Club Joventut Badalona

Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈklub ʒuβənˈtud bəðəˈlonə]) is a Spanish professional basketball club based in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain, playing in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup. Known to their fans as La Penya (in English, The Club), it is one of only two teams that have never been relegated from the top division of the Spanish League. The only other is Real Madrid. In 1994, Joventut Badalona became champion of the FIBA European League (today known as the EuroLeague), the first Catalan basketball club to accomplish such a grandiose achievement and the first Spanish team to do so in the modern era Final Four format.

Club Joventut Badalona
Leagues	Liga ACB EuroCup
Founded	1930; 93 years ago (1930)
History	Penya Spirit of Badalona (1930–1932) Centre Esportiu Badaloní (1932–1939) Club Juventud de Badalona (1939–1978) Club Joventut de Badalona (1978–present)
Arena	Pavelló Olímpic
Capacity	12,500
Location	Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
Team colors	Green and black
President	Juan Antonio Morales
Head coach	Carles Durán
Championships	1 EuroLeague 1 EuroCup 1 EuroChallenge 2 Korać Cup 4 Spanish Championships 8 king Cups 2 Spanish Supercups 11 Catalan basketball league
Retired numbers	3 (5, 7, 8)
Website	Official website
Home Away

Well-known players have included the Margall brothers (with Josep Maria Margall), Zoran Slavnić, Jordi Villacampa, Rafael Jofresa, Raül López, Rudy Fernández, Ricky Rubio and Joe Galvin.

History

 

Shawn Dawson

Badalona has had a basketball team since 30 March 1930, when Joventut was founded as Penya Spirit of Badalona.^[1] Apart from basketball, the club initially had teams involved in several sports including cycling, table tennis, and football. In 1932, the club changed its name to Centre Esportiu Badaloní and in 1939, it was forced to become Club Juventud de Badalona. By 1940, basketball was established as the club's main sport and green and black were adopted as the club's colours.

As one of the founding clubs of the Spanish league, Joventut became also one of the top teams in Spain since the 1950s, developing a great rivalry with Real Madrid and with the other neighbouring teams like FC Barcelona, playing memorable duels. Joventut won their first Spanish Cup in 1948 and their two first leagues in 1967 and 1978.

In 1981, Joventut started its golden era by winning their first European title: the FIBA Korać Cup in 1981, by defeating Carrera Venezia in the final played in Barcelona by 105–104 after a game winning shot by Joe Galvin at the buzzer. Joventut repeated title in 1990, this time beating Scavolini Pesaro in the double-legged final.

One year later, in 1991, Joventut achieved their third league, the first under the ACB and repeated title in the following season, after losing the final of the FIBA European League against Partizan, that won thanks to a buzzerbeater of Saša Đorđević. However, in 1994, Joventut won the title after winning the Final Four played in Tel Aviv against Olympiacos.

After two years of decline, Joventut clinched their seventh national cup and in the 2000s, started a new golden era with players like Rudy Fernández, and Ricky Rubio developed in the youth teams of the club. During their years at Badalona, Joventut won a FIBA Europe Cup in 2006, by beating Khimki in the final, a ULEB Cup in 2008, beating Akasvayu Girona in the finals,^[2] and the eighth Copa del Rey, also in 2008.

Joventut Badalona is one of the only two teams, along with Real Madrid, to have played every year in the top league.

In the 2017–18 season, Joventut was close of the dissolution, but the shareholders voted to save the club.^[3] Finally, it could finish the season in the 15th season and avoided the relegation, despite ending in the worst position ever.

Sponsorship naming

 

Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona

Club Joventut de Badalona has received diverse trade names along its history. These are the Joventut denominations along the years:

• Juventud Kalso: 1965–1968
• Juventud Nerva: 1968–1971
• Juventud Schweppes: 1971–1977
• Juventud Freixenet: 1977–1978
• Joventut Freixenet: 1978–1981
• Joventut Sony: 1981–1982
• Joventut Fichet: 1982–1983
• Joventut Massana: 1983–1984
• Ron Negrita Joventut: 1984–1987
• Ram Joventut: 1987–1990
• Montigalà Joventut: 1990–1992
• Marbella Joventut: 1992–1993
• 7up Joventut: 1993–1995
• Festina Joventut: 1996–1998
• Pinturas Bruguer Badalona: 1998–2000
• DKV Joventut: 2001–2011
• FIATC Joventut: 2011–2016
• Divina Seguros Joventut: 2016–2019

