Valencia BC

Valencia Basket

2015–16 Valencia BC season

Nickname

Taronjas (Oranges)

Leagues

Liga ACB
Eurocup

Founded

1986

History

Valencia Basket Club
(1986–Present)

Arena

Pabellón Fuente San Luis

Capacity

9,000

Location

Valencia, Spain

Team colors

Orange, Black, White

President

Pablo Marín

Head coach

Pedro Martínez

Team captain

Rafa Martínez

Championships

3 Eurocup
1 Spanish Cup

Retired numbers

2 (11, 15)

Website

valenciabasket.com

Uniforms

Home

Away

Eurocup

Valencia Basket Club, S.A.D. is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the Eurocup. Having its origins in a basketball section of Valencia CF, the team was established in 1986, and gained popularity under its former denomination Pamesa Valencia.

History

On May 4, 1988 the team won its first promotion to the ACB^[1] where the team remained until the 1994/1995 season. In 1995, Valencia was relegated to the EBA League after falling in the relegation playoff against Somontano Huesca. In the next season, after being runner-up in Liga EBA in a non-promoting season, Valencia BC bought Amway Zaragoza's ACB place to join the league until nowadays.

Sponsorship naming

Valencia Basket has received diverse sponsorship names along the years:

Valencia-Hoja del Lunes: 1986–87
Pamesa Valencia: 1987–2009
Power Electronics Valencia: 2009–11

Logos

1987–2009 (The Logo during the Pamesa Era)
2009–present (Original non commercial logo)

Players

Retired numbers

11 Nacho Rodilla, G, 1994–2003
15 Víctor Luengo, G, 1992–2007

Current roster

Valencia Basket roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
1.5 !G	8	FRA !	Diot, Antoine	7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb)	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-01-17)17 January 1989
4.5 !F/C	14	MNE !	Dubljević, Bojan	7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	7002111000000000000♠111 kg (245 lb)	7001240000000000000♠24 – (1991-10-24)24 October 1991
3.5 !F	13	SRB !	Lučić, Vladimir	7000202000000000000♠2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb)	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-06-17)17 June 1989
5.0 !C	41	USA !	Hamilton, Justin	7000213000000000000♠2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	7002116000000000000♠116 kg (256 lb)	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1990-04-01)1 April 1990
2.0 !SG	17	ESP !	Martínez, Rafa (C)	7000186000000000000♠1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	7001770000000000000♠77 kg (170 lb)	7001340000000000000♠34 – (1982-03-03)3 March 1982
3.0 !SF	19	ESP !	San Emeterio, Fernando	7000199000000000000♠1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	7002105400000000000♠105.4 kg (232 lb)	7001320000000000000♠32 – (1984-01-01)1 January 1984
2.5 !G/F	10	CAF !	Sato, Romain	7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	7002101000000000000♠101 kg (223 lb)	7001350000000000000♠35 – (1981-03-02)2 March 1981
4.0 !PF	24	USA !	Shurna, John	7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	7002100000000000000♠100 kg (220 lb)	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-04-30)30 April 1990
4.0 !PF	43	USA !	Sikma, Luke	7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	7002106000000000000♠106 kg (234 lb)	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-07-30)30 July 1989
2.0 !SG	1	ISL !	Stefánsson, Jón Arnór	7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	7001920000000000000♠92 kg (203 lb)	7001330000000000000♠33 – (1982-09-21)21 September 1982
4.0 !PF	4	ESP !	Trias, Jordi	7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	7002109000000000000♠109 kg (240 lb)	7001350000000000000♠35 – (1980-11-05)5 November 1980
1.0 !PG	9	BEL !	van Rossom, Sam	7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb)	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1986-06-03)3 June 1986
1.0 !PG	16	ESP !	Vives, Guillem	7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	7001850000000000000♠85 kg (187 lb)	7001220000000000000♠22 – (1993-09-16)16 September 1993

