Bàsquet Manresa

Club Bàsquet Manresa S.A.D.,^[1] also known as Baxi Manresa for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Manresa, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup Basketball. It home arena is the Pavelló Nou Congost. In 1998, Bàsquet Manresa won the Spanish Championship in one of the most astonishing and well-known sporting accomplishment in Europe.

Baxi Manresa
Leagues	Liga ACB EuroCup
Founded	1931; 94 years ago (1931)
History	Manresa Basquetbol Club (1931–1934) Unió Manresana de Bàsquet (1934–1979) Manresa Esportiu Bàsquet (1979–1992) Bàsquet Manresa (1992–present)
Arena	Nou Congost
Capacity	5,000
Location	Manresa, Spain
Team colors	Red, blue, white
President	Josep Maria Herms
Head coach	Diego Ocampo
Championships	1 Spanish Championship 1 Spanish Cup 1 LEB Oro championship
Retired numbers	4 (7, 9, 10, 15)
Website	basquetmanresa.com
Home Away

Joan "Chichi" Creus is the team's most decorated player; he was the Spanish Cup Most Valuable Player in 1996, and the ACB Finals MVP two years later. Some others well known players that had played for Bàsquet Manresa are Juan Domingo de la Cruz, Roger Esteller, Derrick Alston, Serge Ibaka, Andrés Nocioni, Rolando Frazer, and the Basketball Hall of Famer George Gervin, that at the age of 38 spent one year in the team, averaging 23.1 points and helping them to avoid the relegation from the Spanish top division.

History

Bàsquet Manresa was founded in 1931 with the name of Manresa Bàsquetbol Club and merged in 1934 with Club Bàsquet Bages for becoming Unió Manresana de Bàsquet. In 1940, the club wins the Copa Barcelona and integrates in CE Manresa as its basketball section.

In 1968 the club promotes for the first time to the Liga Nacional but is immediately relegated again in its debut season. Two years later, Manresa played again in the top tier and ended the league in the fourth position, thus qualifying for the first time to play the Korać Cup, where it reached the quarterfinals.

In 1979 the club splits from CE Manresa and becomes Manresa Esportiu Bàsquet and grew up until becoming a usual contender in the Liga ACB. With the sponsorship of TDK between 1985 and 2000, the club lived its best years. In 1992, as a professional club and according to the law, Manresa becomes a Sociedad Anónima Deportiva and changes again its name to Bàsquet Manresa. This name change allowed Manresa EB and its former rival CB Manresa to merge definitively.

In 1996, Manresa wins its first national trophy by defeating FC Barcelona in the Copa del Rey played in Murcia. Two years later, and after finishing the regular season in the sixth position and without the home-court advantage in any of the playoffs series, Manresa wins the 1997–98 Liga ACB after eliminating Adecco Estudiantes in the quarterfinals and Real Madrid in the semifinals, for winning in Tau Cerámica Baskonia 3–1 in the finals. As in the Copa del Rey won two years ago, Joan Creus became the MVP of the finals. This achievement is nowadays considered on the biggest surprises in Spanish sport ever.^[2]

As league champions, Manresa played the EuroLeague, but was eliminated in the group stage. The golden era of the club suddenly ended in 2000, after the relegation to Liga LEB by losing in the do-or-die match against Gijón Baloncesto, that ended 95–91 after an overtime.

Since its relegation, Manresa started to alternate seasons in ACB and LEB, with two league promotions in 2002 and 2007, as LEB champions. In 2012 and 2013, Manresa suffered two relegations in Liga ACB, but remained in the league due to the impossibility of LEB Oro teams to promote. In 2017, after registering the worst season in the top tier since the 1983–84 season, Manresa relegated to LEB Oro. However, the club achieved promotion just in the next season after beating Club Melilla Baloncesto in the final of the playoffs.

During the 2018–19 ACB season the team returned to the top tier after a one–season absence and the team ended 8th in the standings qualifed to the 2019 ACB Playoffs during that season but later they were eliminated by Real Madrid 2–0 in the quarterfinals. Resulting to the great performance during the season, Manresa qualifed to the Basketball Champions League for the following 2019–20 season and returned to European competitions after 20 years.

