FC Barcelona Bàsquet

FC Barcelona Lassa
2016–17 FC Barcelona Bàsquet season
Leagues	Liga ACB EuroLeague
Founded	24 August 1926
History	F.C. Barcelona (1926–present)
Arena	Palau Blaugrana
Arena Capacity	7,585
Location	Barcelona, Spain
Team colors	Blue, Cardinal, Yellow
President	Josep Maria Bartomeu
Team manager	Rodrigo De La Fuente
Head coach	Georgios Bartzokas
Ownership	FC Barcelona
Championships	1 Intercontinental Cup 2 EuroLeagues 2 Saporta Cups 2 Korać Cups 18 Spanish Championships 23 Spanish Cups 6 Spanish Supercups
Retired numbers	4 Andrés Jiménez 7 Nacho Solozábal 12 Roberto Dueñas 15 Epi
Website	www.fcbarcelona.com
Uniforms
Home Away

Active departments of FC Barcelona
Football (Men's)	Football B (Men's)	Football U-19 (Men's)
Football (Women's)	Futsal	Beach soccer
Basketball	Basketball B	Wheelchair basketball
Handball	Roller hockey	Ice hockey
Rugby union	Rugby league

FC Barcelona Lassa is a Spanish professional basketball club. It is part of the FC Barcelona sports club and was founded on 24 August 1926 which makes it the oldest club in Liga ACB. The club competes in the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. It has won seven of the last thirteen ACB championships and in 2003, completed a Liga ACB, Copa del Rey and EuroLeague treble. FC Barcelona Bàsquet has played in seven EuroLeague finals, with the last being their 2010 win.

The team plays its home games at Palau Blaugrana, which was opened on 23 October 1971. They share the facilities with the roller hockey, futsal and handball teams.

Well-known players that have played with the team have included: Pau Gasol, Rony Seikaly, Marc Gasol, Anderson Varejão, Juan Carlos Navarro, Jaka Lakovič, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Dejan Bodiroga, Gianluca Basile, Ricky Rubio, Juan Antonio San Epifanio "Epi", Sasha Djordjevic, and Tony Massenburg.

FC Barcelona Lassa also has a reserve team that plays in LEB Oro.

History

Early years

The club entered its first competition in 1927, playing in the Campionat de Catalunya de Basquetbol (Catalonian Basketball Championship). During these early years basketball in Catalonia was dominated by other clubs such as CE Europa, Laietà BC, CB Atlètic Gràcia and Société Patrie and it was not until the 1940s that FC Barcelona became established as a basketball team. During this decade they won six Copas del Generalísimo and were runners-up once. In 1956 they were founding members of the Liga Española de Baloncesto and finished as runners-up. In 1959 they won Spanish basketball's first-ever league and cup double.^[1]

Decline in the 1960s

The 1960s and 1970s saw the team in decline. In 1961 the club president Enric Llaudet dissolved the team in spite of its popularity. However, in 1962, the club was reformed after a campaign by the fans. In 1964 the league's Primera División was cut from fourteen teams to eight and the club found themselves in the Segunda División. However they quickly returned to the top division after being crowned Segunda champions in 1965. During the 1970s the club was persistently overshadowed by its rivals Real Madrid and Joventut.

Revival in the 1980s

In the 1980s club president Josep Lluís Núñez gave the team his full support with the aim of making the club the best in Spain and Europe. His support produced results and during the decade inspired by their coach Aíto García Reneses and players like Epi, Andrés Jiménez, Sibilio, Audie Norris and Solozábal, the club won six Spanish championships, five Spanish cups, two European Cup Winners Cups, the Korać Cup and the World Championship. However the European Cup remained elusive. They were, however, runners-up in 1984.

Champions of Europe

The club built on this success during the 1990s, winning a further four Spanish championships and two Spanish cups. They were still unable to win the European Cup despite playing in a further four finals in 1990, 1991, 1996 and 1997. They also made a record six EuroLeague Final Four appearances. The star player during this era was Juan Antonio San Epifanio.

