Joventut Badalona
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Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. (FIATC Joventut for sponsorship reasons) is a Spanish professional basketball
club based in Badalona
, Catalonia
, playing in the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB). Known to their fans as La Penya (in English, The Club), it is one of only three teams that have never been relegated
from the top division of the Spanish League. The only other two are Real Madrid
and CB Estudiantes
. In 1994, Badalona was the champion of the FIBA European Champions' Cup
, which is now called the Euroleague.
Well-known players have included: Jordi Villacampa
, Raúl López
, Álex Mumbrú
, Rudy Fernández
, and Ricky Rubio
.
, table tennis
and football. In 1932, the club changed its name to Centre Esportiu Badaloní. In 1939, it became Club Joventut Badalona. By 1940, basketball was established as the club's main sport and green and black were adopted as the club's colors.
Between the 1950s and 1970s the club had a great rivalry with Real Madrid
and with the other neighboring teams, playing memorable duels. During the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, Joventut had the best years in its history. Today, the club's sponsored name is FIATC Joventut, named after the Spanish insurance company FIATC. Currently, Badalona's basketball club is feeling the same magic of years ago.
Joventut Badalona is one of only three teams, along with CB Estudiantes
and Real Madrid
to have played every year in the top Spanish ACB League. Joventut is considered to have the best youth teams in Europe. Players like the Jofresa's Brothers, Jordi Villacampa
, Rudy Fernández
, and Ricky Rubio
were developed in Joventut's youth teams.
Joventut Badalona was the first Catalan
and second Spanish team to win a Euroleague
title. In 1994, Badalona became the champion of the Euroleague
and thus reached the top of European basketball. In 2006, Badalona won the Eurocup
championship, and in 2008, the club won the ULEB Cup
championship. Joventut also won 2 Korać Cup
championships in the years 1981 and 1990.
For a complete list of current and former players, see the Joventut Badalona players category.
a new silver alternate jersey was introduced.
ACB Rising Star
ACB Finals MVP
Spanish Cup MVP
ULEB Eurocup Finals MVP
EuroChallenge Final Four MVP
Euroleague Rising Star
All-ACB First Team
ACB Slam Dunk Champion
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
club based in Badalona
Badalona
Badalona is a city in eastern Catalonia, Spain. It is located in the comarca of the Barcelonès, near the city of Barcelona and part of its metropolitan area. It is situated on the left bank of the small Besòs River and on the Mediterranean Sea, backed by the Serra de la Marina mountain range...
, Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
, playing in the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB). Known to their fans as La Penya (in English, The Club), it is one of only three teams that have never been relegated
Promotion and relegation
In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...
from the top division of the Spanish League. The only other two are Real Madrid
Real Madrid Baloncesto
Real Madrid Baloncesto is a Spanish professional basketball team founded in 1932 as a division of the Real Madrid club. They play in the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto ....
and CB Estudiantes
CB Estudiantes
Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D., known as Asefa Estudiantes for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in the city of Madrid, Community of Madrid. It is member of the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto . Founded in 1948, it is one of the most recognized basketball teams in Spain...
. In 1994, Badalona was the champion of the FIBA European Champions' Cup
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
, which is now called the Euroleague.
Well-known players have included: Jordi Villacampa
Jordi Villacampa
Jordi Villacampa Amorós is a retired basketball player of Joventut Badalona and the present chairman of the club....
, Raúl López
Raül López
Raül López i Molist is a Spanish professional basketball player. He has previously played for the NBA's Utah Jazz. López is a native of Vic, Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. At 6 ft 0 in tall, he plays the point guard position...
, Álex Mumbrú
Álex Mumbrú
Álex Mumbrú Murcia , is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is 2.02 m tall.-Pro career:...
, Rudy Fernández
Rudy Fernández (basketball)
Rodolfo "Rudy" Fernández y Farrés is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is a 6'6" tall shooting guard/small forward who is currently signed to the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, though he will play for Real Madrid until the current NBA lockout ends...
, and Ricky Rubio
Ricky Rubio
Ricard "Ricky" Rubio Vives is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association . Rubio became the youngest player ever to play in the Spanish ACB League on October 15, 2005, at age 14...
.
Sponsorship naming
Club Joventut de Badalona has received diverse trade names along its history. These are the Joventut denominations along the years:
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History
Badalona has had a basketball team since March 30, 1930, when Joventut was founded as Penya Spirit of Badalona. Apart from basketball, the club initially had teams involved in several sports including cyclingCycling
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
, table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
and football. In 1932, the club changed its name to Centre Esportiu Badaloní. In 1939, it became Club Joventut Badalona. By 1940, basketball was established as the club's main sport and green and black were adopted as the club's colors.