In the 2021–22 season, Manresa made it success in the Basketball Champions League and the team returned after a one season, which the team reached the 2022 Basketball Champions League Final Four and reached the championship game but however, it was lost to Lenovo Tenerife 98–87 in the final. But they managed to reach the playoffs in the 2022 ACB Playoffs, they reached the quarterfinals but they were eliminated by Real Madrid 2–0 in the series.

In the 2022–23 season, Manresa struggled and finding a way to salvate from regelation. In the end of the season they ended 14th in the standings and out of the playoff bound. Which the team almost collapse in regelation. In the 2022–23 Basketball Champions League season, they managed to reached the quarterfinals but they lost again to Lenovo Tenerife 2–1 which was their matchup in the previous year's final.

In the 2023–24 season, the team returned back to its great performance, reaching to the ACB Playoffs after the previous season they didn't reach and the worst position. But later, they were eliminated by Uncaja 2–0 in the quarterfinals. The team did not qualify to 2023–24 Basketball Champions League due to its worst performance despite salvation from regelation from the previous season.

The team will participate in the EuroCup for the following 2025–26 season.

Sponsorship naming

Bàsquet Manresa has several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

Manresa K'ans 1967–1971 Manresa La Casera 1971–1977 Icab Manresa 1977–1979 Marlboro Manresa 1979–1980 Caixa Manresa 1981–1982, 1984–1985 Seguros Velázquez Manresa 1982–1983 Ebro Manresa 1983–1984 TDK Manresa 1985–2000

Minorisa.net Manresa 2000–2002 Ricoh Manresa 2002–2009 Suzuki Manresa 2009–2010 Assignia Manresa 2010–2012 La Bruixa d'Or 2013–2014 La Bruixa d'Or Manresa 2014–2015 ICL Manresa 2015–2018 Baxi Manresa 2018–present

Logos

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  Non commercial logo
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  2002–2009
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  2015–2018
• 
  2018–

Home arenas

• Pavelló Congost (1968–92), before 1968 the team played in not domed courts next to the football stadium of Pujolet.
• Pavelló Nou Congost (1992–present)

Players

See also: Category:Bàsquet Manresa players

George Gervin in 1990

Basketball Hall of Famers

• George Gervin, SG, 1989–1990, Inducted 1996

Retired numbers

Bàsquet Manresa retired numbers
No	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
7		Joan Creus	G	1993–01
10		Pep Pujolrás	F	1986–92

Current roster

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Baxi Manresa roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SF 8 Reyes, Álex 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1993-12-17)17 December 1993 PF 12 Steinbergs, Marcis 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 23 – (2001-08-28)28 August 2001 SF 13 Sagnia, Musa 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 22 – (2003-02-13)13 February 2003 SG 28 Gaspà, Max 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 19 – (2006-01-03)3 January 2006 C 29 Bergseng, Ludvik 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 18 – (2006-09-28)28 September 2006 PG 32 Obasohan, Retin 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 32 – (1993-07-06)6 July 1993 PG 55 Pérez, Dani 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 35 – (1990-02-28)28 February 1990 PG Benitez, Hugo 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (2001-01-20)20 January 2001 C Izaw-Bolavie, Archange 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 24 – (2001-06-21)21 June 2001 SG Knudsen, Gustav 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – (2003-04-16)16 April 2003 G/F Ubal, Agustín 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – (2003-07-19)19 July 2003 C Golden, Grant 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 27 – (1998-01-15)15 January 1998 C Akobundu-Ehiogu, Kaodirichi 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 25 – (1999-10-07)7 October 1999	Head coach Diego Ocampo Assistant coach(es) Marc Estany Carlos Flores Legend (C) Team captain (Y) Youth player Injured Roster Transactions Updated: July 17, 2025

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Grant Golden
PF		Chuba Ohams	Marcis Steinbergs
SF	Álex Reyes †	Musa Sagnia †
SG			Guillem Jou †
PG	Retin Obasohan	Dani Pérez †

