# Basket Zaragoza

Basket Zaragoza 2002 S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Basket Zaragoza and as Casademont Zaragoza for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Zaragoza, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the FIBA Europe Cup. Their home arena is the Pabellón Príncipe Felipe.

## History

Basket Zaragoza was founded in 2002 with the aim of giving the city of Zaragoza back to the Spanish basketball elite league, after old CB Zaragoza left the Liga ACB on 1996. It started playing on LEB, after taking the place belonging to CB Coruña.
CAI Zaragoza spent five hard years on LEB league before reaching Liga ACB for the first time. The team had to overcome a relegation playoff in its first season against CB Ciudad de Huelva, and four consecutive failed promotion playoffs against CB Granada, CB Murcia and Baloncesto León twice.
Finally, CAI Zaragoza got promoted to Liga ACB after winning the title of the 2007–08 season, but its first participation on it was a total failure. CAI Zaragoza got immediately relegated, after being defeated in the last day by CB Murcia. Nevertheless, the team arranged returned to Liga ACB on the next season after the arrival of homegrown coach José Luis Abós.
Under Abos, CAI Zaragoza established on the top Spanish basketball competition; in the 2012–13 season, they qualifying for the first time to the Copa del Rey and reached the ACB semifinals in their first participation in the play-offs for the title. This success allowed CAI Zaragoza to make their debut in European competitions by playing the EuroCup Basketball during three consecutive seasons, reaching the Last 16 stage in the 2015–16 season.
Nevertheless, after Abós's untimely death in 2014, the team struggled in the national competition, and went from reaching the play-offs to barely avoiding relegation. In 2016, after 14 years with CAI, the club changed the sponsorship naming to Tecnyconta Zaragoza.
In the 2018-19 ACB season, under Porfirio Fisac's coaching and after a profound change in their roster, Tecnyconta Zaragoza returned to the ACB play-off and reached the semifinals for the second time in their history.
On 15 June 2020, Basket Zaragoza created the women's team by integrating the professional team of Stadium Casablanca.

## Logos

* Non-commercial logo until 2017.
* Logo under the sponsorship of CAI.

## Players
### 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 | Bojan Dubljević | Jilson Bango | |
| PF | Yoanki Mencía * | Emir Sulejmanović | Jaime Fernández † |
| SF | Santiago Yusta † | Miguel González † | |
| SG | A. J. Slaughter | Joaquín Rodríguez | Lucas Langarita † |
| PG | Marco Spissu | Trae Bell-Haynes | |
Notes: Blue † – homegrown player; Red * – overseas player; Green ‡ – youth player

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Copa del Rey | Other cups | Other cups | European competitions | European competitions | European competitions |
| 2002–03 | 2 | LEB | 14th | 15–20 | | | | | | |
| 2003–04 | 2 | LEB | 4th | 25–19 | | Copa Príncipe | C | | | |
| 2004–05 | 2 | LEB | 6th | 19–18 | | Copa Príncipe | SF | | | |
| 2005–06 | 2 | LEB | 4th | 30–12 | | | | | | |
| 2006–07 | 2 | LEB | 3rd | 26–16 | | | | | | |
| 2007–08 | 2 | LEB Oro | 1st | 28–6 | | Copa Príncipe | SF | | | |
| 2008–09 | 1 | Liga ACB | 17th | 8–24 | | Supercopa | RU | | | |
| 2009–10 | 2 | LEB Oro | 1st | 27–7 | | | | | | |
| 2010–11 | 1 | Liga ACB | 10th | 16–18 | | | | | | |
| 2011–12 | 1 | Liga ACB | 10th | 16–18 | | | | | | |
| 2012–13 | 1 | Liga ACB | 3rd | 23–17 | Quarterfinalist | Supercopa | SF | | | |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 18–18 | Semifinalist | | | 2 Eurocup | L32 | 8–8 |
| 2014–15 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th | 18–16 | Quarterfinalist | | | 2 Eurocup | L32 | 6–10 |
| 2015–16 | 1 | Liga ACB | 12th | 13–21 | | | | 2 Eurocup | EF | 12–6 |
| 2016–17 | 1 | Liga ACB | 15th | 9–23 | | | | | | |
| 2017–18 | 1 | Liga ACB | 16th | 10–24 | | | | | | |
| 2018–19 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 18-16 | | | | | | |
| 2019–20 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 17–11 | Quarterfinalist | | | 3 Champions League | 4th | 13–6 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | Liga ACB | 13th | 14–22 | | | | 3 Champions League | 3rd | 11–3 |
| 2021–22 | 1 | Liga ACB | 16th | 12–22 | | | | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | RS | 2–4 |
| 2022–23 | 1 | Liga ACB | 13th | 12–22 | | | | |
| 2023–24 | 1 | Liga ACB | 12th | 13–21 | | | | 4 FIBA Europe Cup | QF | 9–5 |

