BC_Andorra
BC Andorra
Basketball team in Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Bàsquet Club Andorra S.A., also known as MoraBanc Andorra for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in Andorra la Vella, Andorra. Though based in Andorra, the club plays in the Spanish basketball league system. The team plays in the Liga ACB with home games played at the Poliesportiu d'Andorra.
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| Leagues | Liga ACB | ||
| Founded | 12 June 1970; 53 years ago (1970-06-12) | ||
| History | CB Les Escaldes 1970–1971 BC Andorra 1971–present | ||
| Arena | Poliesportiu d'Andorra | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Location | Andorra la Vella, Andorra | ||
| Team colors | Blue, white, yellow, red | ||
| Main sponsor | MoraBanc | ||
| President | Gorka Aixàs | ||
| Vice-president(s) | Xavi Mujal Pere Aixàs | ||
| Head coach | Natxo Lezkano | ||
| Championships | 1 LEB Oro championship 1 LEB Plata championship 1 Copa Príncipe 2 Lliga Catalana | ||
| Website | bca.ad | ||
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From 1992 to 1996, BC Andorra played in the top league, the Liga ACB and also the Korać Cup during the 1995–96 season. After being relegated and playing one season in LEB league, the club resigned to its berth and came back to regional competitions. The club returned to Liga ACB in 2014, 18 years after its last appearance.
On 12 June 1970 the club was founded as Club de Basket Les Escaldes, and changed its name to Bàsquet Club Andorra on 12 April 1971.[1]
BC Andorra began playing in the regional competitions of Lleida, being promoted in the 1975–76 season to Primera Catalana. The following season the club resigned the category due to financial problems, but achieved a promotion again during the 1980–81 season. The club was promoted to the Spanish Third Division at the end of 1981–82 season and the Spanish Second Division during the 1983–84 season. In the 1985–86 season, Andorra reached the Primera Division B after 6 seasons and won the promotion to the Liga ACB, where BC Andorra remained four seasons. During the 1995–96 season the Andorran club participated in the Korać Cup. In 1996, the club was relegated to LEB and in the following seasons, competed at the low levels of Catalonia and Spain until 2009–10, when BC Andorra participated in the LEB Plata.[2]
In the 2012–13 season, BC Andorra participated in the LEB Oro, the second division of the Spanish basketball, reaching the play-off final promotion to the Liga ACB and being finalist of the Copa Príncipe.
The following season the Andorran club achieved the Copa Príncipe and the promotion to the top league of Spain after becoming winners of the 2013–14 LEB Oro.[3]
In 2017, Andorra qualified for the first time since 22 years to the ACB playoffs, where they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Real Madrid. This allowed the Andorrans to come back to the European competitions in the 2017–18 season, as the club registered in the EuroCup. After a first experience where the club was eliminated in the first round, Andorra reached the semifinals in their second participation.
BC Andorra is one of the most followed club of Andorra with approximately 1,200 associates[4] and a reference of the Andorran basketball. In 2014 was founded the first official fan-club supporter Penya Tricolor.[5] Some notable club supporters include Albert Llovera, Joaquim Rodríguez, José Luis Llorente, Roberto Dueñas or Cédric Gracia.[6][7]
- Joan Alay: Honorary president (Founder)
- Magí Maestre: 1970–71 (Founder)
- Eduard Molné: 1971–90 (Founder)
- Carles Fiñana: 1990–94
- Manel Arajol: 1994–2007
- Gorka Aixàs: 2007–present
BC Andorra has had several sponsorship names over the years:
  Traditional "tricolor"
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 Festina Andorra away
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 2002–2006 River Andorra
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 2002–2013 away uniform
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 Alternative "tricolor"
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 2016 Alternative[9]
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Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | ||
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| C | Felipe Dos Anjos | Marin Marić | |||
| PF | Tyson Pérez | Nacho Llovet | |||
| SF | Stan Okoye | Mihajlo Andrić | Juan Rubio | ||
| SG | Jerrick Harding | Tobias Borg | |||
| PG | Rafa Luz | Adam Somogyi |
Colours: Blue - homegrown player; Red - non–FIBA Europe player
| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Copa del Rey | Other cups | European competitions | |||
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| 1980–81 | 5 | 1ª Catalana | 6th | |||||||
| 1981–82 | 5 | 1ª Catalana | ||||||||