Their persistence eventually paid off and in 2003, inspired by Dejan Bodiroga, Gregor Fučka, Šarūnas Jasikevičius and Juan Carlos Navarro, they won the EuroLeague, beating Benetton Treviso 76–65 in front of a packed Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona. They repeated the feat in 2010, and that October, they made further history when they beat the two-time defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers - including Kobe Bryant and FCB Bàsquet alumnus and Barcelona native Pau Gasol - 92-88 at the Palau Sant Jordi as part of the 2010 NBA Europe Live Tour. The match was also notable for being both a match-up between the reigning NBA and EuroLeague champions and the first time a European team had won against a defending NBA champion. Two FCB Bàsquet players in that game - captain Navarro and point guard Ricky Rubio - either had or went on to play in the NBA.

Sponsorship naming

From 2004 until 2007 the club was sponsored by the Winterthur Group, a Swiss insurance company with offices in Barcelona since 1910, which led to the team featuring the birthplace of Joan Gamper, the club's founder, on their shirts. In 2006 the Winterthur Group was taken over by AXA, leading to a change in the club name. In the 2008–09 season, the club's sponsorship changed to Spanish insurer Regal (a division of Liberty Seguros, the Spanish subsidiary of American insurer Liberty Mutual). This sponsorship finished in June 2013.

FC Barcelona Banca Catalana 1993–97 Winterthur FC Barcelona 2004–07 AXA FC Barcelona 2007–08 Regal FC Barcelona 2008–2011 FC Barcelona Regal 2011–2013[2] FC Barcelona Lassa 2015–2019[3]

Home arenas

• Sol de Baix Sports Complex (1926–40)
• Les Corts Court (1940–71), located next to Les Corts football stadium
• Palau Sant Jordi (1990–92), after 1992 occasionally used for home games
• Palau Blaugrana (1971–90, 1992–present)
• Nou Palau Blaugrana (starting with the 2019–20 season)

Players

Retired numbers

FC Barcelona retired numbers
N°	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
4		Andrés Jiménez	PF	1986–98
7		Nacho Solozábal	G	1978–94
12		Roberto Dueñas	C	1996–05
15		Juan Antonio San Epifanio	F	1979–95

Current roster

FC Barcelona Lassa roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age 3.5 !F 7001100000000000000♠10 ESP ! Claver, Víctor 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb) 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1988-08-30)30 August 1988 4.0 !PF 7000500000000000000♠5 KOS ! Doellman, Justin 7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb) 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1985-02-03)3 February 1985 5.0 !C 7000600000000000000♠6 USA ! Dorsey, Joey 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002125000000000000♠125 kg (276 lb) 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1983-12-16)16 December 1983 2.5 !G/F 7001200000000000000♠20 SWE ! Eriksson, Marcus 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 7001940000000000000♠94 kg (207 lb) 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1993-12-05)5 December 1993 4.0 !PF 7000300000000000000♠3 USA ! Holmes, Jonathan 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002110000000000000♠110 kg (243 lb) 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1992-12-09)9 December 1992 1.5 !G 7001250000000000000♠25 FIN ! Koponen, Petteri 7000194000000000000♠1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001880000000000000♠88 kg (194 lb) 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1988-04-13)13 April 1988 5.0 !C 7000900000000000000♠9 NGA ! Lawal, Shane  7000208000000000000♠2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 7002105000000000000♠105 kg (231 lb) 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-10-08)8 October 1986 2.0 !SG 7001110000000000000♠11 ESP ! Navarro, Juan Carlos  (C) 7000192000000000000♠1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 7001905000000000000♠90.5 kg (200 lb) 7001360000000000000♠36 – (1980-06-13)13 June 1980 2.0 !SG 7001240000000000000♠24 ESP ! Oleson, Brad 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001905000000000000♠90.5 kg (200 lb) 7001330000000000000♠33 – (1983-04-11)11 April 1983 1.0 !PG 7001160000000000000♠16 SRB ! Peno, Stefan 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb) 7001190000000000000♠19 – (1997-08-03)3 August 1997 3.0 !SF 7001330000000000000♠33 GRE ! Perperoglou, Stratos 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 7002104000000000000♠104 kg (229 lb) 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1984-08-07)7 August 1984 1.5 !G 7001320000000000000♠32 BIH ! Renfroe, Alex 7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 7001800000000000000♠80 kg (176 lb) 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1986-05-23)23 May 1986 2.0 !SG 7000800000000000000♠8 ESP ! Ribas, Pau  7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb) 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1987-03-02)2 March 1987 1.0 !PG 7000200000000000000♠2 MNE ! Rice, Tyrese 7000185000000000000♠1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb) 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1987-05-15)15 May 1987 5.0 !C 7001280000000000000♠28 BRA ! Sena, Wesley 7000210000000000000♠2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 7001860000000000000♠86 kg (190 lb) 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1996-05-02)2 May 1996 5.0 !C 7001440000000000000♠44 CRO ! Tomić, Ante 7000218000000000000♠2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) 7002120000000000000♠120 kg (265 lb) 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1987-02-17)17 February 1987 3.5 !F 7001140000000000000♠14 BUL ! Vezenkov, Aleksandar 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 7002102000000000000♠102 kg (225 lb) 7001210000000000000♠21 – (1995-08-06)6 August 1995	Head coach Georgios Bartzokas Assistant coach(es) Christos Pappas Josep Maria Berrocal Pino Grdović Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: November 29, 2016