Home arenas

• Pavelló de la Plana: (1962–72), before 1962, the team played in open air stadiums.
• Pavelló d'Ausiàs March: (1972–91), also known as Pavelló Club Joventut (5,000 seats).^[4]
• Palau Olímpic: (1991–present)

Players

Retired numbers

Club Joventut Badalona retired numbers
N°	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
5*		Rafael Jofresa	PG	1986–96, 1997–98, 2000–03
7		Josep Maria Margall	SF	1972–90
8		Jordi Villacampa	SF	1980–97

*Even though number #5 had been retired to honor Rafael Jofresa, from 2002 to 2008 Rudy Fernández kept wearing that number during his stay at the professional team.

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Club Joventut Badalona roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SF 1   Kraag, Yannik 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 20 – (2002-10-16)16 October 2002 G/F 2   Busquets, Pep 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (1999-03-02)2 March 1999 G 4   Ribas, Pau 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 36 – (1987-03-02)2 March 1987 SG 9   Guy, Kyle 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 25 – (1997-08-11)11 August 1997 F/C 10   Brodziansky, Vladimír 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 28 – (1994-05-08)8 May 1994 F/C 11   Ellenson, Henry 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 26 – (1997-01-13)13 January 1997 SG 14   Ventura, Albert (C) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 31 – (1992-04-07)7 April 1992 PG 16   Vives, Guillem 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 29 – (1993-06-16)16 June 1993 C 19   Okeke, Leonardo 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 19 – (2003-07-16)16 July 2003 G 22   Feliz, Andrés 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (1997-07-15)15 July 1997 C 35   Birgander, Simon 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 25 – (1997-10-23)23 October 1997 SF 44   Parra, Joel 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 23 – (2000-04-04)4 April 2000 C 88   Tomić, Ante 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) 36 – (1987-02-17)17 February 1987	Head coach   Carles Durán Legend (C) Team captain   Injured Roster Updated: February 11, 2023

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Ante Tomić	Simon Birgander	Leonardo Okeke
PF	Henry Ellenson	Vladimír Brodziansky
SF	Joel Parra	Pep Busquets	Yannik Kraag
SG	Kyle Guy	Pau Ribas	Albert Ventura
PG	Guillem Vives	Andrés Feliz

Colours: Blue - homegrown player; Red - non–FIBA Europe player

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

  Domestic players:

• Rudy Fernández
• Josep Maria Margall
• Josep Maria Guzmán
• Ferran Laviña
• Anicet Lavodrama
• Raúl López
• Dakota Mathias
• Darryl Middleton
• Álex Mumbrú
• Matthew Gay
• Ricky Rubio
• Mike Smith
• Pere Tomàs
• Jordi Villacampa

(Non-EU players):

• Aloysius Anagonye
• Maceo Baston
• Tanoka Beard
• Elmer Bennett
• Shawn Dawson
• Christian Eyenga
• Randy Holcomb
• Reggie Johnson
• Charles Gaines
• Harold Pressley
• Corny Thompson
• Clay Tucker
• Andre Turner

  Bosman players:

• Robert Archibald
• Jamie Arnold
• Luboš Bartoň
• Andrew Betts
• Demond Mallet
• Alain Digbeu
• Milan Gurović
• Marcelinho Huertas
• Jan-Hendrik Jagla
• Simas Jasaitis
• Šarūnas Vasiliauskas
• Saulius Kulvietis
• Alain Koffi
• Nicolas Laprovittola
• Pops Mensah-Bonsu
• Jérôme Moïso
• Henk Norel
• Petar Popović
• Nikola Radulović
• Zoran Slavnić
• Žan Tabak
• Uroš Tripković
• Kristaps Valters
• Jesse Young

For a complete list of current and former players, see the Joventut Badalona players category.