## Honours
### National leagues

* 2nd division championships: (2)
** LEB: (2) 2008, 2010
* Copa Príncipe de Asturias: (1)
** 2004
* Copa Aragón: (2)
** 2018, 2019

### European competition

* Basketball Champions League
** Third place: 2020–21

### Individual awards

Copa Príncipe de Asturias MVP
* Matías Lescano – 2004
Basketball Champions League Best Young Player
* Carlos Alocén – 2020

## Players database

       Updated as of the end of the 2014–15 season
| Name | Season | Valuation |
| Pablo Aguilar Bermúdez | 2010–2013 | 9'6 |
| Pablo Almazán Sierra | 2011–2012 | 0'8 |
| Alejandro Andreu Sanz | 2005–2006 | 0 |
| Alberto Angulo Espinosa | 2005–2007 | 7'3 |
| José Ángel Antelo | 2005–2006 | 8'5 |
| Robert Archibald | 2011–2012 | 3'9 |
| Ander Arruti Portilla | 2009–2010 | -0'6 |
| Oliver Arteaga | 2005–2006 & 2008–2009 | 3'6 |
| David Barlow | 2009–2011 | 11'2 |
| Howard Stephen Brown | 2006–2008 | 4'3 |
| John Oliver Brown | 2004–2005 | 9'3 |
| Jacob Burtschi | 2011–2012 | 2 |
| Carlos Cabezas | 2010–2012 | 11'8 |
| Jorge Cano Quintana | 2010–2011 | 0'3 |
| Víctor Miguel Catalán Sánchez | 2002–2003 & 2004–2005 | -1 |
| Adam Chubb | 2010–2011 | 6'7 |
| Josep Cargol Costa | 2002–2003 | 9'5 |
| Lionel Chalmers | 2006–2007 | 9'5 |
| Jesús Antonio Cilla Rubio | 2004–2005 | 4'8 |
| Diego Ciorciari | 2002–2005 | 10'8 |
| Joaquim "Quino" Colom | 2006–2007 & 2008–2009 | 3'1 |
| Alberto Corbacho | 2006–2007 | 3 |
| Blaž Črešnar | 2007–2008 | 0'7 |
| Joe Steven Crispin | 2006–2007 | 9'7 |
| Branko Cvetković | 2008–2009 | 10 |
| László Dobos | 2013–2014 | 1 |
| Benito Doblado Velázquez | 2003–2004 & 2005–2006 | 2'6 |
| Lester Earl | 2003–2004 | 13 |
| Chinemelu Elonu | 2009–2010 & 2013–2014 | 8'3 |
| David Ereña | 2002–2004 | -0'3 |
| José Ramón Esmorís | 2003–2004 | 5'2 |
| Heshimu Evans | 2006–2007 | 12'6 |
| Nkechinyelu Peter Ezugwu | 2004–2005 | 6'3 |
| Desmond Farmer | 2005–2006 | 6 |
| Vítor Luiz Faverani Tatsch | 2006–2007 | 10'3 |
| Borja Vidal Fernández Fernández | 2004–2005 | 2'5 |
| Mario Bruno Fernández Hidalgo | 2005–2006 | 10 |
| José Antonio Ferrer González | 2003–2005 | 7'8 |
| Josh Fisher | 2004–2005 | -2 |
| Albert Fontet | 2011–2015 | (2'4) |
| Ricardo Eduardo Fox Tejero | 2005–2006 | 0'5 |
| Samuel Adán Fuentes | 2003–2004 | 1 |
| José Luis Galilea | 2004–2005 | 5'8 |
| Rubén Santiago Garcés Riquelme | 2008–2009 | 4'6 |
| Sergi García | 2013–present | (0'6) |
| Adrián García Herepey-Csakanyi | 2012–2013 | (0'5) |
| Asier García Regueiro | 2004–2005 | 7'4 |
| Iván García Casado | 2006–2009 | 0'4 |
| Mario Vicente García Burón | 2002–2003 | 5'1 |
| George Gilmore Jr. | 2002–2003 | 7'7 |
| Óscar Marco González de las Cuevas Gómez | 2003–2004 & 2007–2008 | 4'7 |
| Chris Goulding | 2014–present | (5'5) |
| Taurean Green | 2008–2009 | 9'5 |
| Vladimir Golubović | 2013 | 8'9 |
| Roberto Guerra Santana | 2008–2010 | 2'5 |
| Rafael Hettsheimeir | 2009–2012 | 12'5 |
| Mike Higgins | 2007–2008 | 1'6 |
| Otis Hill | 2002–2004 | 17'6 |
| Stevan Jelovac | 2014–present | (15'8) |
| Juan José Jiménez Martín | 2002–2003 | -1'5 |
| Oriol Junyent Monuera | 2009–2010 | 10'3 |
| Raško Katić | 2014–present | (6'4) |
| William Amar Keys | 2005–2006 | 11'9 |
| Mattew Martin Kiefer | 2009–2010 | 5'6 |
