Gipuzkoa Basket

Acunsa GBC
Acunsa GBC
Leagues	LEB Oro
Founded	2001; 24 years ago
History	Gipuzkoa Basket; (2001–06); Donosti Gipuzkoa Basket 2001; (2006–present)
Arena	Donostia Arena
Capacity	11,000
Location	San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Team colors	Blue, orange, white;
President	Nacho Núñez
Head coach	Lolo Encinas
Website	Official website
Home	Away

Donosti Gipuzkoa Basket 2001 Saskibaloi Kirol Elkartea S.A.D.,^[1] commonly known as Gipuzkoa Basket and as Acunsa GBC for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain. The team plays in the LEB Oro. Their home arena is Donostia Arena.

History

Gipuzkoa Basket started competing in LEB 2, third tier. After a first season where the club finished in 11th position out of sixteen teams, it ceased in activity until 2004, when it came back to LEB 2.

In the 2004–05 LEB 2 season, despite finishing in the second position of the regular season, Gipuzkoa BC was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the promotion playoffs by Ciudad de La Laguna. After this come back to competition, Gipuzkoa BC bought the place in Liga LEB, second tier, to CB Ciudad de Algeciras.

Bruesa GBC only needed one season in LEB to achieve promotion Liga ACB. The team finished the regular season in the sixth position but performed a perfect playoff (7–0) to win the league.^[2]

The 2006–07 ACB season was not good for the club and could not remain in the league after only winning eight of the 34 games. Porfirio Fisac finished his era in the club after two consecutive promotions.

Despite this failure, Bruesa GBC, this time with Pablo Laso as coach, obtained again the promotion after beating Tenerife Rural in the final game by 81–76 in Cáceres.^[3]

The second era in Liga ACB was much better, and the club had not too much problems to remain in the league. The 2011–12 season, just after Pablo Laso signed with Real Madrid, would be the best one in the history of the club, qualifying for the first time to play the Copa del Rey, where the team was defeated in the quarterfinals by Caja Laboral, and the playoffs, not being able to beat Valencia Basket.

A drastic cut in the public subvention to the club, forced Gipuzkoa to resign to play in the Eurocup.^[4] From 2012 to 2016 the club decreased its performances and was relegated to LEB Oro in three of the following four seasons, but remained in the league due to the not ability of the second-tier teams to fulfill the requirements to join the ACB League.

In July 2016, after its third relegation and only winning seven games of the 2015–16 season, the board of directors agreed to register GBC in the LEB Oro, thus rejecting the invitation to play again in Liga ACB.^[5] With this decision, GBC came back to its old pavilion Polideportivo Municipal José Antonio Gasca, instead of playing again at Illumbe bullring. In its third season at LEB Oro, it achieved a third promotion to the top tier after ending as league champions.

Two years after promoting, GBC suffered a new relegation to LEB Oro. In its fourth season, the club achieved its first Copa Princesa de Asturias after three participations, by beating away Carramimbre CBC Valladolid.

Sponsorship naming

Gipuzkoa Basket has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

Datac GBC (2001–02)
Bruesa GBC (2004–09)
Lagun Aro GBC (2009–13)
RETAbet.es GBC (2015–2017)
Delteco GBC (2017–2019)
Delteco Gipuzkoa Basket (2019–2020)
Acunsa GBC (2020–present)

Home arenas

José Antonio Gasca (2001–06, 2016–2017, 2019–2020)
Donostia Arena (2006–2016, 2017–2019, 2020–present)

Players

Current roster

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Acunsa GBC roster

Players

Coaches

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Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PG	3	Barcello, Alex	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	26 – (1998-08-31)31 August 1998
PF	5	Carlson, Mike	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	33 – (1991-06-17)17 June 1991
G	6	Zubizarreta, Aitor	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	29 – (1995-03-06)6 March 1995
SG	7	Oroz, Xabi	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	28 – (1996-01-19)19 January 1996
SF	8	Stürup, Mads Bonde	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	27 – (1997-05-24)24 May 1997
SG	9	Motos, Mikel	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	31 – (1993-01-30)30 January 1993
SG	10	Ansorregi, Manex	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	22 – (2002-04-11)11 April 2002
PF	11	Vrankić, Josip	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	26 – (1998-10-24)24 October 1998
SG	13	Martínez, Ander	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	29 – (1995-06-27)27 June 1995
PF	15	Aurrecoechea, Iván	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	29 – (1995-11-19)19 November 1995
C	55	Marcius, Aleksandar	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	34 – (1990-05-25)25 May 1990
G/F	66	Savkov, Pavel	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	22 – (2002-04-13)13 April 2002

Head coach

Mikel Odriozola

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: May 18, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Mario Delas	Ander Martinez
PF	Kyle Mallers	Xavier Bereza
SF	Benjamin Simons	Azaro Roker
SG	Mikel Motos	Aitor Zubizarreta	Xabi Oroz
PG	Aegir Steinarsson	Charles Barton

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

Coaches

Aitor Uriondo: 2001–02
Porfirio Fisac: 2004–07
Pablo Laso: 2007–11
Sito Alonso: 2011–14
Jaume Ponsarnau: 2014–15
Porfirio Fisac: 2015–2018
Sergio Valdeolmillos: 2018–2019
Marcelo Nicola: 2019–2021
Lolo Encinas: 2021–present

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Copa del Rey	Other cups
2001–02	3	LEB 2	11th	13–17
2002–04	Did not enter any competition
2004–05	3	LEB 2	5th^[a]	23–12		Copa LEB 2	SF
2005–06	2	LEB	1st	26–15
2006–07	1	Liga ACB	18th	8–26
2007–08	2	LEB Oro	2nd	28–10		Copa Príncipe	SF
2008–09	1	Liga ACB	12th	11–21
2009–10	1	Liga ACB	14th	13–21
2010–11	1	Liga ACB	14th	12–22
2011–12	1	Liga ACB	5th	20–17	Quarterfinalist
2012–13	1	Liga ACB	17th^[b]	8–26
2013–14	1	Liga ACB	10th	16–18
2014–15	1	Liga ACB	17th^[c]	10–24
2015–16	1	Liga ACB	18th	7–27
2016–17	2	LEB Oro	1st	25–9
2017–18	1	Liga ACB	13th	13–21
2018–19	1	Liga ACB	17th	10–24
2019–20	2	LEB Oro	2nd^[d]	18–6		Copa Princesa	C
2020–21	1	Liga ACB	19th	7–29
2021–22	2	LEB Oro	11th	17–17
2022–23	2	LEB Oro	5th	22–17
2023–24	2	LEB Oro	6th	25–14
2024–25	2	Primera FEB				Spain Cup	GS

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Liga Española de Baloncesto: (3)
- 2006, 2017, 2020^[e]
- Runners-up (1): 2008
Copa Princesa de Asturias: (1)
- 2020

Individual awards

ACB Most Valuable Player

Andy Panko – 2012

All-ACB First Team

Andy Panko – 2012
Sergi Vidal – 2012
Henk Norel – 2018

ACB Best Young Player Award

Dani Díez – 2015

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.

Notes

^ Bought the LEB berth to Algeciras Cepsa.
^ Remained in ACB after Ford Burgos (Atapuerca) did not give the requirements for joining the league.
^ Remained in ACB after Ford Burgos (Tizona) did not give the requirements for joining the league.
^ Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
^ Shared title