Valencia Basket

Valencia Basket
Nickname	Taronjas (Oranges)
Leagues	Liga ACB EuroLeague
Founded	27 September 1986; 31 years ago (1986-09-27)
History	Valencia Basket (1986–Present)
Arena	Fuente de San Luis
Capacity	8,500
Location	Valencia, Spain
Team colors	Orange, Black, White
President	Vicent J. Solá
Team captain	Rafa Martínez
Ownership	Juan Roig
Championships	1 Spanish League 1 Spanish Cup 1 Spanish Supercup 3 EuroCup
Retired numbers	2 (11, 15)
Website	valenciabasket.com
Uniforms
Home Away EuroLeague

Valencia Basket Club S.A.D.,^[1] commonly known as Valencia Basket (pronounced [baˈlenθja basˈket]), is a professional basketball team based in Valencia, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague, with home games played at the Fuente de San Luis. The club is sponsored by the Spanish billionaire Juan Roig.^[2]

Contents

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  1 History
  
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    1.1 1986–1997
    
  
  
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    1.2 1998–2014
    
  
  
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    1.3 2015–present
    
  
  


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  2 Arena
  


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  3 Sponsorship naming
  


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  4 Logos
  


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  5 Players
  
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    5.1 Retired numbers
    
  
  
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    5.2 Current roster
    
  
  
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    5.3 Depth chart
    
  
  


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  6 Coaches
  


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  7 Season by season
  


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  8 Trophies and awards
  
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    8.1 Trophies
    
  
  
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    8.2 Individual awards
    
  
  


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  9 Notable players
  


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  10 Women's team
  
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    10.1 Season by season
    
  
  


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  11 References
  


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  12 External links
  

History

1986–1997

Valencia Basket was founded on 27 September 1986, after Valencia CF decided to fold its basketball section.^[3]

On 4 May 1988, while in its second season in the Primera División B, which was the second tier league of Spanish basketball at that time, the team won its first promotion to the Spanish top-tier level ACB,^[4] where the team remained until the 1994–95 season. In 1995, Valencia was relegated to the Spanish 2nd-tier level EBA League, after falling in the league's relegation playoff against Somontano Huesca. In the next season, after being the runner-up in Liga EBA, in a non-promoting season, Valencia BC bought Amway Zaragoza's ACB place to join the top league, where it has remained until nowadays.

1998–2014

On 2 February 1998, Pamesa Valencia won its first Spanish national title, after beating Pinturas Bruguer Badalona, by a score of 89–75, in the final of the 1998 Copa del Rey, which was played in Valladolid. One year later, on 13 April 1999, the club played in the final of the 1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup, but was defeated by Benetton Treviso, 64–60, in the final played in Zaragoza. Three years later, the club repeated the same success, but Montepaschi Siena won the final of the 2001–02 FIBA Saporta Cup, by a score of 81–71, in Lyon, France.

Continuing on with some of the club's best years, the 2001–02 ACB season was historic for the club, as it reached the Spanish ACB League finals, where they could not win any games in their series against FC Barcelona. Before this first success in reaching the finals of the Spanish league's playoffs, Pamesa Valencia won its first European-wide title, by defeating Krka Novo Mesto in the 2002–03 ULEB Cup, which would then also allow the club to make its debut in the European top-tier level EuroLeague.

In its first EuroLeague participation, Pamesa Valencia qualified for the Top 16, but was eliminated there, after not contesting its game at Nokia Arena against Maccabi Elite, adducing security issues in Israel.^[5]

On 18 April 2010, Power Electronics Valencia won its second European title, by beating Alba Berlin, 67–44, in the 2010 EuroCup Finals, which was played in Vitoria-Gasteiz.^[6] This allowed the club to come back to the top level EuroLeague, seven years after its first participation in the tournament. This time, Valencia reached the EuroLeague quarterfinals, where it was eliminated by Real Madrid, who won the playoff series by a 3–2 margin.

