Basket Zaragoza

"CAI Zaragoza" redirects here. For the team that played in ACB until 1996, see CB Zaragoza.
For the former women's team, see CDB Zaragoza.

Casademont Zaragoza
Casademont Zaragoza logo
LeaguesLiga ACB
FIBA Europe Cup
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002)
ArenaPabellón Príncipe Felipe
Capacity10,744
LocationZaragoza, Spain
Team colorsRed, White, Black
     
PresidentPredrag Savović
Head coachPorfirio Fisac
Championships2 LEB championship
1 Copa Príncipe
WebsiteOfficial website

Basket Zaragoza 2002 S.A.D.,[1] more commonly referred to as Basket Zaragoza and as Casademont Zaragoza for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Zaragoza, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the FIBA Europe Cup. Their home arena is the Pabellón Príncipe Felipe.

History

Basket Zaragoza was founded in 2002 with the aim of giving the city of Zaragoza back to the Spanish basketball elite league, after old CB Zaragoza left the Liga ACB on 1996. It started playing on LEB, after taking the place belonging to CB Coruña.

CAI Zaragoza spent five hard years on LEB league before reaching Liga ACB for the first time. The team had to overcome a relegation playoff in its first season against CB Ciudad de Huelva, and four consecutive failed promotion playoffs against CB Granada, CB Murcia and Baloncesto León twice.

Finally, CAI Zaragoza got promoted to Liga ACB after winning the title of the 2007–08 season, but its first participation on it was a total failure. CAI Zaragoza got immediately relegated, after being defeated in the last day by CB Murcia. Nevertheless, the team arranged returned to Liga ACB on the next season after the arrival of homegrown coach José Luis Abós.

Under Abos, CAI Zaragoza established on the top Spanish basketball competition; in the 2012–13 season, they qualifying for the first time to the Copa del Rey and reached the ACB semifinals in their first participation in the play-offs for the title. This success allowed CAI Zaragoza to make their debut in European competitions by playing the EuroCup Basketball during three consecutive seasons, reaching the Last 16 stage in the 2015–16 season.

Nevertheless, after Abós's untimely death in 2014, the team struggled in the national competition, and went from reaching the play-offs to barely avoiding relegation. In 2016, after 14 years with CAI, the club changed the sponsorship naming to Tecnyconta Zaragoza.[2]

In the 2018-19 ACB season, under Porfirio Fisac's coaching and after a profound change in their roster, Tecnyconta Zaragoza returned to the ACB play-off and reached the semifinals for the second time in their history.

On 15 June 2020, Basket Zaragoza created the women's team by integrating the professional team of Stadium Casablanca.[3]

Logos

  • Non-commercial logo until 2017.
    Non-commercial logo until 2017.
  • Logo under the sponsorship of CAI.
    Logo under the sponsorship of CAI.

Players

Current roster

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

Casademont Zaragoza roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
PG 0 Italy Spissu, Marco 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 29 – (1995-02-05)5 February 1995
PG 2 Canada Bell-Haynes, Trae 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1995-09-05)5 September 1995
SG 3 Poland Slaughter, A. J. 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 37 – (1987-08-03)3 August 1987
SF 4 Spain Yusta, Santiago (C) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1997-04-28)28 April 1997
SG 5 Spain Langarita, Lucas 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2005-01-04)4 January 2005
G/F 7 Spain González, Miguel 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1999-03-20)20 March 1999
PF 8 Cuba Mencía, Yoanki 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1997-09-23)23 September 1997
PF 10 Spain Fernández, Jaime 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (2000-07-15)15 July 2000
C 14 Montenegro Dubljević, Bojan 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 33 – (1991-10-24)24 October 1991
SG 15 Uruguay Rodríguez, Joaquín 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1999-06-14)14 June 1999
PF 19 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sulejmanović, Emir 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 – (1995-07-13)13 July 1995
C 44 Angola Bango, Jilson 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 25 – (1999-01-06)6 January 1999
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Spain Iñaki Martín
  • Spain Jack Burgess
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (Y) Youth player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: August 29, 2024

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Bojan Dubljević Jilson Bango
PF Yoanki Mencía * Emir Sulejmanović Jaime Fernández †
SF Santiago Yusta † Miguel González †
SG A. J. Slaughter Joaquín Rodríguez Lucas Langarita †
PG Marco Spissu Trae Bell-Haynes

Notes: Blue † – homegrown player[a]; Red * – overseas player[b]; Green ‡ – youth player[c]

