Araberri BC

Sáenz Horeca Araberri
Sáenz Horeca Araberri
Founded	1994; 31 years ago
History	AD Phoenix; 1994–2009; Araberri Basket Club; 2009–present
Arena	Polideportivo Mendizorrotza
Capacity	2,603
Location	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Team colors	Black and orange;
President	Oscar Vázquez
Championships	1 Liga EBA championship; 1 Copa LEB Plata
Website	araberri.eus
Home	Away

Araberri Basket Club, also known as Sáenz Horeca Araberri for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.

History

Founded in 1994. In June 2011, the team promoted to LEB Plata, where it won one Copa LEB Plata and promoted to LEB Oro as winner of the playoffs in 2016.

Despite this achievement, on 23 July 2016 the club announced it could not fulfill the requirements in the league and folded the professional team, maintaining only the youth teams.^[2] However, one month later Araberri was allowed to participate in the league and the professional team was reinstated.^[3] On 18 July 2017, the club announced it could not fulfill the requirements in the league and it appealed against the decision of FEB.^[4] However, they were finally admitted and registered for playing the 2017–18 LEB Oro season.

On July 5, 2019, the club folded the professional team, maintaining only the youth teams.^[5]

Logos

Official logo
Alternative logo

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Cup competitions
2002–03	7	1ª Provincial	1st
2003–04	6	1ª Autonómica	6th
2004–05	6	1ª Autonómica	2nd
2005–06	5	1ª División	9th	16–14
2006–07	5	1ª División	5th	17–9
2007–08	6	1ª División	2nd	22–9
2008–09	6	1ª División	1st	23–5
2009–10	4	Liga EBA	4th	16–12
2010–11	4	Liga EBA	1st	25–3
2011–12	3	LEB Plata	4th	17–14	Copa LEB Plata	C
2012–13	3	LEB Plata	7th	11–11
2013–14	3	LEB Plata	8th	12–15
2014–15	3	LEB Plata	15th^[a]	2–26
2015–16	3	LEB Plata	2nd	25–11
2016–17	2	LEB Oro	12th	14–20
2017–18	2	LEB Oro	11th	15–19
2018–19	2	LEB Oro	18th	7–27

^ Remained in LEB Plata after getting a vacant spot.

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Copa LEB Plata: (1)
- 2012
Liga EBA: (1)
- 2011
Euskal Kopa: (3)
- 2013, 2015, 2016

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

References

^ "memoria Plaza Amadeo García de Salazar nº1, VITORIA-GASTEIZ - PDF". docplayer.es (in European Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2019. Total Asientos Gradas = 2.603 personas.
^ "Araberri no consigue el dinero para inscribirse en LEB Oro" (in Spanish). Kirol Exprés. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ "Araberri accede a Leb Oro" (in Spanish). Araberri. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
^ "Araberri estudia presentar un recurso ante la decisión de FEB" (in Spanish). Araberri. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
^ "Araberri decide no inscribirse en ninguna de las competiciones FEB". www.araberri.eus (in European Spanish). 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

External links

Official website

[6] Remained in LEB Plata after getting a vacant spot.

[1] "memoria Plaza Amadeo García de Salazar nº1, VITORIA-GASTEIZ - PDF". docplayer.es (in European Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2019. Total Asientos Gradas = 2.603 personas.

[2] "Araberri no consigue el dinero para inscribirse en LEB Oro" (in Spanish). Kirol Exprés. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[3] "Araberri accede a Leb Oro" (in Spanish). Araberri. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

[4] "Araberri estudia presentar un recurso ante la decisión de FEB" (in Spanish). Araberri. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.

[5] "Araberri decide no inscribirse en ninguna de las competiciones FEB". www.araberri.eus (in European Spanish). 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

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