# Bilbao Basket

Club Basket Bilbao Berri S.A.D., commonly known as Bilbao Basket (pronounced), also known as Surne Bilbao Basket for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Bilbao, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the FIBA Europe Cup. Their home arena is the Bilbao Arena, Spain.

## History

The club was founded in 2000 after replacing the former city clubs: Cajabilbao and SD Patronato. After four seasons between LEB and LEB 2, Bilbao promoted to Liga ACB in 2004 by winning by 3–1 to Baloncesto León in the LEB semifinals.
Bilbao spent ten seasons in the top tier of the Spanish basketball becoming finalist of the league in the 2010–11 season, where it lost in the finals to FC Barcelona by 3–0. In 2012, Bilbao played the EuroLeague and it was eliminated in the quarterfinals by CSKA Moscow, who won the series by 3–1.
The best era of the club finished in 2013, when it lost the 2013 Eurocup Final at Charleroi against Lokomotiv Kuban.
On 17 July 2014, the ACB excluded Bilbao Basket from the Liga ACB due to its financial trouble, but on 8 August, the Association was forced to retire the exclusion and finally Bilbao Basket remained in the Spanish top league.
The club played four more seasons in Liga ACB until their relegation on 13 May 2018, after losing against Baskonia the Basque derby by 74–78.

## Sponsorship naming

Bilbao Basket has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:
* Lagun Aro Bilbao Basket: 2004–07
* iurbentia Bilbao Basket: 2007–09
* Bizkaia Bilbao Basket: 2009–11
* Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao Basket: 2011–12
* Uxúe Bilbao Basket: 2012–13
* Dominion Bilbao Basket: 2015–16
* RETAbet Bilbao Basket: 2016–21
* Surne Bilbao Basket: 2021–present

## Logos

* 2016-21
* 2007–2009
* 2015–2016

## Home arenas

* Pabellón La Casilla: (2000–09)
* Bizkaia Arena: (2009–10), occasionally used for home games in 2007 and 2008
* Bilbao Arena: (2010–present)

## Players
### Retired numbers

Bilbao Basket retired numbers :
| No. | Nat. | Player | Position | Tenure |
| 14 | | Javi Salgado | PG | 2001–2010, 2016–2019 |
| 15 | | Álex Mumbrú | SF | 2009-2018 |

### 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 | Inactive |
| C | Marvin Jones * | Tryggvi Hlinason | Amar Sylla † | Bassala Bagayoko ‡ |
| PF | Tomasz Gielo | Thijs de Ridder ‡ | | |
| SF | Xavi Rabaseda † | Zoran Dragić | Rubén Domínguez † | |
| SG | Kristian Kullamäe | Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman * | | |
| PG | Melwin Pantzar † | Harald Frey | | |
Notes: Blue † – homegrown player; Red * – overseas player; Green ‡ – youth player

## Head coaches

* Txutxo Sanz: 2000–2001
* Pedro Zorrozua: 2001
* Txus Vidorreta: 2001–2010
* Rafa Pueyo: 2010, 2013–2014
* Fotios Katsikaris: 2010–2013
* Sito Alonso: 2014–2016
* Carles Duran: 2016–2017
* Veljko Mršić: 2017–2018
* Jaka Lakovič: 2018
* Álex Mumbrú: 2018–2022
* Jaume Ponsarnau: 2022–present