| 1982–83 | 4 | 3ª División | 5th | |||||||
| 1983–84 | 4 | 3ª División | 1st | |||||||
| 1984–85 | 3 | 2ª División | 6th | |||||||
| 1985–86 | 3 | 2ª División | 1st | |||||||
| 1986–87 | 2 | 1ª División B | 22nd | 12–22 | ||||||
| 1987–88 | 2 | 1ª División B | 20th | 22–20 | ||||||
| 1988–89 | 2 | 1ª División | 10th | 15–15 | ||||||
| 1989–90 | 2 | 1ª División | 5th | 19–14 | ||||||
| 1990–91 | 2 | 1ª División | 4th | 23–18 | ||||||
| 1991–92 | 2 | 1ª División | 1st | 29–12 | ||||||
| 1992–93 | 1 | Liga ACB | 12th | 15–18 | First round | |||||
| 1993–94 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th | 20–12 | First round | |||||
| 1994–95 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 20–20 | Quarterfinalist | |||||
| 1995–96 | 1 | Liga ACB | 19th | 11–31 | 3 Korać Cup | GS | 3–7 | |||
| 1996–97 | 2 | LEB | 4th[lower-alpha 1] | 21–19 | ||||||
| 1997–98 | 7 | 3ª Catalana | 1st | |||||||
| 1998–99 | 6 | 2ª Catalana | 1st | |||||||
| 1999–00 | 5 | 1ª Catalana | 1st | |||||||
| 2000–01 | 5 | Copa Catalunya | 7th | 18–12 | ||||||
| 2001–02 | 5 | Copa Catalunya | 2nd | 21–11 | ||||||
| 2002–03 | 5 | Copa Catalunya | 6th | 17–13 | ||||||
| 2003–04 | 5 | Copa Catalunya | 4th | 21–9 | ||||||
| 2004–05 | 5 | Copa Catalunya | 1st | 26–6 | ||||||
| 2005–06 | 4 | Liga EBA | 7th | 16–14 | ||||||
| 2006–07 | 4 | Liga EBA | 9th | 13–13 | ||||||
| 2007–08 | 4 | Liga EBA | 5th | 20–10 | ||||||
| 2008–09 | 4 | Liga EBA | 2nd | 23–10 | ||||||
| 2009–10 | 3 | LEB Plata | 6th | 21–15 | ||||||
| 2010–11 | 3 | LEB Plata | 3rd | 27–14 | Copa LEB Plata | RU | ||||
| 2011–12 | 3 | LEB Plata | 1st | 19–5 | Copa LEB Plata | RU | ||||
| 2012–13 | 2 | LEB Oro | 3rd | 30–10 | Copa Príncipe | RU | ||||
| 2013–14 | 2 | LEB Oro | 1st | 21–5 | Copa Príncipe | C | ||||
| 2014–15 | 1 | Liga ACB | 14th | 12–22 | ||||||
| 2015–16 | 1 | Liga ACB | 14th | 12–22 | ||||||
| 2016–17 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 17–18 | Quarterfinalist | |||||
| 2017–18 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 20–17 | 2 EuroCup | RS | 3–7 | |||
| 2018–19 | 1 | Liga ACB | 10th | 16–18 | 2 EuroCup | SF | 13–8 | |||
| 2019–20 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th | 15–13 | Semifinalist | 2 EuroCup | T16 | 8–8 | ||
| 2020–21 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th | 17–19 | 2 EuroCup | T16 | 6–10 | |||
| 2021–22 | 1 | Liga ACB | 17th | 11–23 | 2 EuroCup | SF | 12–7 | |||
| 2022–23 | 2 | LEB Oro | 1st | 30–4 | Copa Príncipe | RU | ||||
Trophies
- 2nd division championships: (2)
- 3rd division championships: (1)
- Lliga Catalana: (2)
- 2018, 2020
- Lliga Catalana LEB Oro: (1)
- 2013
- Lliga Catalana LEB Plata: (1)
- 2010
- Lliga Catalana EBA: (3)
- 1989, 1990, 1992
- Copa Príncipe: (1)
- 2014
- Trofeo Ciutat de Valencia: (1)
- 2017
Individual awards
- Jordi Trias – 2014
- Giorgi Shermadini – 2017
- Marc Blanch – 2013, 2014
- Jordi Trias – 2014
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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David Navarro
Thomas Schreiner- Quino Colom (youth teams)
- José Luis Llorente
- Josep Maria Margall
- Víctor Sada
- Jordi Trias
- Enrique Villalobos
Amine Noua
Giorgi Shermadini- Beka Burjanadze
Georgios Bogris- Thanasis Antetokounmpo
Vojdan Stojanovski
José "Piculín" Ortiz
T. J. Cline- Eric Anderson
- Rickey Brown
- Dan Godfread
- Conner Henry
- Jerrod Mustaf
- Andy Toolson
David Jelinek- Andrew Albicy
- "Reconocimiento de MoraBanc Andorra a los pioneros en Escaldes-Engordany" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 6 September 2018. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- "ACB.com" (in Spanish). ACB.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- "El River Andorra regresa a la ACB 18 años después | Baloncesto | EL MUNDO" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- "Els recursos propis del River MoraBanc s'apropen a la meitat del pressupost | BonDia Diari digital d'Andorra" (in Spanish). BonDia.ad. 22 February 1999. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- "Las aficiones, como la liga, al rojo vivo – Baloncesto" (in Spanish). FEB.es. 19 January 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- "El Bàsquet Club Andorra | BC Morabanc Andorra | Web Oficial" (in Catalan). bca.ad. 20 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- "Joaquím Rodríguez, nombrado socio de honor del BC River Andorra" (in Spanish). europapress.es. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- "La jove de 15 anys Clàudia Justes és la dissenyadora de la tercera equipació" (in Catalan). BC Andorra. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- "La jove de 15 anys Clàudia Justes és la dissenyadora de la tercera equipació" (in Catalan). BC Andorra. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- Official website (in Catalan and Spanish)
- BC Andorra at ACB.com (in Spanish)