Donosti Gipuzkoa Basket 2001 Saskibaloi Kirol Elkartea S.A.D., commonly known as Gipuzkoa Basket and as Inveready Askatuak Gipuzkoa for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional basketball club based in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain. The team plays in the Primera FEB, the second tier. They play their home games in the Donostia Arena.
History Gipuzkoa Basket started competing in LEB 2, third tier. After a first season where the club finished in 11th position out of sixteen teams, it ceased in activity until 2004, when it came back to LEB 2.
In the 2004–05 LEB 2 season, despite finishing in the second position of the regular season, Gipuzkoa BC was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the promotion playoffs by Ciudad de La Laguna. After this come back to competition, Gipuzkoa BC bought the place in Liga LEB, second tier, to CB Ciudad de Algeciras.
Bruesa GBC only needed one season in LEB to achieve promotion Liga ACB. The team finished the regular season in the sixth position but performed a perfect playoff (7–0) to win the league.
The 2006–07 ACB season was not good for the club and could not remain in the league after only winning eight of the 34 games. Porfirio Fisac finished his era in the club after two consecutive promotions.
Despite this failure, Bruesa GBC, this time with Pablo Laso as coach, obtained again the promotion after beating Tenerife Rural in the final game by 81–76 in Cáceres.
The second era in Liga ACB was much better, and the club had not too much problems to remain in the league. The 2011–12 season, just after Pablo Laso signed with Real Madrid, would be the best one in the history of the club, qualifying for the first time to play the Copa del Rey, where the team was defeated in the quarterfinals by Caja Laboral, and the playoffs, not being able to beat Valencia Basket.
A drastic cut in the public subvention to the club, forced Gipuzkoa to resign to play in the Eurocup. From 2012 to 2016 the club decreased its performances and was relegated to LEB Oro in three of the following four seasons, but remained in the league due to the not ability of the second-tier teams to fulfill the requirements to join the ACB League.
In July 2016, after its third relegation and only winning seven games of the 2015–16 season, the board of directors agreed to register GBC in the LEB Oro, thus rejecting the invitation to play again in Liga ACB. With this decision, GBC came back to its old pavilion Polideportivo Municipal José Antonio Gasca, instead of playing again at Illumbe bullring. In its third season at LEB Oro, it achieved a third promotion to the top tier after ending as league champions.
Two years after promoting, GBC suffered a new relegation to LEB Oro. In its fourth season, the club achieved its first Copa Princesa de Asturias after three participations, by beating away Carramimbre CBC Valladolid.
Sponsorship naming Gipuzkoa Basket has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:
Datac GBC (2001–02) Bruesa GBC (2004–09) Lagun Aro GBC (2009–13) RETAbet.es GBC (2015–2017) Delteco GBC (2017–2019) Delteco Gipuzkoa Basket (2019–2020) Acunsa GBC (2020–present)
Home arenas José Antonio Gasca (2001–06, 2016–2017, 2019–2020) Donostia Arena (2006–2016, 2017–2019, 2020–present)
Players
Current roster
Depth chart
Coaches
Aitor Uriondo: 2001–02 Porfirio Fisac: 2004–07 Pablo Laso: 2007–11 Sito Alonso: 2011–14 Jaume Ponsarnau: 2014–15 Porfirio Fisac: 2015–2018 Sergio Valdeolmillos: 2018–2019 Marcelo Nicola: 2019–2021 Lolo Encinas: 2021–2023 Mikel Odriozola: 2023–present
Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.Copa del ReyOther cups2001–02 3 LEB 2 11th 13–17 2002–04Did not enter any competition2004–05 3 LEB 2 5th 23–12 Copa LEB 2 SF2005–06 2 LEB1st 26–15 2006–07 1 Liga ACB18th 8–26 2007–08 2 LEB Oro2nd 28–10 Copa Príncipe SF2008–09 1 Liga ACB 12th 11–21 2009–10 1 Liga ACB 14th 13–21 2010–11 1 Liga ACB 14th 12–22 2011–12 1 Liga ACB 5th 20–17Quarterfinalist2012–13 1 Liga ACB17th 8–26 2013–14 1 Liga ACB 10th 16–18 2014–15 1Liga ACB17th 10–24 2015–16 1Liga ACB18th 7–27 2016–17 2 LEB Oro1st 25–9 2017–18 1 Liga ACB 13th 13–21 2018–19 1Liga ACB17th 10–24 2019–20 2 LEB Oro2nd 18–6 Copa Princesa 2020–21 1Liga ACB19th 7–29 2021–22 2 LEB Oro 11th 17–17 2022–23 2 LEB Oro 5th 22–17 2023–24 2 LEB Oro 6th 25–14 2024–25 2 Primera FEB 8th 16–21 Spain Cup GS2025–26 2 Primera FEB 6th 19–16 Spain Cup R32
Trophies and awards
Trophies Liga Española de Baloncesto: (3) 2006, 2017, 2020 Runners-up (1): 2008 Copa Princesa de Asturias: (1) 2020
Individual awards ACB Most Valuable Player Andy Panko – 2012
All-ACB First Team Andy Panko – 2012 Sergi Vidal – 2012 Henk Norel – 2018
ACB Best Young Player Award Dani Díez – 2015
Notable players
Notes
References
External links
Gipuzkoa Basket at ACB.COM