Saski Baskonia

Club Deportivo Saski-Baskonia, S.A.D commonly known as Saski Baskonia () and also simply as Baskonia, is a professional basketball team based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague.

History

1959–1969: start in the provincial basketball

In 1959, the Club Deportivo Vasconia founded a basketball program under the presidency of Félix Ullivarriarrazua. Vicente Elejalde was appointed as head coach. A previous attempt to establish a basketball program, in 1951, had ended in failure.

In its first season, the team finished second in the provincial championship behind Corazonistas. In the 1963–64 season, the team won its first provincial titles, taking both the league and cup. The team went on to win the provincial championship in five of its first ten seasons of competition (1959–69) and achieved the promotion to the 3rd division after Pepe Laso took over as head coach, prevailing over city rival Deportivo Alavés.

The team opened the 1972–73 season in the 1st division by defeating Breogán 89–67. The Basque team went on to reach the semifinals of the Copa del Rey where they were eliminated by Estudiantes. In the 1973–74 season, the club reached 1,400 supporters and signed its first foreign player, the Canadian Phil Tollestrup. The team finished in eighth place and gained the right to play in the Korać Cup but declined to participate on financial grounds.

In the summer of 1981, José Antonio Querejeta, who had returned to the team after passing through Real Madrid and had been tested by FC Barcelona, was transferred to Joventut. The direction of Iñaki Iriarte from the bench and the contribution of Cambronero Peio, Txomin Sautu, Salva Diez, Mikel Cuadra, Xabier Jon Davalillo and Luis Mari Junguitu allowed the team to promote to the 1st division and return to the place that it had occupied among the great teams for almost a decade. A new change in the presidency of the club allowed the arrival of José Antonio Apraiz. The season of the return to the top league was not very positive in terms of results, the team ended up in relegation positions with a baggage of three wins, three draws and twenty defeats. Spanish basketball was preparing to enter a new stage marked by professionalism, and the creation of the Liga ACB made it possible for the team to avoid relegation back to the 2nd Division.

The team started the 21st century with Duško Ivanović on the bench. In his first year, they then found quick success in the newly reborn EuroLeague. With a deep roster featuring Elmer Bennett, Saulius Štombergas, Victor Alexander, Fabricio Oberto and a young Luis Scola, Baskonia reached the 2001 Euroleague Finals, before losing to Virtus Bologna in the fifth and final game on the road. With winning momentum and the additions of Dejan Tomašević and Andrés Nocioni, the team achieved its first double in the next season, with another Spanish King's Cup trophy and its first Spanish League title ever. Baskonia snatched two more Spanish King's Cups, in 2004 and 2006, as Luis Scola and Pablo Prigioni played decisive roles, and success followed the team in the EuroLeague. Baskonia's arrival to its first EuroLeague Final Four in 2005 couldn't have been louder, as the team upset favored host CSKA Moscow in the semi-finals, but couldn't overcome defending champ Maccabi in the title game.

Back home, Baskonia again reached the Spanish League finals, only to lose in dramatic fashion. Baskonia returned to the EuroLeague Final Four in 2006, but once again Maccabi stood in its way, this time in the semi-final. The team also made it to the Spanish League finals, but was swept there. The next season, Baskonia won its EuroLeague regular season and Top 16 groups before sweeping Olympiacos in the Playoffs, as Scola became the Euroleague Basketball's top all-time scorer at that time. Nonetheless, eventual champion Panathinaikos downed Baskonia in the semi-finals and once home again in Spain, Baskonia lost in the semi-finals. In the third place game, Baskonia lost to Russian side Lokomotiv Kuban.

