Bàsquet Club Andorra SAOE, also known as MoraBanc Andorra for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in Andorra la Vella, Andorra. Though based in Andorra, the club plays in the Spanish basketball league system. The team plays in the Liga ACB with home games played at the Poliesportiu d'Andorra.
From 1992 to 1996, BC Andorra played in the top league, the Liga ACB and also the Korać Cup during the 1995–96 season. After being relegated and playing one season in LEB league, the club resigned to its berth and came back to regional competitions. The club returned to Liga ACB in 2014, 18 years after its last appearance.
History On 12 June 1970 the club was founded as Club de Basket Les Escaldes, and changed its name to Bàsquet Club Andorra on 12 April 1971.
BC Andorra began playing in the regional competitions of Lleida, being promoted in the 1975–76 season to Primera Catalana. The following season the club resigned the category due to financial problems, but achieved a promotion again during the 1980–81 season. The club was promoted to the Spanish Third Division at the end of 1981–82 season and the Spanish Second Division during the 1983–84 season. In the 1985–86 season, Andorra reached the Primera Division B after 6 seasons and won the promotion to the Liga ACB, where BC Andorra remained four seasons. During the 1995–96 season the Andorran club participated in the Korać Cup. In 1996, the club was relegated to LEB and in the following seasons, competed at the low levels of Catalonia and Spain until 2009–10, when BC Andorra participated in the LEB Plata.
In the 2012–13 season, BC Andorra participated in the LEB Oro, the second division of the Spanish basketball, reaching the play-off final promotion to the Liga ACB and being finalist of the Copa Príncipe.
The following season the Andorran club achieved the Copa Príncipe and the promotion to the top league of Spain after becoming winners of the 2013–14 LEB Oro.
In 2017, Andorra qualified for the first time since 22 years to the ACB playoffs, where they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Real Madrid. This allowed the Andorrans to come back to the European competitions in the 2017–18 season, as the club registered in the EuroCup. After a first experience where the club was eliminated in the first round, Andorra reached the semifinals in their second participation.
Support BC Andorra is one of the most followed club of Andorra with approximately 1,200 associates and a reference of the Andorran basketball. In 2014 was founded the first official fan-club supporter Penya Tricolor. Some notable club supporters include Albert Llovera, Joaquim Rodríguez, José Luis Llorente, Roberto Dueñas or Cédric Gracia.
Presidents Joan Alay: Honorary president (Founder) Magí Maestre: 1970–71 (Founder) Eduard Molné: 1971–90 (Founder) Carles Fiñana: 1990–94 Manel Arajol: 1994–2007 Gorka Aixàs: 2007–present
Sponsorship naming BC Andorra has had several sponsorship names over the years: Festina Andorra: 1991–96 Quick Andorra: 2000–02 River Andorra: 2002–13 River Andorra MoraBanc: 2013–14 MoraBanc Andorra: 2014–present
Uniforms
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.Copa del ReyOther cupsEuropean competitions1980–81 5 1ª Catalana 6th1981–82 5 1ª Catalana1982–83 4 3ª División 5th1983–84 4 3ª División1st1984–85 3 2ª División 6th1985–86 3 2ª División1st1986–87 2 1ª División B22nd 12–221987–88 2 1ª División B 20th 22–201988–89 2 1ª División 10th 15–151989–90 2 1ª División 5th 19–141990–91 2 1ª División 4th 23–181991–92 2 1ª División1st 29–121992–93 1 Liga ACB 12th 15–18First round1993–94 1 Liga ACB 9th 20–12First round1994–95 1 Liga ACB 8th 20–20 Quarterfinalist1995–96 1 Liga ACB19th 11–313 Korać Cup 3–71996–97 2 LEB 4th 21–191997–98 7 3ª Catalana1st1998–99 6 2ª Catalana1st1999–00 5 1ª Catalana1st2000–01 5 Copa Catalunya 18–122001–02 5 Copa Catalunya 21–112002–03 5 Copa Catalunya 17–132003–04 5 Copa Catalunya 21–92004–05 5 Copa Catalunya 26–62005–06 4 Liga EBA 16–142006–07 4 Liga EBA 13–132007–08 4 Liga EBA 20–102008–09 4 Liga EBA 23–102009–10 3 LEB Plata 6th 21–152010–11 3 LEB Plata 3rd 27–14Copa LEB Plata RU2011–12 3 LEB Plata1st 19–5Copa LEB Plata RU2012–13 2 LEB Oro 3rd 30–10Copa Príncipe RU2013–14 2 LEB Oro1st 21–5Copa Príncipe C2014–15 1Liga ACB 14th 12–222015–16 1Liga ACB 14th 12–222016–17 1Liga ACB 8th 17–18Quarterfinalist2017–18 1Liga ACB 6th 20–172 EuroCup 3–72018–19 1Liga ACB 10th 16–18 2 EuroCup 13–82019–20 1Liga ACB 9th 15–13Semifinalist2 EuroCup 8–82020–21 1Liga ACB 9th 17–19 2 EuroCup 6–102021–22 1Liga ACB17th 11–23 2 EuroCup 12–72022–23 2 LEB Oro1st 30–4Copa Príncipe RU2023–24 1Liga ACB 11th 13–212024–25 1Liga ACB 11th 14–203 Champions League 1–12025–26 1Liga ACB 16th 10–24
Trophies and awards
Trophies 2nd division championships: (2) 1ª División B: (1) 1992 LEB Oro: (1) 2014 3rd division championships: (1) LEB Plata: (1) 2012 Lliga Catalana: (2) 2018, 2020 Lliga Catalana LEB Oro: (1) 2013 Lliga Catalana LEB Plata: (1) 2010 Lliga Catalana EBA: (3) 1989, 1990, 1992 Copa Príncipe: (1) 2014 Trofeo Ciutat de Valencia: (1) 2017
Individual awards LEB Oro MVP Jordi Trias – 2014 All-ACB First Team Giorgi Shermadini – 2017 All LEB Oro First Team Marc Blanch – 2013, 2014 Jordi Trias – 2014
Notable players
Quino Colom (youth teams) David Navarro Nathan Jawai Thomas Schreiner Nikola Marić Rafa Luz Codi Miller-McIntyre David Jelínek Jean Montero Alexander Madsen Andrew Albicy Sekou Doumbouya Amine Noua Giorgi Shermadini Beka Burjanadze Georgios Bogris Thanasis Antetokounmpo Shannon Evans Dylan Ennis Vojdan Stojanovski Stan Okoye Jerrick Harding José "Piculín" Ortiz Moussa Diagne Clevin Hannah Luka Bogdanović Dejan Todorović Jaka Blažič Martin Krampelj Ferran Bassas Jaime Fernández Sergi García José Luis Llorente Josep Maria Margall Nacho Martín Oriol Paulí Tyson Pérez Víctor Sada Jordi Trias Enrique Villalobos Artem Pustovyi T. J. Cline Eric Anderson Rickey Brown Dan Godfread Conner Henry Kyle Kuric Jerrod Mustaf John Shurna Andy Toolson
References
External links Official website BC Andorra at ACB.com