Club Bàsquet Sant Josep was a professional basketball team based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
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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 Granollers EB 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 2008–09 season of either the Spanish ACB League or the Eurocup.
The SAD was dissolved original CB Sant Josep Girona was kept for beginning playing in Adecco Bronce, the fourth level Spanish division.
In the 2009–10 season, Sant Josep bought a LEB Oro place from CB Vic and played the quarterfinals of the promotion playoffs. On the next season, Girona finished in fourth position, arriving to the semifinals. In summer 2012, after three seasons spent at LEB Oro, the club resigned to its spot in the league and decided to continue playing in Liga EBA, Spanish fourth division.
In April 2013, CB Sant Josep announced it would be dissolved at the end of the 2012–13 season.
Participations in European competitions
1989-90 Korać Cup: Eliminated in the second round
1999-00 Korać Cup: Eliminated in the semifinals
2000-01 Korać Cup: Eliminated in the second round
2006-07 FIBA EuroCup: CHAMPIONS
2007-08 ULEB Cup: runners up
Trophies and awards
Trophies
FIBA EuroCup: (1)
2007
Catalan League: (2)
1996, 2006
LEB Catalan league: (2)
2009, 2010
Individual awards
ACB Most Valuable Player
Darryl Middleton – 1992, 1993, 2000
Marc Gasol – 2008
All-ACB Team
Marc Gasol – 2008
All LEB Oro First Team
Levi Rost – 2011
Sponsors
1987–1998: Valvi Supermercats, the club was renamed Valvi Girona
1998–1999: No sponsor, the club was renamed Girona Gavis
1999–2005: Casademont, the club was renamed Casademont Girona
2005–2008: Akasvayu, the club was renamed Akasvayu Girona
2008–2010: No sponsor, the club was renamed CB Sant Josep Girona
2010–2012: Girona FC, the club was renamed the name of the football team
2012–2013: No sponsor, the club was renamed CB Sant Josep Girona
Notable players
Joaquim Costa Puig
Jordi Pardo
Josep Cargol
Duško Ivanović
Francesc Solana
Darryl Middleton
Terrell Myers
Xavi Fernàndez
Rafael Jofresa
Marc Gasol
Dainius Šalenga
Gregor Fučka
Anthony Goldwire
Marko Marinović
Marko Kešelj
Branko Jorović
Xavi Vallmajó
Pekka Markkanen
Antti Nikkilä
Notable coaches
Svetislav Pešić
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
Supporter groups
Dalinians
Engaviats
Penya Polska
"Girona a l'ACB" platform
"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 (in Catalan and 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.