Saski Baskonia

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Baskonia
Baskonia logo
LeaguesLiga ACB
EuroLeague
Founded26 December 1959; 64 years ago (1959-12-26)
History
List
    • Club Deportivo Vasconia
      (1959–1976)
    • Club Deportivo Basconia
      (1976–1987)
    • Saski-Baskonia S.A.D.
      (1988–present)
ArenaFernando Buesa Arena
Capacity15,504
LocationVitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Team colorsRed, blue, white
     
PresidentJosé Antonio Querejeta
Head coachPablo Laso
Team captainTadas Sedekerskis
OwnershipJosé Antonio Querejeta (57.62%)
Championships4 Spanish Championships
6 Spanish Cups
4 Spanish Supercups
1 FIBA European Cup
Retired numbers5 (4, 5, 8, 9, 21)
Websitebaskonia.com

Club Deportivo Saski-Baskonia, S.A.D[1] commonly known as Saski Baskonia (pronounced [s̺as̺ki bas̺konia]) and also simply as Baskonia, is a professional basketball team based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.

History

1959–1969: start in the provincial basketball

In 1959, the Club Deportivo Vasconia founded a basketball program under the presidency of Félix Ullivarriarrazua. Vicente Elejalde was appointed as head coach. A previous attempt to establish a basketball program, in 1951, had ended in failure.[2]

In its first season, the team finished second in the provincial championship behind Corazonistas. In the 1963–64 season, the team won its first provincial titles, taking both the league and cup. The team went on to win the provincial championship in five of its first ten seasons of competition (1959-69) and achieved the promotion to the 3rd division after Pepe Laso took over as head coach, prevailing over city rival Deportivo Alavés.[2]

1970–1980: the leap to the Spanish top league

Club Deportivo Vasconia was an immediate success in the Spanish 3rd division and was elevated to the 2nd division after beating Grupo Covadonga in the promotion playoffs. In its first season in the 2nd division (1970-71), the team qualified for the promotion playoffs to the 1st division, but was defeated by Breogán. A year later, the team achieved promotion to the 1st division after finishing as the champion of Group A.[3]

The team opened the 1972–73 season in the 1st division by defeating Breogán 89-67. The Basque team went on to reach the semifinals of the Copa del Rey where they were eliminated by Estudiantes. In the 1973–74 season, the club reached 1,400 supporters and signed its first foreign player, the Canadian Phil Tollestrup. The team finished in eighth place and gained the right to play in the Korać Cup but declined to participate on financial grounds.[3]

In 1974, Jose Luis Sánchez Erauskin, former player and founder of the club, took over the club's presidency. The team incorporated young players such as Manu Moreno, Kepa Segurola, Luis María Junguitu, Carlos Salinas, and José Antonio Querejeta, and signed American Ray Price, who became the division's top scorer. Memorable wins in the 1975–76 season included a 70–69 upset of FC Barcelona and a 78–76 road win over Joventut. In 1976–77, Sánchez Erauskin and his board made the decision to change the V by B in the name of the club, which became Club Deportivo Basconia. The team adopted the Basque national colors of the Ikurriña, green with red and white trim instead of the club's traditional blue and maroon. Pepe Laso combined his position as head coach with the Spanish national coach and Iñaki Garaialde and Txema Capetillo joined the team.[3]

In 1977, Juan Antonio Ortiz de Pinedo retired as a player to become the head coach of the team, replacing Pepe Laso. In 1978, José Antonio Querejeta was transferred to Real Madrid. In addition to financial compensation, the club obtained the young player Manuel San Emeterio in return. Iñaki Iriarte became the head coach of the team. Players like Junguitu, and Txomin Sautu returned and Juan Manuel Conde was signed, along with the American Webb Williams. Fernando Aranguiz assumed the presidency of the club in June 1978 and Carlos Luquero was honored for a professional record including more than 300 games and more than 7,000 points with the team. In the Copa del Rey, the team reached the semifinals before falling to that year's winner, FC Barcelona.[3]

In 1979, Peio Cambronero arrived from Estudiantes and the club signed the American Malcolm Cesare, but the results for the 1979–80 season were not good and the team finished the league in a relegation position. Fortunately, the Spanish Federation decided to expand the 1st division to fourteen teams, allowing Club Deportivo Basconia to remain in the league.[3]

