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**Unicaja**
	Unicaja
Leagues	ACB; Euroleague
Founded	1977
History	Caja de Ronda; (1977-1992); Unicaja Mayoral; (1992-1993); Unicaja Polti; (1993-1994); Unicaja; (1994-Present)
Arena	Palacio de Deportes Jose María Martin Carpena; (capacity: 10,500)
Location	Málaga, Andalusia
Team colors	Forest Green, White and Lime;
President	Francisco de Paula
Head coach	Aito Garcia Reneses
Championships	1 Spanish Championship; 1 Spanish Cup; 1 Korać Cup
Website	unicajabaloncesto.com
	Uniforms
Home	Away

Club Baloncesto Málaga, S.A.D., more commonly referred to by its sponsorship name of Unicaja Málaga, is a professional basketball team based in Málaga, Andalusia, that plays in the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB) and the Euroleague.

Well-known players that have played with the team have included: Ralph Sampson, Wálter Herrmann, Jorge Garbajosa, Tony Massenburg, Marc Iavaroni, Marcus Brown, Jiří Welsch, Berni Rodríguez, Carlos Cabezas, Carlos Jiménez, Shammond Williams and Fran Vázquez.

[edit] History

Unicaja was founded in the year 1977. The club won its first championship, the Korać Cup in the year 2001. They then won the Spanish King's Cup championship in the year 2005. The next year in 2006, Unicaja won its first-ever Spanish Championship.

The club has over the years featured players like Nacho Rodríguez, Berni Rodríguez, Carlos Cabezas, Jorge Garbajosa, Marcus Brown, Sergei Babkov, Michael Ansley, Louis Bullock, and others. In 2007, Unicaja finished in third place in the Euroleague competition, marking the club's best ever Euroleague season to that point.

[edit] Home arenas

Pabellón Guadaljaire (1977–78)
Pabellón Tiro Pichón (1978–81)
Pabellón Ciudad Jardín (1981–99)
Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena (1999–present)

[edit] Players

[edit] Roster

CB Málaga roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
5.0 C	21	UK	Archibald, Robert	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	113 kg (249 lb)
2.0 SG	34	Spain	Blanco, Saúl	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)
1.0 PG	00	USA	Cook, Omar	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	86 kg (190 lb)
2.0 SG	8	USA	Dean, Taquan	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	84 kg (185 lb)
5.0 C	19	UK	Freeland, Joel	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	113 kg (249 lb)
1.0 PG	4	France	Gomis, Joseph	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	79 kg (174 lb)
3.0 SF	10	Spain	Jiménez, Carlos	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	102 kg (225 lb)
4.0 PF	7	Greece	Printezis, Georgios	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	102 kg (225 lb)
3.0 SF	5	Spain	Rodríguez, Berni (C)	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	93 kg (205 lb)
4.0 PF	16	Spain	Rubio, Guillem	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	98 kg (216 lb)
1.0 PG	12	Spain	Servera, Miquel	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
5.0 C	15	BIH	Sinanović, Nedžad	2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)	110 kg (243 lb)
2.0 SG	9	Czech Republic	Welsch, Jiří	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)
1.5 G	20	USA	Williams, Shammond	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	93 kg (205 lb)

Head coach

Aito Garcia Reneses

Assistant coach(es)

Quim Costa
Ángel Sánchez-Cañete

Legend

(C) Team captain
(*) Playing only in Euroleague
Injured

Roster • updated 2009-12-22

[edit] Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve
C	Joel Freeland	Robert Archibald
PF	Georgios Printezis	Guillem Rubio
SF	Carlos Jiménez	Berni Rodríguez
SG	Jiří Welsch	Taquan Dean	Saul Blanco
PG	Omar Cook	Shammond Williams