Bàsquet Girona Explained

Club Bàsquet Girona 2014, SAD,^[3] commonly known as Bàsquet Girona (pronounced as /es/), is a professional basketball club based in Girona, Spain. It was founded in 2014 by former NBA player Marc Gasol. The team plays in the Liga ACB. It home arena is Fontajau.

History

The club was founded in 2014 by NBA player Marc Gasol, who previously played in CB Girona between 2006 and 2008, with the name of Club Escola Bàsquet Marc Gasol.^[4] In its first years, the club only competed in youth categories.

In 2016, it added the name of the city of Girona to the name of the club thus becoming CEB Girona Marc Gasol and one year later, it changed again its name to simply Bàsquet Girona.

Also in 2017, and with the aim to become the main men's basketball club in the city, the club created the senior squad that would start competing in the fourth-tier Liga EBA after achieving a vacant spot in the league.^[5] Quim Costa would be the head coach for the debut season.^[6]

In November 2021, Gasol announced he would play with the club, by that time in LEB Oro, through the end of the 2021–22 season before deciding whether to retire from play.^[7]

The club earned promotion to the Liga ACB for the first time in its history, after defeating Movistar Estudiantes in the LEB Oro playoff final, 66-60.^[8]

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.		Cup competitions
2017–18	4	Liga EBA		17–9
2018–19	3	LEB Plata	9th	18–16
2019–20	3	LEB Plata	2nd	19–6		bgcolor=silver
2020–21	2	LEB Oro	4th	12–14
2021–22	2	LEB Oro	2nd	26–13
2022–23	1	Liga ACB	15th	11–23
2023–24	1	Liga ACB	14th	13–21

Players

Depth chart

Head coaches

• Quim Costa (2017−2019)
• Àlex Formento (2019−2020)
• Carles Marco (2020−2021)
• Jordi Sargatal (2021−2022)
• Aíto García Reneses (2022−2023)
• Salva Camps (2023−2024)
• Fotios Katsikaris (2024−present)

Notable players

• Marc Gasol
• Jordi Trias
• Khem Birch

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. News: Pinilla . José Ignacio . Bàsquet Girona: el legado de Marc Gasol . 3 August 2024 . . 13 September 2021 . es.
2. News: Así nació el Girona de Gasol: "Marc me llamó el día de su boda" . 3 August 2024 . . 20 June 2022 . es.
3. Web site: Relación de SAD . . 3 August 2024 . es.
4. Web site: Marc Gasol funda un club escuela en Girona. Spanish Basketball Federation. es. 30 December 2017. 20 May 2014.
5. Web site: El Bàsquet Girona de Marc Gasol crea su primer equipo sénior. Mundo Deportivo. es. 21 July 2017. 30 December 2017.
6. Web site: Marc Gasol confirma Quim Costa com a tècnic del Bàsquet Girona a la Lliga EBA. Diari de Girona. ca. 30 December 2017. 27 July 2017.
7. News: Marc Gasol to play for Spanish club Girona, which he founded in 2014 . Associated Press . ESPN.com . 25 November 2021 . 25 November 2021.
8. Web site: Resumen, resultado y estadísticas del Bàsquet Girona - Movistar Estudiantes: ¡Girona es de ACB! | Marca . 19 June 2022 .