1980–1990: in steady progression

The reprieve lasted just one year, as the 1980–81 season was one of the saddest in the club's history. A last-place finish and just six wins led to relegation to the 2nd division. The misfortunes did not end there, as one of its players, Juanma Conde, died after an irreversible illness. This was a blow to the entire club, for the loss of a teammate and a friend.[4]

In the summer of 1981, José Antonio Querejeta, who had returned to the team after passing through Real Madrid and had been tested by FC Barcelona, was transferred to Joventut. The direction of Iñaki Iriarte from the bench and the contribution of Cambronero Peio, Txomin Sautu, Salva Diez, Mikel Cuadra, Xabier Jon Davalillo and Luis Mari Junguitu allowed the team to promote to the 1st division and return to the place that it had occupied among the great teams for almost a decade. A new change in the presidency of the club allowed the arrival of José Antonio Apraiz. The season of the return to the top league was not very positive in terms of results, the team ended up in relegation positions with a baggage of three wins, three draws and twenty defeats. Spanish basketball was preparing to enter a new stage marked by professionalism, and the creation of the Liga ACB made it possible for the team to avoid relegation back to the 2nd Division.[4]

As of the 1983–84 season with the first edition of the Liga ACB, the modern Spanish basketball story begins in which the club was strongly committed to leaving its modest club status. Basque guard Alberto Ortega returns to the team, one of the stars of the league like Essie Hollis and Rilley Clarida became the first couple of foreigners of the club because the new Liga ACB allowed the signing of two foreign players per team. In the 1984–85 season, José Antonio Querejeta returned to the team, Pablo Laso made the leap to the first team after his trip at an American institute with only 16 years, which together with another youth player like Aitor Zárate formed the youngest guards in the league. As a counterpoint to this commitment to youth, an illustrious veteran of Spanish basketball like Miguel López signed for the team. Completing the incorporations with the arrival of Terry White as new foreign player for the team led by Xabier Añua.[4]

In 1985, the club won its first official title, the Copa Asociación which was played among the teams eliminated in the first round of the league playoffs. In the final, the team won to the Zaragoza led by Pepe Laso in Villanueva de La Serena (Badajoz). José Antonio Querejeta was the top scorer of the game with 30 points and the team earned the qualification to the Korać Cup for the following season. At the institutional level, Jose Antonio Santamaría is again the club president. The 1985–86 season was marked by the Korać Cup debut. The first rival was the Dutch Super Cracks Werkendam, which was clearly defeated at home (73–88) and overwhelmingly in Vitoria-Gasteiz (130–94). The next rival was the French ASVEL. In the home game, the Basque team fell against the French team 84–94, but this defeat did not undermine the team hopes to seek the comeback weeks later in Lyon. The game played in the French town at the end of game resulted in a draw at 88 points, but the competition system computed the difference in points of both clashes and meant the elimination of the Basque team from the competition.[4]

At that time, important foreigners such as Abdul Jeelani and Larry Micheaux arrived who gave a plus of quality to a large team from the team (Alberto Ortega, José Antonio Querejeta, Pablo Laso, Jesús Brizuela and the young players Madoz, Urdiain, Felix De La Fuente and Arana) and directed by Pepe Laso who returned to be the head coach of the team for two seasons. A season later, the captain of the team, Iñaki Garaialde, who was honored in Polideportivo Mendizorrotza days before the start of the 1987–88 season, retired as a player. Manu Moreno took over the bench as the head coach. Names like Fede Ramiro, or Agustin Cuesta with an already important experience in Spanish basketball reinforced the team. Larry Micheaux and David Lawrence formed the American couple, but the weak performance of the second led to its replacement by the jumpy Nikita Wilson midway through the season. The team was strong at home and began to stand up to rivals with a bigger budget. The season ended in eighth position.[4]

At the start of the 1988–89 season, José Antonio Querejeta retired as a player. A few weeks after his retirement, offered himself as a candidate for the presidency of the club and José Antonio Santamaría gave his position to the former player, being one of the youngest presidents of the ACB. As president, began the process of converting the club into a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, as required by the Sports Law. The club became the first Spanish professional sport club to carry out this transformation and was born under the name of Saski-Baskonia S.A.D.. The Baskonia of José Antonio Querejeta wanted to take another step in the professionalization of the club taking as an example the NBA franchises and began to make his first important bets, the signing of Chicho Sibilio after being one of the stars of FC Barcelona. Puerto Rican pivot from the Boston Celtics, Ramón Rivas and the signing of the Argentine Marcelo Nicola who signed a 10-year deal as a franchise player in which the club would settle in the 90s.[4]

