Bilbao Basket

Club Basket Bilbao Berri S.A.D., commonly known as Bilbao Basket, 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.

History
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 quarterfinals by CSKA Moscow, who won the series by 3–1.

The best era of the club finished in 2013, when it lost the 2013 Eurocup Final at Charleroi against Lokomotiv Kuban.

On 17 July 2014, the ACB excluded Bilbao Basket from the Liga ACB due to its financial trouble, but on 8 August, the Association was forced to retire the exclusion and finally Bilbao Basket remained in the Spanish top league.

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.

Sponsorship naming
Bilbao Basket has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:


 * Lagun Aro Bilbao Basket: 2004–07
 * iurbentia Bilbao Basket: 2007–09
 * Bizkaia Bilbao Basket: 2009–11
 * Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao Basket: 2011–12
 * Uxúe Bilbao Basket: 2012–13
 * Dominion Bilbao Basket: 2015–16
 * RETAbet Bilbao Basket: 2016–21
 * Surne Bilbao Basket: 2021–present

Home arenas

 * Pabellón La Casilla: (2000–09)
 * Bizkaia Arena: (2009–10), occasionally used for home games in 2007 and 2008
 * Bilbao Arena: (2010–present)

Head coaches

 * Txutxo Sanz: 2000–2001
 * Pedro Zorrozua: 2001
 * Txus Vidorreta: 2001–2010
 * Rafa Pueyo: 2010, 2013–2014
 * Fotis Katsikaris: 2010–2013
 * Sito Alonso: 2014–2016
 * Carles Duran: 2016–2017
 * Veljko Mršić: 2017–2018
 * Jaka Lakovič: 2018
 * Álex Mumbrú: 2018–2022
 * Jaume Ponsarnau: 2022–present

Trophies

 * Liga ACB:
 * Runners-up (1): 2011
 * Supercopa de España:
 * Runners-up (1): 2007
 * EuroCup Basketball:
 * Runners-up (1): 2013
 * LEB Oro: (1)
 * 2004
 * Copa Princesa de Asturias:
 * Runners-up (2): 2002, 2019
 * LEB Plata: (1)
 * 2002
 * Copa LEB Plata: (1)
 * 2002

Individual awards
All-ACB First Team EuroCup MVP All-EuroCup First Team All-EuroCup Second Team EuroCup Coach of the Year
 * Marcelo Huertas – 2008
 * Marko Todorović – 2015
 * Álex Mumbrú – 2016
 * Marko Banić – 2010
 * Marko Banić – 2009, 2010
 * Kostas Vasileiadis – 2013
 * Lamont Hamilton – 2013
 * Fotios Katsikaris – 2013

Notable players

 * 🇪🇸 Quino Colom
 * 🇪🇸 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 Håkanson

Rivalries
Bilbao Basket has a strong rivalry with Saski Baskonia. Their games together are called the Basque basketball derby.

Fundación Bilbao Basket
Fundación Bilbao Basket is the reserve team of Bilbao Basket. It currently plays in Primera División, the fifth tier of Spanish basketball.