Valencia Basket (women)

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Valencia Basket
NicknameTaronjas (Oranges)
Naranja Mecánica (Clockwork Orange)
Leagues Liga Femenina Endesa
EuroLeague Women
Founded2014;11 years ago (2014)
Arena Roig Arena
Capacity15,600
Location Valencia, Spain
Team colorsOrange and Blue
  
PresidentVicent J. Solá
Head coachRubén Burgos
Ownership Juan Roig
Championships3 Spanish Women’s League
1 Spanish Cup
3 Spanish SuperCup
1 EuroCup
1 Europe SuperCup
Website valenciabasket.com

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.

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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

SeasonTierDivisionPos. Copa de la Reina European competitions Other cups
2014–1531ª División2nd
2015–1631ª División1st
2016–172 Liga Femenina 2 10th
2017–182 Liga Femenina 2 1st
2018–19 1 Liga Femenina 4th Quarterfinalist
2019–20 1 Liga Femenina 4th Semifinalist 2 EuroCup QF9–1
2020–21 1 Liga Femenina 2nd Finalist 2 EuroCup C7–0 FIBA SuperCup C
2021–22 1 Liga Femenina 2nd Semifinalist 2 EuroCup QF10–2 Supercopa C
2022–23 1 Liga Femenina 1st Semifinalist 1 EuroLeague QF10–7 Supercopa RU
2023–24 1 Liga Femenina 1st Champions 1 EuroLeague RS8–6 Supercopa C
2024–25 1 Liga Femenina 1st Quarterfinalist 1 EuroLeague 4th5-1 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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.
C 1 Flag of Poland.svg Mavunga, Stephanie 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
F 2 Flag of Spain.svg Eraunzetamurgil, Maria 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
C 3 Flag of Slovenia.svg Jelenc, Mojca 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
PF 4 Flag of the United States.svg Fingall, Nadia 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
PG 5 Flag of Spain.svg Ouvina, Cristina 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
PF 7 Flag of Spain.svg Torrens, Alba 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
SG 9 Flag of Spain.svg Casas, Queralt 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
PG 10 Flag of Spain.svg Romero, Leticia 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
F 13 Flag of Germany.svg Fiebich, Leonie 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
C 14 Flag of Spain.svg Carrera, Raquel 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
F 15 Flag of Spain.svg Broncano, Irene 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
C 17 Flag of Latvia.svg Vītola, Kristīne 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
SG 18 Flag of Spain.svg Florez, Alicia 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
PF 20 Flag of Spain.svg Rivas, Lucía 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PG 22 Flag of Hungary.svg Turner, Yvonne 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
SF 23 Flag of Ukraine.svg Iagupova, Alina 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
C 40 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alexander, Kayla 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Head coach
  • Flag of Spain.svg Rubén Burgos
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Hernández
  • Flag of Spain.svg Marta Sorlí

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

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.