Bàsquet Club Andorra S.A., also known as MoraBanc Andorra for sponsorship reasons, is a professional

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team that is based in

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, Andorra. Though based in Andorra, the club plays in the

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. The team plays in the

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with home games played at the

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. From 1992 to 1996, BC Andorra played in the top league, the Liga ACB and also the

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during the 1995–96 season. After being relegated and playing one season in LEB league, the club resigned to its berth and came back to regional competitions. The club returned to Liga ACB in 2014, 18 years after its last appearance.

History

On 12 June 1970 the club was founded as Club de Basket Les Escaldes, and changed its name to Bàsquet Club Andorra on 12 April 1971. BC Andorra began playing in the regional competitions of Lleida, being promoted in the 1975–76 season to Primera Catalana. The following season the club resigned the category due to financial problems, but achieved a promotion again during the 1980–81 season. The club was promoted to the Spanish Third Division at the end of 1981–82 season and the Spanish Second Division during the 1983–84 season. In the 1985–86 season, Andorra reached the Primera Division B after 6 seasons and won the promotion to the Liga ACB, where BC Andorra remained four seasons. During the 1995–96 season the Andorran club participated in the

. In 1996, the club was relegated to LEB and in the following seasons, competed at the low levels of Catalonia and Spain until 2009–10, when BC Andorra participated in the

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. In the 2012–13 season, BC Andorra participated in the

, the second division of the Spanish basketball, reaching the play-off final promotion to the Liga ACB and being finalist of the Copa Príncipe. The following season the Andorran club achieved the Copa Príncipe and the promotion to the top league of Spain after becoming winners of the 2013–14 LEB Oro. In 2017, Andorra qualified for the first time since 22 years to the ACB playoffs, where they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Real Madrid. This allowed the Andorrans to come back to the European competitions in the 2017–18 season, as the club registered in the EuroCup. After a first experience where the club was eliminated in the first round, Andorra reached the semifinals in their second participation.

Support

BC Andorra is one of the most followed club of Andorra with approximately 1,200 associates and a reference of the Andorran basketball. In 2014 was founded the first official fan-club supporter ''Penya Tricolor''. Some notable club supporters include Albert Llovera,

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Presidents

*Joan Alay: Honorary president (Founder) *Magí Maestre: 1970–71 (Founder) *Eduard Molné: 1971–90 (Founder) *Carles Fiñana: 1990–94 *Manel Arajol: 1994–2007 *Gorka Aixàs: 2007–present

Sponsorship naming

BC Andorra has had several sponsorship names over the years: *

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Andorra: 1991–96 *Quick Andorra: 2000–02 *River Andorra: 2002–13 *River Andorra MoraBanc: 2013–14 *MoraBanc Andorra: 2014–present

Uniforms

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Season by season

Trophies and awards

Trophies

*2nd division championships: (2) **1ª División B: (1) 1992 **

: (1)

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*3rd division championships: (1) **

: (1)

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* Lliga Catalana: (2) **2018, 2020 * Lliga Catalana LEB Oro: (1) **2013 * Lliga Catalana LEB Plata: (1) **2010 * Lliga Catalana EBA: (3) **1989, 1990, 1992 * Copa Príncipe: (1) **2014 *Trofeo Ciutat de Valencia: (1) **2017

Individual awards

LEB Oro MVP *

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– 2014 All-ACB First Team * Giorgi Shermadini – 2017 All LEB Oro First Team *Marc Blanch – 2013, 2014 *

– 2014

Notable players

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* Carlos Farfán * David Navarro * Pere Práxedes * Thomas Schreiner * Joaquín Arcega *

Quino Colom Joaquim "Quino" Colom Barrufet (born November 1, 1988) is a Spanish-Andorran professional basketball player for Bàsquet Girona of the Spain Liga ACB. Professional career Colom played in the youth age categories with BC Andorra. He then played ...

(youth teams) *

Josep Maria Margall Josep Maria Margall i Tauler (; born 17 March 1955 in Calella, Catalonia, Spain) is a retired Spanish professional basketball player. Standing at 1.98 m (6'6"), he played at the small forward position. Professional career Margall's number 7 j ...

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* Enrique Villalobos *

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* Mario Muñoz Oses * Giorgi Shermadini *

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* Vojdan Stojanovski * José "Piculín" Ortiz * Eric Anderson *

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* Jerrod Mustaf * Andy Toolson *

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* Andrew Albicy

References

External links

Official website

BC Andorra
at ACB.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Andorra Basketball in Andorra Former LEB Oro teams Liga ACB teams 1970 establishments in Andorra Basketball teams established in 1970 Sports clubs in Andorra