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Ante Tomić	Joey Dorsey	Shane Lawal	Wesley Sena
PF	Justin Doellman	Jonathan Holmes	Aleksandar Vezenkov
SF	Víctor Claver	Stratos Perperoglou		Marcus Eriksson
SG	Brad Oleson	Petteri Koponen	Juan Carlos Navarro	Pau Ribas
PG	Tyrese Rice	Alex Renfroe		Stefan Peno

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

• Played at least one season for the club.
• Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club.
• Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time.
• To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

Head coaches

Managers since 1974:

Honours

Domestic

Liga ACB

• Winners (18): 1958–59, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14

Spanish Cup

• Winners (23): 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1959, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1994, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013

Spanish Supercup

• Winners (6): 1987–88, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015

Prince of Asturias Cup

• Winners (1): 1988

European

EuroLeague

• Winners (2): 2002-03, 2009-10
• Runners-up (5): 1983-84, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1995-96, 1996-97

FIBA Saporta Cup

• Winners (2): 1984-85, 1985-86
• Runners-up (1): 1980-81

FIBA Korać Cup

• Winners (2): 1986-87, 1998-99
• Runners-up (1): 1974-75

Worldwide

FIBA Intercontinental Cup

• Winners (1): 1985
• Runners-up (1): 1987

Unofficial

European Super Cup

• Winners (1): 1987

Triple Crown

• Winners (1): 2003

Regional

Catalan League

• Winners (9): 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955

Catalan Cup

• Winners (20): 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

International record

Season	Achievement	Notes
EuroLeague
1959-60	Quarter-finals	eliminated by Polonia Warsaw, 64-65 (L) in Barcelona and 41-49 (L) in Warsaw
1981-82	Semi-final group stage	4th place in a group with Maccabi Elite, Squibb Cantù, Partizan, Nashua Den Bosch and Panathinaikos
1983-84	Final	lost to Banco di Roma Virtus, 73-79 in the final (Geneva)
1987-88	Quarter-finals	5th place in a group with Partizan, Aris, Tracer Milano, Maccabi Elite, Saturn Köln, Orthez and Nashua Den Bosch
1988-89	Final Four	4th place in Munich, lost to Jugoplastika Split 77–87 in the semi-final, lost to Aris 71–88 in the 3rd place game
1989-90	Final	defeated Aris 104-83 in the semi-final, lost to Jugoplastika Split 67-72 in the final (Zaragoza)
1990-91	Final	defeated Maccabi Elite 104-83 in the semi-final, lost to Pop 84 Split 67-72 in the final (Paris)
1991-92	Quarter-finals	eliminated 2–0 by Philips Milano, 79-80 (L) in Milan and 71-86 (L) in Barcelona
1993-94	Final Four	4th place in Tel Aviv, lost to 7Up Joventut 65–79 in the semi-final, lost to Panathinaikos 83–100 in the 3rd place game
1995-96	Final	defeated Real Madrid 76-66 in the semi-final, lost to Panathinaikos 66-67 in the final (Paris)
1996-97	Final	defeated ASVEL 77-70 in the semi-final, lost to Olympiacos 58-73 in the final (Rome)
1999-00	Final Four	4th place in Thessaloniki, lost to Maccabi Elite 51–65 in the semi-final, lost to Efes Pilsen 69–75 in the 3rd place game
2002-03	Champions	defeated CSKA Moscow 76-71 in the semi-final, defeated Benetton Treviso 76-65 in the final of the Final Four in Barcelona