Between the 1950s and 1970s the club had a great rivalry with Real Madrid
Real Madrid Baloncesto
Real Madrid Baloncesto is a Spanish professional basketball team founded in 1932 as a division of the Real Madrid club. They play in the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto ....
and with the other neighboring teams, playing memorable duels. During the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, Joventut had the best years in its history. Today, the club's sponsored name is FIATC Joventut, named after the Spanish insurance company FIATC. Currently, Badalona's basketball club is feeling the same magic of years ago.
Joventut Badalona is one of only three teams, along with CB Estudiantes
CB Estudiantes
Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D., known as Asefa Estudiantes for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in the city of Madrid, Community of Madrid. It is member of the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto . Founded in 1948, it is one of the most recognized basketball teams in Spain...
and Real Madrid
Real Madrid Baloncesto
Real Madrid Baloncesto is a Spanish professional basketball team founded in 1932 as a division of the Real Madrid club. They play in the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto ....
to have played every year in the top Spanish ACB League. Joventut is considered to have the best youth teams in Europe. Players like the Jofresa's Brothers, Jordi Villacampa
Jordi Villacampa
Jordi Villacampa Amorós is a retired basketball player of Joventut Badalona and the present chairman of the club....
, Rudy Fernández
Rudy Fernández (basketball)
Rodolfo "Rudy" Fernández y Farrés is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is a 6'6" tall shooting guard/small forward who is currently signed to the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, though he will play for Real Madrid until the current NBA lockout ends...
, and Ricky Rubio
Ricky Rubio
Ricard "Ricky" Rubio Vives is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association . Rubio became the youngest player ever to play in the Spanish ACB League on October 15, 2005, at age 14...
were developed in Joventut's youth teams.
Joventut Badalona was the first Catalan
Catalan basketball league
The Catalan Basketball Cup, more commonly known as Lliga Catalana, is the regional preseason basketball cup competition that has been organized by the Catalan Basketball Federation since 1980, in Catalonia, Spain....
and second Spanish team to win a Euroleague
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
title. In 1994, Badalona became the champion of the Euroleague
Euroleague
Euroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
and thus reached the top of European basketball. In 2006, Badalona won the Eurocup
EuroChallenge
The EuroChallenge is the 3rd tier level transnational men's professional club basketball competition in Europe. It is organized and run by FIBA Europe...
championship, and in 2008, the club won the ULEB Cup
ULEB Cup
Eurocup Basketball is the second-tier level transnational professional basketball competition in Europe. The Eurocup is the level that is one tier below the Turkish Airlines Euroleague level...
championship. Joventut also won 2 Korać Cup
Korac Cup
The Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971-72 and 2001-02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the European Champions' Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup...
championships in the years 1981 and 1990.
Home arenas
- Pavelló de la Plana (1962–72), before 1962 the team played in not domed stadiums.
- Pavelló d'Ausiàs March (1972–91), also known as Pavelló Club Joventut (5000 seats).
- Palau OlímpicPalau Municipal d'Esports de BadalonaPalau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, most frequently called the Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona is an arena in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain. The arena holds 12,500 people, and it is primarily used for basketball, though it's also an habitual home for music concerts and other municipal...
(1991–present)
Retired numbers
- 5 Rafael JofresaRafael JofresaRafael Jofresa Prats is a Spanish retired basketball player. He played 75 times with the Spain national team.He played 18,062 minutes in 756 games in the ACB League.-Clubs:...
, G, 1983–1996, 2000–2003; Only Rudy Fernández was allowed to wear it. - 7 Josep Maria Margall, F, 1972–1990
- 8 Jordi VillacampaJordi VillacampaJordi Villacampa Amorós is a retired basketball player of Joventut Badalona and the present chairman of the club....
, F, 1980–1997
Notable players
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For a complete list of current and former players, see the Joventut Badalona players category.
Uniforms
The Joventut jerseys have always been green with a black stripe across the chest, and the shorts have been traditionally black, with the exception of some years that have been green too. The traditional away jerseys have been white, although in 2008-092008–09 ACB season
The 2008–09 ACB season is the 26th season of the Liga ACB. The 272-game regular season began on Saturday, October 4, 2008, and ended on Sunday, May 10, 2009...
a new silver alternate jersey was introduced.
Trophies
- EuroleagueEuroleagueEuroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
: 1993-94: 1 - ULEB CupULEB CupEurocup Basketball is the second-tier level transnational professional basketball competition in Europe. The Eurocup is the level that is one tier below the Turkish Airlines Euroleague level...
: 2007-08: 1 - Korać CupKorac CupThe Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971-72 and 2001-02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the European Champions' Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup...
: 1980-81, 1989-90: 2 - FIBA EuroCupEuroChallengeThe EuroChallenge is the 3rd tier level transnational men's professional club basketball competition in Europe. It is organized and run by FIBA Europe...
: 2005-06: 1 - Spanish League: 1966-67, 1977–78, 1990-911990–91 ACB season-Championship Playoffs:...
