Basket Zaragoza 2002

CAI Zaragoza
Leagues	Liga ACB Eurocup
Founded	2002
Arena	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe
Arena Capacity	10,744
Location	Zaragoza, Spain
Team colors	Red, White, Black
President	Reynaldo Benito
Head coach	Andreu Casadevall
Championships	2 LEB championship 1 Copa Príncipe
Website	www.basketzaragoza.net
Uniforms
Home Away

"CAI Zaragoza" redirects here. For the team that played in ACB until 1996, see CB Zaragoza.

Basket Zaragoza 2002, S. A. D., more commonly known as CAI Zaragoza by sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Zaragoza, Spain, who currently plays in Liga ACB and Eurocup. Their home arena is the Pabellón Príncipe Felipe.

History

Basket Zaragoza 2002, S. A. D. was founded in 2002 with the aim of giving the city of Zaragoza back to the Spanish basketball elite league, after old CB Zaragoza left the Liga ACB on 1996. It started playing on LEB, after taking the post belonging to CB Coruña.

CAI Zaragoza spent five hard years on LEB league before reaching Liga ACB for the first time. The team had to overcome a relegation playoffs (against CB Ciudad de Huelva) and four consecutive failed promotion playoffs (against CB Granada, CB Murcia and Baloncesto León twice).

Finally, the "red tide" got promoted to Liga ACB but its first participation on it was a total failure. CAI Zaragoza got immediately relegated, after being defeated in the last day by CB Murcia. Nevertheless, the team arranged again the highest competition at the first attempt.

Important changes inside the club made the team improve and get healthy. Thanks to these changes, CAI Zaragoza has established on the highest basketball league of Spain.

Players

Current roster

CAI Zaragoza roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 11 Bellas, Tomás 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 90 kg (198 lb) – (1987-06-24)24 June 1987 F 21 Benzing, Robin 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 95 kg (209 lb) – (1989-05-01)1 May 1989 SG 16 Diener, Drake 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) – (1981-12-19)19 December 1981 PF 42 Fotu, Isaac 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) – (1993-12-18)18 December 1993 PG 10 García, Sergi 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) – (1997-02-17)17 February 1997 G 5 Henry, Sek 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) – (1987-06-28)28 June 1987 PF 89 Jelovac, Stevan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 110 kg (243 lb) – (1989-07-08)8 July 1989 C 55 Kravtsov, Viacheslav 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 115 kg (254 lb) – (1987-08-25)25 August 1987 SF 4 Linhart, Nate 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 97.5 kg (215 lb) – (1986-11-14)14 November 1986 C 25 Norel, Henk (C) 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 104 kg (229 lb) – (1987-09-17)17 September 1987 C 7 Romera, Pedro 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) – (1988-09-28)28 September 1988 SF 15 Sastre, Joan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 85 kg (187 lb) – (1991-12-10)10 December 1991 PF 44 Swing, Jordan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) – (1990-12-31)31 December 1990 SF 19 Tomàs, Pere 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 91 kg (201 lb) – (1989-09-05)5 September 1989	Head coach Andreu Casadevall Assistant coach(es) Pep Cargol Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 8 January 2016

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Henk Norel	Viacheslav Kravtsov	Pedro Romera
PF	Stevan Jelovac	Isaac Fotu
SF	Robin Benzing	Nate Linhart	Pere Tomàs
SG	Drake Diener	Joan Sastre
PG	Tomás Bellas	Sek Henry	Sergi García

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	RS	PO	Copa del Rey	Other cups		European competitions
2002–03	2	LEB	14	Relegation playoffs	12–18	3–2	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003–04	2	LEB	4	Semifinalist	20–14	5–5	–	Copa Príncipe	C	–	–	–
2004–05	2	LEB	6	Quarterfinalist	19–15	0–3	–	Copa Príncipe	SF	–	–	–
2005–06	2	LEB	4	Semifinalist	25–9	5–3	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006–07	2	LEB	3	Semifinalist	21–13	5–3	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007–08	2	LEB	1	Promoted	28–6	–	–	Copa Príncipe	SF	–	–	–
2008–09	1	Liga ACB	17	Relegated	8–24	–	–	Supercopa	RU	–	–	–
2009–10	2	LEB	1	Promoted	27–7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2010–11	1	Liga ACB	10	–	16–18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2011–12	1	Liga ACB	10	–	16–18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012–13	1	Liga ACB	3	Semifinalist	21–13	2–4	Quarterfinalist	Supercopa	SF	–	–	–
2013–14	1	Liga ACB	8	Quarterfinalist	18–16	0–2	Semifinalist	–	–	2 Eurocup	L32	8–8
2014–15	1	Liga ACB	9	–	18–16	–	Quarterfinalist	–	–	2 Eurocup	L32	6–10
2015–16	1	Liga ACB	12	–	13–21	–	–	–	–	2 Eurocup	EF	12–6

