CB Sant Josep

"CB Girona" redirects here. For the basketball club founded in 2014 by Marc Gasol, see Bàsquet Girona.

Club Bàsquet Sant Josep was a professional basketball team based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

Sant Josep
Leagues	Liga EBA
Founded	1962
Dissolved	2013
History	CB Sant Josep (1962–1989) CB Girona (1989–2008) CB Sant Josep (2008–2013)
Arena	Palau Girona-Fontajau
Capacity	5,049
Location	Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Team colors	White and Red
President	Francesc Ferroni
Championships	1 FIBA EuroCup 2 Catalan Leagues
Website	www.cbsantjosepgirona.com
Home Away

History

The club was founded in 1962 by Ramon Sitjà as CB Sant Josep. In 1989 it became the Anonymous Sport Association (SAD). In 1987, when the ACB was enlarged to 24 teams, CB Girona entered the first division. In 1991, the club had to buy the rights of the Granollers EB to stay in the ACB as they were going to be relegated to the second division.

In 2007, Girona won the FIBA EuroCup championship, which was hosted at Palau Girona-Fontajau arena. They beat Azovmash Mariupol in the final after having beaten Adecco Estudiantes in the semifinals.

After the end of the 2007–2008 season, CB Girona suffered serious economic problems, with a debt of over €6 million euros. On July 25, 2008, the club announced that it would not participate in the 2008–09 season of either the Spanish ACB League or the Eurocup.^[1]

The SAD was dissolved original CB Sant Josep Girona was kept for beginning playing in Adecco Bronce, the fourth level Spanish division.

In the 2009–10 season, Sant Josep bought a LEB Oro place from CB Vic and played the quarterfinals of the promotion playoffs. On the next season, Girona finished in fourth position, arriving to the semifinals. In summer 2012, after three season spent at LEB Oro, the club resigns to its spot in the league and decides to continue playing in Liga EBA, Spanish fourth division.

In April 2013, CB Sant Josep announced it would be dissolved at the end of the 2012–13 season.^[2]

Logos

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  Former logo, until 2009
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  Last ACB logo, sponsored by Akasvayu
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  New logo since 2009

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Copa del Rey	European competitions
1983–84	3	2ª División	1st
1984–85	3	2ª División	10th
1985–86	3	2ª División	5th
1986–87	2	1ª División B	12th	16–18
1987–88	2	1ª División B	7th	28–16
1988–89	1	Liga ACB	23rd^[a]	17–27	Round of 16
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	18th	18–21	Quarterfinalist	3 Korać Cup	R2	3–1
1990–91	1	Liga ACB	9th	20–20
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	13th	19–22	Quarterfinalist
1992–93	1	Liga ACB	16th	12–21	First round
1993–94	1	Liga ACB	17th	12–20	Second round
1994–95	1	Liga ACB	17th	18–25
1995–96	1	Liga ACB	11th	19–19
1996–97	1	Liga ACB	14th	14–20
1997–98	1	Liga ACB	12th	14–20
1998–99	1	Liga ACB	8th	18–19
1999–00	1	Liga ACB	10th	16–18		3 Korać Cup	SF	11–1–2
2000–01	1	Liga ACB	9th	15–19		3 Korać Cup	R2	0–2
2001–02	1	Liga ACB	11th	17–17
2002–03	1	Liga ACB	15th	12–22
2003–04	1	Liga ACB	13th	15–19
2004–05	1	Liga ACB	16th	11–23
2005–06	1	Liga ACB	7th	19–19	Quarterfinalist
2006–07	1	Liga ACB	5th	22–16	Quarterfinalist	3 FIBA EuroCup	C	16–1
2007–08	1	Liga ACB	8th^[b]	22–15	Quarterfinalist	2 ULEB Cup	RU	12–5
2008–09	4	LEB Bronce	12th^[c]	13–17
2009–10	2	LEB Oro	9th	19–20
2010–11	2	LEB Oro	4th	23–19
2011–12	2	LEB Oro	12th^[d]	16–18
2012–13	4	Liga EBA	10th	15–15

1. Remained in ACB after the merge between Cacaolat Granollers and Grupo IFA.
2. CB Girona SAD was dissolved, and original club CB Sant Josep was invited to play at LEB Bronce.
3. Bought the LEB Oro spot to CB Vic.
4. Resigned to its berth at LEB Oro.

Participations in European competitions

• 1989-90 Korać Cup: Eliminated in the second round
• 1999-00 Korać Cup: Eliminated in the semifinals
• 2000-01 Korać Cup: Eliminated in the second round
• 2006-07 FIBA EuroCup: CHAMPIONS
• 2007-08 ULEB Cup: runners up

Trophies and awards

Trophies

• FIBA EuroCup: (1)
  • 2007
• Catalan League: (2)
  • 1996, 2006
• LEB Catalan league: (2)
  • 2009, 2010

Individual awards

ACB Most Valuable Player

• Darryl Middleton – 1992, 1993, 2000
• Marc Gasol – 2008

All-ACB Team

• Marc Gasol – 2008

All LEB Oro First Team

• Levi Rost – 2011

Sponsors

• 1987–1998: Valvi Supermercats, the club was renamed Valvi Girona
• 1998–1999: No sponsor, the club was renamed Girona Gavis
• 1999–2005: Casademont, the club was renamed Casademont Girona
• 2005–2008: Akasvayu, the club was renamed Akasvayu Girona
• 2008–2010: No sponsor, the club was renamed CB Sant Josep Girona
• 2010–2012: Girona FC, the club was renamed the name of the football team
• 2012–2013: No sponsor, the club was renamed CB Sant Josep Girona

Notable players

• Joaquim Costa Puig
• Jordi Pardo
• Josep Cargol
• Duško Ivanović
• Francesc Solana
• Darryl Middleton
• Terrell Myers
• Xavi Fernàndez
• Rafael Jofresa
• Marc Gasol
• Dainius Šalenga
• Gregor Fučka
• Anthony Goldwire
• Marko Marinović
• Marko Kešelj
• Branko Jorović
• Xavi Vallmajó

See also: Category:CB Girona players

Notable coaches

• Svetislav Pešić

Arena

CB Girona plays in Palau Girona-Fontajau, which has a capacity of 5,049 spectators. The arena was inaugurated in 1993 by NBA player Moses Malone, at a match between the local team Valvi Girona and PAOK Salonica.

Supporter groups

• Dalinians
• Engaviats
• Penya Polska

"Girona a l'ACB" platform

 

Girona a l'ACB demonstration with over 1,100 people (Girona, June 8, 2008).

"Girona a l'ACB" platform (translated from Catalan: Girona in ACB) was created on May 23, 2008, by CB Girona fans. Its purpose was to support the team and the club so they could get rid of the debt and continue playing in the top Spanish division the next year. A website was created for that ^[3] (in Catalan and Spanish), and there were more than 10,500 signatures collected. Some protests were also made, like a demonstration with over 1,100 people, a basketball match in front of the city hall and a sit-down protest, amongst other actions. 300 T-shirts were also sold.

References

2. Sant Josep closes the doors.
3. . Archived from the original on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2018-11-15.