Bàsquet Manresa

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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.^[2]

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.

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–present

Logos

Non commercial logo

Non commercial logo
2002–2009

2002–2009
2015–2018

2015–2018
2018–

2018–

Home arenas

Pavelló Congost (1968–92), before 1968 the team played in not domed courts next to the football stadium of Pujolet.
Pavelló Nou Congost (1992–present)

Players

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File:George Gervin TDK Manresa.jpg

George Gervin in 1990

Basketball Hall of Famers

George Gervin, SG, 1989–1990, Inducted 1996

Retired numbers

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7	Template:Flagicon	Joan Creus	G	1993–01
10	Template:Flagicon	Pep Pujolrás	F	1986–92

Current roster

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Depth chart

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Head coaches

Since 1967:

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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

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />W–LScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Copa del Rey	Other cups		European competitions
1967–68	2	2ª División	2nd	24–5
1968–69	1	1ª División	11th	7–16
1969–70	2	2ª División	1st	19–3
1970–71	1	1ª División	4th	11–1–10	Semifinalist
1971–72	1	1ª División	8th	9–13	Quarterfinalist			3 Korać Cup	QF	0–2
1972–73	1	1ª División	7th	14–1–15	Round of 16
1973–74	1	1ª División	6th	13–2–13	Quarterfinalist
1974–75	1	1ª División	5th	9–3–10	Semifinalist
1975–76	1	1ª División	6th	13–19
1976–77	1	1ª División	9th	8–1–13	First round
1977–78	1	1ª División	5th	9–1–12	Quarterfinalist
1978–79	1	1ª División	7th	10–12	Round of 16
1979–80	1	1ª División	6th	10–12	Runner-up
1980–81	1	1ª División	8th	10–1–15	Semifinalist
1981–82	1	1ª División	7th	13–13	Round of 16
1982–83	1	1ª División	9th	10–16	Round of 16
1983–84	1	Liga ACB	16th	5–23
1984–85	2	1ª División B	3rd	17–9
1985–86	1	Liga ACB	10th	14–16		Copa Príncipe	QF
1986–87	1	Liga ACB	10th	14–17		Copa Príncipe	RU
1987–88	1	Liga ACB	15th	17–16		Copa Príncipe	QF	3 Korać Cup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />R2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	1–1
1988–89	1	Liga ACB	20th	18–22	Round of 16
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	22nd	17–16	Round of 16
1990–91	1	Liga ACB	18th	18–20	Quarterfinalist
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	13th	17–23	First round
1992–93	1	Liga ACB	13th	16–18	Quarterfinalist
1993–94	1	Liga ACB	7th	22–12	Second round
1994–95	1	Liga ACB	4th	23–21	Second round			3 Korać Cup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />GSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	6–4
1995–96	1	Liga ACB	4th	28–18	Champion			3 Korać Cup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />GSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	5–5
1996–97	1	Liga ACB	8th	19–18	Quarterfinalist			2 EuroCup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />R16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	7–7
1997–98	1	Liga ACB	1st	30–16	Semifinalist			3 Korać Cup	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />R32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	5–3
1998–99	1	Liga ACB	11th	16–18				1 Euroleague	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />GSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	5–11
1999–00	1	Liga ACB	17th	11–23
2000–01	2	LEB	3rd	26–12		Copa Príncipe	RU
2001–02	2	LEB	2nd	32–1–8		Copa Príncipe	SF
2002–03	1	Liga ACB	13th	15–19
2003–04	1	Liga ACB	9th	16–18	Quarterfinalist
2004–05	1	Liga ACB	13th	12–22
2005–06	1	Liga ACB	17th	12–22
2006–07	2	LEB	1st	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	18thTemplate:Efn	6–28
2013–14	1	Liga ACB	17thTemplate:Efn	7–27
2014–15	1	Liga ACB	16th	11–23
2015–16	1	Liga ACB	16th	10–24
2016–17	1	Liga ACB	17th	5–27
2017–18	2	LEB Oro	2nd	33–14		Copa Princesa	RU
2018–19	1	Liga ACB	8th	17–19
2019–20	1	Liga ACB	13thTemplate:Efn	9–14				3 Champions League	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	7–7
2020–21	1	Liga ACB	10th	17–19
2021–22	1	Liga ACB	7th	20–16	Quarterfinalist			3 Champions League	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />RUScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	12–4
2022–23	1	Liga ACB	14th	12–22				3 Champions League	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />QFScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	8–7
2023–24	1	Liga ACB	8th	19–17	Quarterfinalist
2024–25	1	Liga ACB	10th	17–17	Quarterfinalist			3 Champions League	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />R16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	7–5