The objective was to overcome the seventh place in the final standings that would allow the pass to compete in European competitions. Despite these important bets, the 1989–90 season the club failed to take that step forward. Halfway through the season, Manu Moreno was sacked as coach and the Željko Pavličević signed after a brilliant record in Cibona. However, the team fell in the first round of playoffs against Real Madrid and closed his short stay in Vitoria-Gasteiz as a head coach.[4]

1990–2010: introducing in European basketball and first trophies

With José Antonio Querejeta as president, the club grows exponentially. Herb Brown signed as head coach and Alfredo Salazar began his travels through Argentina to capture talent. In 1991, the club left Polideportivo Mendizorrotza to move to the Araba Arena, which lived its extension from 5,000 to 9,500 spectators at the end of the decade. In 1993, Manel Comas signed as head coach. With Manel Comas, the team won its first Spanish King's Cup, when Pablo Laso and Velimir Perasović led the team to an historical win. The club was already making noise internationally too, reaching the FIBA European Cup final in both 1994 and 1995. When it hosted the same title game in 1996, the team pleased its many fans by downing PAOK behind 31 points from Ramón Rivas. After the departure of Manel Comas, Sergio Scariolo signed as head coach. With Scariolo, the team made its first Spanish Championship playoff final in 1998 and added a second Spanish King's Cup title in 1999. Names like Ramón Rivas, Marcelo Nicola, Juan Alberto Espil, Pablo Laso, Elmer Bennett or Velimir Perasović were some of the protagonists of that decade.[5]

The team started the 21st century with Duško Ivanović on the bench. In his first year, they then found quick success in the newly reborn EuroLeague. With a deep roster featuring Elmer Bennett, Saulius Štombergas, Victor Alexander, Fabricio Oberto and a young Luis Scola, Baskonia reached the 2001 Euroleague Finals, before losing to Virtus Bologna in the fifth and final game on the road. With winning momentum and the additions of Dejan Tomašević and Andrés Nocioni, the team achieved its first double in the next season, with another Spanish King's Cup trophy and its first Spanish League title ever. Baskonia snatched two more Spanish King's Cups, in 2004 and 2006, as Luis Scola and Pablo Prigioni played decisive roles, and success followed the team in the EuroLeague. Baskonia's arrival to its first EuroLeague Final Four in 2005 couldn't have been louder, as the team upset favored host CSKA Moscow in the semi-finals, but couldn't overcome defending champ Maccabi in the title game.[6]

Back home, Baskonia again reached the Spanish League finals, only to lose in dramatic fashion. Baskonia returned to the EuroLeague Final Four in 2006, but once again Maccabi stood in its way, this time in the semi-final. The team also made it to the Spanish League finals, but was swept there. The next season, Baskonia won its EuroLeague regular season and Top 16 groups before sweeping Olympiacos in the Playoffs, as Scola became the Euroleague Basketball's top all-time scorer at that time. Nonetheless, eventual champion Panathinaikos downed Baskonia in the semi-finals and once home again in Spain, Baskonia lost in the semi-finals.[6]

Through outstanding scouting and shrewd management, Baskonia built a squad that went to four straight EuroLeague Final Fours. Baskonia advanced to the EuroLeague Final Four in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, losing to Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 2005 final, and 2006 semi-finals, to Panathinaikos in the 2007 semi-finals, and to CSKA Moscow in the 2008 semi-finals.[6]

In the 2007–08 season, the team led by Neven Spahija won its second Spanish Liga ACB championship. In 2008–09 season, the team added its sixth Spanish King's Cup title. In the 2009–10 season, Baskonia won its third Spanish Liga ACB championship by sweeping FC Barcelona on a memorable series-winning three-point play by Fernando San Emeterio. Names like Luis Scola, Andrés Nocioni, Pablo Prigioni. Igor Rakočević, Arvydas Macijauskas, José Calderón, Pete Mickeal or Tiago Splitter were some of the protagonists of that decade.[6]

2010–present: new arena and the new EuroLeague era

Johannes Voigtmann with Baskonia, in 2017.
Tornike Shengelia with Baskonia, in 2017.

