Bilbao Basket Explained

Surne Bilbao Basket
Nickname:	Beltzezko gizonakHombres de negro (Men in Black)
Leagues:	Liga ACB FIBA Europe Cup
History:	Club Basket Bilbao Berri (2000–present)
Arena:	Bilbao Arena
Capacity:	10,014
Location:	Bilbao, Spain
Colors:	Black, Silver
President:	Isabel Iturbe
Coach:	Jaume Ponsarnau
Retired Numbers:	2 (14, 15)
Website:	Official website
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Club Basket Bilbao Berri S.A.D.,^[1] commonly known as Bilbao Basket (pronounced as /es/), also known as Surne Bilbao Basket for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Bilbao, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the FIBA Europe Cup. Their home arena is the Bilbao Arena, Spain.

History

The club was founded in 2000 after replacing the former city clubs: Cajabilbao and SD Patronato. After four seasons between LEB and LEB 2, Bilbao promoted to Liga ACB in 2004 by winning by 3–1 to Baloncesto León in the LEB semifinals.

Bilbao spent ten seasons in the top tier of the Spanish basketball becoming finalist of the league in the 2010–11 season, where it lost in the finals to FC Barcelona by 3–0. In 2012, Bilbao played the EuroLeague and it was eliminated in the quarterfinals by CSKA Moscow, who won the series by 3–1.

The best era of the club finished in 2013, when it lost the 2013 Eurocup Final at Charleroi against Lokomotiv Kuban.

On 17 July 2014, the ACB excluded Bilbao Basket from the Liga ACB due to its financial trouble,^[2] but on 8 August, the Association was forced to retire the exclusion and finally Bilbao Basket remained in the Spanish top league.^[3]

The club played four more seasons in Liga ACB until their relegation on 13 May 2018, after losing against Baskonia the Basque derby by 74–78.

Sponsorship naming

Bilbao Basket has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

• Lagun Aro Bilbao Basket: 2004–07
• iurbentia Bilbao Basket: 2007–09
• Bizkaia Bilbao Basket: 2009–11
• Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao Basket: 2011–12^[4]
• Uxúe Bilbao Basket: 2012–13^[5]
• Dominion Bilbao Basket: 2015–16^[6]
• RETAbet Bilbao Basket: 2016–21^[7]
• Surne Bilbao Basket: 2021–present^[8]

Home arenas

• Pabellón La Casilla

(2000–09)

• Bizkaia Arena

(2009–10), occasionally used for home games in 2007 and 2008

• Bilbao Arena

(2010–present)

Players

Retired numbers

Bilbao Basket retired numbers
No.		Player	Position	Tenure
14				2001–2010, 2016–2019
15				2009-2018

Depth chart

Head coaches

• Txutxo Sanz: 2000–2001
• Pedro Zorrozua: 2001
• Txus Vidorreta

2001–2010

• Rafa Pueyo: 2010, 2013–2014
• Fotis Katsikaris

2010–2013

• Sito Alonso

2014–2016

• Carles Duran: 2016–2017
• Veljko Mršić

2017–2018

• Jaka Lakovič

2018

• Álex Mumbrú

2018–2022

• Jaume Ponsarnau: 2022–present

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.		Copa del Rey	Other cups		European competitions
2000–01	3	LEB 2	13th	13–20
2001–02	3	LEB 2	1st	31–8			bgcolor=gold
2002–03	2	LEB	6th	21–14			bgcolor=silver
2003–04	2	LEB	1st	29–14
2004–05	1	Liga ACB	14th	12–22
2005–06	1	Liga ACB	15th	13–21
2006–07	1	Liga ACB	10th	15–19
2007–08	1	Liga ACB	7th	21–15	Semifinalist		bgcolor=silver
2008–09	1	Liga ACB	8th	15–19							11–3
2009–10	1	Liga ACB	9th	16–18	Quarterfinalist						13–5
2010–11	1	Liga ACB	bgcolor=silver	2nd	26–17	Quarterfinalist
2011–12	1	Liga ACB	6th	19–17							10–10
2012–13	1	Liga ACB	7th	20–17	Quarterfinalist				bgcolor=silver		13–4
2013–14	1	Liga ACB	14th	12–22							8–8
2014–15	1	Liga ACB	5th	21–18	Quarterfinalist
2015–16	1	Liga ACB	10th	16–18	Semifinalist					11–5
2016–17	1	Liga ACB	10th	14–18						3–5
2017–18	1	Liga ACB	17th	8–26						2–8
2018–19	2	LEB Oro	2nd	29–12			bgcolor=silver
2019–20	1	Liga ACB	8th	15–13	Quarterfinalist
2020–21	1	Liga ACB	17th	10–26						2–4
2021–22	1	Liga ACB	9th	16–18
2022–23	1	Liga ACB	12th	14–20						5–7
2023–24	1	Liga ACB	13th	13–21						12–4

