BC Andorra explained

MoraBanc Andorra
Leagues:Liga ACB
Champions League
History:CB Les Escaldes
1970–1971
BC Andorra
1971–present
Arena:Poliesportiu d'Andorra
Capacity:5,000
Location:Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Colors:Blue, white, yellow, red
President:Gorka Aixàs
Vice-Presidents:Xavi Mujal
Pere Aixàs
Coach:Natxo Lezkano
Championships:1 LEB Oro
1 LEB Plata
1 Copa Príncipe
2 Lliga Catalana
Website:bca.ad
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Bàsquet Club Andorra SAOE, also known as MoraBanc Andorra for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in Andorra la Vella, Andorra. Though based in Andorra, the club plays in the Spanish basketball league system. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the Champions League with home games played at the Poliesportiu d'Andorra.

From 1992 to 1996, BC Andorra played in the top league, the Liga ACB and also the Korać Cup during the 1995–96 season. After being relegated and playing one season in LEB league, the club resigned to its berth and came back to regional competitions. The club returned to Liga ACB in 2014, 18 years after its last appearance.

History

On 12 June 1970 the club was founded as Club de Basket Les Escaldes, and changed its name to Bàsquet Club Andorra on 12 April 1971.[1]

BC Andorra began playing in the regional competitions of Lleida, being promoted in the 1975–76 season to Primera Catalana. The following season the club resigned the category due to financial problems, but achieved a promotion again during the 1980–81 season. The club was promoted to the Spanish Third Division at the end of 1981–82 season and the Spanish Second Division during the 1983–84 season. In the 1985–86 season, Andorra reached the Primera Division B after 6 seasons and won the promotion to the Liga ACB, where BC Andorra remained four seasons. During the 1995–96 season the Andorran club participated in the Korać Cup. In 1996, the club was relegated to LEB and in the following seasons, competed at the low levels of Catalonia and Spain until 2009–10, when BC Andorra participated in the LEB Plata.[2]

In the 2012–13 season, BC Andorra participated in the LEB Oro, the second division of the Spanish basketball, reaching the play-off final promotion to the Liga ACB and being finalist of the Copa Príncipe.

The following season the Andorran club achieved the Copa Príncipe and the promotion to the top league of Spain after becoming winners of the 2013–14 LEB Oro.[3]

In 2017, Andorra qualified for the first time since 22 years to the ACB playoffs, where they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Real Madrid. This allowed the Andorrans to come back to the European competitions in the 2017–18 season, as the club registered in the EuroCup. After a first experience where the club was eliminated in the first round, Andorra reached the semifinals in their second participation.

Support

BC Andorra is one of the most followed club of Andorra with approximately 1,200 associates[4] and a reference of the Andorran basketball. In 2014 was founded the first official fan-club supporter Penya Tricolor.[5] Some notable club supporters include Albert Llovera, Joaquim Rodríguez, José Luis Llorente, Roberto Dueñas or Cédric Gracia.[6] [7]

Presidents

Sponsorship naming

BC Andorra has had several sponsorship names over the years:

Uniforms

Players

Depth chart

Season by season

SeasonTierDivisionPos.Copa del ReyOther cupsEuropean competitions
1980–815 1ª Catalana6th
1981–825 1ª Catalana
1982–834 3ª División5th
1983–844 3ª División1st
1984–853 2ª División6th
1985–863 2ª División1st
1986–872 1ª División B22nd12–22
1987–882 1ª División B20th22–20
1988–892 1ª División10th15–15
1989–902 1ª División5th19–14
1990–912 1ª División4th23–18
1991–922 1ª División1st29–12
1992–931 Liga ACB12th15–18First round
1993–941 Liga ACB9th20–12First round
1994–951 Liga ACB8th20–20Quarterfinalist
1995–961 Liga ACB19th11–313–7
1996–972 LEB4th21–19
1997–987 3ª Catalana1st
1998–996 2ª Catalana1st
1999–005 1ª Catalana1st
2000–015 Copa Catalunya18–12
2001–025 Copa Catalunya21–11
2002–035 Copa Catalunya17–13
2003–045 Copa Catalunya21–9
2004–055 Copa Catalunya26–6
2005–064 Liga EBA16–14
2006–074 Liga EBA13–13
2007–084 Liga EBA20–10
2008–094 Liga EBA23–10
2009–103 LEB Plata6th21–15
2010–113 LEB Plata3rd27–14RU
2011–123 LEB Plata1st19–5RU
2012–132 LEB Oro3rd30–10RU
2013–142 LEB Oro1st21–5C
2014–151Liga ACB14th12–22
2015–161Liga ACB14th12–22
2016–171Liga ACB8th17–18Quarterfinalist
2017–181Liga ACB6th20–173–7
2018–191Liga ACB10th16–1813–8
2019–201Liga ACB9th15–13Semifinalist8–8
2020–211Liga ACB9th17–196–10
2021–221Liga ACB17th11–2312–7
2022–232 LEB Oro1st30–4RU
2023–241Liga ACB11th13–21

Trophies and awards

Trophies

(1) 2014

(1) 2012

(2)

(1)

(1)

(3)

(1)

Individual awards

LEB Oro MVP

All-ACB First Team

All LEB Oro First Team

Notable players

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reconocimiento de MoraBanc Andorra a los pioneros en Escaldes-Engordany. ACB.com. es. 6 September 2018. 7 September 2018. 13 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180913054926/http://acb.com/redaccion.php?id=143035. dead.
  2. Web site: ACB.com . ACB.com . es . 26 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181213075730/http://www.acb.com/club.php?id=AND . 13 December 2018 . dead .
  3. Web site: El River Andorra regresa a la ACB 18 años después Baloncesto EL MUNDO . . es . 22 March 2014 . 26 February 2017.
  4. Web site: Els recursos propis del River MoraBanc s'apropen a la meitat del pressupost BonDia Diari digital d'Andorra . ES-ca . BonDia.ad . 22 February 1999 . 26 February 2017.
  5. Web site: Las aficiones, como la liga, al rojo vivo – Baloncesto . FEB.es . es . 19 January 2014 . 26 February 2017.
  6. Web site: El Bàsquet Club Andorra BC Morabanc Andorra Web Oficial . bca.ad . ca-ES . 20 June 2014 . 26 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151002231538/http://www.bca.ad/bca/ . 2 October 2015 . dead .
  7. Web site: Joaquím Rodríguez, nombrado socio de honor del BC River Andorra . es . europapress.es . 22 November 2012 . 26 February 2017.

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