Valencia Basket

History

1986–1997

Valencia Basket was founded on 27 September 1986, after Valencia CF decided to fold its basketball section.

On 4 May 1988, while in its second season in the Primera División B, which was the second-tier league of Spanish basketball at that time, the team won its first promotion to the Spanish top-tier level ACB, where the team remained until the 1994–95 season. In 1995, Valencia was relegated to the Spanish 2nd-tier level EBA League, after falling in the league's relegation playoff against Somontano Huesca. In the next season, after being the runner-up in Liga EBA, in a non-promoting season, Valencia BC bought Amway Zaragoza's ACB place to join the top league, where it has remained until nowadays.

1998–2014

On 2 February 1998, Pamesa Valencia won its first Spanish national title, after beating Pinturas Bruguer Badalona, by a score of 89–75, in the final of the 1998 Copa del Rey, which was played in Valladolid. One year later, on 13 April 1999, the club played in the final of the 1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup, but was defeated by Benetton Treviso, 64–60, in the final played in Zaragoza. Three years later, the club repeated the same success, but Montepaschi Siena won the final of the 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup, by a score of 81–71, in Lyon, France.

Continuing on with some of the club's best years, the 2001–02 ACB season was historic for the club, as it reached the Spanish ACB League finals, where they could not win any games in their series against FC Barcelona. Before this first success in reaching the finals of the Spanish league's playoffs, Pamesa Valencia won its first European-wide title, by defeating Krka Novo Mesto in the 2002–03 ULEB Cup, which would then also allow the club to make its debut in the European top-tier level EuroLeague.

In its first EuroLeague participation, Pamesa Valencia qualified for the Top 16, but was eliminated there, after not contesting its game at Nokia Arena against Maccabi Tel Aviv, adducing security issues in Israel.

On 18 April 2010, Power Electronics Valencia won its second European title, by beating Alba Berlin, 67–44, in the 2010 EuroCup Finals, which was played in Vitoria-Gasteiz. This allowed the club to come back to the top level EuroLeague, seven years after its first participation in the tournament. This time, Valencia reached the EuroLeague quarterfinals, where it was eliminated by Real Madrid, who won the playoff series by a 3–2 margin.

The club's third European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup title arrived on 7 May 2014, when Valencia beat UNICS Kazan, in the double-legged finals.

2015–present

On 5 June 2017, Valencia Basket qualified for its second Spanish Liga ACB Finals series, after defeating Baskonia in the semifinals of the 2017 national league playoffs. This time, the club won its first ever Spanish national domestic league championship, on 16 June 2017, by defeating Real Madrid with a 3–1 series score in the ACB league's finals. In the same season, the club also reached the finals of both the Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup), and the EuroCup, but they lost those finals to Real Madrid, and fellow Spanish side, Unicaja, respectively. By winning the Spanish League championship, Valencia also sealed their return to the next season's top-tier level EuroLeague competition, for the 2017–18 season.

The club's fourth European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup title arrived on 16 April 2019, when Valencia beat Alba Berlin, in the double-legged finals.

Arena

During its first season of existence, the team played its home games at the La Canaleta Sports Complex in the municipality of Mislata.

Since 1987 Valencia Basket plays its home games at the 8,500 seat Font de Sant Lluís arena. The arena is better known as La Fonteta.

The club is expected to move to a new 15,600-seat arena called Roig Arena (previously proposed as Casal España Arena), with the inauguration scheduled for 2024.

Sponsorship naming

Valencia Basket has had several sponsorship names over the years:

• Valencia-Hoja del Lunes: 1986–1987
• Pamesa Valencia: 1987–2009
• Power Electronics Valencia: 2009–2011

Logos

File:Pamesa Valencia.jpg|1987–2009 (The logo during the Pamesa era). File:Valencia Basket Club.png|2009–2017 (Original non commercial logo). File:Valencia BC 30Years.png|2016–2017 (30 year anniversary logo). File:Valencia-Basket-Club-2017.png| 2017–present.

Players

Retired numbers

Current roster

• Pedro Martínez
• Xavi Albert
• Juan Maroto
• Adrián Kovács | access-date=

Depth chart

FIBA Hall of Famers

Head coaches

• Toni Ferrer: 1986–1987, 1989
• Antoni Serra: 1987–1989
• José Antonio Figueroa: 1989–1991
• Fernando Jiménez: 1991
• Manu Moreno: 1992–1995
• Herb Brown: 1995
• Mihajlo Vuković: 1995–2000
• Luis Casimiro: 2000–2002
• Paco Olmos: 2002–2004, 2011–2012
• Pablo Laso: 2004–2005
• Chechu Mulero: 2005, 2006
• Ricard Casas: 2005–2006
• Fotios Katsikaris: 2006–2008
• Neven Spahija: 2008–2010
• Manolo Hussein: 2010
• Svetislav Pešić: 2010–2011
• Velimir Perasović: 2012–2015
• Carles Duran: 2015
• Pedro Martínez: 2015–2017, 2024–present
• Txus Vidorreta: 2017–2018
• Jaume Ponsarnau: 2018–2021
• Joan Peñarroya: 2021–2022
• Álex Mumbrú: 2022–2024
• Xavi Albert: 2024

