# Baloncesto Málaga

Baloncesto Málaga S.A.D., also known as Unicaja Málaga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Málaga, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the Champions League.
Founded in 1977, the team is sponsored by the Spanish bank Unicaja and has carried that sponsorship name since 1992. They play their home games at the Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena, shortly known as the "Martín Carpena". Unicaja has won one Liga ACB title, in 2006, as well as three Copas del Rey, one EuroCup, one Basketball Champions League, one FIBA Korać Cup and one FIBA Intercontinental Cup title.

## History

Unicaja was originally founded in 1977, as CB Caja de Ronda. In 1992, the club merged another ACB team in the city of Málaga, CB Maristas de Málaga, which was originally founded in 1953 as Ademar Basket Club. Over the years, the club has featured players like: Nacho Rodríguez, Berni Rodríguez, Carlos Cabezas, Jorge Garbajosa, Marcus Brown, Sergei Babkov, Michael Ansley, Louis Bullock, and Kenny Miller, as well as numerous other well-known players. The club won its first title, when it won the European-wide third tier level FIBA Korać Cup in the 2000–01 season. They then won the Spanish King's Cup title in 2005. The next year, in the 2005–06 season, Unicaja won its first-ever Spanish League championship.
The club finished its best years to date, by qualifying for the 2007 Euroleague Final Four, where it was defeated in the semifinals by CSKA Moscow, and thus finished in third place in the EuroLeague. In October 2007, Unicaja faced the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies in a friendly match, and they defeated the Grizzlies, by a score of 102–99. That was one of the 17 times that an NBA team has lost to a foreign club. Pau Gasol and Juan Carlos Navarro, two of the greatest Spanish basketball players of all time, played for Memphis in that historical game.
Málaga participated in the European-wide top-tier level league, the EuroLeague, for 15 consecutive seasons (2001–02 season to 2015–16 season). However, in the summer of 2015, it lost its EuroLeague A-licence. Therefore, in the 2016–17 season, Unicaja participated in the second tier level EuroCup. The club immediately won the EuroCup title, in its first season in the league, after winning over Valencia Basket in the league's Finals.

## Logos

* Logo of the club since 2024.
* Former logo of the club.

## Home arenas

* Pabellón Guadaljaire (1977–78)
* Pabellón Tiro Pichón (1978–81)
* Pabellón Ciudad Jardín (1981–99)
* Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena (1999–present)
Since 1999, Unicaja Málaga has played its home games at the Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena arena. The arena originally seated 9,743 spectators for basketball games, and was expanded in the year 2010, to a current seating capacity of 11,300 people for basketball games.

## Players
### Retired numbers

Unicaja retired numbers :
| No | Nat. | Player | Position | Tenure | Ceremony date |
| 5 | | Berni Rodríguez | SG | 1998–2012 | 26 June 2012 21 May 2017 |

### Current roster

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

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | David Kravish | Yankuba Sima † | Aleksander Balcerowski † |
| PF | Dylan Osetkowski | Killian Tillie | Tyson Pérez † |
| SF | Kameron Taylor * | Jonathan Barreiro † | Melvin Ejim |
| SG | Tyler Kalinoski | Tyson Carter * | Nihad Đedović † |
| PG | Kendrick Perry | Alberto Díaz † | |
Notes: Blue † – homegrown player; Red * – overseas player; Green ‡ – youth player