Honours

Trophies

• 2nd division championships: (2)
  • LEB: (2) 2008, 2010
• Copa Príncipe de Asturias: (1)
  • 2004

Individual awards

Copa Príncipe de Asturias MVP

• Matías Lescano – 2004

Players database

Updated as of the end of the 2014–15 season

Nationality	Name	Season	Valuation
	Pablo Aguilar Bermúdez	2010–2013	9'6
	Pablo Almazán Sierra	2011–2012	0'8
	Alejandro Andreu Sanz	2005–2006	0
	Alberto Angulo Espinosa	2005–2007	7'3
	José Ángel Antelo Paredes	2005–2006	8'5
	Robert Michael Archibald	2011–2012	3'9
	Ander Arruti Portilla	2009–2010	-0'6
	Oliver Arteaga Padrón	2005–2006 & 2008–2009	3'6
	David Barlow	2009–2011	11'2
	Howard Stephen Brown	2006–2008	4'3
	John Oliver Brown	2004–2005	9'3
	Jacob Burtschi	2011–2012	2
	Carlos Eduardo Cabezas Jurado	2010–2012	11'8
	Jorge Cano Quintana	2010–2011	0'3
	Víctor Miguel Catalán Sánchez	2002–2003 & 2004–2005	-1
	Adam Edward Chubb	2010–2011	6'7
	Josep Cargol Costa	2002–2003	9'5
	Lionel Chalmers	2006–2007	9'5
	Jesús Antonio Cilla Rubio	2004–2005	4'8
	Diego Andrés Ciorciari	2002–2005	10'8
	Joaquim Colom Barrufet	2006–2007 & 2008–2009	3'1
	Alberto Corbacho de la Cruz	2006–2007	3
	Blaž Črešnar	2007–2008	0'7
	Joe Steven Crispin	2006–2007	9'7
	Branko Cvetković	2008–2009	10
	László Dobos	2013–2014	1
	Benito Doblado Velázquez	2003–2004 & 2005–2006	2'6
	Lester Earl	2003–2004	13
	Chinemelu Elonu	2009–2010 & 2013–2014	8'3
	David Ereña	2002–2004	-0'3
	José Ramón Esmorís Esmorís	2003–2004	5'2
	Heshimu Evans	2006–2007	12'6
	Nkechinyelu Peter Ezugwu	2004–2005	6'3
	Desmond Farmer	2005–2006	6
	Vítor Luiz Faverani Tatsch	2006–2007	10'3
	Borja Vidal Fernández Fernández	2004–2005	2'5
	Mario Bruno Fernández Hidalgo	2005–2006	10
	José Antonio Ferrer González	2003–2005	7'8
	Josh Fisher	2004–2005	-2
	Albert Fontet Aparicio	2011–2015	(2'4)
	Ricardo Eduardo Fox Tejero	2005–2006	0'5
	Samuel Adán Fuentes	2003–2004	1
	José Luis Galilea Vidaurreta	2004–2005	5'8
	Rubén Santiago Garcés Riquelme	2008–2009	4'6
	Sergi García Calvo	2013–present	(0'6)
	Adrián García Herepey-Csakanyi	2012–2013	(0'5)
	Asier García Regueiro	2004–2005	7'4
	Iván García Casado	2006–2009	0'4
	Mario Vicente García Burón	2002–2003	5'1
	George Gilmore Jr.	2002–2003	7'7
	Óscar Marco González de las Cuevas Gómez	2003–2004 & 2007–2008	4'7
	Chris Goulding	2014–present	(5'5)
	Taurean Green	2008–2009	9'5
	Vladimir Golubović	2013	8'9
	Roberto Guerra Santana	2008–2010	2'5
	Rafael Hettsheimeir	2009–2012	12'5
	Mike Higgins	2007–2008	1'6
	Otis Hill	2002–2004	17'6
	Stevan Jelovac	2014–present	(15'8)
	Juan José Jiménez Martín	2002–2003	-1'5
	Oriol Junyent Monuera	2009–2010	10'3
	Raško Katić	2014-present	(6'4)
	William Amar Keys	2005–2006	11'9
	Mattew Martin Kiefer	2009–2010	5'6
	Joseph CostelloReshawn Jones	2012–2014	8'4
	Marcus Tyrone Landry	2014–2015	10'1
	Rogelio Legasa Pérez	2011–2012	-1
	Matías Lescano	2003–2010	10'1
	Lawrence Charles Lewis	2008–2009	11
	Kevin Lisch]	2014–present	6'3
	Pedro Llompart Usón	2012–present	(10'3)
	José Jaime Lloreda Ferrón	2009–2010	8'4