In the 2016–17 season, the EuroLeague adopted a new league-style format in which a round-robin season of sixteen teams was played. In the first season in the new format, the team changed its core of players and also its head coach, but still remained deep in the playoff zone for most of the regular season and ended up advancing to the next phase with a 17–13 record and seventh place. A four-game winning streak in December and another in March covered up for a negative run of six losses in seven games between Rounds 17 and 23. Baskonia clinched a playoff berth for the 10th time in 12 seasons, but there the team was swept by CSKA Moscow after three tough games. Ádám Hanga was one of the team leaders and was chosen as the EuroLeague Best Defender by the league's head coaches, and Baskonia showed, once again, its innate ability to sign talent that seemed to go under the radar for everybody else with names like Shane Larkin, Johannes Voigtmann and Rodrigue Beaubois playing major roles.

The 2018–19 season was an important season for the club with the Final Four taking place on its home court. A slow start caused Baskonia to part ways with head coach Pedro Martínez and bring back club legend Velimir Perasović to replace him. Baskonia kept struggling on the road, but won 10 of its last 11 regular season games – including victories against playoff-bound teams CSKA Moscow, Panathinaikos and Real Madrid – to reach the playoffs from sixth place. Baskonia managed to do something no team had done in over a decade – steal home-court advantage in a playoff series against CSKA, but the Russian powerhouse recovered with back-to-back wins at Buesa Arena to qualify for the Final Four and eventually win the title. Vincent Poirier was chosen to the All-EuroLeague Second Team. Baskonia had early exits in its two main domestic competitions; it lost against Joventut in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals and against Zaragoza in the Spanish League quarterfinals.

On 30 June 2020, ten years after their last title, Baskonia won the 2019–20 ACB season, marked by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sponsorship naming

The club was often referred to for years as TAU Cerámica, a Spanish brand name of ceramics manufacturer TAULELL, which name sponsored the club from 1987 to 2009. Originally, TAULELL used another of its brand names, Taugrés, as the name of the team, before changing the name to TAU Cerámica in 1997. TAU, Taugrés and TAU Vitoria were also frequently used to refer to the team. Baskonia, Saski Baskonia, and Saski Baskonia, S.A.D. refer to the name of the actual sports club itself. In 2009, the Spanish credit union Caja Laboral became the new name sponsor of the club and increased the amount of money that the name sponsor contributes to the sports club's budget. In 2016, Laboral Kutxa end its sponsorship naming to Baskonia.

Baskonia has received diverse sponsorship names along the years:

Caja Álava (1983–1987)
Taugrés (1987–1997) / Tau Cerámica (1997–2009)
Caja Laboral / Laboral Kutxa (2009–2016)
Kirolbet Baskonia (2018–2020)
TD Systems Baskonia (2020–2021)
Bitci Baskonia (2021–2022)
Cazoo Baskonia (2022–2023)
Kosner Baskonia (2025–)

Arena

right|thumb|250px|[[Fernando Buesa Arena during the 2019 EuroLeague Final Four.]]

Since 1991, Baskonia has played its home games at the Fernando Buesa Arena, which has a seating capacity of 15,504 people for basketball games. The arena was originally called the Pabellón Araba, from 1991 to 2000. The arena was extensively renovated and expanded in the year 2012.

The arena hosted the 1996 FIBA European Cup Final, in which Baskonia won the title and also hosted the 2010 Eurocup Finals, before hosting the EuroLeague Final Four in 2019.

Players

Retired jerseys

Despite not having retired any number in its history, five of the club's most notable players have a jersey with the number they wore in their time with the team hung at the Fernando Buesa Arena. These are Pablo Prigioni (#5), whose shirt was put on display in 2017; Igor Rakočević (#8) and Sergi Vidal (#9), who followed suit in 2020; Luis Scola (#4), who was inducted in 2023; and Tiago Splitter (#21), who was inducted in 2024.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

| colspan="6" style=";"| Baskonia retired jerseys

! style="; width:50px"| No.

