| Surne Bilbao Basket | |||
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| Nickname | Beltzezko gizonak
Hombres de negro (Men in Black) | ||
| Leagues | Liga ACB | ||
| Founded | 7 March 2000; 24 years ago (2000-03-07) | ||
| History | Club Basket Bilbao Berri (2000–present) | ||
| Arena | Bilbao Arena | ||
| Capacity | 10,014 | ||
| Location | Bilbao, Spain | ||
| Team colors | Black, Silver | ||
| President | Isabel Iturbe | ||
| Head coach | Jaume Ponsarnau | ||
| Retired numbers | 2 (14, 15) | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
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Club Basket Bilbao Berri S.A.D.,[1] commonly known as Bilbao Basket (pronounced [bilˈβao βasˈket]), 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. Their home arena is the Bilbao Arena, Spain.
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 quarterfinalsbyCSKA Moscow, who won the series by 3–1.
The best era of the club finished in 2013, when it lost the 2013 Eurocup FinalatCharleroi against Lokomotiv Kuban.
On 17 July 2014, the ACB excluded Bilbao Basket from the Liga ACB due to its financial trouble,[2] but on 8 August, the Association was forced to retire the exclusion and finally Bilbao Basket remained in the Spanish top league.[3]
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.
Bilbao Basket has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:
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Javi Salgado | PG | 2001–2010, 2016–2019 |
| 15 | |
Álex Mumbrú | SF | 2009-2018 |
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | ||
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| C | Sacha Killeya-Jones | Tryggvi Hlinason | |||
| PF | Denzel Andersson | Thijs de Ridder | Georgios Tsalmpouris | ||
| SF | Xavi Rabaseda | Álex Reyes | Unai Barandalla | ||
| SG | Adam Smith | Kristian Kullumäe | Tomeu Rigo | ||
| PG | Alex Renfroe | Melwin Pantzar |
Colours: Blue - homegrown player; Red - non–FIBA Europe player
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Alberto Díaz Germán Gabriel Roger Grimau Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca Raül López Rafa Martínez Álex Mumbrú Javi Salgado Fran Vázquez
Axel Hervelle
Marcelinho Huertas Rafa Luz Tiago Splitter
Marko Banić Damir Markota
Ondřej Balvín
Ángel Delgado
Damien Inglis Adrien Moerman Jérôme Moïso Frédéric Weis
Ben Bentil
Jaylon Brown
D'or Fischer Andrew Goudelock Lamont Hamilton Aaron Jackson John Jenkins Quincy Lewis Khyri Thomas Jeff Withey
Dairis Bertāns Jānis Blūms
Antanas Kavaliauskas Arnoldas Kulboka Renaldas Seibutis Gytis Masiulis
Predrag Savović Marko Todorović
Micheal Eric
Georgios Bogris Dimitrios Mavroeidis Kostas Vasileiadis Nikos Zisis
Martin Rančík
Ludvig Håkanson6 October 2013 |
| Bilbao Basket | 104–106 | Philadelphia 76ers |
Bizkaia Arena, Barakaldo |
Bilbao Basket has a strong rivalry with Saski Baskonia. Their games together are called the Basque basketball derby.
Fundación Bilbao Basket is the reserve team of Bilbao Basket. It currently plays in Primera División, the fifth tier of Spanish basketball.
| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L |
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| 2019–20 | 5 | 1ª División | 12th[a] | 5–13 |
| 2020–21 | 5 | 1ª División | 3rd | 10–1–6 |
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Surne Bilbao Basket current roster
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