Valencia Basket (women)

Valencia Basket
Valencia Basket
Nickname	Taronjas (Oranges)
Leagues	Liga Femenina
Founded	2014; 10 years ago
Arena	Fuente de San Luis
Capacity	8,500
Location	Valencia, Spain
Team colors	Orange, Black, White;
President	Vicent J. Solá
Head coach	Rubén Burgos
Ownership	Juan Roig
Website	valenciabasket.com
Home	Away

Valencia Basket Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional women's basketball club established in Valencia, that currently plays in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. It is the women's team of the namesake club.

History

The women's team of Valencia Basket was created in 2014 after integrating the youth teams of Ros Casares Valencia, former EuroLeague Women champion club which dissolved its senior squad in 2012, into the structure of the club.^[1]

In its first season, Valencia Basket played in Primera División, the third tier of Spanish women's basketball.^[2]

The club promoted in 2016 to Liga Femenina 2, and two years later, it qualified for the promotion playoffs to the top tier as champions of the Group B and achieved promotion to Liga Femenina, the top tier of Spanish women's basketball, in front of 6,200 spectators.^[3] In their debut season, Valencia Basket reached the semifinals.

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Copa de la Reina	European competitions			Other cups
2014–15	3	1ª División	2nd
2015–16	3	1ª División	1st
2016–17	2	Liga Femenina 2	10th
2017–18	2	Liga Femenina 2	1st
2018–19	1	Liga Femenina	4th	Quarterfinalist
2019–20	1	Liga Femenina	4th	Semifinalist	2 EuroCup	QF	9–1
2020–21	1	Liga Femenina	2nd	Finalist	2 EuroCup	C	7–0	SuperCup	C
2021–22	1	Liga Femenina	2nd	?	2 EuroCup	QF	10–2
2022–23	1	Liga Femenina	1st	?	1 EuroLeague	QF	10–7

Players

Current roster

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Valencia Basket (Liga Femenina) roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.
C	1	Mavunga, Stephanie	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
F	2	Eraunzetamurgil, Maria	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
C	3	Jelenc, Mojca	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
PF	4	Fingall, Nadia	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
PG	5	Ouvina, Cristina	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
PF	7	Torrens, Alba	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
SG	9	Casas, Queralt	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
PG	10	Romero, Leticia	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
F	13	Fiebich, Leonie	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
C	14	Carrera, Raquel	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
F	15	Broncano, Irene	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
C	17	Vītola, Kristīne	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
SG	18	Florez, Alicia	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
PF	20	Rivas, Lucía	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PG	22	Turner, Yvonne	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
SF	23	Iagupova, Alina	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
C	40	Alexander, Kayla	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)