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Copa del Rey | Other cups | Other cups | European competitions | European competitions | European competitions |
| 2000–01 | 3 | LEB 2 | 13th | 13–20 | | | | | | |
| 2001–02 | 3 | LEB 2 | 1st | 31–8 | | Copa LEB 2 | C | | | |
| 2002–03 | 2 | LEB | 6th | 21–14 | | Copa Príncipe | RU | | | |
| 2003–04 | 2 | LEB | 1st | 29–14 | | Copa Príncipe | SF | | | |
| 2004–05 | 1 | Liga ACB | 14th | 12–22 | | | | | | |
| 2005–06 | 1 | Liga ACB | 15th | 13–21 | | | | | | |
| 2006–07 | 1 | Liga ACB | 10th | 15–19 | | | | | | |
| 2007–08 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 21–15 | Semifinalist | Supercopa | RU | | | |
| 2008–09 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 15–19 | | | | 2 Eurocup | SF | 11–3 |
| 2009–10 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th | 16–18 | Quarterfinalist | | | 2 Eurocup | 3rd | 13–5 |
| 2010–11 | 1 | Liga ACB | 2nd | 26–17 | Quarterfinalist | | | | | |
| 2011–12 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 19–17 | | Supercopa | SF | 1 Euroleague | QF | 10–10 |
| 2012–13 | 1 | Liga ACB | 7th | 20–17 | Quarterfinalist | | | 2 Eurocup | RU | 13–4 |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Liga ACB | 14th | 12–22 | | Supercopa | SF | 2 Eurocup | L32 | 8–8 |
| 2014–15 | 1 | Liga ACB | 5th | 21–18 | Quarterfinalist | | | | | |
| 2015–16 | 1 | Liga ACB | 10th | 16–18 | Semifinalist | | | 2 Eurocup | L32 | 11–5 |
| 2016–17 | 1 | Liga ACB | 10th | 14–18 | | | | 2 EuroCup | RS | 3–5 |
| 2017–18 | 1 | Liga ACB | 17th | 8–26 | | | | 2 EuroCup | RS | 2–8 |
| 2018–19 | 2 | LEB Oro | 2nd | 29–12 | | Copa Princesa | RU | | | |
| 2019–20 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 15–13 | Quarterfinalist | | | | | |
| 2020–21 | 1 | Liga ACB | 17th | 10–26 | | | | 3 Champions League | RS | 2–4 |
| 2021–22 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th | 16–18 | | | | | | |
| 2022–23 | 1 | Liga ACB | 12th | 14–20 | | | | 3 Champions League | R16 | 5–7 |
| 2023–24 | 1 | Liga ACB | 13th | 13–21 | | | | 4 Europe Cup | SF | 12–4 |
| 2024–25 | 1 | Liga ACB | | | | | | 4 Europe Cup | | |

## Trophies and awards
### Trophies

* Liga ACB:
** Runners-up (1): 2011
* Supercopa de España:
** Runners-up (1): 2007
* EuroCup:
** Runners-up (1): 2013
* LEB: (1)
** 2004
* Copa Princesa de Asturias:
** Runners-up (2): 2002, 2019
* LEB Plata: (1)
** 2002
* Copa LEB Plata: (1)
** 2002

### Individual awards

All-ACB First Team
* Marcelo Huertas – 2008
* Marko Todorović – 2015
* Álex Mumbrú – 2016
EuroCup MVP
* Marko Banić – 2010
All-EuroCup First Team
* Marko Banić – 2009, 2010
* Kostas Vasileiadis – 2013
All-EuroCup Second Team
* Lamont Hamilton – 2013
EuroCup Coach of the Year
* Fotios Katsikaris – 2013

## 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.
* Quino Colom
* Alberto Díaz
* Germán Gabriel
* Roger Grimau
* Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca
* Raül López
* Rafa Martínez
* Álex Mumbrú
* Javi Salgado
* Fran Vázquez
* Axel Hervelle
* Marcelo Huertas
* Rafa Luz
* Tiago Splitter
* Marko Banić
* Damir Markota
* Ondřej Balvín
* Ángel Delgado
* Damien Inglis
* Adrien Moerman
* Jérôme Moïso
* Frédéric Weis
* Ben Bentil
* Georgios Bogris
* Dimitrios Mavroeidis
* Kostas Vasileiadis
* Nikos Zisis
* D'or Fischer
* Dairis Bertāns
* Jānis Blūms
* Antanas Kavaliauskas
* Arnoldas Kulboka
* Renaldas Seibutis
* Gytis Masiulis
* Predrag Savović
* Marko Todorović
* Micheal Eric
* Martin Rančík
* Ludvig Håkanson
* Jaylon Brown
* Andrew Goudelock
* Lamont Hamilton
* Aaron Jackson
* John Jenkins
* Quincy Lewis
* Khyri Thomas
* Jeff Withey

## Matches against NBA teams

Win  Loss

## Rivalries

Bilbao Basket has a strong rivalry with Saski Baskonia. Their games together are called the Basque basketball derby.

## Fundación Bilbao Basket

Fundación Bilbao Basket is the reserve team of Bilbao Basket. It currently plays in Tercera FEB, the fourth tier of Spanish basketball.

### Season by season

| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L |
| 2019–20 | 5 | 1ª Nacional | 12th | 5–13 |
| 2020–21 | 5 | 1ª Nacional | 3rd | 10–1–6 |
| 2021–22 | 5 | 1ª Nacional | 1st | 16–6 |
| 2022–23 | 4 | Liga EBA | 3rd | 16–11 |
| 2023–24 | 4 | Liga EBA | 1st | 25–4 |
| 2024–25 | 4 | Tercera FEB | | |