Trophies and awards

Trophies

• Liga ACB

• • Runners-up (1): 2011
• Supercopa de España

• • Runners-up (1): 2007
• EuroCup Basketball:
  • Runners-up (1): 2013
• LEB Oro

(1)

• • 2004
• Copa Princesa de Asturias

• • Runners-up (2): 2002, 2019
• LEB Plata

(1)

• • 2002
• Copa LEB Plata

(1)

• • 2002

Individual awards

All-ACB First Team

• Marcelo Huertas – 2008
• Marko Todorović – 2015
• Álex Mumbrú – 2016

EuroCup MVP

• Marko Banić – 2010

All-EuroCup First Team

• Marko Banić – 2009, 2010
• Kostas Vasileiadis – 2013

All-EuroCup Second Team

• Lamont Hamilton – 2013

EuroCup Coach of the Year

• Fotios Katsikaris – 2013

Notable players

• Quino Colom
• Alberto Díaz
• Germán Gabriel
• Roger Grimau
• Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca
• Raül López
• Rafa Martínez
• Álex Mumbrú
• Javi Salgado
• Fran Vázquez
• Axel Hervelle
• Marcelinho Huertas
• Rafa Luz
• Tiago Splitter
• Marko Banić
• Damir Markota
• Ondřej Balvín
• Ángel Delgado
• Damien Inglis
• Adrien Moerman
• Jérôme Moïso
• Frédéric Weis
• Ben Bentil
• Jaylon Brown
• D'or Fischer
• Andrew Goudelock
• Lamont Hamilton
• Aaron Jackson
• John Jenkins
• Quincy Lewis
• Khyri Thomas
• Jeff Withey
• Dairis Bertāns
• Jānis Blūms
• Antanas Kavaliauskas
• Arnoldas Kulboka
• Renaldas Seibutis
• Gytis Masiulis
• Predrag Savović
• Marko Todorović
• Micheal Eric
• Georgios Bogris
• Dimitrios Mavroeidis
• Kostas Vasileiadis
• Nikos Zisis
• Martin Rančík
• Ludvig Håkanson

Rivalries

Bilbao Basket has a strong rivalry with Saski Baskonia. Their games together are called the Basque basketball derby.

Fundación Bilbao Basket

Fundación Bilbao Basket is the reserve team of Bilbao Basket. It currently plays in Tercera FEB, the fourth tier of Spanish basketball.

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.
2019–20	5	1ª Nacional	12th	5–13
2020–21	5	1ª Nacional	3rd	10–1–6
2021–22	5	1ª Nacional	1st	16–6
2022–23	4	Liga EBA		16–11
2023–24	4	Liga EBA		25–4

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Relación de SAD — Portal del Consejo Superior de Deportes. Consejo Superior de Deportes. es. 7 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170402211548/http://www.csd.gob.es/csd/asociaciones/6SAD/relacion-sad/. 2 April 2017. dead.
2. Web site: Bilbao Basket no completa el proceso de inscripción para la Liga Endesa 14-15. ACB.com. es. July 17, 2014. July 17, 2014. October 27, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141027011253/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=105217. dead.
3. Web site: Comunicado Oficial de la ACB. ACB.com. 8 August 2014. es. 2014-08-08. 2014-10-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20141027012249/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=105715. dead.
4. Web site: El Gescrap Bizkaia ya es una realidad. ACB.com. November 11, 2011. es. November 14, 2011. May 7, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120507101424/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=80282. dead.
5. Web site: Nace el Uxúe Bilbao Basket. ACB.com. December 21, 2012. es. December 21, 2012. August 11, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130811031634/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=90140. dead.
6. Web site: Dominion, nuevo patrocinador principal del Bilbao Basket. ACB.com. March 24, 2015. es. March 24, 2015. October 6, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151006040025/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=111837. dead.
7. Web site: 27 October 2016. es. ACB.com. Nace RETAbet Bilbao Basket. 27 October 2016. 20 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170620011611/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=126849. dead.
8. Web site: 17 September 2021. es. bilbaobasket.biz. Surne se convierte en patrocinador nominal del Bilbao Basket. 23 September 2021.