The club's third European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup title arrived on 7 May 2014, when Valencia beat UNICS Kazan, in the double-legged finals.

2015–present

On 5 June 2017, Valencia Basket qualified for its second Spanish Liga ACB Finals series, after defeating Baskonia in the semifinals of the 2017 national league playoffs. This time, the club won its first ever Spanish national domestic league championship, on 16 June 2017, by defeating Real Madrid with a 3–1 series score in the AC league's finals.^[7] In the same season, the club also reached the finals of both the Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup), and the EuroCup, but they lost those finals to Real Madrid, and fellow Spanish side, Unicaja, respectively. By winning the Spanish League championship, Valencia also sealed their return to the next season's top-tier level EuroLeague competition, for the 2017–18 season.

Arena

External and internal view of La Fonteta

Valencia Basket plays its home games at the 8,500 seat^[8]Fuente de San Luis arena, however the arena is better known as La Fonteta.

Sponsorship naming

Valencia Basket has had several sponsorship names over the years:

• Valencia-Hoja del Lunes: 1986–1987


• Pamesa Valencia: 1987–2009


• Power Electronics Valencia: 2009–2011

Logos

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  1987–2009 (The logo during the Pamesa era).
  

  
  

  
  


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  2009–present (Original non commercial logo).
  

  
  

  
  


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  2016–2017 (30 year anniversary logo).
  

  
  

  
  

Players

See also: Category:Valencia Basket players

Retired numbers

Valencia Basket 2017-18 Euroleague season roster in pre-match

Valencia Basket retired numbers
No	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
11		Nacho Rodilla	PG	1994–2003
15		Víctor Luengo	SG/SF	1992–2007

Current roster

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

Valencia Basket roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SF 7000600000000000000♠6 Abalde, Alberto 7000202000000000000♠2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – (1995-12-15)15 December 1995 SG 7000800000000000000♠8 Diot, Antoine 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 29 – (1989-01-17)17 January 1989 PF 7001420000000000000♠42 Doornekamp, Aaron 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 32 – (1985-12-05)5 December 1985 C 7001140000000000000♠14 Dubljević, Bojan 7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1991-10-24)24 October 1991 PG 7000500000000000000♠5 García, Sergi 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 21 – (1997-02-17)17 February 1997 PF Labeyrie, Louis 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 26 – (1992-02-11)11 February 1992 SG 7001170000000000000♠17 Martínez, Rafa (C) 7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 36 – (1982-03-03)3 March 1982 SF 7001190000000000000♠19 San Emeterio, Fernando 7000199000000000000♠1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1984-01-01)1 January 1984 SF 7001300000000000000♠30 Sastre, Joan 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1991-12-10)10 December 1991 SG Thomas, Matt 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (1994-08-04)4 August 1994 PF 5000000000000000000♠0 Thomas, Will 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1986-07-01)1 July 1986 C Tobey, Mike 7000213000000000000♠2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 23 – (1994-10-10)10 October 1994 PG 7000900000000000000♠9 Van Rossom, Sam 7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 32 – (1986-06-03)3 June 1986 PG 7001160000000000000♠16 Vives, Guillem 7000192000000000000♠1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (1993-09-16)16 September 1993	Head coach Jaume Ponsarnau Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: July 27, 2018

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Bojan Dubljević	Mike Tobey
PF	Louis Labeyrie	Aaron Doornekamp	Will Thomas
SF	Alberto Abalde	Joan Sastre	Fernando San Emeterio
SG	Matt Thomas	Antoine Diot	Rafa Martínez
PG	Sam Van Rossom	Guillem Vives	Sergi García

Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non-FIBA Europe player

Coaches

• Toni Ferrer: 1986–1987, 1989


• Antoni Serra: 1987–1989


• José Antonio Figueroa: 1989–1991


• Fernando Jiménez: 1991


• Manu Moreno: 1992–1995


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  Herb Brown: 1995


• Mihajlo Vuković: 1995–2000


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  Luis Casimiro: 2000–2002


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  Paco Olmos: 2002–2004, 2011–2012