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Copa del Rey Other cups European competitions
2002–03 2 LEB 14th 15–20
2003–04 2 LEB 4th 25–19 Copa Príncipe C
2004–05 2 LEB 6th 19–18 Copa Príncipe SF
2005–06 2 LEB 4th 30–12
2006–07 2 LEB 3rd 26–16
2007–08 2 LEB Oro 1st 28–6 Copa Príncipe SF
2008–09 1 Liga ACB 17th 8–24 Supercopa RU
2009–10 2 LEB Oro 1st 27–7
2010–11 1 Liga ACB 10th 16–18
2011–12 1 Liga ACB 10th 16–18
2012–13 1 Liga ACB 3rd 23–17 Quarterfinalist Supercopa SF
2013–14 1 Liga ACB 8th 18–18 Semifinalist 2 Eurocup L32 8–8
2014–15 1 Liga ACB 9th 18–16 Quarterfinalist 2 Eurocup L32 6–10
2015–16 1 Liga ACB 12th 13–21 2 Eurocup EF 12–6
2016–17 1 Liga ACB 15th 9–23
2017–18 1 Liga ACB 16th 10–24
2018–19 1 Liga ACB 6th 18-16
2019–20 1 Liga ACB 6th 17–11 Quarterfinalist 3 Champions League 4th 13–6
2020–21 1 Liga ACB 13th 14–22 3 Champions League 3rd 11–3
2021–22 1 Liga ACB 16th 12–22 4 FIBA Europe Cup RS 2–4
2022–23 1 Liga ACB 13th 12–22
2023–24 1 Liga ACB 12th 13–21 4 FIBA Europe Cup QF 9–5

Honours

National leagues

European competition

Individual awards

Copa Príncipe de Asturias MVP

  • Matías Lescano – 2004

Basketball Champions League Best Young Player

Players database

Updated as of the end of the 2014–15 season

Coaches database

Nat. Name Season
Spain José Luis Oliete Terraz 2002–2003
Serbia Ranko Žeravica 2002–2003
Spain Alfred Julbe Bosch 2002–2004 & 2005–2006
Spain Óscar Quintana Viar 2004–2005
Spain Jesús Alfonso Mateo Díez 2006–2007
Spain Francisco Segura Gómez 2007–2009
Spain Alberto Angulo Espinosa 2008–2009
Spain José Luis Abós García 2009–2014
Spain Joaquín Ruiz Lorente 2014–2015
Spain Andreu Casadevall Guinart 2015–2017
Spain Luis Guil Torres 2017
Spain Jota Cuspinera 2017–2018
Spain Pep Cargol 2018
Spain Porfirio Fisac 2018–2020
Argentina Sergio Hernández 2020–2021
Spain Luis Casimiro 2021
Spain Jaume Ponsarnau 2021–2022
Serbia Dragan Šakota 2022
Austria Martin Schiller 2022
Spain Porfirio Fisac 2022–present

Women's team

Since 2020, Basket Zaragoza has also a women's team. It was created after integrating Stadium Casablanca into the structure of the club. Basket Zaragoza joined to Liga Femenina, instead of Stadium Casablanca which joined to Liga Femenina 2 as a reserve team.[5]

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Copa de la Reina
2020–21 1 Liga Femenina 13 9–21

Notes

  1. ^ A homegrown player is a player that played for at least three years before the age of 20 on a Spanish team. In Liga ACB, the team must register at least four homegrown players in rosters of 10–12 players or at least three homegrown players in rosters of 8–9 players. In FIBA Europe Cup, the team must register at least five homegrown players in rosters of 11–12 players or at least four homegrown players in rosters of 10 players.
  2. ^ A overseas player is a player from outside EEA, FIBA Europe or ACP states. In Liga ACB, the team may register at most two overseas players. In FIBA Europe Cup, the team did not have any limitations regarding the number of overseas players.
  3. ^ In Liga ACB, the team may register under-22 players linked to the youth system.

References

  1. ^ "Relación de SAD — Portal del Consejo Superior de Deportes" (in Spanish). Consejo Superior de Deportes. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Tecnyconta se incorpora como patrocinador principal del Basket Zaragoza" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 26 September 2016. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  3. ^ "El Basket Zaragoza absorbe al Stadium Casablanca y competirá en Liga Femenina Endesa" (in Spanish). Palco 23. 15 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Star Lineup revealed, Alocen Best Young Player". Basketball Champions League. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Casademont Zaragoza reafirma su apuesta por el baloncesto femenino | Basket Zaragoza". www.basketzaragoza.net (in European Spanish). Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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