! style=""|

! style=""| Player

! style=""|

! style=""| Tenure

! style=""| Ceremony date

| 4 || || Luis Scola || PF || 1998–2007 || 3 November 2023

| 5 || || Pablo Prigioni || PG || 2003–2009, 2011–2012, 2016–2017 || 15 January 2017

| 8 || || Igor Rakočević || SG || 2006–2009 || 19 December 2019

| 9 || || Sergi Vidal || SF || 2000–2009 || 19 December 2019

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

Carlos Cabezas
José Calderón
Carlos Cazorla
Ilimane Diop
Jorge Garbajosa
Roberto Íñiguez
Pablo Laso
Fernando San Emeterio
Pau Ribas
Sergi Vidal
Walter Herrmann
Marcelo Nicola
Andrés Nocioni
Fabricio Oberto
Pablo Prigioni
Luis Scola
Luca Vildoza
Mirza Teletović
Marcelo Huertas
Tiago Splitter
Georgi Glouchkov
Velimir Perasović
Zoran Planinić
Darko Planinić
Roko Ukić
Maik Kotsar
Sander Raieste
Jim Bilba
Laurent Foirest
Thomas Heurtel
William Phillips
Kevin Séraphin
Hanno Möttölä
Tornike Shengelia
Tibor Pleiß
Johannes Voigtmann
Ioannis Bourousis
Christos Charissis
Nikos Rogkavopoulos
Kornél Dávid
Ádám Hanga
Pat Burke
Lior Eliyahu
Andrea Bargnani
Simone Fontecchio
Achille Polonara
Stefano Rusconi
Dāvis Bertāns
Jānis Timma
Simas Jasaitis
Rimantas Kaukėnas
Arvydas Macijauskas
Saulius Štombergas
Mindaugas Timinskas
Rokas Giedraitis
Predrag Drobnjak
Chima Moneke
Thomas Kelati
Maciej Lampe
David Logan
Ramón Rivas
Miroslav Berić
Nemanja Bjelica
Vladimir Micov
Dejan Tomašević
Igor Rakočević
Richard Petruška
Goran Dragić
Zoran Dragić
Jaka Blažič
Ender Arslan
Serkan Erdoğan
Kaya Peker
Andrew Betts
Victor Alexander
Jerome Allen
J. J. Anderson
Joe Arlauckas
Wade Baldwin IV
Ken Bannister
Scooter Barry
Elmer Bennett
Anthony Bonner
Ryan Bowen
Rickey Brown
Chase Budinger
Lionel Chalmers
Chris Corchiani
Pat Durham
Rashard Griffith
Travis Hansen
Pierriá Henry
Darrun Hilliard
Essie Hollis
Casey Jacobsen
Mike James
Linton Johnson
Jalen Jones
Randolph Keys
Shane Larkin
Will McDonald
Jordan McRae
Larry Micheaux
Pete Mickeal
Drew Nicholas
Dan O'Sullivan
Lamar Odom
Lou Roe
Brent Scott
James Singleton
Matt Steigenga
Darius Thompson
Nikita Wilson
David Wood

Players at the NBA draft

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"

! style=""|Position

! style=""|Player

! style=""|Year

! style=""|Round

! style=""|Pick

! style=""|Drafted by

|PF

| Marcelo Nicola

|1993

|2nd round

|30th

|Houston Rockets

|PF

| Luis Scola

|2002

|2nd round

|56th

|San Antonio Spurs

|PF/C

| Tiago Splitter

|2007

|1st round

|28th

|San Antonio Spurs

Head coaches

Vicente Elejalde 1959–1969
Pepe Laso 1969–1977, 1985–1987
Juan Antonio Ortiz de Pinedo 1977–1978, 1982–1983
Iñaki Iriarte 1978–1980, 1981–1983, 1992–1993
Manu Moreno 1980–1981, 1987–1989
Txema Capetillo 1983–1984
Xabier Añúa 1984–1985
Željko Pavličević 1989–1990
Herb Brown 1990–1992
Manel Comas 1993–1997
Sergio Scariolo 1997–1999, 2013–2014
Salva Maldonado 1999
Julio Lamas 1999–2000
Duško Ivanović 2000–2005, 2008–2012, 2019–2021, 2023–2024
Pedro Martínez 2005, 2017–2018
Velimir Perasović 2005–2007, 2015–2016, 2018–2019
Natxo Lezkano 2007
Božidar Maljković 2007
Neven Spahija 2007–2008, 2021–2022
Žan Tabak 2012–2013
Marco Crespi 2014
Ibon Navarro 2014–2015
Sito Alonso 2016–2017
Pablo Prigioni 2017
Joan Peñarroya 2022–2023
Pablo Laso 2024–2025
Paolo Galbiati 2025–present