Players at the NBA Draft

^#	Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game

Position	Player	Year	Round	Pick	Drafted by
SG/SF	Rudy Fernández	2007	1st round	24th	Phoenix Suns
PG	Ricky Rubio	2009	1st round	5th	Minnesota Timberwolves
PF	Henk Norel^#	2009	2nd round	47th	Minnesota Timberwolves

Head coaches

Further information: Category:Joventut Badalona coaches

• Xavier Estruch: 1939–1941
• Luis Antoja: 1941–1943
• Gironés: 1943–1944
• Xavier Estruch: 1944–1946
• Vicenç Lleal: 1946–1947
• José Tomas: 1947–1948
• José Vila: 1947–1950
• José Maria Costa: 1950–1951
• José Grau: 1951–1953
• Joaquín Broto: 1953–1955
• J. Jiménez: 1955–1956
• Joaquín Broto: 1956–1958
• Rafael Murgadas: 1958–1959
• José Grau: 1959–1961
• Joan Canals: 1961–1962
• Antonio Molina: 1962–1963
• Albert Gasulla: 1963–1964
• Antonio Molina: 1963–1964
• Eduardo Kucharski: 1965–1969
• Josep Lluís Cortés: 1969–1972
• Clinton Morris: 1972–1973
• Josep Lluís Cortés: 1973–1975
• Eduardo Kucharski: 1975–1976
• Josep María Meléndez: 1975–1977
• Antoni Serra: 1977–1979
• Josep Lluís Cortés: 1979–1980
• Manel Comas: 1980–1982
• Joaquín Costa Prat: 1981–1982
• Jack Schrader: 1982–1983
• Aíto García Reneses: 1983–1985
• Miquel Nolis: 1985–1986
• Alfred Julbe: 1986–1989
• Herb Brown: 1989–1990
• Lolo Sainz: 1990–1993
• Željko Obradović: 1993–1994
• Pedro Martínez: 1994–1995
• Miquel Nolis: 1994–1995
• Zoran Slavnić: 1995–1996
• Alfred Julbe: 1996–2000
• Josep María Izquierdo: 1999–2001
• Manel Comas: 2000–2003
• Aíto García Reneses: 2003–2008
• Sito Alonso: 2008–2010
• Pepu Hernández: 2010–2011
• Salva Maldonado: 2011–2016
• Diego Ocampo: 2016–2018
• Carles Duran: 2018–present

Logos

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  Non commercial logo

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  DKV sponsorship logo

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  FIATC sponsorship logo

Uniforms

 

Traditional uniform of Joventut Badalona.

The Joventut jerseys have always been green with a black stripe across the chest, and the shorts have been traditionally black, with the exception of some years that have been green too. The traditional away jerseys have been white, although in 2008–09 a new silver alternate jersey was introduced.

Rivalries

Joventut has a traditional rivalry with provincial neighbours FC Barcelona. Both teams face in the Catalan basketball derby.

