Joventut Badalona

FIATC Joventut
Leagues	Spanish Championship
Founded	1930
History	Penya Spirit of Badalona (1930–1939) Club Juventud de Badalona (1939–1978) Club Joventut de Badalona (1978–Present)
Arena	Palau Olímpic (capacity: 12,500)
Location	Badalona, Spain
Team colors	Green, Black, Silver, White
President	Jordi Villacampa
Head coach	Salva Maldonado
Championships	1 European Championship 1 Eurocup 1 EuroChallenge 2 Korać Cup 4 Spanish Championships 8 Spanish Cups 2 Spanish Supercups 11 Catalan basketball league
Retired numbers	5 Rafael Jofresa 7 Josep Maria Margall 8 Jordi Villacampa
Website	penya.cat
Uniforms
Home Away

Club Joventut de Badalona, S.A.D. (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈkɫub ʒuβənˈtud bəðəˈɫonə]), FIATC Joventut for sponsorship reasons is a Spanish professional basketball club based in Badalona, Spain, playing in the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB). Known to their fans as La Penya (in English, The Club), it is one of only three teams that have never been relegated from the top division of the Spanish League. The only other two are Real Madrid and Estudiantes. In 1994, Badalona was the champion of the FIBA European Champions' Cup, which is now called the Euroleague.

Well-known players have included: Jordi Villacampa, Rafael Jofresa, Raül López, Rudy Fernández, and Ricky Rubio.

Sponsorship naming

Club Joventut de Badalona has received diverse trade names along its history. These are the Joventut denominations along the years:

Juventud Schweppes 1972–1977 Juventud Freixenet 1977–1978 Joventut Freixenet 1978–1981 Joventut Sony 1981–1982 Joventut Fichet 1982–1983 Joventut Massana 1983–1984 Ron Negrita Joventut 1984–1987 Ram Joventut 1987–1990

Montigalà Joventut 1990–1992 Marbella Joventut 1992–1993 7Up Joventut 1993–1995 Festina Joventut 1996–1998 Pinturas Bruguer Badalona 1998–2000 DKV Joventut 2001–2011 FIATC Joventut 2011–present

History

Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona

Badalona has had a basketball team since March 30, 1930, when Joventut was founded as Penya Spirit of Badalona. Apart from basketball, the club initially had teams involved in several sports including cycling, table tennis and football. In 1932, the club changed its name to Centre Esportiu Badaloní. In 1939, it became Club Joventut Badalona. By 1940, basketball was established as the club's main sport and green and black were adopted as the club's colors.

Between the 1950s and 1970s the club had a great rivalry with Real Madrid and with the other neighboring teams, playing memorable duels. During the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, Joventut had the best years in its history. Today, the club's sponsored name is FIATC Joventut, named after the Spanish insurance company FIATC. Currently, Badalona's basketball club is feeling the same magic of years ago.

Joventut Badalona is one of only three teams, along with Estudiantes and Real Madrid to have played every year in the top Spanish ACB League. Joventut is considered to have the best youth teams in Europe. Players like the Jofresa's Brothers, Jordi Villacampa, Rudy Fernández, and Ricky Rubio were developed in Joventut's youth teams.

Joventut Badalona was the first Catalan and second Spanish team to win a Euroleague title. In 1994, Badalona became the champion of the Euroleague and thus reached the top of European basketball. In 2006, Badalona won the Eurocup championship, and in 2008, the club won the Eurocup championship after defeating Akasvayu Girona with 54:79.^[1] Joventut also won 2 Korać Cup championships in the years 1981 and 1990.

Home arenas

• Pavelló de la Plana (1962–72), before 1962 the team played in not domed stadiums.
• Pavelló d'Ausiàs March (1972–91), also known as Pavelló Club Joventut (5000 seats).^[2]
• Palau Olímpic (1991–present)

Honours

Total titles: 30

Domestic competitions

Spanish League

• Winners (4): 1966–67, 1977–78, 1990–91, 1991–92

Spanish Cup

• Winners (8): 1947–48, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1968–69, 1975–76, 1997, 2008

Spanish Supercup

• Winners (2): 1986, 1987

European competitions

Euroleague

• Winners (1): 1993–94
• Runners-up (1): 1991–92

FIBA Saporta Cup

• Runners-up (1): 1987–88

FIBA Korać Cup

• Winners (2): 1980–81, 1989–90

Eurocup

• Winners (1): 2007–08

FIBA EuroChallenge

• Winners (1): 2005–06

Worldwide competitions

McDonald's Championship

• Runners-up (1): 1991

Regional competitions

Liga Catalana de Bàsquet

• Winners (11): 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008

Catalan basketball championship

• Winners (5): 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957

Players

Retired numbers

The three retired jerseys at Palau Olímpic.