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  Pablo Laso: 2004–2005


• Chechu Mulero: 2005, 2006


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  Ricard Casas: 2005–2006


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  Fotios Katsikaris: 2006–2008


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  Neven Spahija: 2008–2010


• Manolo Hussein: 2010


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  Svetislav Pešić: 2010–2011


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  Velimir Perasović: 2012–2015


• Carles Duran: 2015


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  Pedro Martínez: 2015–2017


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  Txus Vidorreta: 2017–2018


• Jaume Ponsarnau: 2018–present

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Copa del Rey	Other cups		European competitions
1986–87	2	1ª División B	19th	14–20
1987–88	2	1ª División B	8th	24–19
1988–89	1	Liga ACB	16th	12–27	First round
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	10th	27–12	Round of 16
1990–91	1	Liga ACB	9th	18–22	Second round
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	9th	21–19	Second round
1992–93	1	Liga ACB	10th	19–15	Second round
1993–94	1	Liga ACB	12th	15–17	First round
1994–95	1	Liga ACB	19th	16–26	First round
1995–96	2	Liga EBA	2nd[a]	28–10
1996–97	1	Liga ACB	11th	17–17
1997–98	1	Liga ACB	7th	21–17	Champion
1998–99	1	Liga ACB	6th	20–19	Quarterfinalist			2 Saporta Cup	RU	17–2
1999–00	1	Liga ACB	6th	20–17	Runner-up			2 Saporta Cup	QF	13–3
2000–01	1	Liga ACB	5th	23–15	Semifinalist			2 Saporta Cup	SF	11–5
2001–02	1	Liga ACB	6th	22–16	Quarterfinalist			2 Saporta Cup	RU	13–4
2002–03	1	Liga ACB	2nd	32–13	Semifinalist			2 ULEB Cup	C	14–4
2003–04	1	Liga ACB	5th	24–14	Quarterfinalist			1 Euroleague	T16	13–7
2004–05	1	Liga ACB	9th	18–16	Semifinalist			2 ULEB Cup	SF	11–1–4
2005–06	1	Liga ACB	9th	16–18	Runner-up
2006–07	1	Liga ACB	7th	20–18
2007–08	1	Liga ACB	5th	23–14	Quarterfinalist			2 ULEB Cup	QF	10–5
2008–09	1	Liga ACB	7th	16–18	Quarterfinalist			2 Eurocup	QF	10–3
2009–10	1	Liga ACB	5th	23–13	Semifinalist			2 Eurocup	C	14–2
2010–11	1	Liga ACB	5th	24–12	Semifinalist	Supercopa	RU	1 Euroleague	QF	10–11
2011–12	1	Liga ACB	4th	23–18				2 Eurocup	RU	12–4
2012–13	1	Liga ACB	6th	23–14	Runner-up	Supercopa	SF	2 Eurocup	SF	11–5
2013–14	1	Liga ACB	3rd	34–8	Semifinalist			2 Eurocup	C	15–9
2014–15	1	Liga ACB	4th	23–18	Quarterfinalist	Supercopa	SF	1 Euroleague	RS	3–7
								2 Eurocup	QF	5–5
2015–16	1	Liga ACB	3rd	31–9	Quarterfinalist			2 Eurocup	L32	13–3
2016–17	1	Liga ACB	1st	31–12	Runner-up			2 EuroCup	RU	18–5
2017–18	1	Liga ACB	5th	23–14	Quarterfinalist	Supercopa	C	1 EuroLeague	9th	12–18

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   ^ Bought the ACB berth to Amway Zaragoza.
   

Trophies and awards

The Copa del Rey and the three EuroCups conquered by the club.

