Bàsquet Manresa

Baxi Manresa
Baxi Manresa
Leagues	Liga ACB
Founded	1931
History	Manresa Basquetbol Club; (1931–1934); Unió Manresana de Bàsquet ; (1934–1979); Manresa Esportiu Bàsquet; (1979–1992); Bàsquet Manresa; (1992–present)
Arena	Pavelló Nou Congost
Capacity	5,000
Location	Manresa, Spain
Team colors	Red, White;
President	Josep Sàez
Head coach	Pedro Martínez
Championships	1 Spanish Championship; 1 Spanish Cup; 1 LEB Oro championship
Retired numbers	4 (7, 9, 10, 15)
Website	Official website
Home	Away

Bàsquet Manresa, S.A.D.,^[1] also known as Baxi Manresa for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Manresa, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and Basketball Champions League. Their home arena is the Pavelló Nou Congost. Bàsquet Manresa has won the Spanish Championship once, in 1998.

Joan "Chichi" Creus is the team's most decorated player; he was the Spanish Cup Most Valuable Player in 1996, and the ACB Finals MVP two years later. Some others well known players that had played for Bàsquet Manresa are Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Roger Esteller, Derrick Alston, Serge Ibaka, Andrés Nocioni, Rolando Frazer, and the Basketball Hall of Famer George Gervin, that at the age of 38 spent one year in the team, averaging 23.1 points and helping them to avoid the relegation from the Spanish top division.

History

Bàsquet Manresa was founded in 1931 with the name of Manresa Bàsquetbol Club and merged in 1934 with Club Bàsquet Bages for becoming Unió Manresana de Bàsquet. In 1940, the club wins the Copa Barcelona and integrates in CE Manresa as its basketball section.

In 1968 the club promotes for the first time to the Liga Nacional but is immediately relegated again in its debut season. Two years later, Manresa played again in the top tier and ended the league in the fourth position, thus qualifying for the first time to play the Korać Cup, where it reached the quarterfinals.

In 1979 the club splits from CE Manresa and becomes Manresa Esportiu Bàsquet and grew up until becoming a usual contender in the Liga ACB. With the sponsorship of TDK between 1985 and 2000, the club lived its best years. In 1992, as a professional club and according to the law, Manresa becomes a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva and changes again its name to Bàsquet Manresa. This name change allowed Manresa EB and its former rival CB Manresa to merge definitively.

In 1996, Manresa wins its first national trophy by defeating FC Barcelona in the Copa del Rey played in Murcia. Two years later, and after finishing the regular season in the sixth position and without the home-court advantage in any of the playoffs series, Manresa wins the 1997–98 Liga ACB after eliminating Adecco Estudiantes in the quarterfinals and Real Madrid in the semifinals, for winning in Tau Cerámica Baskonia 3–1 in the finals. As in the Copa del Rey won two years ago, Joan Creus became the MVP of the finals. This achievement is nowadays considered on the biggest surprises in Spanish sport ever.^[2]

As league champions, Manresa played the EuroLeague, but was eliminated in the group stage. The golden era of the club suddenly ended in 2000, after the relegation to Liga LEB by losing in the do-or-die match against Gijón Baloncesto, that ended 95–91 after an overtime.

Since its relegation, Manresa started to alternate seasons in ACB and LEB, with two league promotions in 2002 and 2007, as LEB champions. In 2012 and 2013, Manresa suffered two relegations in Liga ACB, but remained in the league due to the impossibility of LEB Oro teams to promote. In 2017, after registering the worst season in the top tier since the 1983–84 season, Manresa relegated to LEB Oro. However, the club achieved promotion just in the next season after beating Club Melilla Baloncesto in the final of the playoffs.

