Bilbao Basket

Gescrap Bizkaia
Nickname	Los hombres de negro (The men in black)
Leagues	ACB Euroleague
Founded	2000
History	Bilbao Basket (2000–Present)
Arena	Bilbao Arena
Location	Bilbao, Basque Country
Team colors	Black and Silver
President	Predrag Savović
Head coach	Fotis Katsikaris
Championships	1 LEB Oro Championship 1 LEB Plata Championship 1 Copa LEB Plata
Website	bilbaobasket.biz
Uniforms
Home Away

Club Baloncesto Bilbao Berri, S.A.D., more commonly known as Bilbao Basket, is a professional basketball team based in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. CB Bilbao Berri plays in the ACB, and it was founded in 2000 replacing the former team of the city, the Caja Bilbao. Their home arena is the Bilbao Arena. Since November 2011, the team is known as Gescrap Bizkaia for sponsorship reasons.^[1]

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: 2011–Present

Logos

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  2007–2009

Home arenas

• Pabellón La Casilla (2000–09)
• Bizkaia Arena (2009–10), occasionally used for home games in 2007 and 2008
• Bilbao Arena (2010–present)^[2]

Players

See also: Category:Bilbao Basket players

Retired numbers

• 14 Javi Salgado, G, 2001–2010

Roster

Bilbao Basket rosterv · d · e
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 1.0 !PG 4 USA ! Fisher, Josh 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) &1000000000000003100000031 1.0 !PG 7 USA ! Jackson, Aaron 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) &1000000000000002500000025 6.0 !C 10 CZE ! Hampl, Tomáš (*) 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 111 kg (245 lb) &1000000000000002300000023 6.0 !C 11 GRE ! Mavroeidis, Dimitrios 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 120 kg (265 lb) &1000000000000002600000026 4.5 !PF 13 CRO ! Banić, Marko (C) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) &1000000000000002700000027 3.0 !SF 15 ESP ! Mumbrú, Álex 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) &1000000000000003200000032 4.5 !PF 17 BEL ! Hervelle, Axel 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) &1000000000000002800000028 6.0 !C 21 USA ! Fischer, D'or 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 116 kg (256 lb) &1000000000000003000000030 1.0 !PG 31 ESP ! López, Raül 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) &1000000000000003100000031 3.0 !SF 34 GRE ! Vasileiadis, Kostas 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb) &1000000000000002700000027 2.0 !SG 44 ESP ! Grimau, Roger 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) &1000000000000003300000033 1.0 !PG 45 LAT ! Blūms, Jānis 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) &1000000000000002900000029	Head coach Fotis Katsikaris Assistant coach(es) Rafa Pueyo Pere Romero Legend (C) Team captain (*) Playing only in Euroleague Injured Roster Updated: 2011-08-05

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Reserve
C	D'or Fischer	Dimitrios Mavroeidis	Tomáš Hampl
PF	Marko Banić	Damir Krupalija	Axel Hervelle
SF	Alex Mumbrú	Kostas Vasileiadis
SG	Roger Grimau	Janis Blums
PG	Aaron Jackson	Raül López	Josh Fisher

Out on Loan

• Spyros Panagiotaras to Ikaros Kallitheas B.C.
• Nikos Pappas to Kolossos Rodou B.C.

Head coaches

Txutxo Sanz 2000–2001 Pedro Zorrozua 2001 Txus Vidorreta 2001–2010 Rafa Pueyo 2010 Fotis Katsikaris 2010–present

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	Cup Competitions	European Competitions
2000–01	3	LEB 2	13	Relegation playoffs	–	–
2001–02	3	LEB 2	1	Promoted	Copa LEB 2 champion	–
2002–03	2	LEB	6	Quarterfinalist	Copa Príncipe runner-up	–
2003–04	2	LEB	1	Promoted	Copa Príncipe semifinalist	–
2004–05	1	Liga ACB	14	–	–	–
2005–06	1	Liga ACB	15	–	–	–
2006–07	1	Liga ACB	10	–	–	–
2007–08	1	Liga ACB	7	Quarterfinalist	SC runner-up, CR semifinalist	–
2008–09	1	Liga ACB	8	Quarterfinalist	–	Eurocup semifinalist
2009–10	1	Liga ACB	9	–	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	Eurocup semifinalist3rd
2010–11	1	Liga ACB	2	Runner-up	Copa del Rey quarterfinalist	–
2011–12	1	Liga ACB			Supercopa semifinalist	Euroleague

Achievement

Trophies

• LEB Oro: (1)
  • 2004
• LEB Plata: (1)
  • 2002
• Copa LEB Plata: (1)
  • 2002

Individual awards

All-ACB First Team

• Marcelinho Huertas – 2008

Eurocup MVP

• Marko Banić – 2010

All-Eurocup First Team

• Marko Banić – 2009, 2010

References

1. ^ El Gescrap Bizkaia ya es una realidad ACB.com November 11, 2011
2. ^ Inaugurado el moderno 'Bilbao Arena', cancha de Bilbao Basket y polideportivo municipal para Miribilla

External links

• CDB Bilbao Berri Official Website