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| Nickname | Taronges (Oranges) | |||
| Leagues | Liga ACB EuroLeague | |||
| Founded | 27 September 1986 | |||
| History | Valencia Basket (1986–Present) | |||
| Arena | Font de Sant Lluís | |||
| Capacity | 9,000 | |||
| Location | Valencia, Spain | |||
| Team colors | Orange, Black, White | |||
| President | Vicent J. Solá | |||
| Head coach | Pedro Martínez | |||
| Team captain | Victor Claver | |||
| Ownership | Juan Roig | |||
| Championships | 1 Spanish League 1 Spanish Cup 1 Spanish Supercup 4 EuroCup | |||
| Retired numbers | 2 (11, 15) | |||
| Website | valenciabasket.com | |||
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Valencia Basket Club S.A.D.,[1] commonly known as Valencia Basket (pronounced [baˈlenθja βasˈket]), 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 Font de Sant Lluís. The club is owned by retail tycoon Juan Roig.[2]
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 Tel Aviv, 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 ACB 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.
The club's fourth European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup title arrived on 16 April 2019, when Valencia beat Alba Berlin, in the double-legged finals.
Arena
During its first season of existence, the team played its home games at the La Canaleta Sports Complex in the municipality of Mislata.[8]
Since 1987 Valencia Basket plays its home games at the 8,500 seat Font de Sant Lluís arena.[9] The arena is better known as La Fonteta.
The club is expected to move to a new 15,600 seat arena called Roig Arena (previously proposed as Casal España Arena),[10] with the inauguration scheduled for 2024.[11][12]
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). -
2009–2017 (Original non commercial logo). -
2016–2017 (30 year anniversary logo). -
2017–present.
Players
Retired numbers
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| Valencia Basket retired numbers | |||||
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| No | Nat. | Player | Position | Tenure | |
| 11 |  |
Nacho Rodilla | PG | 1994–2003 | |
| 15 | |
Víctor Luengo | SG/SF | 1992–2007 | |
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
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| C | Brandon Davies | Alpha Kaba | Boubacar Toure | |
| PF | Damien Inglis | Jaime Pradilla * | Víctor Claver * | Nate Reuvers † |
| SF | Semi Ojeleye | Xabier López-Arostegui * | Josep Puerto * | Justin Anderson † |
| SG | Chris Jones | Kassius Robertson | ||
| PG | Kevin Pangos | Stefan Jovic | Jared Harper † |
† indicates an overseas player.
* indicates a "cupo" player.
In compliance with ACB's homegrown player policy, only 2 overseas players can be in the roster for every given match, with the exception of those holding a European citizenship, or from any country with an association treaty, such as the Cotonou Agreement. In addition to that, at least 4 of the players in a 12 or more player roster must "cupo" players (i.e., they are Spanish, or must have been in the youth systems of a Spanish club for at least 3 years). Euroleague Basketball does not have any policy in regards of players' origin, so it is possible for teams to call more than two overseas players for a match in Euroleague competitions.
FIBA Hall of Famers
| Valencia Basket Hall of Famers | |||||
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| Players | |||||
| No. | Nat. | Name | Position | Tenure | Inducted |
| 44 |  |
Antoine Rigaudeau | G | 2003–2005 | 2015[13] |
Head coaches
- Toni Ferrer: 1986–1987, 1989
- Antoni Serra: 1987–1989
- José Antonio Figueroa: 1989–1991
- Fernando Jiménez: 1991
- Manu Moreno: 1992–1995
- Herb Brown: 1995
- Mihajlo Vuković: 1995–2000
- Luis Casimiro: 2000–2002
- Paco Olmos: 2002–2004, 2011–2012
- Pablo Laso: 2004–2005
- Chechu Mulero: 2005, 2006
- Ricard Casas: 2005–2006
- Fotios Katsikaris: 2006–2008
- Neven Spahija: 2008–2010
- Manolo Hussein: 2010
- Svetislav Pešić: 2010–2011
- Velimir Perasović: 2012–2015
- Carles Duran: 2015
- Pedro Martínez: 2015–2017, 2024–present
- Txus Vidorreta: 2017–2018
- Jaume Ponsarnau: 2018–2021
- Joan Peñarroya: 2021–2022
- Álex Mumbrú: 2022–2024
- Xavi Albert: 2024