Trophies

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  Liga ACB: (1)

2017

Runners-up (1): 2003

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  Copa del Rey: (1)

1998

Runners-up (4): 2000, 2006, 2013, 2017

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  Supercopa: (1)

2017

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  Saporta Cup:

Runners-up (2): 1999, 2002

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  EuroCup Basketball: (3)

2003, 2010, 2014

Runners-up (2): 2012, 2017

Individual awards

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ACB Most Valuable Player

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  Justin Doellman – 2014

ACB Finals MVP

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  Bojan Dubljević – 2017

Spanish Cup MVP

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  Nacho Rodilla – 1998

Spanish Supercup MVP

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  Erick Green – 2017

All-ACB First Team

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  Justin Doellman – 2014


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  Romain Sato – 2014


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  Pau Ribas – 2015


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  Justin Hamilton – 2016


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  Bojan Dubljević – 2017

ACB Slam Dunk Champion

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  Víctor Claver – 2007

EuroCup Finals MVP

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  Dejan Tomašević – 2003


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  Matt Nielsen – 2010


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  Justin Doellman – 2014

EuroCup Rising Star Award

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  Víctor Claver – 2010


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  Bojan Dubljević – 2013, 2014

EuroCup Coach of the Year

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  Pedro Martínez – 2017

All-EuroLeague Second Team

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  Duško Savanović – 2011

All-EuroCup First Team

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  Nando De Colo – 2010


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  Matt Nielsen – 2010


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  Nik Caner-Medley – 2012


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  Justin Doellman – 2013, 2014


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  Bojan Dubljević – 2017

All-EuroCup Second Team

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  Matt Nielsen – 2009


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  Bojan Dubljević – 2014


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  Fernando San Emeterio – 2017

Notable players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Played at least three seasons 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. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

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  Salva Díez
  


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  Johnny Rogers
  


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  Víctor Luengo
  


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  Nacho Rodilla
  


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  Berni Álvarez
  


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  José Antonio Paraíso
  


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  Víctor Claver
  


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  Pau Ribas
  


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  Alejandro Montecchia
  


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  Federico Kammerichs
  


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  Fabricio Oberto
  


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  Matt Nielsen
  


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  Tiago Splitter
  


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  Vítor Faverani
  


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  Antoine Rigaudeau
  


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  Florent Piétrus
  


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  Nando de Colo
  


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  Mickaël Gelabale
  


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  Justin Doellman
  


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  Robertas Javtokas
  


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  Dejan Tomašević
  


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  Igor Rakočević
  


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  Kosta Perović
  


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  Duško Savanović
  


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  Dimos Dikoudis
  


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  Serhiy Lishchuk
  


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  Brad Branson
  


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  Bernard Hopkins
  


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  Tanoka Beard
  


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  Brian Cardinal
  

Women's team

Valencia Basket
Nickname	Taronjas (Oranges)
Leagues	Liga Femenina
Founded	2014; 4 years ago (2014)
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
Uniforms
Home Away

Since 2014, Valencia Basket 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.^[9]

In its first season, Valencia Basket played in Primera División, the third tier of Spanish women's basketball.^[10]

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.^[11]

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.
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

References

1. 
   ^ "Relación de SAD — Portal del Consejo Superior de Deportes" (in Spanish). Consejo Superior de Deportes. Retrieved 7 September 2016. 
   


2. 
   ^ Olvídese de la Masía de Messi: bienvenidos a L'Alqueria de Juan Roig (in Spanish).
   


3. 
   ^ "Valencia Basket cumple 30 años" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016. 
   


4. 
   ^ 23 years from the promotion of Valencia Basket ACB.com May 4, 2011
   


5. 
   ^ "El Pamesa no viaja a Tel Aviv y perderá (20-0) el partido" (in Spanish). El País. 25 March 2004. Retrieved 28 September 2016. 
   


6. 
   ^ "Power Electronic Valencia Champ!". Eurocup Basketball. 18 April 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2016. 
   


