ACB MVP ACB Finals MVP All-ACB Team ACB Most Spectacular Player ACB Best Young Player ACB Player of the Month Best Coach AEEB Coach of the Year ACB statistical leaders ACB contests ACB clubs in international competitions
2017–18 Liga ACB teams	Baskonia Divina Seguros Joventut FC Barcelona Lassa Gipuzkoa Basket Herbalife Gran Canaria Iberostar Tenerife Monbus Obradoiro Montakit Fuenlabrada MoraBanc Andorra Movistar Estudiantes Real Madrid RETAbet Bilbao Basket San Pablo Burgos Tecnyconta Zaragoza UCAM 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 2016–17 2017–18
Liga ACB playoffs	1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 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 Finals 2016 2017 2018
Other competitions	Copa del Rey Supercopa

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