Source: baskonistas.com

Logos

TAU Ceramica.png|Tau sponsorship logo (1987–2009)

Caja Laboral Logo.png|Caja Laboral sponsorship logo (2009–2013)

Saski Baskonia Logo.gif|Non commercial logo (2010–2016)

Saski Baskonia.png|Non commercial logo (2016–present)

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Season by season

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center"

!Season

!Tier

!Division

!Pos.

!Copa del Rey

!colspan=2|Other cups

!colspan=3|European competitions

|bgcolor=#efefef|1959

!colspan=12|Foundation of Club Deportivo Vasconia

|bgcolor=#efefef|1959–60

| 4 || align=left| Provincial

| 2nd

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1960–61

| 4 || align=left| Provincial

| 2nd

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1961–62

| 4 || align=left| Provincial

| 1st

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1962–63

| 4 || align=left| Provincial

| 2nd

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1963–64

| 4 || align=left| Provincial

| 1st

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1964–65

| 4 || align=left| Provincial

| 2nd

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1965–66

| 4 || align=left| Provincial

| 1st

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1966–67

| 4 || align=left| Provincial

| 2nd

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1967–68

| 4 || align=left| Provincial

| 1st

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1968–69

| 4 || align=left| Provincial

| bgcolor=#BBF3BB|1st

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1969–70

| 3 || align=left| 3ª División

| bgcolor=#BBF3BB|1st

| 10–5

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1970–71

| 2 || align=left| 2ª División

| 20–4

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1971–72

| 2 || align=left| 2ª División

| bgcolor=#BBF3BB|

| 21–3

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1972–73

| 1

| align=left|1ª División

| 10th

| 12–18

| align=left|Semi-finalist

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1973–74

| 1

| align=left|1ª División

| 8th

| 12–16

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1974–75

| 1

| align=left|1ª División

| 8th

| 8–14

| align=left|Quarter-finalist

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1975–76

| 1

| align=left|1ª División

| 8th

| 14–18

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1976

!colspan=12|Converting in Club Deportivo Basconia

|bgcolor=#efefef|1976–77

| 1

| align=left|1ª División

| 10th

| 8–14

| align=left|First round

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1977–78

| 1

| align=left|1ª División

| 10th

| 7–1–14

| align=left|First round

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1978–79

| 1

| align=left|1ª División

| 8th

| 9–13

| align=left|Semi-finalist

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1979–80

| 1

| align=left|1ª División

| 11th

| 5–2–15

| align=left|Round of 16

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1980–81

| 1

| align=left|1ª División

| bgcolor=#FFBBBB|14th

| 6–20

| align=left|Round of 16

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1981–82

| 2 || align=left| 1ª División B

| bgcolor=#BBF3BB|2nd

| 19–1–6

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1982–83

| 1

| align=left|1ª División

| 13th

| 3–3–20

| align=left|Round of 16

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1983–84

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 9th

| 9–22

| align=left|Round of 16

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1984–85

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 10th

| 8–22

| align=left|Copa Asociación || bgcolor=gold|C

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1985–86

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 9th

| 16–14

| align=left|Copa Príncipe || QF

| align=left|3 Korać Cup || || 0–1–1

|bgcolor=#efefef|1986–87

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 8th

| 15–18

| align=left|Copa Príncipe ||

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1987–88

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 8th

| 19–14

| align=left|Copa Príncipe ||

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1988

!colspan=12|Converting in Saski-Baskonia S.A.D.