| Joseph Jones | 2012–2014 | 8'4 |
| Marcus Tyrone Landry | 2014–2015 | 10'1 |
| Rogelio Legasa Pérez | 2011–2012 | -1 |
| Matías Lescano | 2003–2010 | 10'1 |
| Lawrence Charles Lewis | 2008–2009 | 11 |
| Kevin Lisch | 2014–2015 | 6'3 |
| Pedro Llompart Usón | 2012–present | (10'3) |
| José Jaime Lloreda Ferrón | 2009–2010 | 8'4 |
| Esteban López | 2005–2006 | 0'6 |
| Sebastien Robert N. Maio | 2006–2007 | 0'6 |
| Christian Maråker | 2006–2007 | 6'3 |
| Carles Marco | 2008–2009 | -1'5 |
| Javier Marín Ayerbe | 2009–2010 & 2011–2014 | (-0'8) |
| José Ignacio "Nacho" Martín | 2009–2010 | 4'7 |
| Marc Martí Roig | 2014–present | (1) |
| Carlos Martínez Díaz de Corcuera | 2002–2003 | 8'7 |
| Ben McCauley | 2014 | 4'8 |
| Javier Mesa Yáñez | 2003–2004 | 4'9 |
| Andrés Miso | 2010–2011 | 8'6 |
| Francisco José Murcia Sánchez | 2002–2004 | 8 |
| Henk Norel | 2012–present | (12'8) |
| Roberto Núñez Sánchez | 2004–2005 | 4'3 |
| Ugonna Nnamdi Onyekwe | 2006–2007 | 10'5 |
| José María Panadero Cordón | 2002–2003 | 5'9 |
| Pervis Pasco | 2011–2012 | 4'3 |
| Sergio Pérez Anagnostou | 2008–2009 | 2'8 |
| Roberto Pérez Arteaga | 2009–2010 | 1 |
| Richard Petruška | 2002–2003 | 21'7 |
| Darren Phillip | 2006–2011 | 10'2 |
| Gianmarco Pozzecco | 2004–2005 | 18 |
| Rubén Elías Quintana Ruano | 2005–2006 | 5'5 |
| Paolo Alfredo Quinteros | 2007–2011 | 13'7 |
| Nikola Rakočević | 2010–2011 | 0 |
| Damjan Rudež | 2012–2014 | (7'9) |
| Antonio de André Reynolds-Dean | 2004–2005 | 19'5 |
| Charles Rhodes | 2011–2012 | 3'8 |
| Joan Riera Martí | 2010–2011 | 1'5 |
| Pedro Rivero del Caz | 2009–2010 | 9'6 |
| Jason Michael Robinson | 2014–2015 | 8'8 |
| Francisco Robles Campos | 2009–2010 | 1'1 |
| Gastao Lucio Rodrigues Pinheiro | 2002–2003 | -3 |
| José Antonio Rojas Martín | 2007–2008 | 0'8 |
| Michael Roll | 2012–2014 | 9'4 |
| Joseph García Roundy | 2005–2007 | 7'2 |
| Juan José García Rodríguez | 2014–present | (0'7) |
| José Luis Rubio Costa | 2003–2004 | 0 |
| Francisco Javier Ruiz González | 2002–2003 | 0'7 |
| Francisco Sabaté Boada | 2003–2004 | 5'2 |
| Rodrigo San Miguel | 2002–2004 | 2'5 |
| Eduardo Sánchez Cimadevilla | 2009–2010 | 5'4 |
| Viktor Sanikidze | 2013–2014 | 12'8 |
| Juan Pablo Sartorelli | 2006–2007 | 2 |
| Joan Sastre Morro | 2014–present | 6'1 |
| Brent Scott | 2004–2005 | 14'1 |
| Giorgi Shermadini | 2013–2014 | (15'8) |
| Ondřej Starosta | 2006–2009 | 11'9 |
| Jón Arnór Stefánsson | 2011–present | (6'0) |
| Terrence Terrell Stewart | 2005–2006 | 3'5 |
| Jonathan Tabu | 2013–2014 | 7'8 |
| José Javier Terrén Morales | 2004–2006 | -0'3 |
| Pere Tomàs Noguera | 2013–present | (4'9) |
| Andre Devalle Turner | 2007–2008 | 2'4 |
| Chad Toppert | 2010–2013 | 3'7 |
| Ricardo Uriz | 2002–2003 | 7'1 |
| Álex Urtasun Uriz | 2013–2014 | 3'7 |
| José Miguel Urtasun Uriz | 2004–2005 | 6'7 |
| Sam Tom Bert Van Rossom | 2010–2013 | 8'5 |
| Luc-Arthur Vebobe | 2005–2006 | 9 |
| Cuthbert Victor | 2007–2008 | 14'8 |
| Lucas Javier Victoriano Acosta | 2006–2009 | 9'7 |
| Rafael Vidaurreta Ramírez | 2005–2007 | 6'3 |
| Willie Earl Walls III | 2003–2004 | 11'2 |
| Derell Lacero Washington | 2002–2003 & 2005–2006 | 16'5 |
| Loren Woods | 2008–2009 | 18'3 |
| Bracey Wright | 2011–2012 | (12'4) |
| Andrija Žižić | 2008–2009 | 2'1 |

