Albacete Basket

Albacete Basket
Albacete Basket
Leagues	LEB Plata
Founded	3 September 2012
Arena	Pabellón del Parque [es]
Capacity	2,500
Location	Albacete, Castilla–La Mancha, Spain
Team colors	Green and lime; in 2013
President	Miguel Ventayol
Head coach	Alfredo Gálvezo
Website	albacetebasket.com
Home	Away

Albacete Basket, also known as Arcos Albacete Basket for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball club based in Albacete, Castile-La Mancha that currently plays in LEB Oro, the second tier of Spanish basketball.

History

Albacete Basket was founded in 2012 as a merger of the senior teams of the city's two clubs (CABA and EBA) with the aim to be the main basketball reference in Albacete.^[1]

After playing four seasons in Liga EBA, it was promoted to LEB Plata in the 2015–16 season, in its third consecutive appearance in the promotion play-offs^[2] and just after resigning to an invitation of the Spanish Basketball Federation in the previous season.^[3]

In their debut season in LEB Plata, the club was relegated after losing on the last matchday against Zamora, but was able to remain in the league by achieving one of the vacant berths.

Sponsorship naming

Arcos Albacete Basket 2015–present

Current roster

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Albacete Basket roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	15	Mejias, Jorge	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	23 – (2001-01-19)19 January 2001
F	21	Moreton, Will	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	26 – (1997-12-05)5 December 1997
F	14	Carroll, John	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	29 – (1995-03-16)16 March 1995
G/F	20	Ruiz, Victor	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	29 – (1995-03-29)29 March 1995
G	19	Moreno, Victor	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	26 – (1998-01-26)26 January 1998
F	28	Bieshaar, Oliver	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	22 – (2001-11-29)29 November 2001
G	7	Knudsen, David	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	30 – (1994-06-26)26 June 1994
G	22	Santana, Juanjo	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	23 – (2001-04-08)8 April 2001
F	4	Blat, Gerard	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	27 – (1997-04-14)14 April 1997
G	17	Segui, Christian	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	23 – (2000-11-15)15 November 2000
G	25	Berasategui, Gonzalo	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	21 – (2002-10-14)14 October 2002

Head coach

David Varela

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L
2012–13	4	Liga EBA	9th	13–15
2013–14	4	Liga EBA	2nd	24–9
2014–15	4	Liga EBA	2nd	21–8
2015–16	4	Liga EBA	1st	24–5
2016–17	3	LEB Plata	15th^[a]	9–21
2017–18	3	LEB Plata	5th	23–16
2018–19	3	LEB Plata	17th	17–17
2019–20	3	LEB Plata	15th^[b]	12–13

^ Remained in the league after achieving a vacant berth.
^ Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

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.