### 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.
* Álex Abrines
* Curro Ávalos
* Saúl Blanco
* Carlos Cabezas
* Iñaki De Miguel
* Alberto Díaz
* Dani Díez
* Roger Esteller
* Jaime Fernández
* Xavi Fernández
* Germán Gabriel
* Jorge Garbajosa
* Ricardo Guillén
* Carlos Jiménez
* Tomás Jofresa
* Chuck Kornegay
* Pablo Laso
* Jesús Lázaro
* Juan Antonio Orenga
* Alfonso Reyes
* Berni Rodríguez
* Mario Muñoz Oses
* Ignacio Rodríguez
* Dani Romero
* Gaby Ruiz
* Mike Smith
* Carlos Suárez
* Fran Vázquez
* Paco Vázquez
* Sergi Vidal
* Jean-Jacques Conceição
* Juan Ignacio Sánchez
* Walter Herrmann
* Ademola Okulaja
* Marcus Faison
* Jean-Marc Jaumin
* JR Bremer
* Nedžad Sinanović
* Vítor Faverani
* Rafael Hettsheimeir
* Augusto Lima
* Rafa Luz
* Paulo Prestes
* Roderick Blakney
* Earl Calloway
* Earl Rowland
* Kyle Wiltjer
* Davor Kus
* Oliver Lafayette
* Veljko Mršić
* Sandro Nicević
* Hrvoje Perić
* Krunoslav Simon
* Zan Tabak
* Luka Žorić
* Jiri Welsch
* Christian Eyenga
* Juan José García
* Sasu Salin
* Joseph Gomis
* Edwin Jackson
* Mathias Lessort
* Florent Pietrus
* Stéphane Risacher
* Moustapha Sonko
* Frédéric Weis
* Giorgi Shermadini
* Shammond Williams
* Robert Archibald
* Joel Freeland
* Darren Phillip
* Ioannis Giannoulis
* Georgios Printezis
* Kostas Vasileiadis
* Pavel Ermolinskij
* Jon Stefansson
* Gal Mekel
* Jeff Brooks
* Kaspars Berzins
* Kristaps Valters
* Gintaras Einikis
* Mindaugas Kuzminskas
* Domantas Sabonis
* Richard Hendrix
* Omar Cook
* Vladimir Golubović
* Kendrick Perry
* Michał Chyliński
* Thomas Kelati
* Adam Waczyński
* Adam Wójcik
* José Ortiz
* Daniel Santiago
* Hamady Ndiaye
* Boniface Ndong
* Milan Gurović
* Stefan Marković
* Dragan Milosavljević
* Dejan Musli
* Nemanja Nedović
* Kosta Perović
* Bojan Popović
* Vladimir Štimac
* Uroš Tripković
* Zoran Dragić
* Erazem Lorbek
* Alen Omić
* Marko Tusek
* Richard Petruska
* Sergei Babkov
* Valeri Tikhonenko
* Volodymyr Gerun
* Eugene Jeter
* Panchi Barrera
* Jayson Granger
* Joe Arlauckas
* Victor Alexander
* James Augustine
* Mario Bennett
* Adrian Branch
* Marcus Brown
* Louis Bullock
* Jack Cooley
* Juan Dixon
* Zabian Dowdell
* Jamie Feick
* Gerald Fitch
* Kyle Fogg
* Marcus Haislip
* Marc Iavaroni
* Tarence Kinsey
* Tony Massenburg
* Ray McCallum Jr.
* Kenny Miller
* Gary Neal
* DeMarcus Nelson
* Andy Panko
* Brian Roberts
* Lou Roe
* Sean Rooks
* Ralph Sampson
* Paul Shirley
* Reggie Slater
* Ray Tolbert
* Marcus Williams
* David Wood

## Head coaches

* Alfonso Queipo de Llano: 1977–79, 1985–86
* José María Martín Urbano : 1979–80, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990–92
* Damián Caneda: 1980–81
* Ramón Guardiola: 1981–82
* Moncho Monsalve: 1982–84
* Ignacio Pinedo: 1984–85
* Arturo Ortega: 1986–87
* Zoran Slavnić: 1987–88
* Mario Pesquera: 1988–90
* Javier Imbroda: 1992–98
* Pedro Ramírez: 1998–99
* Božidar Maljković: 1999–03
* Paco Alonso: 2003
* Chechu Mulero: 2003
* Sergio Scariolo: 2003–08
* Aito Garcia Reneses: 2008–2011
* Chus Mateo: 2011–12
* Luis Casimiro: 2012
* Jasmin Repeša: 2012–13
* Joan Plaza: 2013–2018
* Luis Casimiro: 2018–2021
* Fotios Katsikaris: 2021–2022
* Ibon Navarro: 2022–present

