Basket Zaragoza

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Basket Zaragoza 2002 S.A.D.,[1] more commonly referred to as Basket Zaragoza and as Casademont Zaragoza for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Zaragoza, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is the Pabellón Príncipe Felipe.

Casademont Zaragoza
Casademont Zaragoza logo
LeaguesLiga ACB
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002)
ArenaPabellón Príncipe Felipe
Capacity10,744
LocationZaragoza, Spain
Team colorsRed, White, Black
     
PresidentPredrag Savović
Head coachPorfirio Fisac
Championships2 LEB championship
1 Copa Príncipe
WebsiteOfficial website

History

Basket Zaragoza was founded in 2002 with the aim of giving the city of Zaragoza back to the Spanish basketball elite league, after old CB Zaragoza left the Liga ACB on 1996. It started playing on LEB, after taking the place belonging to CB Coruña.

CAI Zaragoza spent five hard years on LEB league before reaching Liga ACB for the first time. The team had to overcome a relegation playoff in its first season against CB Ciudad de Huelva, and four consecutive failed promotion playoffs against CB Granada, CB Murcia and Baloncesto León twice.

Finally, CAI Zaragoza got promoted to Liga ACB after winning the title of the 2007–08 season, but its first participation on it was a total failure. CAI Zaragoza got immediately relegated, after being defeated in the last day by CB Murcia. Nevertheless, the team arranged returned to Liga ACB on the next season after the arrival of homegrown coach José Luis Abós.

Under Abos, CAI Zaragoza established on the top Spanish basketball competition; in the 2012–13 season, they qualifying for the first time to the Copa del Rey and reached the ACB semifinals in their first participation in the play-offs for the title. This success allowed CAI Zaragoza to make their debut in European competitions by playing the EuroCup Basketball during three consecutive seasons, reaching the Last 16 stage in the 2015–16 season.

Nevertheless, after Abós's untimely death in 2014, the team struggled in the national competition, and went from reaching the play-offs to barely avoiding relegation. In 2016, after 14 years with CAI, the club changed the sponsorship naming to Tecnyconta Zaragoza.[2]

In the 2018-19 ACB season, under Porfirio Fisac's coaching and after a profound change in their roster, Tecnyconta Zaragoza returned to the ACB play-off and reached the semifinals for the second time in their history.

On 15 June 2020, Basket Zaragoza created the women's team by integrating the professional team of Stadium Casablanca.[3]

Logos

Players

Current roster

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

Casademont Zaragoza roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG2 Bell-Haynes, Trae1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 28 – (1995-09-05)5 September 1995
G3 Andronikashvili, Rati1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (2001-03-19)19 March 2001
SF4 Yusta, Santiago (C)2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1997-04-28)28 April 1997
SG5 Langarita, Lucas1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 – (2005-01-04)4 January 2005
G/F7 González, Miguel1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1999-03-20)20 March 1999
F8 Mencía, Yoanki1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1997-09-23)23 September 1997
C10 Kravić, Dejan2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 33 – (1990-09-09)9 September 1990
PF19 Sulejmanović, Emir2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 28 – (1995-07-13)13 July 1995
G21 McFadden, Thad1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 37 – (1987-05-29)29 May 1987
PF22 Simanić, Boriša2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 26 – (1998-03-21)21 March 1998
G28 Moreno, Alejandro1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 22 – (2002-02-18)18 February 2002
C50 Watt, Mitchell2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 34 – (1989-12-14)14 December 1989
PG88 Cuevas, Dídac1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 23 – (2000-06-20)20 June 2000
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Sergio Lamúa
  • Aleix Durán
  • Ignacio Juan

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Updated: June 5, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.Starting 5Bench 1Bench 2
CJahlil OkaforDejan Kravić
PFEmir SulejmanovićTomasz GieloBoriša Simanić
SFSantiago YustaMiguel González
SGObi EmeganoLucas Langarita
PGAndrea CinciariniJavi García

