CB Zaragoza

Club Baloncesto Zaragoza
Club Baloncesto Zaragoza
Leagues	1ª División
Founded	1981
Location	Zaragoza, Aragón
Team colors	Red, White;
Championships	2 Copa del Rey
Website	cbzaragoza.com
Home	Away

Club Baloncesto Zaragoza is a basketball team based in Zaragoza, Aragón, who played from 1981 to 1996 in the top Spanish league (Liga ACB since 1983) and now plays in the 1ª División, the fifth tier. Most of the years in which the team played in Liga ACB, CB Zaragoza was also known as CAI Zaragoza for sponsorship reasons.

CB Zaragoza must be not confused with Basket Zaragoza 2002, the team of the same city who plays today in Liga ACB.

History[edit]

The club was founded in 1981 with the purpose of having an elite team in the city of Zaragoza with sufficient resources to play in the 1ª División.

In 1984, CAI Zaragoza achieved its first title: the Copa del Rey, after beating FC Barcelona 81–78 in Zaragoza. The second Copa del Rey arrived in 1990, when CAI Zaragoza beat Ram Joventut 76–69 in the Centro Insular de Deportes at Las Palmas.

In 1990–91 season, the club participated in the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup and managed to reach the final in Geneva where CAI lost to PAOK by 76–72. From 1992 to 1994, the club was sponsored by Banco NatWest España. Later, in 1996, due to financial problems, CB Zaragoza sold their Liga ACB berth and the FIBA Korać Cup spot to CB Granada and the senior team was folded.

In 2001 the senior team returned to Liga EBA but only played two years. Since 2004, CB Zaragoza started to play regional competitions. It was promoted several times to Liga EBA, but always remained in the Primera División.

Sponsorship naming[edit]

Zaragoza Skol: 1981–1982
CAI Zaragoza: 1982–1992
NatWest Zaragoza: 1992–1994
Amway Zaragoza: 1994–1996
Adecco Zaragoza: 2001–2003
Serviplem Baryval Zaragoza: 2004–2008
100x100 Basket Zaragoza: 2009–2013
Universidad de Zaragoza CBZ: 2013–2015
UniZar Azulejos Moncayo CBZ: 2015–present

Season by season[edit]

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Copa del Rey	Other cups		European competitions
1981–82	1	1ª División	6th	15–11
1982–83	1	1ª División	4th	16–1–9	Round of 16			3 Korać Cup	QF	5–3
1983–84	1	Liga ACB	4th	20–16	Champion			3 Korać Cup	SF	7–1
1984–85	1	Liga ACB	8th	17–16		Copa Asociación	RU	2 Cup Winners' Cup	SF	5–3
1984–85	1	Liga ACB	8th	17–16		Supercopa	RU	2 Cup Winners' Cup	SF	5–3
1985–86	1	Liga ACB	4th	21–11	Fourth position			3 Korać Cup	R2	3–1
1986–87	1	Liga ACB	3rd	21–12	Semifinalist	Copa Príncipe	R16	3 Korać Cup	SF	5–5
1987–88	1	Liga ACB	3rd	18–17	Quarterfinalist	Copa Príncipe	SF	3 Korać Cup	QF	3–5
1988–89	1	Liga ACB	4th	23–18	Semifinalist			3 Korać Cup	QF	4–4
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	9th	20–19	Champion			3 Korać Cup	GS	6–4
1990–91	1	Liga ACB	6th	22–16	Quarterfinalist			2 Cup Winners' Cup	RU	8–3
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	5th	28–11	Runner-up			3 Korać Cup	GS	6–4
1992–93	1	Liga ACB	7th	19–18	Fourth position			2 European Cup	SF	10–6
1993–94	1	Liga ACB	14th	12–19	Third round			3 Korać Cup	GS	2–8
1994–95	1	Liga ACB	6th	24–17	Runner-up
1995–96	1	Liga ACB	7th^[a]	25–15	Quarterfinalist			3 Korać Cup	GS	3–7
1996–01	Did not enter any competition
2001–02	4	Liga EBA	13th	12–22
2002–03	4	Liga EBA	9th	14–16
2003–04	Did not enter any competition
2004–08	Lower divisions
2008–09	6	1ª División		13–13
2009–10	5	1ª División	9th	10–16
2010–11	5	1ª División	3rd	19–6
2011–12	5	1ª División	1st^[b]	25–1
2012–13	5	1ª División	1st	20–5
2013–14	5	1ª División	1st	22–4
2014–15	5	1ª División	1st	19–4
2015–16	5	1ª División	1st	17–3
2016–17	5	1ª División	2nd	16–4
2017–18	5	1ª División	2nd	10–5
2018–19	5	1ª División	2nd	16–5