Notes: Blue † – homegrown player^[a]; Red * – overseas player^[b]; Green ‡ – youth player^[c]

Head coaches

Since 1967:

• Francesc Casé 1967–1968
• Josep Masseguer 1968–1969
• Jeroni Alberola 1969–1970
• Antoni Serra 1970–1977
• Alfonso Martínez 1977–1978
• Joan Martínez 1978
• Josep M. Soler 1978
• Jaume Berenguer 1978–1979
• Joan Basora 1979–1981
• Pere Guiu 1981
• Miguel López Abril 1981
• Jaume Ventura 1981–1984
• Germán González 1984
• Francesc Canellas 1984–1985
• Miquel Bataller 1985
• Juanito Jiménez 1985–1986
• Joan María Gavaldá 1986–1988
• Flor Meléndez 1988–1990
• Ricard Casas 1990, 2001–2005
• Pedro Martínez 1990–1994, 2014–2015, 2019–2024
• Salva Maldonado 1994–1997, 2000–2001
• Luis Casimiro 1997–1999
• Manel Comas 1999–2000
• Xavier García 2005
• Óscar Quintana 2005–2007
• Jaume Ponsarnau 2007–2013
• Borja Comenge 2013–2014
• Pere Romero 2014
• Ibon Navarro 2015–2017
• Aleix Duran 2017–2018
• Diego Ocampo 2018, 2024–
• Joan Peñarroya 2018–2019

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Copa del Rey	Other cups		European competitions
1967–68	2	2ª División	2nd	24–5
1968–69	1	1ª División	11th	7–16
1969–70	2	2ª División	1st	19–3
1970–71	1	1ª División	4th	11–1–10	Semifinalist
1971–72	1	1ª División	8th	9–13	Quarterfinalist			3 Korać Cup	QF	0–2
1972–73	1	1ª División	7th	14–1–15	Round of 16
1973–74	1	1ª División	6th	13–2–13	Quarterfinalist
1974–75	1	1ª División	5th	9–3–10	Semifinalist
1975–76	1	1ª División	6th	13–19
1976–77	1	1ª División	9th	8–1–13	First round
1977–78	1	1ª División	5th	9–1–12	Quarterfinalist
1978–79	1	1ª División	7th	10–12	Round of 16
1979–80	1	1ª División	6th	10–12	Runner-up
1980–81	1	1ª División	8th	10–1–15	Semifinalist
1981–82	1	1ª División	7th	13–13	Round of 16
1982–83	1	1ª División	9th	10–16	Round of 16
1983–84	1	Liga ACB	16th	5–23
1984–85	2	1ª División B	3rd	17–9
1985–86	1	Liga ACB	10th	14–16		Copa Príncipe	QF
1986–87	1	Liga ACB	10th	14–17		Copa Príncipe	RU
1987–88	1	Liga ACB	15th	17–16		Copa Príncipe	QF	3 Korać Cup	R2	1–1
1988–89	1	Liga ACB	20th	18–22	Round of 16
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	22nd	17–16	Round of 16
1990–91	1	Liga ACB	18th	18–20	Quarterfinalist
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	13th	17–23	First round
1992–93	1	Liga ACB	13th	16–18	Quarterfinalist
1993–94	1	Liga ACB	7th	22–12	Second round
1994–95	1	Liga ACB	4th	23–21	Second round			3 Korać Cup	GS	6–4
1995–96	1	Liga ACB	4th	28–18	Champion			3 Korać Cup	GS	5–5
1996–97	1	Liga ACB	8th	19–18	Quarterfinalist			2 EuroCup	R16	7–7
1997–98	1	Liga ACB	1st	30–16	Semifinalist			3 Korać Cup	R32	5–3
1998–99	1	Liga ACB	11th	16–18				1 Euroleague	GS	5–11
1999–00	1	Liga ACB	17th	11–23
2000–01	2	LEB	3rd	26–12		Copa Príncipe	RU
2001–02	2	LEB	2nd	32–1–8		Copa Príncipe	SF
2002–03	1	Liga ACB	13th	15–19
2003–04	1	Liga ACB	9th	16–18	Quarterfinalist
2004–05	1	Liga ACB	13th	12–22
2005–06	1	Liga ACB	17th	12–22
2006–07	2	LEB	1st	26–15
2007–08	1	Liga ACB	11th	14–20
2008–09	1	Liga ACB	11th	14–18
2009–10	1	Liga ACB	12th	14–20
2010–11	1	Liga ACB	15th	10–24
2011–12	1	Liga ACB	12th	15–19
2012–13	1	Liga ACB	18th[d]	6–28
2013–14	1	Liga ACB	17th[e]	7–27
2014–15	1	Liga ACB	16th	11–23
2015–16	1	Liga ACB	16th	10–24
2016–17	1	Liga ACB	17th	5–27
2017–18	2	LEB Oro	2nd	33–14		Copa Princesa	RU
2018–19	1	Liga ACB	8th	17–19
2019–20	1	Liga ACB	13th[f]	9–14				3 Champions League	RS	7–7
2020–21	1	Liga ACB	10th	17–19
2021–22	1	Liga ACB	7th	20–16	Quarterfinalist			3 Champions League	RU	12–4
2022–23	1	Liga ACB	14th	12–22				3 Champions League	QF	8–7
2023–24	1	Liga ACB	8th	19–17	Quarterfinalist
2024–25	1	Liga ACB	10th	17–17	Quarterfinalist			3 Champions League	R16	7–5

