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. 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

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.Copa del ReyOther cupsEuropean 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 Oro1st 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 QuarterfinalistSupercopa SF 2013–14 1 Liga ACB 8th 18–18 Semifinalist 2 Eurocup 8–8 2014–15 1 Liga ACB 9th 18–16 Quarterfinalist 2 Eurocup 6–10 2015–16 1 Liga ACB 12th 13–21 2 Eurocup 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 Champions League 4th 13–6 2020–21 1 Liga ACB 13th 14–22 Champions League 3rd 11–3 2021–22 1 Liga ACB 16th 12–22 FIBA Europe Cup 2–4 2022–23 1 Liga ACB 13th 12–22 2023–24 1 Liga ACB 12th 13–21 FIBA Europe Cup 9–5 2024–25 1 Liga ACB 12th 13–21 FIBA Europe Cup 8–5

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 Nationality 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 2022–2025 Rodrigo San Miguel 2025 Jesús Ramírez 2025–2026 Joan Plaza 2026 Gonzalo García 2026–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 SeasonTierDivisionPos.Play-offCopa de la ReinaSupercopaEuropean competitions2020–21 1 Liga Femenina 13th 9–21 2021–22 1 Liga Femenina 5th 18–12 Quarterfinalists Quarterfinalists 2022–23 1 Liga Femenina 4th 22–8 Semifinalists Champions 2 EuroCup 2023–24 1 Liga Femenina 3rd 24–6 Semifinalists Runners-up Semifinalists 1 EuroLeague 2024–25 1 Liga Femenina 4th 20–10 Runners-up Semifinalists Runners-up 1 EuroLeague 2025–26 1 Liga Femenina Champions 1 EuroLeague

Current roster

Notes

References

External links Official website Basket Zaragoza at ACB.com