• 5 Rafael Jofresa, G, 1983–1996, 2000–2003; Only Rudy Fernández was allowed to wear it.
• 7 Josep Maria Margall, F, 1972–1990
• 8 Jordi Villacampa, F, 1980–1997

Roster

FIATC Joventut roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G/F 16 Abalde, Alberto 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 20 – 15 December 1995 PF 23 Drame, Ousmane 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 22 – 15 December 1993 C 9 Llovet, Nacho (C) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 25 – 9 May 1991 PG 00 Mallet, Demond 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 38 – 22 February 1978 C 10 Miralles, Albert 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 33 – 14 May 1982 SG 33 Paul, Brandon 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 25 – 30 April 1991 C 50 Raković, Milovan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 127 kg (280 lb) 31 – 19 February 1985 PG 3 Sàbat, Albert 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 30 – 23 August 1985 C 12 Suton, Goran 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 30 – 11 August 1985 SG 14 Ventura, Albert 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 24 – 7 April 1992 G/F 6 Vidal, Sergi 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 35 – 9 April 1981	Head coach Salva Maldonado Assistant coach(es) José Ángel Samaniego Lluís Riera Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: January 20, 2016

Notable players

Domestic Players: Rudy Fernández Josep Maria Margall Josep Maria Guzmán Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca Ferran Laviña Anicet Lavodrama Raúl López Darryl Middleton Álex Mumbrú Matthew Gay Ricky Rubio Mike Smith Pere Tomàs Jordi Villacampa Manny Quezada (Non-EU Players): Aloysius Anagonye Maceo Baston Tanoka Beard Elmer Bennett Christian Eyenga Randy Holcomb Reggie Johnson Charles Gaines Harold Pressley Corny Thompson Clay Tucker Andre Turner

Bosman Players: Robert Archibald Jamie Arnold Luboš Bartoň Andrew Betts Demond Mallet Alain Digbeu Milan Gurović Marcelinho Huertas Jan-Hendrik Jagla Simas Jasaitis Alain Koffi Pops Mensah-Bonsu Jérôme Moïso Henk Norel Petar Popović

Nikola Radulović Zoran Slavnić Žan Tabak Uroš Tripković Kristaps Valters Jesse Young

For a complete list of current and former players, see the Joventut Badalona players category.

Head coaches

Xavier Estruch 1939–1941 Luis Antoja 1941–1943 Gironés 1943–1944 Xavier Estruch 1944–1946 Vicenç Lleal 1946–1947 José Tomas 1947–1948 José Vila 1947–1950 José Maria Costa 1950–1951 José Grau 1951–1953 Joaquín Broto 1953–1955 J. Jiménez 1955–1956 Joaquín Broto 1956–1958 Rafael Murgadas 1958–1959 José Grau 1959–1961 Joan Canals 1961–1962

Antonio Molina 1962–1963 Albert Gasulla 1963–1964 Antonio Molina 1963–1964 Eduardo Kucharski 1965–1969 Josep Lluís Cortés 1969–1972 Clinton Morris 1972–1973 Josep Lluís Cortés 1973–1975 Eduardo Kucharski 1975–1976 Josep María Meléndez 1975–1977 Antoni Serra 1977–1979 Josep Lluís Cortés 1979–1980 Manel Comas 1980–1982 Joaquín Costa Prat 1981–1982 Jack Schrader 1982–1983 Aíto García Reneses 1983–1985

Miquel Nolis 1985–1986 Alfred Julbe 1986–1989 Herb Brown 1989–1990 Lolo Sainz 1990–1993 Željko Obradović 1993–1994 Pedro Martínez 1994–1995 Miquel Nolis 1994–1995 Zoran Slavnić 1995–1996 Alfred Julbe 1996–2000 Josep Maria Izquierdo 1999–2001 Manel Comas 2000–2003 Aíto García Reneses 2003–2008 Sito Alonso 2008–2010 Pepu Hernández 2010–2011 Salva Maldonado 2011–present

Logos

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  Non commercial logo

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  DKV sponsorship logo

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  FIATC sponsorship logo

Uniforms

The Joventut jerseys have always been green with a black stripe across the chest, and the shorts have been traditionally black, with the exception of some years that have been green too. The traditional away jerseys have been white, although in 2008-09 a new silver alternate jersey was introduced.

Traditional uniform of Joventut Badalona.