Head coach

Pedro Martínez

Assistant coach(es)

Carles Duran
Juan Maroto

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster
Updated: September 12, 2015

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Bojan Dubljević	Justin Hamilton
PF	Luke Sikma	John Shurna	Jordi Trias
SF	Fernando San Emeterio	Vladimir Lučić	Romain Sato
SG	Rafa Martínez	Jón Arnór Stefánsson
PG	Antoine Diot	Guillem Vives	Sam van Rossom

Coaches

Toni Ferrer 1986–87, 1989
Antoni Serra 1987–89
José Antonio Figueroa 1989–91
Fernando Jiménez 1991
Manu Moreno 1992–95
Herb Brown 1995
Mihajlo Vuković 1995–2000
Luis Casimiro 2000–02
Paco Olmos 2002–04, 2011–12
Pablo Laso 2004–05

Chechu Mulero 2005, 2006
Ricard Casas 2005–06
Fotis Katsikaris 2006–08
Neven Spahija 2008–10
Manolo Hussein 2010
Svetislav Pešić 2010–11
Velimir Perasović 2012–15
Carles Duran 2015
Pedro Martínez 2015–

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	RS	PO	Copa del Rey	Other cups		European Competitions
1986–87	2	1ª División B	19	–	10–12	4–8	–	–	–	–	–	–
1987–88	2	1ª División B	8	Promoted	20–16	4–3	–	–	–	–	–	–
1988–89	1	Liga ACB	16	–	12–24	0–3	First round	–	–	–	–	–
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	10	–	24–12	3–0	Round of 16	–	–	–	–	–
1990–91	1	Liga ACB	9	Round of 16	15–19	3–3	Second round	–	–	–	–	–
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	9	Round of 16	18–16	3–3	Second round	–	–	–	–	–
1992–93	1	Liga ACB	10	Round of 16	18–13	1–2	Second round	–	–	–	–	–
1993–94	1	Liga ACB	12	Round of 16	14–14	1–3	First round	–	–	–	–	–
1994–95	1	Liga ACB	19	Relegated	15–23	1–3	First round	–	–	–	–	–
1995–96	2	Liga EBA	2	Runner-up^[2]	22–8	6–2	–	–	–	–	–	–
1996–97	1	Liga ACB	11	–	17–17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1997–98	1	Liga ACB	7	Quarterfinalist	20–14	1–3	Champion	–	–	–	–	–
1998–99	1	Liga ACB	6	Quarterfinalist	18–16	2–3	Quarterfinalist	–	–	2 Saporta Cup	RU	17–2
1999–00	1	Liga ACB	6	Quarterfinalist	20–14	0–3	Runner-up	–	–	2 Saporta Cup	QF	13–3
2000–01	1	Liga ACB	5	Quarterfinalist	22–12	1–3	Semifinalist	–	–	2 Saporta Cup	SF	11–5
2001–02	1	Liga ACB	6	Quarterfinalist	21–13	1–3	Quarterfinalist	–	–	2 Saporta Cup	RU	13–4
2002–03	1	Liga ACB	2	Runner-up	26–8	6–5	Semifinalist	–	–	2 ULEB Cup	C	14–4
2003–04	1	Liga ACB	5	Quarterfinalist	23–11	1–3	Quarterfinalist	–	–	1 Euroleague	T16	13–7
2004–05	1	Liga ACB	9	–	18–16	–	Semifinalist	–	–	2 ULEB Cup	SF	11–1–4
2005–06	1	Liga ACB	9	–	16–18	–	Runner-up	–	–	–	–	–
2006–07	1	Liga ACB	7	Quarterfinalist	19–15	1–3	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007–08	1	Liga ACB	5	Quarterfinalist	22–12	1–2	Quarterfinalist	–	–	2 ULEB Cup	QF	10–5
2008–09	1	Liga ACB	7	Quarterfinalist	16–16	0–2	Quarterfinalist	–	–	2 Eurocup	QF	10–3
2009–10	1	Liga ACB	5	Quarterfinalist	23–11	0–2	Semifinalist	–	–	2 Eurocup	C	14–2
2010–11	1	Liga ACB	5	Quarterfinalist	24–10	0–2	Semifinalist	Supercopa	RU	1 Euroleague	QF	10–11
2011–12	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	20–14	3–4	–	–	–	2 Eurocup	RU	12–4
2012–13	1	Liga ACB	6	Quarterfinalist	22–12	1–2	Runner-up	Supercopa	SF	2 Eurocup	SF	11–5
2013–14	1	Liga ACB	3	Semifinalist	30–4	4–4	Semifinalist	–	–	2 Eurocup	C	15–9
2014–15	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	20–14	3–4	Quarterfinalist	Supercopa	SF	1 Euroleague	RS	3–7
2014–15	1	Liga ACB	4	Semifinalist	20–14	3–4	Quarterfinalist	Supercopa	SF	2 Eurocup	QF	5–5
2015–16	1	Liga ACB					Quarterfinalist	–	–	2 Eurocup	L32	13–3

