# 2019–20 Valencia Basket season

The 2019–20 season was Valencia Basket's 34th in existence and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish basketball and the fifth season in the EuroLeague. It was the second consecutive season under head coach Jaume Ponsarnau.
Times up to 26 October 2019 and from 29 March 2020 were CEST (UTC+2). Times from 27 October 2019 to 28 March 2020 were CET (UTC+1).

## Players
### Squad information

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

### Transactions
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Date |
| 51 | C | Tryggvi Hlinason | 21 | Monbus Obradoiro | Loan return | June 2021 | 16 June 2019 |
| 1 | PG | Sergi García | 22 | Baxi Manresa | Loan return | June 2021 | 1 July 2019 |
| 12 | PF | Brock Motum | 28 | Anadolu Efes | End of contract | June 2021 | 2 July 2019 |
| 1 | PG | Quino Colom | 30 | Bahçeşehir Koleji | End of contract | June 2021 | 14 July 2019 |
| 5 | PF | Maurice Ndour | 27 | UNICS | End of contract | June 2020 | 16 July 2019 |
| 2 | SG | Vanja Marinković | 22 | Partizan NIS | Transfer | June 2021 | 23 July 2019 |
| 3 | SG | Jordan Loyd | 26 | Toronto Raptors | End of contract | June 2020 | 5 August 2019 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Date |
| 17 | SG | Rafa Martínez | 37 | RETAbet Bilbao Basket | End of contract | 13 June 2019 |
| 51 | C | Tryggvi Hlinason | 21 | Casademont Zaragoza | Transfer | 16 June 2019 |
| 8 | PG | Antoine Diot | 30 | LDLC ASVEL | End of contract | 28 June 2019 |
| 21 | SG | Matt Thomas | 24 | Toronto Raptors | Transfer | 19 July 2019 |
| 1 | PG | Sergi García | 22 | Rasta Vechta | Loan | 24 July 2019 |
| 0 | PF | Will Thomas | 33 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | End of contract | 7 August 2019 |
| 1 | PG | Sergi García | 22 | Kirolbet Baskonia | Transfer | 5 December 2019 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| Liga ACB | 26 September 2019 | 28 June 2020 | Round 1 | Semifinalist | 29 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 2,483 | 2,280 | +203 | 055.17 |
| EuroLeague | 4 October 2019 | 5 March 2020 | Round 1 | 10th | 28 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 2,284 | 2,305 | −21 | 042.86 |
| Copa del Rey | 13 February 2020 | 15 February 2020 | Quarterfinals | Semifinalist | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 150 | 169 | −19 | 050.00 |
| Supercopa de España | 21 September 2019 | 21 September 2019 | Semifinals | Semifinalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 71 | −6 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 60 | 29 | 0 | 31 | 4,982 | 4,825 | +157 | 048.33 |
Source: Competitions

### Liga ACB
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 5 | RETAbet Bilbao Basket | 23 | 14 | 9 | 1906 | 1908 | −2 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 6 | MoraBanc Andorra | 23 | 13 | 10 | 1865 | 1814 | +51 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 7 | Valencia Basket | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1950 | 1794 | +156 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 8 | Kirolbet Baskonia | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1926 | 1886 | +40 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 9 | Unicaja | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1823 | 1798 | +25 | Qualification to playoffs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 23 | 12 | 11 | 1950 | 1794 | +156 | 9 | 3 | 1043 | 890 | +153 | 3 | 8 | 907 | 904 | +3 |
Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | V | V | V | V | V | V | V | V | V | V | V |
| Position | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Playoffs
##### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Valencia Basket (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 460 | 411 | +49 | Qualification to the semifinals |
| 2 | San Pablo Burgos | 5 | 3 | 2 | 444 | 440 | +4 | Qualification to the semifinals |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 5 | 3 | 2 | 441 | 429 | +12 | |
| 4 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 5 | 2 | 3 | 425 | 448 | −23 | |
| 5 | MoraBanc Andorra | 5 | 2 | 3 | 452 | 450 | +2 | |
| 6 | Casademont Zaragoza | 5 | 1 | 4 | 423 | 467 | −44 | |

##### Semifinals
### EuroLeague
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 8 | Fenerbahçe Beko | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2153 | 2188 | −35 |
| 9 | Žalgiris | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2213 | 2142 | +71 |
| 10 | Valencia Basket | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2252 | 2273 | −21 |
| 11 | Olympiacos | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2243 | 2282 | −39 |
| 12 | A|X Armani Exchange Milan | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2163 | 2236 | −73 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 28 | 12 | 16 | 2252 | 2273 | −21 | 7 | 7 | 1185 | 1135 | +50 | 5 | 9 | 1067 | 1138 | −71 |
Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | V | V | V | V | V | V |
| Position | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | | | | | | |