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

Season by season

SeasonTierDivisionPos.W–LCopa del ReyOther cupsEuropean competitions
2002–032LEB14th15–20
2003–042LEB4th25–19Copa PríncipeC
2004–052LEB6th19–18Copa PríncipeSF
2005–062LEB4th30–12
2006–072LEB3rd26–16
2007–082LEB Oro1st28–6Copa PríncipeSF
2008–091Liga ACB17th8–24SupercopaRU
2009–102LEB Oro1st27–7
2010–111Liga ACB10th16–18
2011–121Liga ACB10th16–18
2012–131Liga ACB3rd23–17QuarterfinalistSupercopaSF
2013–141Liga ACB8th18–18Semifinalist2 EurocupL328–8
2014–151Liga ACB9th18–16Quarterfinalist2 EurocupL326–10
2015–161Liga ACB12th13–212 EurocupEF12–6
2016–171Liga ACB15th9–23
2017–181Liga ACB16th10–24
2018–191Liga ACB6th18-16
2019–201Liga ACB6th17–11Quarterfinalist3 Champions League4th13–6
2020–211Liga ACB13th14–223 Champions League3rd11–3
2021–221Liga ACB16th12–224 FIBA Europe CupRS2–4

Honours

National leagues

European competition

Individual awards

Copa Príncipe de Asturias MVP

  • Matías Lescano – 2004

Basketball Champions League Best Young Player

Players database

Updated as of the end of the 2014–15 season

Coaches database

Nat.NameSeason
José Luis Oliete Terraz2002–2003
Ranko Žeravica2002–2003
Alfred Julbe Bosch2002–2004 & 2005–2006
Óscar Quintana Viar2004–2005
Jesús Alfonso Mateo Díez2006–2007
Francisco Segura Gómez2007–2009
Alberto Angulo Espinosa2008–2009
José Luis Abós García2009–2014
Joaquín Ruiz Lorente2014–2015
Andreu Casadevall Guinart2015–2017
Luis Guil Torres2017
Jota Cuspinera2017–2018
Pep Cargol2018
Porfirio Fisac2018–2020
Sergio Hernández2020–2021
Luis Casimiro2021
Jaume Ponsarnau2021–2022
Dragan Šakota2022
Martin Schiller2022
Porfirio Fisac2022–present

Women's team

Since 2020, Basket Zaragoza has also a women's team. It was created after integrating Stadium Casablanca into the structure of the club. Basket Zaragoza joined to Liga Femenina, instead of Stadium Casablanca which joined to Liga Femenina 2 as a reserve team.[5]

Season by season

SeasonTierDivisionPos.W–LCopa de la Reina
2020–211Liga Femenina139–21

Current roster

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

Casademont Zaragoza roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG0 Lacorzana, Ainhoa1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 23 – (2000-08-31)31 August 2000
G2 Holešínská, Petra1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 27 – (1997-03-12)12 March 1997
G3 Pointer, Khayla1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 25 – (1998-11-25)25 November 1998
PG4 Ortiz, Mariona1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 32 – (1992-02-28)28 February 1992
PF10 Gulbe, Aleksa1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 24 – (2000-02-05)5 February 2000
F/C11 Gimeno, Vega1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 33 – (1991-01-08)8 January 1991
G/F12 Urdiáin, Leyre1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 17 – (2007-04-05)5 April 2007
G/F13 Fiebich, Leonie1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (2000-01-10)10 January 2000
F16 Oma, Helena1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 27 – (1996-10-23)23 October 1996
C20 Hermosa, Nerea1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 23 – (2001-04-20)20 April 2001
G/F22 Atkinson, Tanaya1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 28 – (1996-01-28)28 January 1996
C23 Geldof, Serena-Lynn1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1997-03-02)2 March 1997
C32 Diallo, Christelle1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1993-03-12)12 March 1993
Head coach
  • Carlos Cantero Morales

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Updated: February 29, 2024

References