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Copa del Rey	Other cups		European competitions
1930–56	Copa del Rey		3 times champion (47–48, 52–53, 54-55), 3 times runner-up (49–50, 51-52, 53–54)
1956–57	1	1ª División	6th	2–8
1957–58	1	1ª División	2nd	14–1–3	Champion
1958–59	1	1ª División	3rd	17–5	Quarterfinalist
1959–60	1	1ª División	2nd	16–1–5	Semifinalist
1960–61	1	1ª División	4th	14–8	Quarterfinalist
1961–62	1	1ª División	2nd	13–5	Quarterfinalist
1962–63	1	1ª División	3rd	9–7
1963–64	1	1ª División	3rd	13–9
1964–65	1	1ª División	3rd	8–6	Semifinalist
1965–66	1	1ª División	4th	10–8	Runner-up
1966–67	1	1ª División	1st	18–2	Semifinalist			2 Cup Winners' Cup	QF	5–2
1967–68	1	1ª División	3rd	16–4	Runner-up			1 Champions Cup	GS	5–2
1968–69	1	1ª División	2nd	15–3–4	Champion
1969–70	1	1ª División	3rd	17–1–4	Runner-up			2 Cup Winners' Cup	QF	4–2
1970–71	1	1ª División	2nd	21–1	Runner-up			2 Cup Winners' Cup	QF	6–2
1971–72	1	1ª División	3rd	17–5	Runner-up			2 Cup Winners' Cup	SF	4–2
1972–73	1	1ª División	2nd	25–2–3	Semifinalist			2 Cup Winners' Cup	SF	5–3
1973–74	1	1ª División	3rd	22–1–5	Runner-up			3 Korać Cup	QF	5–1
1974–75	1	1ª División	3rd	16–1–5	Quarterfinalist			2 Cup Winners' Cup	QF	4–3
1975–76	1	1ª División	3rd	20–12	Champion			3 Korać Cup	SF	5–2
1976–77	1	1ª División	3rd	15–1–6	Semifinalist			2 Cup Winners' Cup	SF	7–5
1977–78	1	1ª División	1st	20–2	Semifinalist			3 Korać Cup	SF	9–1
1978–79	1	1ª División	3rd	16–2–4	Quarterfinalist			1 Champions Cup	SF	8–8
1979–80	1	1ª División	3rd	15–7	Semifinalist			3 Korać Cup	QF	4–4
1980–81	1	1ª División	5th	16–1–9	Semifinalist			3 Korać Cup	C	7–2
1981–82	1	1ª División	5th	15–11	Quarterfinalist			3 Korać Cup	QF	3–3
1982–83	1	1ª División	7th	14–1–11	Quarterfinalist			3 Korać Cup	QF	1–5
1983–84	1	Liga ACB	3rd	24–11	Fourth position
1984–85	1	Liga ACB	2nd	26–11	Runner-up
1985–86	1	Liga ACB	3rd	25–8	Runner-up	Supercopa	C	2 Cup Winners' Cup	SF	6–2
1986–87	1	Liga ACB	2nd	29–8	Runner-up	Supercopa	C	2 Cup Winners' Cup	QF	3–3
						Copa Príncipe	C
1987–88	1	Liga ACB	4th	21–14	Semifinalist	Supercopa	RU	2 Cup Winners' Cup	RU	8–3
						Copa Príncipe	SF
1988–89	1	Liga ACB	3rd	26–16	Semifinalist	Copa Príncipe	C	3 Korać Cup	QF	6–2
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	2nd	29–15	Runner-up			3 Korać Cup	C	11–1–2
1990–91	1	Liga ACB	1st	40–6	Third position	Copa Príncipe	C	3 Korać Cup	SF	9–3
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	1st	36–14	Third position			1 Euroleague	RU	14–4
1992–93	1	Liga ACB	2nd	33–14	Runner-up			1 Euroleague	GS	6–6
1993–94	1	Liga ACB	3rd	24–14	Quarterfinalist			1 Euroleague	C	15–5
1994–95	1	Liga ACB	14th	17–21	Quarterfinalist			1 Euroleague	GS	2–14
1995–96	1	Liga ACB	13th	17–21
1996–97	1	Liga ACB	4th	24–17	Champion
1997–98	1	Liga ACB	6th	25–13	Runner-up			2 Eurocup	R16	10–4
1998–99	1	Liga ACB	10th	18–16	Quarterfinalist			2 Saporta Cup	QF	13–3
1999–00	1	Liga ACB	11th	16–18
2000–01	1	Liga ACB	14th	11–23
2001–02	1	Liga ACB	9th	18–16	Quarterfinalist
2002–03	1	Liga ACB	7th	18–19	Quarterfinalist			2 ULEB Cup	SF	9–7
2003–04	1	Liga ACB	8th	16–21	Runner-up			2 ULEB Cup	QF	8–6
2004–05	1	Liga ACB	7th	21–17				2 ULEB Cup	R16	6–1–5
2005–06	1	Liga ACB	4th	28–14	Quarterfinalist			3 FIBA Eurocup	C	13–3
2006–07	1	Liga ACB	4th	28–16	Semifinalist	Supercopa	SF	1 Euroleague	T16	8–12
2007–08	1	Liga ACB	3rd	27–12	Champion			2 ULEB Cup	C	16–1
2008–09	1	Liga ACB	5th	23–12	Quarterfinalist	Supercopa	SF	1 Euroleague	RS	4–6
2009–10	1	Liga ACB	11th	15–19	Quarterfinalist			2 Eurocup	L16	8–4
2010–11	1	Liga ACB	13th	14–20	Quarterfinalist
2011–12	1	Liga ACB	11th	16–18
2012–13	1	Liga ACB	11th	16–18
2013–14	1	Liga ACB	9th	16–18
2014–15	1	Liga ACB	7th	19–17	Semifinalist
2015–16	1	Liga ACB	13th	13–21
2016–17	1	Liga ACB	14th	11–21
2017–18	1	Liga ACB	15th	12–22				3 Champions League	QR2	2–1–1
2018–19	1	Liga ACB	7th	18–18	Semifinalist
2019–20	1	Liga ACB	12th	11–17				2 EuroCup	T16	8–8
2020–21	1	Liga ACB	7th	21–18				2 EuroCup	QF	12–5
2021–22	1	Liga ACB	3rd	25–16	Quarterfinalist			2 EuroCup	EF	12–5