|bgcolor=#efefef|1988–89

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 7th

| 21–17

| align=left|Round of 16

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1989–90

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 7th

| 23–15

| align=left|Quarter-finalist

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1990–91

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 4th

| 26–16

| align=left|Quarter-finalist

| colspan=2|

| colspan=3|

|bgcolor=#efefef|1991–92

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 4th

| 30–15

| align=left|Quarter-finalist

| colspan=2|

| align=left|3 Korać Cup || QF || 6–6

|bgcolor=#efefef|1992–93

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 11th

| 19–14

| align=left|Third position

| colspan=2|

| align=left|3 Korać Cup || || 6–4

|bgcolor=#efefef|1993–94

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 11th

| 17–15

| align=left bgcolor=silver|Runner-up

| colspan=2|

| align=left|2 European Cup || bgcolor=silver|RU || 11–4

|bgcolor=#efefef|1994–95

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 5th

| 24–17

| align=left bgcolor=gold|Champion

| colspan=2|

| align=left|2 European Cup || bgcolor=silver|RU || 12–3

|bgcolor=#efefef|1995–96

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 8th

| 22–19

| colspan=2|

| align=left|2 European Cup || bgcolor=gold|C || 13–1–3

|bgcolor=#efefef|1996–97

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 5th

| 21–17

| colspan=2|

| align=left|3 Korać Cup || || 8–2

|bgcolor=#efefef|1997–98

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| bgcolor=silver|2nd

| 34–10

| align=left|Quarter-finalist

| colspan=2|

| align=left|3 Korać Cup || || 5–3

|bgcolor=#efefef|1998–99

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 5th

| 25–13

| bgcolor=gold align=left|Champion

| colspan=2|

| align=left|1 EuroLeague || || 4–6

|bgcolor=#efefef|1999–00

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 4th

| 25–18

| align=left|Quarter-finalist

| colspan=2|

| align=left| 2 Saporta Cup || || 9–5

|bgcolor=#efefef|2000–01

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 3rd

| 32–11

| align=left|Quarter-finalist

| colspan=2|

| align=left|1 Euroleague || bgcolor=silver|RU || 15–7

|bgcolor=#efefef|2001–02

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| bgcolor=gold|1st

| 33–12

| bgcolor=gold align=left|Champion

| colspan=2|

| align=left|1 Euroleague || || 13–7

|bgcolor=#efefef|2002–03

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 6th

| 20–19

| align=left bgcolor=silver|Runner-up

| colspan=2|

| align=left| 1 Euroleague || || 11–9

|bgcolor=#efefef|2003–04

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 3rd

| 32–10

| bgcolor=gold align=left|Champion

| colspan=2|

| align=left|1 Euroleague || || 13–7

|bgcolor=#efefef|2004–05

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| bgcolor=silver|2nd

| 36–11

| align=left|Semi-finalist

| align=left|Supercopa || 4th

| align=left|1 Euroleague || bgcolor=silver|RU || 13–11

|bgcolor=#efefef|2005–06

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| bgcolor=silver|2nd

| 31–13

| align=left bgcolor=gold|Champion

| align=left|Supercopa || bgcolor=gold|C

| align=left|1 Euroleague || 3rd || 18–7

|bgcolor=#efefef|2006–07

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 3rd

| 31–11

| align=left|Semi-finalist

| align=left|Supercopa || bgcolor=gold|C

| align=left|1 Euroleague || 4th || 20–4

|bgcolor=#efefef|2007–08

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| bgcolor=gold|1st

| 29–13

| align=left bgcolor=silver |Runner-up

| align=left|Supercopa || bgcolor=gold|C

| align=left|1 Euroleague || 4th || 16–9

|bgcolor=#efefef|2008–09

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| bgcolor=silver|2nd

| 33–8

