Kataja Basket Club

Joensuun Kataja
Leagues Korisliiga,
FIBA Europe Cup
Founded 1949
Arena Joensuu Areena
Arena Capacity 2,500
Location Joensuu, Finland
Team colors Blue and White
         
Championships 1 Finish League
3 Finnish Cups
Retired numbers 11
Website katajabasket.fi
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Kataja Basket Club is a professional basketball club of sports club Kataja from Joensuu, Finland. The team plays in the Korisliiga, the highest tier of Finnish basketball. In 2015, Kataja won its first national championship, after it beat Bisons Loimaa 3–2 in the Finnish Finals.

Achievements

Champions (1): 2015
Runners-up (6): 2003, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014
Third place (4): 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013
Champions (3): 2002, 2011, 2012

Current roster

Kataja Basket Club roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht.
PG 4 Finland Koljonen, Arttu 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
C 5 United States Coleman, Dan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
PG 6 United States Smith, Johnell 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
G 7 Finland Lasaroff, Johannes 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
PG 9 Finland Kanervo, Antti 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
SF 12 Finland Lehtoranta, Juho 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
PF 13 Finland Nenonen, Juho 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
G 14 Finland Virtanen, Petri (C) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PF 15 Finland Lehtoranta, Sami 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
SF 21 Finland Viita, Ville 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
SG 24 United States Flowers, Jonte 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
C 34 United States Fields, Jerald 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
PF 44 Finland Mäkäläinen, Vesa 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Head coach
  • Finland Jukka Toijala
Assistant coach(es)
  • Finland Ilkka Immonen
  • Finland Petri Jaakkola

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 2013-04-17

Season by season

Season Domestic competitions Finnish Cup European competitions
Tier League Pos. Postseason Tier League Result
2010–11 1 Korisliiga 3 Runner-up Champion N/A
2011–12 1 Korisliiga 1 Runner–up Champion N/A
2012–13 1 Korisliiga 2 Third–place
3
EuroChallenge
QF
2013–14 1 Korisliiga 3 Runner–up
3
EuroChallenge
RS
2014–15 1 Korisliiga 3 Champions
3
EuroChallenge
RS
2015–16 1 Korisliiga 1 Quarterfinalists
3
FIBA Europe Cup
R32

Notable players

External links

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