, 1991–92: 4 - Copa del Rey de BaloncestoCopa del Rey de BaloncestoThe Copa del Rey de Baloncesto is an annual cup competition for Spanish basketball teams organized by Spain's top professional league, Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto. It was originally known as the Copa de España de Baloncesto and was first played in 1933. It was the first nationwide...
: 1947-48, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1968–69, 1975–76, 1996–97, 2007-08Copa del Rey de Baloncesto 2007-08The Copa del Rey 2007-08 was the 72nd edition of the Spanish basketball Cup. It was organized by the ACB and was disputed in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country in the Fernando Buesa Arena Arena between days 7 and 10 of February...
: 8 - Copa Príncipe de AsturiasCopa Príncipe de Asturias de BaloncestoThe Copa Príncipe de Asturias de Baloncesto is an annual cup competition for Spanish basketball teams organized by Spain's second professional league, Liga Española de Baloncesto. It was first played in 1987....
: 1986-87, 1988–89, 1990–91: 3 - Lliga Catalana de BasquetCatalan basketball leagueThe Catalan Basketball Cup, more commonly known as Lliga Catalana, is the regional preseason basketball cup competition that has been organized by the Catalan Basketball Federation since 1980, in Catalonia, Spain....
: 1986-87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008-09: 11
Individual awards
ACB Most Valuable PlayerACB Most Valuable Player Award
The Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto first named a Most Valuable Player after the 1991-92 ACB season. Since then, four players have won the award more than once: Darryl Middleton , Arvydas Sabonis, Tanoka Beard and Luis Scola...
- Tanoka BeardTanoka BeardTanoka Dwight Beard is a retired American basketball player. Tanoka Beard was a solid big man able to play both the power forward and center positions, he earned an All-Euroleague Second Team selection in 2005, while leading the competition in rebounds with 10.6 per game...
– 2002
ACB Rising Star
ACB Rising Star Award
The Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto is an annual Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto award given since the 2004-2005 ACB season.-All-time Award Winners:The following is a list of the All-Time ACB Rising Star Award winners....
- Ricky RubioRicky RubioRicard "Ricky" Rubio Vives is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association . Rubio became the youngest player ever to play in the Spanish ACB League on October 15, 2005, at age 14...
– 2007
ACB Finals MVP
ACB Finals Most Valuable Player Award
The Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto first named an ACB Finals Most Valuable Player after the 1990-91 ACB season. Since then, only one player has won the award more than once: Arvydas Sabonis.-All-time award winners:...
- Corny ThompsonCorny ThompsonCornelius "Corny" Allen Thompson is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'8" 225 lb power forward who occasionally also played the center position...
– 1991 - Mike SmithMike Smith (basketball, born 1963)Mikel Smith Gibbs is a retired professional basketball player.Smith played college basketball for USC–Spartanburg beginning in 1982, before playing for twelve years in Spain, notably for Joventut Badalona and Real Madrid...
– 1992
Spanish Cup MVP
- Andre TurnerAndre TurnerAndre Devalle Turner is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. A 5'11", . point guard, he played collegiately at Memphis State University...
– 1997 - Rudy FernándezRudy Fernández (basketball)Rodolfo "Rudy" Fernández y Farrés is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is a 6'6" tall shooting guard/small forward who is currently signed to the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, though he will play for Real Madrid until the current NBA lockout ends...
– 2004, 2008
ULEB Eurocup Finals MVP
- Rudy FernándezRudy Fernández (basketball)Rodolfo "Rudy" Fernández y Farrés is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is a 6'6" tall shooting guard/small forward who is currently signed to the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, though he will play for Real Madrid until the current NBA lockout ends...
– 2008
EuroChallenge Final Four MVP
- Rudy FernándezRudy Fernández (basketball)Rodolfo "Rudy" Fernández y Farrés is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is a 6'6" tall shooting guard/small forward who is currently signed to the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, though he will play for Real Madrid until the current NBA lockout ends...
– 2006
Euroleague Rising Star
- Rudy FernándezRudy Fernández (basketball)Rodolfo "Rudy" Fernández y Farrés is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is a 6'6" tall shooting guard/small forward who is currently signed to the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, though he will play for Real Madrid until the current NBA lockout ends...
– 2007
All-ACB First Team
- Rudy FernándezRudy Fernández (basketball)Rodolfo "Rudy" Fernández y Farrés is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is a 6'6" tall shooting guard/small forward who is currently signed to the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, though he will play for Real Madrid until the current NBA lockout ends...
– 2007, 2008 - Ricky RubioRicky RubioRicard "Ricky" Rubio Vives is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association . Rubio became the youngest player ever to play in the Spanish ACB League on October 15, 2005, at age 14...
– 2008
ACB Slam Dunk Champion
- Christian EyengaChristian EyengaChristian Eyenga Moenge is a Congolese professional basketball player with Joventut Badalona of the Liga ACB. In June 2009, Eyenga was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association with the 30th pick in that year's NBA Draft. When drafted, he played for the Spanish...
– 2009