2005-06	Final Four	4th place in Prague, lost to CSKA Moscow 75–84 in the semi-final, lost to Tau Cerámica 82–87 in the 3rd place game
2006-07	Quarter-finals	eliminated 2–1 by Unicaja Málaga, 75-91 (L) in Málaga, 80-58 (W) in Barcelona and 64-67 (L) in Málaga
2007-08	Quarter-finals	eliminated 2–1 by Maccabi Elite, 75-81 (L) in Tel Aviv, 83-74 (W) in Barcelona and 75-88 (L) in Tel Aviv
2008-09	Final Four	3rd place in Berlin, lost to CSKA Moscow 78–82 in the semi-final, defeated Olympiacos 95–79 in the 3rd place game
2009-10	Champions	defeated CSKA Moscow 64-54 in the semi-final, defeated Olympiacos 86-68 in the final of the Final Four in Paris
2010-11	Quarter-finals	eliminated 3–1 by Panathinaikos, 83-82 (W) & 71-75 (L) in Barcelona, 74-76 (L) & 67-78 (L) in Athens
2011-12	Final Four	3rd place in Istanbul, lost to Olympiacos 64–68 in the semi-final, defeated Panathinaikos 74–69 in the 3rd place game
2012-13	Final Four	4th place in London, lost to Real Madrid 67–74 in the semi-final, lost to CSKA Moscow 73–74 in the 3rd place game
2013-14	Final Four	3rd place in Milan, lost to Real Madrid 62–100 in the semi-final, defeated CSKA Moscow 93–78 in the 3rd place game
2014-15	Quarter-finals	eliminated 3–1 by Olympiacos, 73-57 (W) & 63-76 (L) in Barcelona, 71-73 (L) & 68-71 (L) in Piraeus
2015-16	Quarter-finals	eliminated 3–2 by Lokomotiv Kuban, 66-61 (L) & 66-92(W) in Krasnodar, 82-70 (W) & 80-92 (L) in Barcelona, 81-67 (W) in Krasnodar
Saporta Cup
1977–78	Semi-finals	eliminated by Gabetti Cantù, 90-87 (W) in Barcelona and 77-97 (L) in Cantù
1978–79	Semi-finals	eliminated by Gabetti Cantù, 89-84 (W) in Barcelona and 83-101 (L) in Cantù
1979–80	Semi-finals	eliminated by Gabetti Cantù, 92-93 (L) in Barcelona and 74-78 (L) in Cantù
1980–81	Final	lost to Squibb Cantù 82–86 in the final (Rome)
1982–83	Quarter-finals	3rd place in a group with Scavolini Pesaro, Nashua Den Bosch and Hapoel Ramat Gan
1984–85	Champions	defeated Žalgiris 77-73 in the final of European Cup Winner's Cup in Grenoble
1985–86	Champions	defeated Scavolini Pesaro 101-86 in the final of European Cup Winner's Cup in Caserta
Korać Cup
1973	Semi-finals	eliminated by Maes Pils Mechelen, 87-99 (L) in Mechelen and 78-82 (L) in Barcelona
1974–75	Final	lost to Forst Cantù, 69-71 (L) in Barcelona and 85–110 (L) in Cantù
1986–87	Champions	defeated Limoges,106-85 (W) in Barcelona and 97-86 (W) in Limoges in the double finals of Korać Cup
1992-93	Semi-finals	eliminated by Virtus Roma, 64-84 (L) in Barcelona and 79-85 (L) in Rome
1998–99	Champions	defeated Adecco Estudiantes, 77-93 (L) in Madrid and 97-70 (W) in Barcelona in the double finals of Korać Cup
Intercontinental Cup
1984	4th place	4th place with a 2-2 record in a league tournament in São Paulo
1985	Champions	defeated Monte Líbano 93-89 in the final of Intercontinental Cup in Barcelona
1987	Final	lost to Tracer Milano 84-100 in the final (Milan)
McDonald's Championship
1989	4th place	4th place in Rome, lost to Denver Nuggets 103-137 in the semi-final, lost to Philips Milano 104-136 in the 3rd place game
1990	3rd place	3rd place in Barcelona, lost to Pop 84 Split 97-102 in the semi-final, defeated Scavolini Pesaro 106-105 in the 3rd place game
1997	6th place	6th place in Paris, lost to PSG Racing 84-97 in the preliminary round, lost to Benetton Treviso 103-106 in the 5th place game