Season by season

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Spanish League : Winners (1): 2016–17 :Runners-up (2): 2002–03, 2024–25
• Spanish Cup :Winners (1): 1998 :Runners-up (4): 2000, 2006, 2013, 2017
• Spanish Supercup : Winners (2): 2017, 2025 :Runners-up (1): 2010

European competitions

• EuroCup :Champions (4): 2002–03, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2018–19 :Runners-up (2): 2011–12, 2016–17
• FIBA Saporta Cup :Runners-up (2): 1998–99, 2001–02

Friendly trophies

• Torneo de Lleida Stagepro: (1) : 2009
• Valencia, Spain Invitational Game: (1) : 2009
• Trofeo Costa de Sol: (1) : 2014
• Trofeo Feria de Albacete: (1) : 2019
• Castello, Spain Invitational Game: (1) : 2019
• Salou, Spain Invitational Game: (1) : 2020

Individual awards

ACB Most Valuable Player

• Justin Doellman – 2014 ACB Finals MVP
• Bojan Dubljević – 2017 Spanish Cup MVP
• Nacho Rodilla – 1998 Spanish Supercup MVP
• Erick Green – 2017
• Sergio de Larrea – 2025 All-ACB First Team
• Justin Doellman – 2014
• Romain Sato – 2014
• Pau Ribas – 2015
• Justin Hamilton – 2016
• Bojan Dubljević – 2017, 2019
• Jean Montero – 2025 All-ACB Second Team
• Bojan Dubljević – 2018
• Alberto Abalde – 2020 ACB Slam Dunk Champion
• Víctor Claver – 2007 EuroCup Finals MVP
• Dejan Tomašević – 2003
• Matt Nielsen – 2010
• Justin Doellman – 2014
• Will Thomas - 2019 EuroCup Rising Star Award
• Víctor Claver – 2010
• Bojan Dubljević – 2013, 2014
• Jean Montero – 2025 EuroCup Coach of the Year
• Pedro Martínez – 2017, 2025 All-EuroLeague Second Team
• Duško Savanović – 2011 All-EuroCup First Team
• Nando De Colo – 2010
• Matt Nielsen – 2010
• Nik Caner-Medley – 2012
• Justin Doellman – 2013, 2014
• Bojan Dubljević – 2017, 2019
• Jean Montero – 2025 All-EuroCup Second Team
• Matt Nielsen – 2009
• Bojan Dubljević – 2014, 2022
• Fernando San Emeterio – 2017
• Sam Van Rossom – 2019
• Xabier López-Arostegui – 2025
• Semi Ojeleye – 2025

Notable players

• ESP Salva Díez
• ESP Víctor Luengo
• ESP Nacho Rodilla
• ESP Berni Álvarez
• ESP Víctor Claver
• ESP Rafa Martinez
• ESP Pau Ribas
• ESP Guillem Vives
• ESP Fernando San Emeterio
• ESP Alberto Abalde
• ESP Xabier López-Arostegui
• ESP Joan Sastre
• ESP Pablo Aguilar
• ALB Ermal Kuqo
• ARG Alejandro Montecchia
• ARG Federico Kammerichs
• ARG Fabricio Oberto
• AUS Matt Nielsen
• BRA Tiago Splitter
• BRA Vítor Faverani
• Canada Kyle Alexander
• CUB Jasiel Rivero
• FRA Antoine Rigaudeau
• FRA Florent Piétrus
• FRA Antoine Diot
• FRA Damien Inglis
• FRA Nando de Colo
• FRA Mickaël Gelabale
• ITA Alessandro Abbio
• BEL Sam Van Rossom
• GRE Dimos Dikoudis
• LTU Robertas Javtokas
• LTU Mindaugas Timinskas
• MNE Bojan Dubljević
• Senegal Maurice Ndour
• CAR Romain Sato
• SRB Dejan Tomašević
• SRB Igor Rakočević
• SRB Kosta Perović
• SRB Duško Savanović
• SRB Dejan Milojević
• SRB Nikola Kalinić
• SRB Vule Avdalović
• SRB Vladimir Lučić
• SRB Stefan Marković
• SRB Vanja Marinković
• SVN Klemen Prepelič
• SVN Mike Tobey
• GEO Tornike Shengelia
• UKR Viacheslav Kravtsov
• UKR Serhiy Lishchuk
• USA Tanoka Beard
• USA Brad Branson
• USA Brian Cardinal
• USA / UGA Brandon Davies
• USA / Kosovo Justin Doellman
• USA Derrick Alston
• USA Erick Green
• USA Jared Harper
• USA Jordan Loyd
• USA / NGA Semi Ojeleye
• USA / ESP Johnny Rogers
• USA James Webb III
• USA Derrick Williams
• USA / GEO Shammond Williams

Women's team

Main article: Valencia Basket (women)

The women's team of Valencia Basket was created in 2014 and promoted to Liga Femenina in 2018, winning the final game against Real Club Celta de Vigo in Valencia. This access to the first division and the relegation of CB Estudiantes made Valencia Basket the only club with masculine and feminine representation in the first division in the 2018–2019 season.

In the first season competing on the first division, Valencia Basket achieved a ticket to their first Copa de la Reina de baloncesto, celebrated in Vitoria between 28 February and 3 June. Also, they achieve a spot to participate in the playoffs, losing against Perfumerías Avenida on the semifinals, but achieving the opportunity to play his first European tournament the next season.

Notes

References

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