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	RS	PO	Copa del Rey	Other cups		European Competitions
1930–56	Copa del Rey		3 times champion (47–48, 52–53, 54-55), 3 times runner-up (49–50, 51-52, 53–54)
1956–57	1	1ª División	6	–	2–8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1957–58	1	1ª División	2	Runner-up	14–1–3	–	Champion	–	–	–	–	–
1958–59	1	1ª División	3	–	17–5	–	Quarterfinalist	–	–	–	–	–
1959–60	1	1ª División	2	Runner-up	16–1–5	–	Semifinalist	–	–	–	–	–
1960–61	1	1ª División	4	–	14–8	–	Quarterfinalist	–	–	–	–	–
1961–62	1	1ª División	2	Runner-up	13–5	–	Quarterfinalist	–	–	–	–	–
1962–63	1	1ª División	3	Final stage	6–4	3–3	–	–	–	–	–	–
1963–64	1	1ª División	3	Final stage	7–5	6–4	–	–	–	–	–	–
1964–65	1	1ª División	3	–	8–6	–	Semifinalist	–	–	–	–	–
1965–66	1	1ª División	4	–	10–8	–	Runner-up	–	–	–	–	–
1966–67	1	1ª División	1	Champion	18–2	–	Semifinalist	–	–	2 Cup Winners' Cup	QF	5–2
1967–68	1	1ª División	3	–	16–4	–	Runner-up	–	–	1 Champions Cup	GS	5–2
1968–69	1	1ª División	2	Runner-up	15–3–4	–	Champion	–	–	–	–	–
1969–70	1	1ª División	3	–	17–1–4	–	Runner-up	–	–	2 Cup Winners' Cup	QF	4–2
1970–71	1	1ª División	2	Runner-up	21–1	–	Runner-up	–	–	2 Cup Winners' Cup	QF	6–2
1971–72	1	1ª División	3	–	17–5	–	Runner-up	–	–	2 Cup Winners' Cup	SF	4–2
1972–73	1	1ª División	2	Runner-up	25–2–3	–	Semifinalist	–	–	2 Cup Winners' Cup	SF	5–3
1973–74	1	1ª División	3	–	22–1–5	–	Runner-up	–	–	3 Korać Cup	QF	5–1
1974–75	1	1ª División	3	–	16–1–5	–	Quarterfinalist	–	–	2 Cup Winners' Cup	QF	4–3
1975–76	1	1ª División	3	Final stage	15–7	5–5	Champion	–	–	3 Korać Cup	SF	5–2
1976–77	1	1ª División	3	–	15–1–6	–	Semifinalist	–	–	2 Cup Winners' Cup	SF	7–5
1977–78	1	1ª División	1	Champion	20–2	–	Semifinalist	–	–	3 Korać Cup	SF	9–1
1978–79	1	1ª División	3	–	16–2–4	–	Quarterfinalist	–	–	1 Champions Cup	SF	8–8
1979–80	1	1ª División	3	–	15–7	–	Semifinalist	–	–	3 Korać Cup	QF	4–4
1980–81	1	1ª División	5	–	16–1–9	–	Semifinalist	–	–	3 Korać Cup	C	7–2
1981–82	1	1ª División	5	–	15–11	–	Quarterfinalist	–	–	3 Korać Cup	QF	3–3
1982–83	1	1ª División	7	–	14–1–11	–	Quarterfinalist	–	–	3 Korać Cup	QF	1–5
1983–84	1	Liga ACB	3	Semifinalist	20–8	4–3	Fourth position	–	–	–	–	–
1984–85	1	Liga ACB	2	Runner-up	21–7	5–4	Runner-up	–	–	–	–	–
1985–86	1	Liga ACB	3	Semifinalist	22–6	3–2	Runner-up	Supercopa	C	2 Cup Winners' Cup	SF	6–2
1986–87	1	Liga ACB	2	Runner-up	23–5	6–3	Runner-up	Supercopa	C	2 Cup Winners' Cup	QF	3–3
								Copa Príncipe	C
1987–88	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	17–11	4–3	Semifinalist	Supercopa	RU	2 Cup Winners' Cup	RU	8–3
								Copa Príncipe	SF
1988–89	1	Liga ACB	3	Semifinalist	23–13	3–3	Semifinalist	Copa Príncipe	C	3 Korać Cup	QF	6–2
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	2	Runner-up	24–12	5–3	Runner-up	–	–	3 Korać Cup	C	11–1–2
1990–91	1	Liga ACB	1	Champion	30–4	10–2	Third position	Copa Príncipe	C	3 Korać Cup	SF	9–3
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	1	Champion	26–8	10–6	Third position	–	–	1 Euroleague	RU	14–4
1992–93	1	Liga ACB	2	Runner-up	24–7	9–7	Runner-up	–	–	1 Euroleague	GS	6–6
1993–94	1	Liga ACB	3	Semifinalist	18–10	6–4	Quarterfinalist	–	–	1 Euroleague	C	15–5
1994–95	1	Liga ACB	14	–	17–21	–	Quarterfinalist	–	–	1 Euroleague	GS	2–14
1995–96	1	Liga ACB	13	–	17–21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1996–97	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	21–13	3–4	Champion	–	–	–	–	–
1997–98	1	Liga ACB	6	Quarterfinalist	24–10	1–3	Runner-up	–	–	2 Eurocup	R16	10–4
1998–99	1	Liga ACB	10	–	18–16	–	Quarterfinalist	–	–	2 Saporta Cup	QF	13–3
1999–00	1	Liga ACB	11	–	16–18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2000–01	1	Liga ACB	14	–	11–23	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2001–02	1	Liga ACB	9	–	18–16	–	Quarterfinalist	–	–	–	–	–
2002–03	1	Liga ACB	7	Quarterfinalist	18–16	0–3	Quarterfinalist	–	–	2 ULEB Cup	SF	9–7
2003–04	1	Liga ACB	8	Quarterfinalist	16–18	0–3	Runner-up	–	–	2 ULEB Cup	QF	8–6
2004–05	1	Liga ACB	7	Quarterfinalist	20–14	1–3	–	–	–	2 ULEB Cup	R16	6–1–5
2005–06	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	23–11	5–3	Quarterfinalist	–	–	3 FIBA Eurocup	C	13–3
2006–07	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	23–11	5–5	Semifinalist	Supercopa	SF	1 Euroleague	T16	8–12
2007–08	1	Liga ACB	3	Semifinalist	25–9	2–3	Champion	–	–	2 ULEB Cup	C	16–1
2008–09	1	Liga ACB	5	Quarterfinalist	22–10	1–2	Quarterfinalist	Supercopa	SF	1 Euroleague	RS	4–6
2009–10	1	Liga ACB	11	–	15–19	–	Quarterfinalist	–	–	2 Eurocup	L16	8–4
2010–11	1	Liga ACB	13	–	14–20	–	Quarterfinalist	–	–	–	–	–
2011–12	1	Liga ACB	11	–	16–18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012–13	1	Liga ACB	11	–	16–18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2013–14	1	Liga ACB	9	–	16–18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2014–15	1	Liga ACB	7	Quarterfinalist	19–15	0–2	Semifinalist	–	–	–	–	–