## Season by season
### Caja de Ronda

| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Copa del Rey | Other cups | Other cups | European competitions | European competitions | European competitions |
| 1978–79 | 2 | 1ª División B | 10th | 6–16 | | | | | | |
| 1979–80 | 2 | 1ª División B | 9th | 13–17 | | | | | | |
| 1980–81 | 2 | 1ª División B | 1st | 19–2–5 | | | | | | |
| 1981–82 | 1 | 1ª División | 10th | 10–1–15 | Round of 16 | | | | | |
| 1982–83 | 1 | 1ª División | 12th | 6–20 | Quarterfinalist | | | | | |
| 1983–84 | 1 | Liga ACB | 10th | 14–16 | | | | | | |
| 1984–85 | 1 | Liga ACB | 14th | 13–19 | | | | | | |
| 1985–86 | 2 | 1ª División B | 4th | 18–15 | | | | | | |
| 1986–87 | 2 | 1ª División B | 1st | 24–10 | | | | | | |
| 1987–88 | 1 | Liga ACB | 14th | 3–30 | | Copa Príncipe | R16 | | | |
| 1988–89 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 23–15 | Quarterfinalist | | | | | |
| 1989–90 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 21–17 | Round of 16 | | | 3 Korać Cup | R1 | 1–1 |
| 1990–91 | 1 | Liga ACB | 10th | 19–21 | Third round | | | 3 Korać Cup | R1 | 0–2 |
| 1991–92 | 1 | Liga ACB | 14th | 16–23 | Second round | | | | | |

### CB Maristas

| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Copa del Rey |
| 1981–82 | 3 | 2ª División | 1st | | |
| 1982–83 | 3 | 2ª División | 2nd | | |
| 1983–84 | 3 | 2ª División | 2nd | | |
| 1984–85 | 2 | 1ª División B | 16th | 6–20 | |
| 1985–86 | 3 | 2ª División | 2nd | | |
| 1986–87 | 2 | 1ª División B | 18th | 12–22 | |
| 1987–88 | 2 | 1ª División B | 4th | 32–13 | |
| 1988–89 | 1 | Liga ACB | 15th | 22–17 | First round |
| 1989–90 | 1 | Liga ACB | 13th | 18–22 | Round of 16 |
| 1990–91 | 1 | Liga ACB | 14th | 18–22 | Second round |
| 1991–92 | 1 | Liga ACB | 15th | 15–22 | First round |

### Unicaja

| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Copa del Rey | Other cups | Other cups | European competitions | European competitions | European competitions |
| 1992–93 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 19–14 | First round | | | | | |
| 1993–94 | 1 | Liga ACB | 12th | 13–18 | Quarterfinalist | | | | | |
| 1994–95 | 1 | Liga ACB | 2nd | 32–16 | First round | | | | | |
| 1995–96 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 27–14 | Quarterfinalist | | | 1 European League | GS | 8–8 |
| 1996–97 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 22–17 | | | | 3 Korać Cup | QF | 9–3 |
| 1997–98 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 20–17 | | | | 3 Korać Cup | R16 | 7–3 |
| 1998–99 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th | 18–16 | Quarterfinalist | | | 3 Korać Cup | GS | 2–4 |
| 1999–00 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 22–17 | Quarterfinalist | | | 3 Korać Cup | RU | 11–5 |
| 2000–01 | 1 | Liga ACB | 4th | 30–11 | Quarterfinalist | | | 3 Korać Cup | C | 14–2 |
| 2001–02 | 1 | Liga ACB | 2nd | 33–10 | Semifinalist | | | 1 Euroleague | RS | 6–8 |
| 2002–03 | 1 | Liga ACB | 3rd | 29–15 | Semifinalist | | | 1 Euroleague | T16 | 8–12 |
| 2003–04 | 1 | Liga ACB | 4th | 23–19 | | | | 1 Euroleague | RS | 4–10 |
| 2004–05 | 1 | Liga ACB | 3rd | 27–16 | Champion | Supercopa | 3rd | 1 Euroleague | RS | 6–8 |
| 2005–06 | 1 | Liga ACB | 1st | 35–10 | Semifinalist | Supercopa | 4th | 1 Euroleague | T16 | 15–5 |
| 2006–07 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 17–20 | Quarterfinalist | Supercopa | RU | 1 Euroleague | 3rd | 14–11 |
| 2007–08 | 1 | Liga ACB | 4th | 19–19 | Quarterfinalist | | | 1 Euroleague | T16 | 13–7 |
| 2008–09 | 1 | Liga ACB | 3rd | 27–11 | Runner-up | | | 1 Euroleague | T16 | 10–6 |
| 2009–10 | 1 | Liga ACB | 4th | 21–18 | | | | 1 Euroleague | T16 | 9–7 |
| 2010–11 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 19–17 | | | | 1 Euroleague | T16 | 6–10 |
| 2011–12 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th | 17–17 | Quarterfinalist | | | 1 Euroleague | T16 | 4–12 |
| 2012–13 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th | 18–16 | | | | 1 Euroleague | T16 | 15–9 |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Liga ACB | 4th | 26–15 | Quarterfinalist | | | 1 Euroleague | T16 | 11–13 |
| 2014–15 | 1 | Liga ACB | 3rd | 29–13 | Semifinalist | | | 1 Euroleague | T16 | 8–16 |
| 2015–16 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 20–16 | | Supercopa | RU | 1 Euroleague | T16 | 11–13 |
| 2016–17 | 1 | Liga ACB | 4th | 24–14 | Quarterfinalist | | | 2 EuroCup | C | 13–9 |
| 2017–18 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 19–17 | Quarterfinalist | Supercopa | SF | 1 EuroLeague | 9th | 13–17 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 22-15 | Quarterfinalist | | | 2 EuroCup | QF | 12–7 |
| 2019–20 | 1 | Liga ACB | 10th | 15–13 | Runner-up | | | 2 EuroCup | — | 11–5 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | Liga ACB | 11th | 17–19 | Quarterfinalist | | | 2 EuroCup | T16 | 8–8 |
| 2021–22 | 1 | Liga ACB | 12th | 13–21 | | | | 3 Champions League | QF | 6–6 |
| 2022–23 | 1 | Liga ACB | 3rd | 27–13 | Champion | | | 3 Champions League | 4th | 14–4 |
| 2023–24 | 1 | Liga ACB | 3rd | 32–9 | Quarterfinalist | Supercopa | RU | 3 Champions League | C | 14–2 |
| 2024–25 | 1 | Liga ACB | | | Champion | Intercontinental Cup | C | 3 Champions League | | |
| 2024–25 | 1 | Liga ACB | | | Champion | Supercopa | C | 3 Champions League | | |