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Liga ACB:

Runners-up (1): 2003

Copa del Rey: (1)

1998

Runners-up (3): 2000, 2006, 2013

Saporta Cup:

Runners-up (2): 1999, 2002

Eurocup Basketball: (3)

2003, 2010, 2014

Runners-up (1): 2012

Individual awards

ACB Most Valuable Player

Justin Doellman – 2014

Spanish Cup MVP

Nacho Rodilla – 1998

All-ACB Team

Justin Doellman – 2014
Romain Sato – 2014
Pau Ribas – 2015

ACB Slam Dunk Champion

Víctor Claver – 2007

Eurocup Finals MVP

Dejan Tomašević – 2003
Matt Nielsen – 2010
Justin Doellman – 2014

Eurocup Rising Star Award

Víctor Claver – 2010
Bojan Dubljević – 2013, 2014

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

All-Eurocup Second Team

Matt Nielsen – 2009
Bojan Dubljević – 2014

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

Played at least one season for the club.
Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time.
To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

Women's team

Since 2014, Valencia BC has also a women's team. It was created after integrating the youth system of Ros Casares Valencia, former EuroLeague Women champion club which dissolved its senior squad in 2012.^[3]

In its first season, Valencia BC plays in Primera División, the third tier of Spanish women's basketball.^[4]

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason
2014–15	3	1ª División	2	Promotion playoffs
2015–16	3	1ª División	1

References

↑ 23 years from the promotion of Valencia Basket ACB.com May 4, 2011
↑ Bought the ACB berth to Amway Zaragoza.
↑ Ros Casares se integra en la Escuela del Valencia Basket; Superdeporte, 18 May 2014 (Spanish)
↑ Valencia Basket Femenino, un club de cantera; enCancha, 11 October 2014 (Spanish)

External links

Valencia Basket current roster

1 Stefánsson 4 Trias 8 Diot 9 Van Rossom 10 Sato 13 Lučić 14 Dubljević 16 Vives 17 Martínez 19 San Emeterio 24 Shurna 41 Hamilton 43 Sikma

Head coach: Martínez Assistant coaches: Duran Rojo

Liga ACB

ACB Spanish League Pyramid ACB MVP ACB Finals MVP All-ACB Team ACB Best Young Player ACB Player of the Month ACB contests

2015–16 Liga ACB teams	Baloncesto Sevilla CAI Zaragoza Dominion Bilbao Basket FC Barcelona Lassa FIATC Joventut Herbalife Gran Canaria Iberostar Tenerife ICL Manresa Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Montakit Fuenlabrada MoraBanc Andorra Movistar Estudiantes Real Madrid RETAbet.es GBC Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro Universidad Católica de Murcia Unicaja Valencia Basket

Liga ACB seasons	1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Liga ACB playoffs	1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Other competitions	Copa del Rey Supercopa

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