| align=left bgcolor=gold|Champion

| align=left|Supercopa || bgcolor=gold|C

| align=left|1 Euroleague || QF || 14–7

|bgcolor=#efefef|2009–10

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| bgcolor=gold|1st

| 35–9

| align=left|Semi-finalist

| align=left|Supercopa || SF

| align=left|1 Euroleague || QF || 11–9

|bgcolor=#efefef|2010–11

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 4th

| 25–14

| align=left|Semi-finalist

| align=left|Supercopa || SF

| align=left|1 Euroleague || QF || 10–10

|bgcolor=#efefef|2011–12

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 3rd

| 27–14

| align=left|Semi-finalist

| align=left|Supercopa || bgcolor=silver|RU

| align=left|1 Euroleague || || 5–5

|bgcolor=#efefef|2012–13

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 5th

| 26–11

| align=left|Semi-finalist

| colspan=2|

| align=left|1 Euroleague || QF || 13–15

|bgcolor=#efefef|2013–14

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 6th

| 19–17

| align=left|Quarter-finalist

| align=left|Supercopa || SF

| align=left|1 Euroleague || || 11–13

|bgcolor=#efefef|2014–15

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 6th

| 20–17

| align=left|Supercopa || SF

| align=left|1 Euroleague || || 11–13

|bgcolor=#efefef|2015–16

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 4th

| 27–14

| align=left|Semi-finalist

| colspan=2|

| align=left|1 Euroleague || 4th || 18–11

|bgcolor=#efefef|2016–17

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 3rd

| 26–13

| align=left|Semi-finalist

| align=left|Supercopa || SF

| align=left|1 EuroLeague || 7th || 17–16

|bgcolor=#efefef|2017–18

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| bgcolor=silver|2nd

| 31–13

| align=left|Quarter-finalist

| colspan=2|

| align=left|1 EuroLeague || 7th || 17–17

|bgcolor=#efefef|2018–19

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 5th

| 26–10

| align=left|Quarter-finalist

| align=left|Supercopa || bgcolor=silver|RU

| align=left|1 EuroLeague || 7th || 16–18

|bgcolor=#efefef|2019–20

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| bgcolor=gold|1st

| 17–13

| align=left|

| colspan=2|

| align=left|1 EuroLeague || – || 12–16

|bgcolor=#efefef|2020–21

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 5th

| 24–15

| align=left|Semi-finalist

| align=left|Supercopa || SF

| align=left|1 EuroLeague || 10th || 18–16

|bgcolor=#efefef|2021–22

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 4th

| 22–18

| align=left|

| colspan=2|

| align=left|1 EuroLeague || 9th || 12–16

|bgcolor=#efefef|2022–23

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 5th

| 28–8

| align=left|Quarter-finalist

| colspan=2|

| align=left|1 EuroLeague || 9th || 18–16

|bgcolor=#efefef|2023–24

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 9th

| 18–16

| align=left|

| colspan=2|

| align=left|1 EuroLeague || 8th || 19–20

|bgcolor=#efefef|2024–25

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| 8th

| 19–17

| align=left|

| colspan=2|

| align=left|1 EuroLeague || 14th || 14–20

|bgcolor=#efefef|2025–26

| 1

| align=left|Liga ACB

| align=left bgcolor=gold|Champion

| colspan=2|

| align=left|1 EuroLeague || 18th || 13–25

Honours

Domestic competitions

Spanish League

: Winners (4): 2001–02, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2019–20

: Runners-up (5): 1997–98, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2017–18

Spanish Cup

: Winners (7): 1995, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2026

: Runners-up (3): 1994, 2003, 2008

Spanish Supercup

: Winners (4): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

: Runners-up (2): 2011, 2018

Association Cup

: Winners (1): 1985

2nd Division

: Winners (1): 1971–72

Basque Cup

: Winners (4): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2018–19, 2022–23

