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.
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
Logos
Home arenas Pabellón La Casilla: (2000–09) Bizkaia Arena: (2009–10), occasionally used for home games in 2007 and 2008 Bilbao Arena: (2010–present)
Players
Retired numbers Bilbao Basket retired numbersNo.PlayerPositionTenure 14 Javi Salgado PG 2001–2010, 2016–2019 15 Álex Mumbrú SF 2009–2018
Current roster
Depth chart
Head coaches
Txutxo Sanz: 2000–2001 Pedro Zorrozua: 2001 Txus Vidorreta: 2001–2010 Rafa Pueyo: 2010, 2013–2014 Fotios 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
Season by season Season Tier Division Pos. Copa del Rey Other cups European competitions 2000–01 3 LEB 2 13th 13–20 2001–02 3 LEB 21st 31–8 Copa LEB Plata 2002–03 2 LEB 6th 21–14 Copa Príncipe 2003–04 2 LEB1st 29–14 Copa Príncipe 2004–05 1 Liga ACB 14th 12–22 2005–06 1 Liga ACB 15th 13–21 2006–07 1 Liga ACB 10th 15–19 2007–08 1 Liga ACB 7th 21–15 Semifinalist Supercopa 2008–09 1 Liga ACB 8th 15–19 Eurocup 11–3 2009–10 1 Liga ACB 9th 16–18 Quarterfinalist Eurocup 13–5 2010–11 1 Liga ACB2nd 26–17 Quarterfinalist 2011–12 1 Liga ACB 6th 19–17 Supercopa Euroleague 10–10 2012–13 1 Liga ACB 7th 20–17 Quarterfinalist Eurocup 13–4 2013–14 1 Liga ACB 14th 12–22 Supercopa Eurocup 8–8 2014–15 1 Liga ACB 5th 21–18 Quarterfinalist 2015–16 1 Liga ACB 10th 16–18 Semifinalist Eurocup 11–5 2016–17 1 Liga ACB 10th 14–18 EuroCup 3–5 2017–18 1 Liga ACB17th 8–26 EuroCup 2–8 2018–19 2 LEB Oro2nd 29–12 Copa Princesa 2019–20 1 Liga ACB 8th 15–13 Quarterfinalist 2020–21 1 Liga ACB 17th 10–26 Champions League 2–4 2021–22 1 Liga ACB 9th 16–18 2022–23 1 Liga ACB 12th 14–20 Champions League 5–7 2023–24 1 Liga ACB 13th 13–21 Europe Cup 12–4 2024–25 1 Liga ACB 16th 11–23 Europe Cup 16–4 2025–26 1 Liga ACB 8th 19–17 Europe Cup 16–2
Trophies and awards
Trophies FIBA Europe Cup: Winners (2): 2025, 2026 Liga ACB: Runners-up (1): 2011 Supercopa de España: Runners-up (1): 2007 EuroCup: Runners-up (1): 2013 LEB: Winners (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 Marcelo Huertas – 2008 Marko Todorović – 2015 Álex Mumbrú – 2016 EuroCup MVP Marko Banić – 2010 All-EuroCup First Team Marko Banić – 2009, 2010 Kostas Vasileiadis – 2013 All-EuroCup Second Team Lamont Hamilton – 2013 EuroCup Coach of the Year 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 Marcelo Huertas Rafa Luz Tiago Splitter Marko Banić Damir Markota Ondřej Balvín Ángel Delgado Damien Inglis Adrien Moerman Jérôme Moïso Frédéric Weis Ben Bentil Georgios Bogris Dimitrios Mavroeidis Kostas Vasileiadis Nikos Zisis D'or Fischer Dairis Bertāns Jānis Blūms Antanas Kavaliauskas Arnoldas Kulboka Renaldas Seibutis Gytis Masiulis Osvaldas Matulionis Predrag Savović Marko Todorović Micheal Eric Martin Rančík Ludvig Håkanson Jaylon Brown Andrew Goudelock Lamont Hamilton Aaron Jackson John Jenkins Quincy Lewis Khyri Thomas Jeff Withey
Matches against NBA teams
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 Tercera FEB, the fourth tier of Spanish basketball.
Season by season Season Tier Division Pos. 2019–20 5 1ª Nacional 12th 5–13 2020–21 5 1ª Nacional 3rd 10–1–6 2021–22 5 1ª Nacional 1st 16–6 2022–23 4 Liga EBA 16–11 2023–24 4 Liga EBA 25–4 2024–25 4 Tercera FEB 14–12
Notes
References
External links Official website Bilbao Basket at ACB.COM