Club Bàsquet Manresa S.A.D., also known as Kids&Us Manresa for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Manresa, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup Basketball. It home arena is the Pavelló Nou Congost. In 1998, Bàsquet Manresa won the Spanish Championship in one of the most astonishing and well-known sporting accomplishment in Europe.
Joan "Chichi" Creus is the team's most decorated player; he was the Spanish Cup Most Valuable Player in 1996, and the ACB Finals MVP two years later. Some others well known players that had played for Bàsquet Manresa are Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Roger Esteller, Derrick Alston, Serge Ibaka, Andrés Nocioni, Rolando Frazer, and the Basketball Hall of Famer George Gervin, that at the age of 38 spent one year in the team, averaging 23.1 points and helping them to avoid the relegation from the Spanish top division.
History Bàsquet Manresa was founded in 1931 with the name of Manresa Bàsquetbol Club and merged in 1934 with Club Bàsquet Bages for becoming Unió Manresana de Bàsquet. In 1940, the club wins the Copa Barcelona and integrates in CE Manresa as its basketball section.
In 1968 the club promotes for the first time to the Liga Nacional but is immediately relegated again in its debut season. Two years later, Manresa played again in the top tier and ended the league in the fourth position, thus qualifying for the first time to play the Korać Cup, where it reached the quarterfinals.
In 1979 the club splits from CE Manresa and becomes Manresa Esportiu Bàsquet and grew up until becoming a usual contender in the Liga ACB. With the sponsorship of TDK between 1985 and 2000, the club lived its best years. In 1992, as a professional club and according to the law, Manresa becomes a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva and changes again its name to Bàsquet Manresa. This name change allowed Manresa EB and its former rival CB Manresa to merge definitively.
In 1996, Manresa wins its first national trophy by defeating FC Barcelona in the Copa del Rey played in Murcia. Two years later, and after finishing the regular season in the sixth position and without the home-court advantage in any of the playoffs series, Manresa wins the 1997–98 Liga ACB after eliminating Adecco Estudiantes in the quarterfinals and Real Madrid in the semifinals, for winning in Tau Cerámica Baskonia 3–1 in the finals. As in the Copa del Rey won two years ago, Joan Creus became the MVP of the finals. This achievement is nowadays considered on the biggest surprises in Spanish sport ever.
As league champions, Manresa played the EuroLeague, but was eliminated in the group stage. The golden era of the club suddenly ended in 2000, after the relegation to Liga LEB by losing in the do-or-die match against Gijón Baloncesto, that ended 95–91 after an overtime.
Since its relegation, Manresa started to alternate seasons in ACB and LEB, with two league promotions in 2002 and 2007, as LEB champions. In 2012 and 2013, Manresa suffered two relegations in Liga ACB, but remained in the league due to the impossibility of LEB Oro teams to promote. In 2017, after registering the worst season in the top tier since the 1983–84 season, Manresa relegated to LEB Oro. However, the club achieved promotion just in the next season after beating Club Melilla Baloncesto in the final of the playoffs.
During the 2018–19 ACB season the team returned to the top tier after a one–season absence and the team ended 8th in the standings qualified to the 2019 ACB Playoffs during that season but later they were eliminated by Real Madrid 2–0 in the quarterfinals. Resulting to the great performance during the season, Manresa qualified to the Basketball Champions League for the following 2019–20 season and returned to European competitions after 20 years.
In the 2021–22 season, Manresa made it success in the Basketball Champions League and the team returned after a one-season, which the team reached the 2022 Basketball Champions League Final Four and reached the championship game but however, it was lost to Lenovo Tenerife 98–87 in the final. But they managed to reach the playoffs in the 2022 ACB Playoffs, they reached the quarterfinals but they were eliminated by Real Madrid 2–0 in the series.
In the 2022–23 season, Manresa struggled and finding a way to salvate from regelation. In the end of the season they ended 14th in the standings and out of the playoff bound. Which the team almost collapse in regelation. In the 2022–23 Basketball Champions League season, they managed to reached the quarterfinals but they lost again to Lenovo Tenerife 2–1 which was their matchup in the previous year's final.