	Esteban López	2005–2006	0'6
	Sebastien Robert N. Maio	2006–2007	0'6
	Christian Maråker	2006–2007	6'3
	Carles Marco Viñas	2008–2009	-1'5
	Javier Marín Ayerbe	2009–2010 & 2011–2014	(-0'8)
	José Ignacio Martín Monzón	2009–2010	4'7
	Marc Martí Roig	2014–present	(1)
	Carlos Martínez Díaz de Corcuera	2002–2003	8'7
	Ben McCauley	2014	4'8
	Javier Mesa Yáñez	2003–2004	4'9
	Andrés Miso Molina	2010–2011	8'6
	Francisco José Murcia Sánchez	2002–2004	8
	Henk Norel	2012–present	(12'8)
	Roberto Núñez Sánchez	2004–2005	4'3
	Ugonna Nnamdi Onyekwe	2006–2007	10'5
	José María Panadero Cordón	2002–2003	5'9
	Pervis Pasco	2011–2012	4'3
	Sergio Pérez Anagnostou	2008–2009	2'8
	Roberto Pérez Arteaga	2009–2010	1
	Richard Petruška	2002–2003	21'7
	Darren Phillip	2006–2011	10'2
	Gianmarco Pozzecco	2004–2005	18
	Rubén Elías Quintana Ruano	2005–2006	5'5
	Paolo Alfredo Quinteros	2007–2011	13'7
	Nikola Rakočević	2010–2011	0
	Damjan Rudež	2012–2014	(7'9)
	Antonio de André Reynolds-Dean	2004–2005	19'5
	Charles Rhodes	2011–2012	3'8
	Joan Riera Martí	2010–2011	1'5
	Pedro Rivero del Caz	2009–2010	9'6
	Jason Michael Robinson	2014–2015	8'8
	Francisco Robles Campos	2009–2010	1'1
	Gastao Lucio Rodrigues Pinheiro	2002–2003	-3
	José Antonio Rojas Martín	2007–2008	0'8
	Michael Roll	2012–2014	9'4
	Joseph García Roundy	2005–2007	7'2
	Juan José García Rodríguez	2014–present	(0'7)
	José Luis Rubio Costa	2003–2004	0
	Francisco Javier Ruiz González	2002–2003	0'7
	Francisco Sabaté Boada	2003–2004	5'2
	Rodrigo San Miguel de la Iglesia	2002–2004	2'5
	Eduardo Sánchez Cimadevilla	2009–2010	5'4
	Viktor Sanikidze	2013–2014	12'8
	Juan Pablo Sartorelli	2006–2007	2
	Joan Sastre Morro	2014–present	6'1
	Brent Scott	2004–2005	14'1
	Giorgi Shermadini	2013–2014	(15'8)
	Ondřej Starosta	2006–2009	11'9
	Jón Arnór Stefánsson	2011–present	(6'0)
	Terrence Terrell Stewart	2005–2006	3'5
	Jonathan Tabu	2013–2014	7'8
	José Javier Terrén Morales	2004–2006	-0'3
	Pere Tomàs Noguera	2013-present	(4'9)
	Andre Devalle Turner	2007–2008	2'4
	Chad Lee Töppert	2010–2013	3'7
	Ricardo Uriz Anzizu	2002–2003	7'1
	Álex Urtasun Uriz	2013–2014	3'7
	José Miguel Urtasun Uriz	2004–2005	6'7
	Sam Tom Bert Van Rossom	2010–2013	8'5
	Luc-Arthur Vebobe	2005–2006	9
	Cuthbert Victor	2007–2008	14'8
	Lucas Javier Victoriano Acosta	2006–2009	9'7
	Rafael Vidaurreta Ramírez	2005–2007	6'3
	Willie Earl Walls III	2003–2004	11'2
	Derell Lacero Washington	2002–2003 & 2005–2006	16'5
	Loren Woods	2008–2009	18'3
	Bracey Wright	2011–2012	(12'4)
	Andrija Žižić	2008–2009	2'1

Coaches database

Nationality	Name	Season
	José Luis Abós García	2009–2014
	Alberto Angulo Espinosa	2008–2009
	Alfred Julbe Bosch	2002–2004 & 2005–2006
	Jesús Alfonso Mateo Díez	2006–2007
	José Luis Oliete Terraz	2002–2003
	Óscar Quintana Viar	2004–2005
	Joaquín Ruiz Lorente	2014–present
	Francisco Segura Gómez	2007–2009
	Ranko Žeravica	2002–2003

External links

• Official website
• Basket Zaragoza 2002 at ACB.com (Spanish)
• Basket Zaragoza 2002 at the Eurocup