Club Basket Bilbao Berri S.A.D., commonly known as Bilbao Basket (), also known as Surne Bilbao Basket for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Bilbao, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is the Bilbao Arena, Spain. History The club was founded in 2000 after replacing the former city clubs: Cajabilbao and SD Patronato. After four seasons between LEB and LEB 2, Bilbao promoted to Liga ACB in 2004 by winning by 3–1 to Baloncesto León in the LEB semifinals. Bilbao spent ten seasons in the top tier of the Spanish basketball becoming finalist of the league in the 2010–11 season, where it lost in the finals to FC Barcelona by 3–0. In 2012, Bilbao played the EuroLeague and it was eliminated in the quarterfinals by CSKA Moscow, who won the series by 3–1. The best era of the club finished in 2013, when it lost the 2013 Eurocup Final at Charleroi against Lokomotiv Kuban. On 17 July 2014, the ACB excluded Bilbao Basket from the Liga ACB due to its financial trouble, but on 8 August, the Association was forced to retire the exclusion and finally Bilbao Basket remained in the Spanish top league. The club played four more seasons in Liga ACB until their relegation on 13 May 2018, after losing against Baskonia the Basque derby by 74–78. Sponsorship naming Bilbao Basket has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship: Lagun Aro Bilbao Basket: 2004–07 iurbentia Bilbao Basket: 2007–09 Bizkaia Bilbao Basket: 2009–11 Gescrap Bizkaia Bilbao Basket: 2011–12 Uxúe Bilbao Basket: 2012–13 Dominion Bilbao Basket: 2015–16 RETAbet Bilbao Basket: 2016–21 Surne Bilbao Basket: 2021–present Logos Home arenas Pabellón La Casilla: (2000–09) Bizkaia Arena: (2009–10), occasionally used for home games in 2007 and 2008 Bilbao Arena: (2010–present) Players Retired numbers Current roster Depth chart Head coaches Txutxo Sanz: 2000–2001 Pedro Zorrozua: 2001 Txus Vidorreta: 2001–2010 Rafa Pueyo: 2010, 2013–2014 Fotis Katsikaris: 2010–2013 Sito Alonso: 2014–2016 Carles Duran: 2016–2017 Veljko Mršić: 2017–2018 Jaka Lakovič: 2018 Álex Mumbrú: 2018–2022 Jaume Ponsarnau: 2022–present Season by season Trophies and awards Trophies Liga ACB: Runners-up (1): 2011 Supercopa de España: Runners-up (1): 2007 EuroCup Basketball: Runners-up (1): 2013 LEB Oro: (1) 2004 Copa Princesa de Asturias: Runners-up (2): 2002, 2019 LEB Plata: (1) 2002 Copa LEB Plata: (1) 2002 Individual awards All-ACB First Team Marcelo Huertas – 2008 Marko Todorović – 2015 Álex Mumbrú