Trophies and awards

Trophies

• Spanish championships: (1)
  • 1997–98
• Spanish cups: (1)
  • 1996
• 2nd division championships: (1)
  • LEB Oro: (1) 2007
• Catalan basketball leagues: (3)
  • 1997, 1999, 2021
• LEB Catalan basketball league (Catalan 2nd Division Cup): (2)
  • 2000, 2001
• Trofeu General Orgaz-Copa Ciutat de Barcelona: (1)
  • 1940

Individual awards

ACB Finals MVP

• Joan Creus – 1998

Spanish Cup MVP

• Joan Creus – 1996

ACB Rising Star

• Micah Downs – 2012

All-ACB Second Team

• Dejan Musli – 2016

ACB Slam Dunk Champion

• Nate Higgs – 2000
• Serge Ibaka – 2008

ACB Three Point Shootout Champion

• Sergiy Gladyr – 2010

LEB Oro MVP

• Jordi Trias – 2018

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Joan Creus
• Roger Grimau
• Rafa Martínez
• Albert Oliver
• Jordi Trias
• Sergio Llull
• Serge Ibaka
• Juan Domingo de la Cruz
• Juan Alberto Espil
• Andrés Nocioni
• Juan Pablo Vaulet
• Kieron Achara
• Ádám Hanga
• Siim-Sander Vene
• Rolando Frazer
• Marius Grigonis
• Deividas Dulkys
• Gabriel Lundberg
• Chima Moneke
• Ismaël Bako
• Elias Valtonen
• Erik Murphy
• Dejan Musli
• Toby Bailey
• George Gervin
• Granger Hall
• Nate Higgs
• Jeff Lamp
• Scott Machado
• Linton Townes
• Justin Doellman
• Derrick Alston

Notes

1. A homegrown player is a player that played for at least three years before the age of 20 on a Spanish team. In Liga ACB, the team must register at least four homegrown players in rosters of 10–12 players or at least three homegrown players in rosters of 8–9 players. In Champions League, the team must register at least five homegrown players in rosters of 11–12 players or at least four homegrown players in rosters of 10 players.
2. A overseas player is a player from outside EEA, FIBA Europe or ACP states. In Liga ACB, the team may register at most two overseas players. In Champions League, the team did not have any limitations regarding the number of overseas players.
3. In Liga ACB, the team may register under-22 players linked to the youth system.
4. Remained in ACB after Ford Burgos and Lucentum Alicante did not complete the requirements for joining the league.
5. Remained in ACB after Ford Burgos did not complete the requirements for joining the league.
6. League ended prematurely due to the coronavirus pandemic.