JOVENTUT BADALONA

'Club Joventut Badalona' is a Spanish basketball team based in the city of Badalona in Catalonia. Known to their fans as ''La Penya'' (The Club), it is one of the only three teams never relegated from the top division of the Spanish League. The other two are Real Madrid and CB Estudiantes. In 1994 they were champions of Europe.

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History

Current squad 2007/08

Trophies

External links

History

Founded on March 30th 1930 as ''Penya Spirit of Badalona''. Apart from basketball, the club initially had teams involved in several sports including cycling, 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 main sport and green and black were adopted as the club colours. The club has regularly included the name of a sponsor in its name. Today, the club's sponsored name is ''DKV Joventut'', after the Spanish insurance company DKV Seguros.
Is one of the only three teams, along with CB Estudiantes and Real Madrid to have played every year in the top Spanish league.
Joventut is considered to have one of the best youth teams in Europe. Players like Raül López, Jordi Villacampa, Rudy Fernández (basketball) and Ricky Rubio were developed in Joventut's youth teams.

Current squad 2007/08

''The numbers are established according to the official websites of the club and the Spanish league.
''As of May 15 2007''

★ 'Point Guard:' ★ ★ 32 Ricard Rubio ★ ★ 33 Pau Ribas ★ ★ — Mallet ★ 'Shooting Guard:' ★ ★ 5 Rudy Fernández ★ ★ 18 Ferran Laviña ★ 'Small Forward:' ★ ★ 11 Luboš Bartoň ★ 'Power Forward:' ★ ★ 20 Dmitry Flis ★ ★ — Jan-Hendrik Jagla ★ ★ — Pere Tomàs ★ 'Center:' ★ ★ 24 Henk Norel ★ ★ — Jérôme Moïso ★ ★ — Martynas Andriuškevičius ★ ★ — Hernández-Sonseca ★ 'Coaches:' ★ ★ Garcia Reneses ★ ★ Alonso

Trophies

★ 'Euroleague' :1993/94: '1'

★ 'Korac Cup': 1980/81 1989/90: '2'

★ 'Spanish League': 1966/67 1977/78 1990/91 1991/92: '4'

★ 'Copa del Rey de Baloncesto': 1947/48 1952/53 1954/55 1957/58 1968/69 1975/76 1996/97: '7'

★ 'FIBA EuroCup': 2005/06: '1'

★ 'Copa Príncipe de Asturias de Baloncesto': 1986/87 1988/89 1990/91: '3'

★ 'Lliga Catalana de Basquet': 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1998 2005: '9'

External links

★ Official club site

★ Official ACB league site

★ Official Euroleague site