7. 
   ^ "Valencia Basket reescribe su historia (87-76)" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017. 
   


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   ^ MUNICIPAL COURT FUENTE DE SAN LUIS CAPACITY: 8.500 spectators
   


9. 
   ^ Ros Casares se integra en la Escuela del Valencia Basket; Superdeporte, 18 May 2014 (in Spanish)
   


10. 
    ^ Valencia Basket Femenino, un club de cantera; enCancha, 11 October 2014 (in Spanish)
    


11. 
    ^ "Valencia Basket consigue la gloria en una noche para el recuerdo" (in Spanish). Valencia Basket. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018. 
    

External links

• Official website


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  Valencia Basket at ACB.com (in Spanish)
  


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  Valencia Basket at the EuroLeague
  

v t e Valencia Basket current roster
0 W. Thomas 5 García 6 Abalde 8 Diot 9 Van Rossom 14 Dubljević 16 Vives 17 Martínez 19 San Emeterio 30 Sastre 42 Doornekamp Labeyrie M. Thomas Tobey
Head coach: Ponsarnau

v t e Liga ACB
*_Pyramid *_ACB_MVP *_ACB_Finals_MVP *_All-ACB_Team *_ACB_Most_Spectacular_Player *_ACB_Best_Young_Player *_ACB_Player_of_the_Month *_Best_Coach *_AEEB_Coach_of_the_Year *_ACB_statistical_leaders *_ACB_contests *_ACB_clubs_in_international_competitions"> ACB Pyramid ACB MVP ACB Finals MVP All-ACB Team ACB Most Spectacular Player ACB Best Young Player ACB Player of the Month Best Coach AEEB Coach of the Year ACB statistical leaders ACB contests ACB clubs in international competitions
2018–19 Liga ACB teams	Barça Lassa Baxi Manresa Cafés Candelas Breogán Delteco GBC Divina Seguros Joventut Herbalife Gran Canaria Iberostar Tenerife Kirolbet Baskonia Monbus Obradoiro Montakit Fuenlabrada MoraBanc Andorra Movistar Estudiantes Real Madrid San Pablo Burgos Tecnyconta Zaragoza UCAM 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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Liga ACB playoffs	1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 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 Finals 2016 2017 2018 2019
Other competitions	Copa del Rey Supercopa Copa Príncipe de Asturias (defunct)

v t e 2018–19 EuroCup
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinals
Quarterfinals
Top 16	Group E Group F Group G Group H
Regular Season	Group A Crvena zvezda mts Galatasaray Odeabank Germani Brescia Leonessa Monaco MoraBanc Andorra ratiopharm Ulm Group B ALBA Berlin Arka Gdynia Cedevita Limoges Lokomotiv Kuban Tofaş Group C ASVEL Dolomiti Energia Trento Partizan NIS Türk Telekom Valencia Basket Zenit Saint Petersburg Group D Fiat Torino Fraport Skyliners Mornar Rytas Unicaja UNICS

EuroCup champions squads

v t e Pamesa Valencia 2002–03 ULEB Cup champions 4 Hopkins 5 Cardinal 6 Monetcchia 9 Robles 10 Kammerichs 11 Rodilla 12 Paraíso 13 García 14 Oberto 15 Luengo 18 Tomašević Head coach: Olmos v t e Power Electronics Valencia 2009–10 Eurocup champions 7 Perovic 9 Claver 10 Simeon 12 Lishchuk 14 Marinovic 16 Garcia 17 Martinez 20 Pietrus 22 De Colo 23 Shengelia 24 Kelati 44 Nielsen Head coach: Spahija v t e Valencia Basket 2013–14 Eurocup champions 4 Triguero 5 Ribas 7 Doellman 9 Van Rossom 10 Sato 12 Lishchuk 13 Lučić 14 Dubljević 17 Martínez 20 Lafayette 24 Abia 34 Aguilar Head coach: Perasović

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