Sponsorship naming

Bàsquet Manresa has several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

Manresa K'ans 1967–1971
Manresa La Casera 1971–1977
Icab Manresa 1977–1979
Marlboro Manresa 1979–1980
Caixa Manresa 1981–1982, 1984–1985
Seguros Velázquez Manresa 1982–1983
Ebro Manresa 1983–1984
TDK Manresa 1985–2000

Minorisa.net Manresa 2000–2002
Ricoh Manresa 2002–2009
Suzuki Manresa 2009–2010
Assignia Manresa 2010–2012
La Bruixa d'Or 2013–2014
La Bruixa d'Or Manresa 2014–2015
ICL Manresa 2015–2018
Baxi Manresa 2018–present

Logos

Non commercial logo
2002–2009
2015–2018
2018–

Home arenas

Pavelló Congost (1968–92), before 1968 the team played in not domed courts next to the football stadium of Pujolet.
Pavelló Nou Congost (1992–present)

Players

Basketball Hall of Famers

George Gervin, SG, 1989–1990, Inducted 1996

Retired numbers

No	Player	Position	Tenure
Bàsquet Manresa retired numbers
7	Joan Creus	G	1993–01
10	Pep Pujolrás	F	1986–92

Current roster

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Baxi Manresa roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	0	Badio, Brancou	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	25 – (1999-02-17)17 February 1999
G/F	1	Williams, Travante	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	30 – (1993-07-29)29 July 1993
SG	5	Jou, Guillem (C)	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	27 – (1997-05-15)15 May 1997
PG	6	García, Dani	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	26 – (1998-01-30)30 January 1998
PG	11	Taylor, Brandon	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	30 – (1994-01-08)8 January 1994
PF	12	Steinbergs, Marcis	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	22 – (2001-08-28)28 August 2001
SF	13	Sagnia, Musa	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	21 – (2003-02-13)13 February 2003
F	16	Coulibaly, Ladji	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	17 – (2006-07-16)16 July 2006
SF	19	Valtonen, Elias	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	25 – (1999-06-11)11 June 1999
C	21	Mawugbe, Selom	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	25 – (1998-07-20)20 July 1998
SF	22	Vaulet, Juan Pablo	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	28 – (1996-03-22)22 March 1996
C	23	Geben, Martinas	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	29 – (1994-10-20)20 October 1994
F/C	29	Oriola, Pierre	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	31 – (1992-09-25)25 September 1992
PG	55	Pérez, Dani	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	34 – (1990-02-28)28 February 1990
PF	00	Robinson, Devin	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	29 – (1995-03-07)7 March 1995
C		Massa, Bodian	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	26 – (1997-10-21)21 October 1997

Head coach

Pedro Martínez

Assistant coach(es)

Salva Maldonado
Marc Estany

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: June 21, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Martinas Geben	Jonas Bergstedt
PF	Devin Robinson	Marcis Steinbergs
SF	Juan Pablo Vaulet	Guillem Jou	Musa Sagnia
SG	Travante Williams	Brancou Badio	Elias Valtonen
PG	Brandon Taylor	Dani Pérez	Dani García

Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non–FIBA Europe player

Head coaches

Since 1967:

Francesc Casé 1967–1968
Josep Masseguer 1968–1969
Jeroni Alberola 1969–1970
Antoni Serra 1970–1977
Alfonso Martínez 1977–1978
Joan Martínez 1978
Josep M. Soler 1978
Jaume Berenguer 1978–1979
Joan Basora 1979–1981
Pere Guiu 1981
Miguel López Abril 1981
Jaume Ventura 1981–1984
Germán González 1984
Francesc Canellas 1984–1985
Miquel Bataller 1985
Juanito Jiménez 1985–1986
Joan María Gavaldá 1986–1988
Flor Meléndez 1988–1990
Ricard Casas 1990, 2001–2005
Pedro Martínez 1990–1994, 2014–2015, 2019–
Salva Maldonado 1994–1997, 2000–2001
Luis Casimiro 1997–1999
Manel Comas 1999–2000
Xavier García 2005
Óscar Quintana 2005–2007
Jaume Ponsarnau 2007–2013
Borja Comenge 2013–2014
Pere Romero 2014
Ibon Navarro 2015–2017
Aleix Duran 2017–2018
Diego Ocampo 2018
Joan Peñarroya 2018–2019

