Sant Josep
Leagues	LEB Oro
Founded	1962
History	1962 -
Arena	Palau Girona-Fontajau (capacity: 5,049)
Location	Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Team colors	blue
President	Francesc Ferroni
Head coach	Borja Comenge
Championships	1 FIBA EuroCup 2 Catalan Championships
Website	www.cbsantjosepgirona.com
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Club Bàsquet Sant Josep is a professional basketball team based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The team is currently playing in LEB Oro.

[edit] History

The club was founded in 1962 by Ramon Sitjà as CB Sant Josep. In 1989 it became the Anonymous Sport Association (SAD). In 1987, when the ACB was enlarged to 24 teams, CB Girona entered the first division. In 1991, the club had to buy the rights of the CB Granollers to stay in the ACB as they were going to be relegated to the second division.

In 2007, Girona won the FIBA EuroCup championship, which was hosted at Palau Girona-Fontajau arena. They beat Azovmash Mariupol in the final after having beaten Adecco Estudiantes in the semifinals.

After the end of the 2007-2008 season, CB Girona suffered serious economic problems, with a debt of over €6 million euros. On July 25, 2008, the club announced that it would not participate in the 2008-2009 ACB season of the Spanish ACB League or in the 2008-09 ULEB Cup season of the ULEB Cup ^[1]. CB Girona changed its name to CB Sant Josep Girona and began playing in Adecco Bronce, the fourth level Spanish division.

former logo

[edit] Trophies

• 2 Catalan League championships: (1996, 2006)
• 1 FIBA EuroCup: (2007)

[edit] Participations in the ACB

CB Girona qualified for the ACB in the 1987-88 season. The club's participations are as follows:

[edit] Participations in European competitions

• 1989-90 Korac Cup: Eliminated in the second round
• 1990-91 Did not participate
• 1991-92 Did not participate
• 1992-93 Did not participate
• 1993-94 Did not participate
• 1994-95 Did not participate
• 1995-96 Did not participate
• 1996-97 Did not participate
• 1997-98 Did not participate
• 1998-99 Did not participate
• 1999-00 Korac Cup: Eliminated in the semifinals
• 2000-01 Korac Cup: Eliminated in the second round
• 2006-07 FIBA Cup: CHAMPIONS
• 2007-08 ULEB Cup: runners up

[edit] Sponsors

• 1987-1998: Valvi Supermercats, the club was renamed to Valvi Girona
• 1998-1999: No sponsor, the club was renamed to Girona Gavis
• 1999-2005: Casademont, the club was renamed to Casademont Girona
• 2005-2008: Akasvayu, the club was renamed to Akasvayu Girona

[edit] Notable players

• Joaquim Costa Puig
• Jordi Pardo
• Josep Cargol
• Dusko Ivanovic
• Francesc Solana
• Darryl Middleton
• Terrell Myers
• Xavi Fernàndez
• Rafael Jofresa
• Marc Gasol
• Gregor Fučka
• Anthony Goldwire

see also Cat:CB Girona basketball players

[edit] Arena

CB Girona plays in Palau Girona-Fontajau, which has a capacity of 5,049 spectators. The arena was inaugurated in 1993 by NBA player Moses Malone, at a match between the local team Valvi Girona and PAOK Salonica.

• Palau Girona-Fontajau

[edit] Supporter groups

• Engaviats
• Penya Polska

[edit] "Girona a l'ACB" platform

Girona a l'ACB demonstration with over 1,100 people (Girona, June 8, 2008).

"Girona a l'ACB" platform (translated from Catalan: Girona in ACB) was created on May 23, 2008, by CB Girona fans. Its purpose was to support the team and the club so they could get rid of the debt and continue playing in the top Spanish division the next year. A website was created for that ^[2] (Catalan) (Spanish), and there were more than 10,500 signatures collected. Some protests were also made, like a demonstration with over 1,100 people, a basketball match in front of the city hall and a sit-down protest, amongst other actions. 300 t-shirts were also sold.

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