## Coaches database

| Name | Season |
| José Luis Oliete Terraz | 2002–2003 |
| Ranko Žeravica | 2002–2003 |
| Alfred Julbe Bosch | 2002–2004 & 2005–2006 |
| Óscar Quintana Viar | 2004–2005 |
| Jesús Alfonso Mateo Díez | 2006–2007 |
| Francisco Segura Gómez | 2007–2009 |
| Alberto Angulo Espinosa | 2008–2009 |
| José Luis Abós García | 2009–2014 |
| Joaquín Ruiz Lorente | 2014–2015 |
| Andreu Casadevall Guinart | 2015–2017 |
| Luis Guil Torres | 2017 |
| Jota Cuspinera | 2017–2018 |
| Pep Cargol | 2018 |
| Porfirio Fisac | 2018–2020 |
| Sergio Hernández | 2020–2021 |
| Luis Casimiro | 2021 |
| Jaume Ponsarnau | 2021–2022 |
| Dragan Šakota | 2022 |
| Martin Schiller | 2022 |
| Porfirio Fisac | 2022–present |

## Women's team

Since 2020, Basket Zaragoza has also a women's team. It was created after integrating Stadium Casablanca into the structure of the club. Basket Zaragoza joined to Liga Femenina, instead of Stadium Casablanca which joined to Liga Femenina 2 as a reserve team.

### Season by season

| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Copa de la Reina |
| 2020–21 | 1 | Liga Femenina | 13 | 9–21 | |