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Copa del Rey	Other cups		European competitions
1967–68	2	2ª División	2nd	24–5
1968–69	1	1ª División	11th	7–16
1969–70	2	2ª División	1st	19–3
1970–71	1	1ª División	4th	11–1–10	Semifinalist
1971–72	1	1ª División	8th	9–13	Quarterfinalist			3 Korać Cup	QF	0–2
1972–73	1	1ª División	7th	14–1–15	Round of 16
1973–74	1	1ª División	6th	13–2–13	Quarterfinalist
1974–75	1	1ª División	5th	9–3–10	Semifinalist
1975–76	1	1ª División	6th	13–19
1976–77	1	1ª División	9th	8–1–13	First round
1977–78	1	1ª División	5th	9–1–12	Quarterfinalist
1978–79	1	1ª División	7th	10–12	Round of 16
1979–80	1	1ª División	6th	10–12	Runner-up
1980–81	1	1ª División	8th	10–1–15	Semifinalist
1981–82	1	1ª División	7th	13–13	Round of 16
1982–83	1	1ª División	9th	10–16	Round of 16
1983–84	1	Liga ACB	16th	5–23
1984–85	2	1ª División B	3rd	17–9
1985–86	1	Liga ACB	10th	14–16		Copa Príncipe	QF
1986–87	1	Liga ACB	10th	14–17		Copa Príncipe	RU
1987–88	1	Liga ACB	15th	17–16		Copa Príncipe	QF	3 Korać Cup	R2	1–1
1988–89	1	Liga ACB	20th	18–22	Round of 16
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	22nd	17–16	Round of 16
1990–91	1	Liga ACB	18th	18–20	Quarterfinalist
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	13th	17–23	First round
1992–93	1	Liga ACB	13th	16–18	Quarterfinalist
1993–94	1	Liga ACB	7th	22–12	Second round
1994–95	1	Liga ACB	4th	23–21	Second round			3 Korać Cup	GS	6–4
1995–96	1	Liga ACB	4th	28–18	Champion			3 Korać Cup	GS	5–5
1996–97	1	Liga ACB	8th	19–18	Quarterfinalist			2 EuroCup	R16	7–7
1997–98	1	Liga ACB	1st	30–16	Semifinalist			3 Korać Cup	R32	5–3
1998–99	1	Liga ACB	11th	16–18				1 Euroleague	GS	5–11
1999–00	1	Liga ACB	17th	11–23
2000–01	2	LEB	3rd	26–12		Copa Príncipe	RU
2001–02	2	LEB	2nd	32–1–8		Copa Príncipe	SF
2002–03	1	Liga ACB	13th	15–19
2003–04	1	Liga ACB	9th	16–18	Quarterfinalist
2004–05	1	Liga ACB	13th	12–22
2005–06	1	Liga ACB	17th	12–22
2006–07	2	LEB	1st	26–15
2007–08	1	Liga ACB	11th	14–20
2008–09	1	Liga ACB	11th	14–18
2009–10	1	Liga ACB	12th	14–20
2010–11	1	Liga ACB	15th	10–24
2011–12	1	Liga ACB	12th	15–19
2012–13	1	Liga ACB	18th^[a]	6–28
2013–14	1	Liga ACB	17th^[b]	7–27
2014–15	1	Liga ACB	16th	11–23
2015–16	1	Liga ACB	16th	10–24
2016–17	1	Liga ACB	17th	5–27
2017–18	2	LEB Oro	2nd	33–14		Copa Princesa	RU
2018–19	1	Liga ACB	8th	17–19
2019–20	1	Liga ACB	13th^[c]	9–14				3 Champions League	RS	7–7
2020–21	1	Liga ACB	10th	17–19
2021–22	1	Liga ACB	7th	20–16	Quarterfinalist			3 Champions League	RU	12–4
2022–23	1	Liga ACB	14th	12–22				3 Champions League	QF	8–7
2023–24	1	Liga ACB	8th	19–17	Quarterfinalist

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Spanish championships: (1)
- 1997–98
Spanish cups: (1)
- 1996
2nd division championships: (1)
- LEB Oro: (1) 2007
Catalan basketball leagues: (3)
- 1997, 1999, 2021
LEB Catalan basketball league (Catalan 2nd Division Cup): (2)
- 2000, 2001
Trofeu General Orgaz-Copa Ciutat de Barcelona: (1)
- 1940

Individual awards

ACB Finals MVP

Joan Creus – 1998

Spanish Cup MVP

Joan Creus – 1996

ACB Rising Star

Micah Downs – 2012

All-ACB Second Team

Dejan Musli – 2016

ACB Slam Dunk Champion

Nate Higgs – 2000
Serge Ibaka – 2008

ACB Three Point Shootout Champion

Sergiy Gladyr – 2010

LEB Oro MVP

Jordi Trias – 2018

Notable players

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Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: 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 Played at least one official NBA match at any time.