Individual awards

ACB Most Valuable Player

• Tanoka Beard – 2002

ACB Rising Star/Best Young Player

• Ricky Rubio – 2007
• Guillem Vives – 2014

ACB Finals MVP

• Corny Thompson – 1991
• Mike Smith – 1992

Spanish Cup MVP

• Andre Turner – 1997
• Rudy Fernández – 2004, 2008

ULEB Eurocup Finals MVP

• Rudy Fernández – 2008

EuroChallenge Final Four MVP

• Rudy Fernández – 2006

Euroleague Rising Star

• Rudy Fernández – 2007

All-ACB Team

• Rudy Fernández – 2007, 2008
• Ricky Rubio – 2008

ACB Slam Dunk Champion

• Christian Eyenga – 2009

Wheelchair basketball

Joventut Badalona has also a wheelchair basketball team which currently plays in the División de Honor, the Spanish top league.^[3]

In 2011 the team, which was known as Joventut GAM by sponsorship reasons, was dissolved and two years later was re-launched again. In its first season after the re-opening, the team promoted to División de Honor.

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos	Copa del Rey
2001–02	1	Div. Honor	6	N/A
2002–03	1	Div. Honor	7	N/A
2003–04	1	Div. Honor	13	N/A
2004–05	2	1ª División	1	N/A
2005–06	1	Div. Honor	9	Quarterfinalist
2006–07	1	Div. Honor	9	N/A
2007–08	1	Div. Honor	11	N/A
2008–09	2	Div. Honor B	1	N/A
2009–10	1	Div. Honor	8	N/A
2010–11	1	Div. Honor	12	N/A
2011–13	Did not enter any competition
2013–14	2	1ª División	1	N/A
2014–15	1	Div. Honor	10	N/A
2015–16	1	Div. Honor	11	N/A

See also

• 1991 McDonald's Championship

References

1. Akasvayu Girona - Joventut Badalona 54:79 (Match Report) ScoresPro.com
2. pistes de joc
3. Information and news about Joventut wheelchair basketball team

External links

• Official website