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Spanish League

Winners (4): 1966–67, 1977–78, 1990–91, 1991–92

Runners-up (10): 1958, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1992–93

• Spanish Cup

Winners (8): 1948, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1969, 1976, 1997, 2008

Runners-up (13): 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1998, 2004

• Spanish Super Cup

Winners (2): 1986, 1987

Runners-up (1): 1988

European competitions

• EuroLeague

Winners (1): 1993–94

Runners-up (1): 1991–92

Final Four (2): 1992, 1994

• FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct)

Runners-up (1): 1987–88

Semifinalists (4): 1971–72, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1985–86

• FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)

Winners (2): 1980–81, 1989–90

Semifinalist (3): 1975–76, 1977–78, 1990–91

• EuroCup Basketball

Winners (1): 2007–08

Semifinalists (1): 2002–03

• FIBA EuroChallenge (defunct)

Winners (1): 2005–06

• European Basketball Club Super Cup (semi-official, defunct)

Runners-up (2): 1990, 1991

3rd place (1): 1987

Worldwide competitions

• McDonald's Championship (defunct)

Runners-up (1): 1991

Other competitions

• FIBA International Christmas Tournament (defunct)

Runners-up (3): 1967, 1970, 1978

• Vielha, Spain Invitational Game

Winners (1): 2014

Regional competitions

• Catalan League

Winners (11): 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008

Runners-up (): 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

• Catalan Championship (defunct)

Winners (5): 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957

Runners-up (5): 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957

Individual awards

ACB Most Valuable Player Tanoka Beard – 2002 ACB Rising Star/Best Young Player Ricky Rubio – 2007 Guillem Vives – 2014 ACB Finals MVP Corny Thompson – 1991 Mike Smith – 1992 Spanish Cup MVP Andre Turner – 1997 Rudy Fernández – 2004, 2008 ULEB Eurocup Finals MVP Rudy Fernández – 2008

EuroChallenge Final Four MVP Rudy Fernández – 2006 EuroLeague Rising Star Rudy Fernández – 2007 All-ACB Team Rudy Fernández – 2007, 2008 Ricky Rubio – 2008 Nicolás Laprovittola – 2019 Klemen Prepelič – 2020 Xabier López-Arostegui – 2021 ACB Slam Dunk Champion Christian Eyenga – 2009

Wheelchair basketball

Joventut Badalona has also a wheelchair basketball team which currently plays in the División de Honor, the Spanish top league.^[5]

In 2011 the team, which was known as Joventut GAM by sponsorship reasons, was dissolved and two years later was re-launched again. In its first season after the re-opening, the team promoted to División de Honor.

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos	Copa del Rey
2001–02	1	Div. Honor	6th
2002–03	1	Div. Honor	7th
2003–04	1	Div. Honor	13th
2004–05	2	1ª División	1st
2005–06	1	Div. Honor	9th	Quarterfinalist
2006–07	1	Div. Honor	9th
2007–08	1	Div. Honor	11th
2008–09	2	Div. Honor B	1st
2009–10	1	Div. Honor	8th
2010–11	1	Div. Honor	12
2011–13	Did not enter any competition
2013–14	2	1ª División	1st
2014–15	1	Div. Honor	10th
2015–16	1	Div. Honor	11th
2016–17	2	1ª División	4th
2017–18	Did not enter any competition
2018–19	2	1ª División	6th
2019–20	2	1ª División	5th

See also

• 1991 McDonald's Championship

References

1. "La Penya celebra 90 anys amb la il·lusió de "tornar a omplir de vida" l'Olímpic" (in Catalan). El Nacional. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
2. Akasvayu Girona – Joventut Badalona 54:79 (Match Report) ScoresPro.com
3. "Los accionistas votan no disolver el Joventut de Badalona" (in Spanish). Diario As. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
4. pistes de joc 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
5. Information and news about Joventut wheelchair basketball team 2014-12-26 at the Wayback Machine

External links

 

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