Iraurgi Saski Baloia, also known as Sammic Hostelería for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Azpeitia, Basque Country, Spain. Founded in 1975, the men's team currently plays in LEB Oro and the women's team in the Liga Femenina 2.
History
Iraurgi was founded in 1975 and takes its name from the Iraurgi valley, located between Azpeitia and Azkoitia. In its first seasons, the club played the provincial competitions of Gipuzkoa.
In 2005, the men's club made its debut in national competition by playing the Liga EBA. The club grew up in the league and in 2009 qualified for the first time to the promotion playoffs to LEB Plata, achieving promotion in their second attempt, in 2010.
The club finished in the last position after its debut season, but remained in the league after the existence of vacant spots. Six years later, on 15 April 2017, the club clinched the title of the 2016–17 LEB Plata and achieved promotion to LEB Oro, second division.
Previously in 2015, the women's team clinched promotion to Liga Femenina 2 but was not admitted in the league by the Spanish Basketball Federation. However, Iraurgi finally registered in the first division, where in their only season they only won two matches out of 26, being relegated to Liga Femenina 2.
Current roster
Season by season Men's team SeasonTierDivisionPos.Cup competitions2005–06 4Liga EBA 14–162006–07 4Liga EBA 13–132007–08 5Liga EBA 18–122008–09 5Liga EBA 23–82009–10 4Liga EBA 23–1–82010–11 3LEB Plata15th 8–202011–12 3LEB Plata 9th 13–142012–13 3LEB Plata 8th 11–112013–14 3LEB Plata 10th 10–142014–15 3 LEB Plata 12th 9–192015–16 3LEB Plata 6th 20–92016–17 3LEB Plata1st 23–72017–18 2LEB Oro17th 12–222018–19 3LEB Plata 10th 19–152019–20 3 LEB Plata 11th 14–11Copa LEB Plata Women's team SeasonTierDivisionPos.2010–114 2ª División2nd2011–123 1ª División10th2012–133 1ª División11th2013–143 1ª División4th2014–153 1ª División2nd2015–161 Liga Femenina14th2016–172 Liga Femenina 22017–182 Liga Femenina 22018–192 Liga Femenina 2
Trophies and awards Men's team LEB Plata: (1) 2016–17 Copa LEB Plata: (1) 2019–20 Euskal Kopa: (1) 2014
Notable players - Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player. - Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time. Ondřej Hanzlík Manny Suárez Barra Njie
References
External links Official website