#### Matches
### Supercopa de España
#### Semifinals
## Statistics
### Liga ACB

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
| Alberto Abalde | 27 | 8 | 17:57 | .581 | .425 | .764 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 10.9 |
| Quino Colom | 28 | 5 | 15:31 | .524 | .258 | .808 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
| Aaron Doornekamp | 28 | 17 | 17:30 | .466 | .432 | .763 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| Bojan Dubljević | 29 | 15 | 21:07 | .549 | .385 | .816 | 5.9 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 10.2 | 13.8 |
| Louis Labeyrie | 28 | 11 | 20:15 | .623 | .331 | .754 | 5.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 7.1 | 11.9 |
| Jordan Loyd | 23 | 13 | 22:40 | .522 | .403 | .842 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 12.8 | 10.7 |
| Vanja Marinković | 22 | 4 | 12:50 | .573 | .363 | .890 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 5.9 | 4.1 |
| Brock Motum | 18 | 4 | 12:22 | .586 | .407 | .780 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 5.6 | 4.7 |
| Maurice Ndour | 19 | 10 | 16:46 | .499 | .191 | .825 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 6.0 | 7.1 |
| Tomáš Pavelka | 1 | 0 | 1:12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Fernando San Emeterio | 24 | 12 | 18:40 | .507 | .412 | .893 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 9.0 |
| Joan Sastre | 20 | 9 | 14:31 | .500 | .444 | .875 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| Mike Tobey | 23 | 12 | 17:07 | .612 | .381 | .574 | 6.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 8.4 | 11.0 |
| Sam Van Rossom | 20 | 16 | 21:56 | .523 | .438 | .850 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 8.7 |
| Guillem Vives | 20 | 9 | 18:18 | .487 | .375 | .893 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 6.8 | 7.8 |
Source: ACB

### EuroLeague

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
| Alberto Abalde | 23 | 4 | 21:42 | .505 | .283 | .735 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 8.9 |
| Quino Colom | 26 | 8 | 18:28 | .430 | .315 | .709 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 9.1 |
| Aaron Doornekamp | 28 | 13 | 16:11 | .517 | .405 | .688 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| Bojan Dubljević | 26 | 21 | 23:29 | .598 | .349 | .828 | 6.5 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 14.2 | 18.0 |
| Guillem Ferrando | 1 | 0 | 4:20 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | –2.0 |
| Millán Jiménez | 1 | 0 | 0:20 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Louis Labeyrie | 27 | 16 | 20:15 | .603 | .324 | .786 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 8.7 |
| Jordan Loyd | 18 | 9 | 21:53 | .405 | .429 | .774 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.1 | 8.8 |
| Vanja Marinković | 27 | 11 | 14:53 | .554 | .329 | .833 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 3.9 |
| Brock Motum | 20 | 3 | 12:56 | .534 | .387 | .806 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 6.2 | 5.3 |
| Maurice Ndour | 26 | 12 | 15:01 | .604 | .400 | .806 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 7.0 |
| Fernando San Emeterio | 24 | 15 | 17:45 | .492 | .468 | .750 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 8.5 |
| Joan Sastre | 12 | 5 | 13:39 | .471 | .611 | .700 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 4.7 | 5.6 |
| Mike Tobey | 21 | 2 | 15:15 | .607 | .308 | .711 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 8.1 | 8.7 |
| Sam Van Rossom | 14 | 7 | 20:43 | .500 | .348 | .938 | 2.1 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 9.0 |
| Guillem Vives | 20 | 14 | 20:25 | .532 | .246 | .913 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 5.7 | 4.3 |
Source: EuroLeague

### Copa del Rey

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
| Alberto Abalde | 2 | 0 | 23:38 | .429 | .250 | .857 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 14.0 |
| Quino Colom | 2 | 0 | 17:56 | .364 | .429 | .500 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 5.5 |
| Aaron Doornekamp | 2 | 1 | 21:01 | .500 | .667 | .778 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 12.0 |
| Bojan Dubljević | 2 | 2 | 20:57 | .444 | .500 | .000 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 |
| Louis Labeyrie | 2 | 0 | 23:53 | .500 | .333 | .000 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 7.0 |
| Vanja Marinković | 1 | 1 | 7:10 | 1.000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Maurice Ndour | 2 | 2 | 15:25 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 |
| Fernando San Emeterio | 2 | 1 | 19:46 | .667 | .250 | .500 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 7.5 |
| Joan Sastre | 2 | 1 | 16:31 | .500 | .167 | .000 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Mike Tobey | 2 | 0 | 18:55 | .625 | .333 | .500 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 |
| Guillem Vives | 2 | 2 | 18:17 | .200 | .500 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 0.5 |
Source: ACB

### Supercopa de España

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
| Alberto Abalde | 1 | 1 | 18:30 | .667 | .000 | .000 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 |
| Aaron Doornekamp | 1 | 0 | 18:28 | .000 | .500 | .000 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Bojan Dubljević | 1 | 1 | 26:37 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| Louis Labeyrie | 1 | 0 | 10:52 | .500 | .333 | .000 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 |
| Jordan Loyd | 1 | 0 | 16:12 | .667 | .500 | .000 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | –1.0 |
| Vanja Marinković | 1 | 0 | 20:37 | .500 | .625 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 12.0 |
| Brock Motum | 1 | 1 | 21:22 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 |
| Fernando San Emeterio | 1 | 0 | 3:55 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | –1.0 |
| Joan Sastre | 1 | 1 | 9:40 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | –2.0 |
| Mike Tobey | 1 | 0 | 13:22 | .750 | .500 | .000 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 |
| Sam Van Rossom | 1 | 1 | 22:15 | .500 | .333 | .000 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 |
| Guillem Vives | 1 | 0 | 18:01 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 9.0 |
Source: ACB