In the 2023–24 season, the team returned to its great performance, reaching to the ACB Playoffs after the previous season they didn't reach and the worst position. But later, they were eliminated by Uncaja 2–0 in the quarterfinals. The team did not qualify to 2023–24 Basketball Champions League due to its worst performance despite salvation from regelation from the previous season.
The team will participate in the EuroCup for the following 2025–26 season.
Sponsorship naming Bàsquet Manresa has several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship: Manresa K'ans 1967–1971 Manresa La Casera 1971–1977 Icab Manresa 1977–1979 Marlboro Manresa 1979–1980 Caixa Manresa 1981–1982, 1984–1985 Seguros Velázquez Manresa 1982–1983 Ebro Manresa 1983–1984 TDK Manresa 1985–2000 Minorisa.net Manresa 2000–2002 Ricoh Manresa 2002–2009 Suzuki Manresa 2009–2010 Assignia Manresa 2010–2012 La Bruixa d'Or 2013–2014 La Bruixa d'Or Manresa 2014–2015 ICL Manresa 2015–2018 Baxi Manresa 2018–2026 Kids&Us Manresa 2026–present
Logos
Home arenas Pavelló Congost (1968–92), before 1968 the team played in outdoor courts next to the football stadium of Pujolet.
Pavelló Nou Congost (1992–present)
Players
Basketball Hall of Famers George Gervin, SG, 1989–1990, Inducted 1996
Retired numbers Bàsquet Manresa retired numbersNoPlayerPositionTenure 7 Joan Creus G 1993–01 9 Joan Peñarroya SG 1987–90, 1991–97, 2001–03 10 Pep Pujolrás F 1986–92 15 Jordi Singla F 1989–92, 1992–04
Current roster
Depth chart
Head coaches Since 1967:
Francesc Casé 1967–1968 Josep Masseguer 1968–1969 Jeroni Alberola 1969–1970 Antoni Serra 1970–1977 Alfonso Martínez 1977–1978 Joan Martínez 1978 Josep M. Soler 1978 Jaume Berenguer 1978–1979 Joan Basora 1979–1981 Pere Guiu 1981 Miguel López Abril 1981 Jaume Ventura 1981–1984 Germán González 1984 Francesc Canellas 1984–1985 Miquel Bataller 1985 Juanito Jiménez 1985–1986 Joan María Gavaldá 1986–1988 Flor Meléndez 1988–1990 Ricard Casas 1990, 2001–2005 Pedro Martínez 1990–1994, 2014–2015, 2019–2024 Salva Maldonado 1994–1997, 2000–2001 Luis Casimiro 1997–1999 Manel Comas 1999–2000 Xavier García 2005 Óscar Quintana 2005–2007 Jaume Ponsarnau 2007–2013 Borja Comenge 2013–2014 Pere Romero 2014 Ibon Navarro 2015–2017 Aleix Duran 2017–2018 Diego Ocampo 2018, 2024– Joan Peñarroya 2018–2019
Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.Copa del ReyOther cupsEuropean competitions1967–68 2 2ª División2nd 24–5 1968–69 1 1ª División11th 7–16 1969–70 2 2ª División1st 19–3 1970–71 1 1ª División 4th 11–1–10Semifinalist1971–72 1 1ª División 8th 9–13Quarterfinalist3 Korać Cup QF 0–21972–73 1 1ª División 7th 14–1–15Round of 161973–74 1 1ª División 6th 13–2–13Quarterfinalist1974–75 1 1ª División 5th 9–3–10Semifinalist1975–76 1 1ª División 6th 13–19 1976–77 1 1ª División 9th 8–1–13First round1977–78 1 1ª División 5th 9–1–12Quarterfinalist1978–79 1 1ª División 7th 10–12Round of 161979–80 1 1ª División 6th 10–12Runner-up1980–81 1 1ª División 8th 10–1–15Semifinalist1981–82 1 1ª División 7th 13–13Round of 161982–83 1 1ª División 9th 10–16Round of 161983–84 1 