In 2012, its arena Fernando Buesa Arena was expanded to 15,504 seats and the many initiatives the club continues to put into practice show that Baskonia is always moving forward. The club reached the EuroLeague Playoffs in 2011 and 2012 and reached the Top 16 14 times in 15 years. In 2016, Baskonia returned the EuroLeague Final Four for the first time in eight years, as the club made it to the 2016 Final Four. Here the team was defeated after overtime in the semi-final by Fenerbahçe.[7] In the third place game, Baskonia lost to Russian side Lokomotiv Kuban.[8]

In the 2016–17 season, the EuroLeague adopted a new league-style format in which a round-robin season of sixteen teams was played. In the first season in the new format, the team changed its core of players and also its head coach, but still remained deep in the playoff zone for most of the regular season and ended up advancing to the next phase with a 17–13 record and seventh place. A four-game winning streak in December and another in March covered up for a negative run of six losses in seven games between Rounds 17 and 23. Baskonia clinched a playoff berth for the 10th time in 12 seasons, but there the team was swept by CSKA Moscow after three tough games. Ádám Hanga was one of the team leaders and was chosen as the EuroLeague Best Defender by the league's head coaches, and Baskonia showed, once again, its innate ability to sign talent that seemed to go under the radar for everybody else with names like Shane Larkin, Johannes Voigtmann and Rodrigue Beaubois playing major roles.[8]

In the 2017–18 season, the club advanced to the playoffs for the third consecutive year and put up a major fight against Fenerbahçe before falling in four games. None of that was looking likely when the Basque club suffered a shocking start, losing its first four games to signal the departure from the coaching position of club legend Pablo Prigioni. The man appointed to turn things around was Pedro Martínez, who immediately effected a remarkable revival as Baskonia won four of its next five games to ignite its challenge. A mid-season dip left the side in the bottom half of the standings heading into the final few weeks of the regular season, but then came a dramatic surge in form that yielded six consecutive win, with the consistent excellence of versatile big man Tornike Shengelia earning him the monthly MVP award for March. A top half finish was sealed with a home win over Maccabi Tel Aviv in Round 29, and although disappointment followed against Fenerbahçe, that playoff berth was a just reward for Baskonia's typically spirited recovery from its slow start. The team was also highly competitive on the domestic front, earning a second-place finish in the Spanish League after pushing Real Madrid hard in the finals.[9]

The 2018–19 season was an important season for the club with the Final Four taking place on its home court. A slow start caused Baskonia to part ways with head coach Pedro Martínez and bring back club legend Velimir Perasović to replace him. Baskonia kept struggling on the road, but won 10 of its last 11 regular season games – including victories against playoff-bound teams CSKA Moscow, Panathinaikos and Real Madrid – to reach the playoffs from sixth place. Baskonia managed to do something no team had done in over a decade – steal home-court advantage in a playoff series against CSKA, but the Russian powerhouse recovered with back-to-back wins at Buesa Arena to qualify for the Final Four and eventually win the title. Vincent Poirier was chosen to the All-EuroLeague Second Team. Baskonia had early exits in its two main domestic competitions; it lost against Joventut in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals and against Zaragoza in the Spanish League quarterfinals.[10]

On 30 June 2020, ten years after their last title, Baskonia won the 2019–20 ACB season,[11] marked by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sponsorship naming

The club was often referred to for years as TAU Cerámica, a Spanish brand name of ceramics manufacturer TAULELL, which name sponsored the club from 1987 to 2009. Originally, TAULELL used another of its brand names, Taugrés, as the name of the team, before changing the name to TAU Cerámica in 1997.[12] TAU, Taugrés and TAU Vitoria were also frequently used to refer to the team. Baskonia, Saski Baskonia, and Saski Baskonia, S.A.D. refer to the name of the actual sports club itself. In 2009, the Spanish credit union Caja Laboral became the new name sponsor of the club[13] and increased the amount of money that the name sponsor contributes to the sports club's budget. In 2016, Laboral Kutxa end its sponsorship naming to Baskonia.[14]

Baskonia has received diverse sponsorship names along the years:[15][16]

  • Caja Álava (1983–1987)
  • Taugrés (1987–1997) / Tau Cerámica (1997–2009)
  • Caja Laboral / Laboral Kutxa (2009–2016)
  • Kirolbet Baskonia (2018–2020)[17]
  • TD Systems Baskonia (2020–2021)[18]
  • Bitci Baskonia (2021–2022)[19]
  • Cazoo Baskonia (2022–2023)[20]

Arena

Fernando Buesa Arena during the 2019 EuroLeague Final Four.

