Uni Girona CB

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SPAR Girona
Uni Girona 2016.png
Leagues Liga Femenina
Founded2005
Arena Palau Girona-Fontajau
Location Girona, Spain
Team colorsRed and black
PresidentCayetano Perez
Head coachAlfred Julbe
Championships2 Spanish League
2 Spanish Supercup
Website unigirona.cat
Logo used until 2016. Uni Girona logo.JPG
Logo used until 2016.

Uni Girona Club de Basquet, also known as Spar Girona (previously Spar Citylift Girona) for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional women's basketball club from Girona.

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History

Founded in 2005 from the fusion of local clubs CE Santa Eugènia and CB Vedruna, the team attained promotion for the Spanish First League in 2009, ending 5th in its first two seasons. [1] In 2012 it qualified for the Copa de la Reina and the playoffs for the first time. [2]

On April 23, 2015, Uni Girona won the Spanish League after defeating Perfumerías Avenida in the final series by 2–0.

Roster

Pos.Starting 5Bench
C Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Julia Reisingerová Flag of Lithuania.svg Giedrė Labuckienė
PF Flag of Spain.svg Maria Araújo Flag of Nigeria.svg Adaora Elonu
SF Flag of Serbia.svg Sonja Vasić Flag of Spain.svg Júlia Soler
SG Flag of the United States.svg Chelsea Gray Flag of Spain.svg Laia Palau
PG Flag of Sweden.svg Frida Eldebrink Flag of Paraguay.svg Paola Ferrari

Season by season

SeasonTierDivisionPos. Copa de la Reina European competitions
2005–063Copa Catalunya12th
2006–072Liga Femenina 214th
2007–082Liga Femenina 24th
2008–092Liga Femenina 21st
2009–101 Liga Femenina 5th
2010–11 1 Liga Femenina 5th
2011–12 1 Liga Femenina 3rd Semifinalist
2012–13 1 Liga Femenina 3rd Semifinalist
2013–14 1 Liga Femenina 5th
2014–15 1 Liga Femenina 1st Semifinalist
2015–16 1 Liga Femenina 2nd Semifinalist 1 EuroLeague RS
2016–17 1 Liga Femenina 2nd Runner-up 2 EuroCup R8
2017–18 1 Liga Femenina 2nd Runner-up 2 EuroCup QF
2018–19 1 Liga Femenina 1st Runner-up 2 EuroCup SF

Trophies

Notable players

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