Liga ACB16th 5–23 1984–85 2 1ª División B3rd 17–9 1985–86 1 Liga ACB 10th 14–16 Copa Príncipe QF1986–87 1 Liga ACB 10th 14–17 Copa Príncipe RU1987–88 1 Liga ACB 15th 17–16 Copa Príncipe QF3 Korać Cup 1–11988–89 1 Liga ACB 20th 18–22Round of 161989–90 1 Liga ACB 22nd 17–16Round of 161990–91 1 Liga ACB 18th 18–20Quarterfinalist1991–92 1 Liga ACB 13th 17–23First round1992–93 1 Liga ACB 13th 16–18Quarterfinalist1993–94 1 Liga ACB 7th 22–12Second round1994–95 1 Liga ACB 4th 23–21Second round3 Korać Cup 6–41995–96 1 Liga ACB 4th 28–18Champion3 Korać Cup 5–51996–97 1 Liga ACB 8th 19–18Quarterfinalist2 EuroCup 7–71997–98 1 Liga ACB1st 30–16Semifinalist3 Korać Cup 5–31998–99 1 Liga ACB 11th 16–18 1 Euroleague 5–111999–00 1 Liga ACB17th 11–23 2000–01 2 LEB 3rd 26–12 Copa Príncipe RU2001–02 2 LEB2nd 32–1–8 Copa Príncipe SF2002–03 1 Liga ACB 13th 15–19 2003–04 1 Liga ACB 9th 16–18Quarterfinalist2004–05 1 Liga ACB 13th 12–22 2005–06 1 Liga ACB17th 12–22 2006–07 2 LEB1st 26–15 2007–08 1 Liga ACB 11th 14–20 2008–09 1 Liga ACB 11th 14–18 2009–10 1 Liga ACB 12th 14–20 2010–11 1 Liga ACB 15th 10–24 2011–12 1 Liga ACB 12th 15–19 2012–13 1 Liga ACB 18th 6–28 2013–14 1 Liga ACB 17th 7–27 2014–15 1Liga ACB 16th 11–23 2015–16 1Liga ACB 16th 10–24 2016–17 1Liga ACB17th 5–27 2017–18 2 LEB Oro2nd 33–14 Copa Princesa RU2018–19 1Liga ACB 8th 17–19 2019–20 1Liga ACB 13th 9–14 3 Champions League 7–72020–21 1Liga ACB 10th 17–19 2021–221Liga ACB 7th 20–16 Quarterfinalist 3 Champions League 12–42022–231Liga ACB 14th 12–22 3 Champions League 8–72023–241Liga ACB 8th 19–17 Quarterfinalist 2024–251Liga ACB 10th 17–17 Quarterfinalist 3 Champions League 7–52025–261Liga ACB 10th 16–182 EuroCup 11–8
Trophies and awards
Trophies Spanish championships: (1) 1997–98 Spanish cups: (1) 1996 2nd division championships: (1) LEB Oro: (1) 2007 Catalan basketball leagues: (4) 1997, 1999, 2021, 2025 LEB Catalan basketball league (Catalan 2nd Division Cup): (2) 2000, 2001 Trofeu General Orgaz-Copa Ciutat de Barcelona: (1) 1940 Liga de Verano ACB Palmarés de las Ligas de Verano ACB - ACB.Com Winners (4): 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003
Individual awards ACB Finals MVP Joan Creus – 1998
Spanish Cup MVP Joan Creus – 1996
ACB Rising Star Micah Downs – 2012
All-ACB Second Team Dejan Musli – 2016
ACB Slam Dunk Champion Nate Higgs – 2000 Serge Ibaka – 2008
ACB Three Point Shootout Champion Sergiy Gladyr – 2010
LEB Oro MVP Jordi Trias – 2018
Notable players
Joan Creus Roger Grimau Rafa Martínez Albert Oliver Dani Pérez Jordi Trias Sergio Llull Serge Ibaka Juan Domingo de la Cruz Juan Alberto Espil Andrés Nocioni Juan Pablo Vaulet Ismaël Bako Alex Renfroe Gabriel Lundberg Eulis Báez Siim-Sander Vene Elias Valtonen Erik Murphy Sylvain Francisco Ádám Hanga Marius Grigonis Deividas Dulkys Martinas Geben Chima Moneke Rolando Frazer Dejan Musli Brancou Badio Kieron Achara Derrick Alston Derrick Alston Jr. Toby Bailey Justin Doellman George Gervin Granger Hall Nate Higgs Jeff Lamp Scott Machado Devin Robinson Linton Townes
Notes
References
External links Official website