Individual awards

Records

• Most points scored in a game: FC Barcelona 147–106 Cajabilbao (1986 –87 season)
• Biggest point differential: 74 – FC Barcelona 128–54 Mataró (1972 –73)
• Biggest point differential (against): 60 – Real Madrid 125–65 FC Barcelona (1973) and Real Madrid 138–78 FC Barcelona (1977)
• Most games played with FC Barcelona: Juan Antonio San Epifanio "Epi" (421)
• Most minutes played with FC Barcelona: Juan Antonio San Epifanio "Epi" (11.758)
• Most career points scored with FC Barcelona: Juan Antonio San Epifanio "Epi" (7.028)
• Most assists: Juan Carlos Navarro (932)*^[4]
• Most rebounds: Roberto Dueñas (2.113)
• Most blocked shots: Roberto Dueñas (266)
• Most three-point shots made: Juan Carlos Navarro (684)*^[4]
• Most steals: Nacho Solozábal (611)

Note: Players with a * are still playing for Barcelona.

Season by season

Last update: May 13, 2016.

Seasons		Domestic competitions					Cup competitions			European competitions				Personnel
		Tier	League	Pos.	Postseason		Cup	SC		Tier	League	Result		Coach	Top scorer a
2010–11		1	ACB	1	Champion		Champion	C		1	Euroleague	QF		Xavi Pascual	Juan Carlos Navarro – 15.7
2011–12		1	ACB	1	Champion		Runner-up	C		1	Euroleague	3rd		Xavi Pascual	Juan Carlos Navarro – 13.6
2012–13		1	ACB	2	Runner-up		Champion	RU		1	Euroleague	4th		Xavi Pascual	Juan Carlos Navarro – 12.1
2013–14		1	ACB	1	Champion		Runner-up	RU		1	Euroleague	3rd		Xavi Pascual	Juan Carlos Navarro – 10.8
2014–15		1	ACB	2	Runner-up		Runner-up	RU		1	Euroleague	QF		Xavi Pascual	Justin Doellman – 11.5
2015–16	1	ACB	1	Runner-up	Quarterfinals	C	1	Euroleague	QF	Xavi Pascual

Matches against NBA teams

See also

• FC Barcelona–Real Madrid rivalry
• 2006 NBA Europe Live Tour
• 2010 NBA Europe Live Tour
• 2012 NBA Europe Live Tour
• FC Barcelona Bàsquet B

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to FC Barcelona Bàsquet.

• Official website
• FC Barcelona at ACB.com (Spanish)
• FC Barcelona at Euroleague.net