Since 1991, Baskonia has played its home games at the Fernando Buesa Arena, which has a seating capacity of 15,504[21] people for basketball games. The arena was originally called the Pabellón Araba, from 1991 to 2000. The arena was extensively renovated and expanded in the year 2012.

The arena hosted the 1996 FIBA European Cup Final, in which Baskonia won the title and also hosted the 2010 Eurocup Finals,[22] before hosting the EuroLeague Final Four in 2019.

Players

See also: Category:Saski Baskonia players

Retired jerseys

Despite not having retired any number in its history, five of the club's most notable players have a jersey with the number they wore in their time with the team hung at the Fernando Buesa Arena. These are Pablo Prigioni (#5), whose shirt was put on display in 2017; Igor Rakočević (#8) and Sergi Vidal (#9), who followed suit in 2020; Luis Scola (#4), who was inducted in 2023; and Tiago Splitter (#21), who was inducted in 2024.

Baskonia retired jerseys
No. Nat. Player Pos. Tenure Ceremony date
4 Argentina Luis Scola PF 1998–2007 3 November 2023[23]
5 Argentina Pablo Prigioni PG 2003–2009, 2011–2012, 2016–2017 15 January 2017[24]
8 Serbia Igor Rakočević SG 2006–2009 19 December 2019[25][26]
9 Spain Sergi Vidal SF 2000–2009 19 December 2019[25][26]
21 Brazil Tiago Splitter C 2000–2010 5 May 2024[27]

Current roster

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

Baskonia roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
SG 0 Puerto Rico Howard, Markus 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 25 – (1999-03-03)3 March 1999
SF 2 Estonia Raieste, Sander 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1999-03-31)31 March 1999
SG 6 Russia Savkov, Pavel 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – (2002-04-13)13 April 2002
F 8 Lithuania Sedekerskis, Tadas (C) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1998-01-17)17 January 1998
SF 9 France Luwawu-Cabarrot, Timothé 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1995-05-09)9 May 1995
G 10 Serbia Jaramaz, Ognjen 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 29 – (1995-09-01)1 September 1995
PG 11 United States Forrest, Trent 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1998-06-12)12 June 1998
SF 17 Greece Rogkavopoulos, Nikos 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 23 – (2001-06-27)27 June 2001
C 18 Senegal Diop, Khalifa 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 22 – (2002-01-15)15 January 2002
PG 44 United States Baldwin, Kamar 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 27 – (1997-09-15)15 September 1997
C 45 Azerbaijan Hall, Donta 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 27 – (1997-08-07)7 August 1997
C 46 Senegal N'Diaye, Ousmane (Y) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 20 – (2004-03-19)19 March 2004
PF 95 Nigeria Moneke, Chima 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1995-12-24)24 December 1995
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Spain Nacho Juan
  • Spain David Gil
  • Spain Xabier Aspe
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (Y) Youth player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: September 21, 2024

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Donta Hall Khalifa Diop † Ousmane N'Diaye ‡
PF Chima Moneke Tadas Sedekerskis †
SF Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot Nikos Rogkavopoulos Sander Raieste †
SG Markus Howard * Ognjen Jaramaz Pavel Savkov †
PG Trent Forrest * Kamar Baldwin *

Notes: Blue † – homegrown player[a]; Red * – overseas player[b]; Green ‡ – youth player[c]

Notable players

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

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • 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.

