Valencia Basket (women)

Valencia Basket
Nickname	Taronjas (Oranges) Naranja Mecánica (Clockwork Orange)
Leagues	Liga Femenina Endesa EuroLeague Women
Founded	2014;11 years ago (2014)
Arena	Roig Arena
Capacity	15,600
Location	Valencia, Spain
Team colors	Orange and Blue
President	Vicent J. Solá
Head coach	Rubén Burgos
Ownership	Juan Roig
Championships	3 Spanish Women’s League 1 Spanish Cup 3 Spanish SuperCup 1 EuroCup 1 Europe SuperCup
Website	valenciabasket.com
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Valencia Basket Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional women's basketball team based in Valencia, Spain. The team currently plays in the Liga Femenina Endesa and EuroLeague Women with home games played at the Roig Arena. It is the women's team of the namesake club.

The orange club has a total of thirteen official titles in the men's section and ten in the women's section. Valencia is the only Spanish club to win the top basketball category in Spain in both sections: the 2016-17 ACB (in addition to two runner-up finishes) and the 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 Women’s League, as well as the EuroCup (ULEB Cup) on four occasions, where it is the most successful club in the competition, and the 2020–21 EuroCup Women.

The club is owned by retail tycoon Juan Roig. ^[1]

History

The women's team of Valencia Basket was created in 2014 after integrating the youth teams of Ros Casares Valencia, former EuroLeague Women champion club which dissolved its senior squad in 2012, into the structure of the club. ^[2]

In its first season, Valencia Basket played in Primera División, the third tier of Spanish women's basketball. ^[3]

The club promoted in 2016 to Liga Femenina 2, and two years later, it qualified for the promotion playoffs to the top tier as champions of the Group B and achieved promotion to Liga Femenina, the top tier of Spanish women's basketball, in front of 6,200 spectators. ^[4] In their debut season, Valencia Basket reached the semifinals.

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Copa de la Reina	European competitions			Other cups
2014–15	3	1ª División	2nd
2015–16	3	1ª División	1st
2016–17	2	Liga Femenina 2	10th
2017–18	2	Liga Femenina 2	1st
2018–19	1	Liga Femenina	4th	Quarterfinalist
2019–20	1	Liga Femenina	4th	Semifinalist	2 EuroCup	QF	9–1
2020–21	1	Liga Femenina	2nd	Finalist	2 EuroCup	C	7–0	FIBA SuperCup	C
2021–22	1	Liga Femenina	2nd	Semifinalist	2 EuroCup	QF	10–2	Supercopa	C
2022–23	1	Liga Femenina	1st	Semifinalist	1 EuroLeague	QF	10–7	Supercopa	RU
2023–24	1	Liga Femenina	1st	Champions	1 EuroLeague	RS	8–6	Supercopa	C
2024–25	1	Liga Femenina	1st	Quarterfinalist	1 EuroLeague	4th	5-1	Supercopa	C

Players

Current roster

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

Valencia Basket (Liga Femenina) roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. C 1 Mavunga, Stephanie 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) F 2 Eraunzetamurgil, Maria 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) C 3 Jelenc, Mojca 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) PF 4 Fingall, Nadia 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) PG 5 Ouvina, Cristina 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) PF 7 Torrens, Alba 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) SG 9 Casas, Queralt 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) PG 10 Romero, Leticia 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) F 13 Fiebich, Leonie 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) C 14 Carrera, Raquel 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) F 15 Broncano, Irene 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) C 17 Vītola, Kristīne 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) SG 18 Florez, Alicia 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) PF 20 Rivas, Lucía 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) PG 22 Turner, Yvonne 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) SF 23 Iagupova, Alina 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) C 40 Alexander, Kayla 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Head coach Rubén Burgos Assistant coach(es) Roberto Hernández Marta Sorlí Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 22 December 2024

References

1. Olvídese de la Masía de Messi: bienvenidos a L'Alqueria de Juan Roig (in Spanish).
2. Ros Casares se integra en la Escuela del Valencia Basket; Superdeporte, 18 May 2014 (in Spanish)
3. "Valencia Basket Femenino, un club de cantera" (in Spanish). Encancha.com. 11 October 2014. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
4. "Valencia Basket consigue la gloria en una noche para el recuerdo" (in Spanish). Valencia Basket. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

External links

• Official website
• Profile at FEB.es (in Spanish)