## Honours and awards
### Honours

National:
* Liga ACB (Spanish League): (1)
** 2005–06
* Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup): (3)
** 2005, 2023, 2025
* Supercopa de España (Spanish Supercup): (1)
** 2024
* 2nd division championships: (2)
** 1ª División B: 1981, 1987
* Andalusia Cup: (17)
** 1996, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024.
International:
* EuroCup: (1)
** 2017
* Basketball Champions League: (1)
** 2024
* Intercontinental Cup: (1)
** 2024
* Korać Cup: (1)
** 2001
* EuroLeague:
** Third Place: 2007
Other competitions:
* Torrox, Spain Invitational Game
** 2008
* Trofeo de Platja d'Aro
** 2008
* Trofeo Pollinica
** 2008
* Trofeo Ciudad de Cordoba, Spain
** 2009

### Individual awards

ACB Finals MVP
* Michael Ansley – 1995
* Jorge Garbajosa – 2006
Spanish Cup MVP
* Jorge Garbajosa – 2005
* Tyson Carter – 2023
* Kendrick Perry – 2025
ACB Slam Dunk Champion
* Florent Piétrus – 2006
* James Gist – 2012
ACB Three Point Shootout Champion
* Paco Vázquez – 2001
All-EuroLeague Second Team
* Jorge Garbajosa – 2006
All-ACB First Team
* Jorge Garbajosa – 2005, 2006
* Jayson Granger – 2015
* Dylan Osetkowski – 2024
All-ACB Second Team
* Nemanja Nedović – 2017
EuroCup Finals MVP
* Alberto Díaz – 2017
Basketball Champions League Final Four MVP
* Kendrick Perry – 2024

## Reserve team

Baloncesto Málaga B is the reserve team of Unicaja, basketball based in Málaga.
From 2007 to 2016, Baloncesto Málaga had an agreement with CB Axarquía, for them to play as the club's main farm team, while Baloncesto Málaga B, which currently plays also under the name Unicaja, was the club's third team until the end of this contract.

## Women's team

On 14 July 2017, the club announced the creation of a women's team.
Just in its second season, Unicaja promoted to Liga Femenina 2.

### Season by season

| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. |
| 2017–18 | 3 | 1ª División | 2nd |
| 2018–19 | 3 | 1ª División | 1st |