Players at the NBA draft

Position Player Year Round Pick Drafted by
PF Argentina Marcelo Nicola 1993 2nd round 30th Houston Rockets
PF Argentina Luis Scola 2002 2nd round 56th San Antonio Spurs
PF/C Brazil Tiago Splitter 2007 1st round 28th San Antonio Spurs

Head coaches

Further information: Category:Saski Baskonia coaches

Source: baskonistas.com

Logos

  • Non commercial logo (2010–2016)
    Non commercial logo (2010–2016)
  • Non commercial logo (2016–present)
    Non commercial logo (2016–present)
  • Tau sponsorship logo (1987–2009)
    Tau sponsorship logo (1987–2009)
  • Caja Laboral sponsorship logo (2009–2013)
    Caja Laboral sponsorship logo (2009–2013)

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Copa del Rey Other cups European competitions
1959 Foundation of Club Deportivo Vasconia
1959–60 4 Provincial 2nd
1960–61 4 Provincial 2nd
1961–62 4 Provincial 1st
1962–63 4 Provincial 2nd
1963–64 4 Provincial 1st
1964–65 4 Provincial 2nd
1965–66 4 Provincial 1st
1966–67 4 Provincial 2nd
1967–68 4 Provincial 1st
1968–69 4 Provincial 1st
1969–70 3 3ª División 1st 10–5
1970–71 2 2ª División 2nd 20–4
1971–72 2 2ª División 1st 21–3
1972–73 1 1ª División 10th 12–18 Semi-finalist
1973–74 1 1ª División 8th 12–16
1974–75 1 1ª División 8th 8–14 Quarter-finalist
1975–76 1 1ª División 8th 14–18
1976 Converting in Club Deportivo Basconia
1976–77 1 1ª División 10th 8–14 First round
1977–78 1 1ª División 10th 7–1–14 First round
1978–79 1 1ª División 8th 9–13 Semi-finalist
1979–80 1 1ª División 11th 5–2–15 Round of 16
1980–81 1 1ª División 14th 6–20 Round of 16
1981–82 2 1ª División B 2nd 19–1–6
1982–83 1 1ª División 13th 3–3–20 Round of 16
1983–84 1 Liga ACB 9th 9–22 Round of 16
1984–85 1 Liga ACB 10th 8–22 Copa Asociación C
1985–86 1 Liga ACB 9th 16–14 Copa Príncipe QF 3 Korać Cup R2 0–1–1
1986–87 1 Liga ACB 8th 15–18 Copa Príncipe R16
1987–88 1 Liga ACB 8th 19–14 Copa Príncipe R16
1988 Converting in Saski-Baskonia S.A.D.
1988–89 1 Liga ACB 7th 21–17 Round of 16
1989–90 1 Liga ACB 7th 23–15 Quarter-finalist
1990–91 1 Liga ACB 4th 26–16 Quarter-finalist
1991–92 1 Liga ACB 4th 30–15 Quarter-finalist 3 Korać Cup QF 6–6
1992–93 1 Liga ACB 11th 19–14 Third position 3 Korać Cup GS 6–4
1993–94 1 Liga ACB 11th 17–15 Runner-up 2 European Cup RU 11–4
1994–95 1 Liga ACB 5th 24–17 Champion 2 European Cup RU 12–3
1995–96 1 Liga ACB 8th 22–19 2 European Cup C 13–1–3
1996–97 1 Liga ACB 5th 21–17 3 Korać Cup R16 8–2
1997–98 1 Liga ACB 2nd 34–10 Quarter-finalist 3 Korać Cup R32 5–3
1998–99 1 Liga ACB 5th 25–13 Champion 1 EuroLeague GS 4–6
1999–00 1 Liga ACB 4th 25–18 Quarter-finalist 2 Saporta Cup R16 9–5
2000–01 1 Liga ACB 3rd 32–11 Quarter-finalist 1 Euroleague RU 15–7
2001–02 1 Liga ACB 1st 33–12 Champion 1 Euroleague T16 13–7
2002–03 1 Liga ACB 6th 20–19 Runner-up 1 Euroleague T16 11–9
2003–04 1 Liga ACB 3rd 32–10 Champion 1 Euroleague T16 13–7
2004–05 1 Liga ACB 2nd 36–11 Semi-finalist Supercopa 4th 1 Euroleague RU 13–11
2005–06 1 Liga ACB 2nd 31–13 Champion Supercopa C 1 Euroleague 3rd 18–7
2006–07 1 Liga ACB 3rd 31–11 Semi-finalist Supercopa C 1 Euroleague 4th 20–4
2007–08 1 Liga ACB 1st 29–13 Runner-up Supercopa C 1 Euroleague 4th 16–9
2008–09 1 Liga ACB 2nd 33–8 Champion Supercopa C 1 Euroleague QF 14–7
2009–10 1 Liga ACB 1st 35–9 Semi-finalist Supercopa SF 1 Euroleague QF 11–9
2010–11 1 Liga ACB 4th 25–14 Semi-finalist Supercopa SF 1 Euroleague QF 10–10
2011–12 1 Liga ACB 3rd 27–14 Semi-finalist Supercopa RU 1 Euroleague RS 5–5
2012–13 1 Liga ACB 5th 26–11 Semi-finalist 1 Euroleague QF 13–15
2013–14 1 Liga ACB 6th 19–17 Quarter-finalist Supercopa SF 1 Euroleague T16 11–13
2014–15 1 Liga ACB 6th 20–17 Supercopa SF 1 Euroleague T16 11–13
2015–16 1 Liga ACB 4th 27–14 Semi-finalist 1 Euroleague 4th 18–11
2016–17 1 Liga ACB 3rd 26–13 Semi-finalist Supercopa SF 1 EuroLeague 7th 17–16
2017–18 1 Liga ACB 2nd 31–13 Quarter-finalist 1 EuroLeague 7th 17–17
2018–19 1 Liga ACB 5th 26–10 Quarter-finalist Supercopa RU 1 EuroLeague 7th 16–18
2019–20 1 Liga ACB 1st 17–13 1 EuroLeague – 12–16
2020–21 1 Liga ACB 5th 24–15 Semi-finalist Supercopa SF 1 EuroLeague 10th 18–16
2021–22 1 Liga ACB 4th 22–18 1 EuroLeague 9th 12–16
2022–23 1 Liga ACB 5th 28–8 Quarter-finalist 1 EuroLeague 9th 18–16
2023–24 1 Liga ACB 9th 18–16 1 EuroLeague 8th 19–20

