| Sant Josep | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Leagues | Liga EBA | ||
| Founded | 1962 | ||
| Dissolved | 2013 | ||
| History | CB Sant Josep (1962–1989) CB Girona (1989–2008) CB Sant Josep (2008–2013) | ||
| Arena | Palau Girona-Fontajau | ||
| Capacity | 5,049 | ||
| Location | Girona,Catalonia,Spain | ||
| Team colors | White and Red | ||
| President | Francesc Ferroni | ||
| Championships | 1FIBA EuroCup 2Catalan Leagues | ||
| Website | www.cbsantjosepgirona.com | ||
Club Bàsquet Sant Josep was a professionalbasketball team based inGirona,Catalonia,Spain.
The club was founded in 1962 byRamon Sitjà as CB Sant Josep. In 1989 it became theAnonymous Sport Association (SAD). In 1987, when the ACB was enlarged to 24 teams, CB Girona entered the first division. In 1991, the club had to buy the rights of theGranollers EB to stay in the ACB as they were going to be relegated to the second division.
In 2007, Girona won theFIBA EuroCup championship, which was hosted atPalau Girona-Fontajau arena. They beatAzovmash Mariupol in the final after having beatenAdecco Estudiantes in the semifinals.
After the end of the 2007–2008 season, CB Girona suffered serious economic problems, with a debt of over €6 million euros. On July 25, 2008, the club announced that it would not participate in the2008–09 season of either theSpanish ACB League or theEurocup.[1]
TheSAD was dissolved original CB Sant Josep Girona was kept for beginning playing inAdecco Bronce, the fourth level Spanish division.
In the 2009–10 season, Sant Josep bought aLEB Oro place fromCB Vic and played the quarterfinals of the promotion playoffs. On the next season, Girona finished in fourth position, arriving to the semifinals. In summer 2012, after three season spent atLEB Oro, the club resigns to its spot in the league and decides to continue playing inLiga EBA, Spanish fourth division.
In April 2013, CB Sant Josep announced it would be dissolved at the end of the 2012–13 season.[2]
Pekka MarkkanenAntti NikkiläCB Girona plays inPalau Girona-Fontajau, which has a capacity of 5,049 spectators. The arena was inaugurated in 1993 byNBA playerMoses Malone, at a match between the local team Valvi Girona andPAOK Salonica.
"Girona a l'ACB" platform (translated fromCatalan:Girona inACB) was created on May 23, 2008, by CB Girona fans. Its purpose was to support the team and the club so they could get rid of the debt and continue playing in the top Spanish division the next year. A website was created for that[3](in Catalan and Spanish), and there were more than 10,500 signatures collected. Some protests were also made, like a demonstration with over 1,100 people, a basketball match in front of thecity hall and a sit-down protest, amongst other actions. 300 T-shirts were also sold.