European competitions

EuroLeague

: Runners-up (2): 2000–01, 2004–05

: 3rd place (1): 2005–06

: 4th place (3): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2015–16

: Final Four (6): 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016

FIBA Saporta Cup

: Winners (1): 1995–96 MVP Ramón Rivas

: Runners-up (2): 1993–94, 1994–95

Other competitions

Trofeo Diputación / Álava

: Winners (29): 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Estella, Spain Invitational Game

: Winners (1): 2007

Logroño, Spain Invitational Game

: Winners (1): 2007

Ourense, Spain Invitational Game

: Winners (1): 2008

Tudela, Spain Invitational Game

: Winners (1): 2008

Torneo de Lleida Stagepro

: 3rd Place (1): 2009

Switzerland Invitational Game

: Winners (1): 2010

Torneo Angers

: Winners (1): 2010

Lanzarote, Spain Invitational Game

: Winners (1): 2011

Bergara, Spain Invitational Game

: Winners (1): 2015

Torneo Fundacion CID

: Runners-up (1): 2016

Individual awards

All-EuroLeague First Team

Dejan Tomašević – 2002
Arvydas Macijauskas – 2005
Luis Scola – 2006, 2007
Tiago Splitter – 2008
Igor Rakočević – 2009
Fernando San Emeterio – 2011
Ioannis Bourousis – 2016
Tornike Shengelia – 2018

All-EuroLeague Second Team

Andrés Nocioni – 2003, 2004
Luis Scola – 2005
Pablo Prigioni – 2006, 2007
Igor Rakočević – 2007
Tiago Splitter – 2009, 2010
Vincent Poirier – 2019
Darius Thompson – 2023

EuroLeague Best Defender

Ádám Hanga – 2017

EuroLeague Top Scorer "Alphonso Ford"

Igor Rakočević – 2007, 2009
Markus Howard – 2024

ACB Most Valuable Player

Kenny Green – 1997
Andrés Nocioni – 2004
Luis Scola – 2005, 2007
Tiago Splitter – 2010
Fernando San Emeterio – 2011
Ioannis Bourousis – 2016

ACB Finals MVP

Elmer Bennett – 2002
Pete Mickeal – 2008
Tiago Splitter – 2010
Luca Vildoza – 2020

All-ACB First Team

Andrés Nocioni – 2004, 2013
Luis Scola – 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
José Calderón – 2005
Pablo Prigioni – 2006, 2007, 2009
Igor Rakočević – 2009
Tiago Splitter – 2010
Marcelo Huertas – 2011
Fernando San Emeterio – 2011
Mirza Teletović – 2012
Darius Adams – 2016
Ioannis Bourousis – 2016
Ádám Hanga – 2017
Tornike Shengelia – 2018
Pierriá Henry – 2021
Darius Thompson – 2023
Markus Howard – 2023, 2024

All-ACB Second Team

Ádám Hanga – 2016
Shane Larkin – 2017
Tornike Shengelia – 2019, 2020
Vincent Poirier – 2019
Rokas Giedraitis – 2021

ACB Top Scorer

Ray Price – 1974
Webb Williams – 1979
Claude Gregory – 1983
Igor Rakočević – 2009
Darius Adams – 2016
Markus Howard – 2024
Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot – 2026

ACB Rising Star

Mirza Teletović – 2008

ACB Most Spectacular Player

Tornike Shengelia – 2019

Spanish Cup MVP

Joe Arlauckas – 1993
Velimir Perasović – 1994
Pablo Laso – 1995
Elmer Bennett – 1999
Dejan Tomašević – 2002
Pablo Prigioni – 2007
Mirza Teletović – 2009
Trent Forrest – 2026

Supercup MVP

Luis Scola – 2005
Tiago Splitter – 2006, 2007
Pablo Prigioni – 2008

Matches against NBA teams

Baskonia B

Baskonia B is the reserve team of Baskonia. It currently plays in Tercera FEB, the fourth tier of Spanish basketball.

Notes

References

External links

Saski Baskonia at ACB.com
Saski Baskonia at EuroLeague.net