Honours

Domestic competitions

Winners (4): 2001–02, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2019–20
Runners-up (5): 1997–98, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2017–18
Winners (6): 1995, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009
Runners-up (3): 1994, 2003, 2008
Winners (4): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.
Runners-up (2): 2011, 2018
Winners (1): 1985
  • 2nd Division
Winners (1): 1971–72
Winners (4): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2018–19, 2022–23

European competitions

Runners-up (2): 2000–01, 2004–05
3rd place (1): 2005–06
4th place (3): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2015–16
Final Four (6): 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016
Winners (1): 1995–96 MVP Ramón Rivas
Runners-up (2): 1993–94, 1994–95

Other competitions

Winners (27): 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
  • Estella, Spain Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2007
  • Logroño, Spain Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2007
  • Ourense, Spain Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2008
  • Tudela, Spain Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2008
  • Torneo de Lleida Stagepro
3rd Place (1): 2009
  • Switzerland Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2010
  • Torneo Angers
Winners (1): 2010
  • Lanzarote, Spain Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2011
  • Bergara, Spain Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2015
  • Torneo Fundacion CID
Runners-up (1): 2016

Individual awards

ACB Most Valuable Player

ACB Rising Star

ACB Finals MVP

Spanish Cup MVP

Supercup MVP

ACB Three Point Shootout Champion

EuroLeague Best Defender

All-EuroLeague First Team

All-EuroLeague Second Team

All-ACB First Team

All-ACB Second Team

ACB Most Spectacular Player

Matches against NBA teams

14 October 2010
Memphis Grizzlies United States 110–105 Spain Caja Laboral
16 October 2010
San Antonio Spurs United States 108–85 Spain Caja Laboral

Baskonia B

Main article: Saski Baskonia B

Baskonia B is the reserve team of Baskonia. It currently plays in Tercera FEB, the fourth tier of Spanish basketball.

Notes

  1. ^ A homegrown player is a player that played for at least three years before the age of 20 on a Spanish team. In Liga ACB, the team must register at least four homegrown players in rosters of 10–12 players or at least three homegrown players in rosters of 8–9 players. In EuroLeague, the team did not have any limitations regarding the number of homegrown players.
  2. ^ A overseas player is a player from outside EEA, FIBA Europe or ACP states. In Liga ACB, the team may register at most two overseas players. In EuroLeague, the team did not have any limitations regarding the number of overseas players.
  3. ^ In Liga ACB, the team may register under-22 players linked to the youth system. In EuroLeague, the team may register under-20 players linked to the youth system.

References

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