FC Barcelona Bàsquet B

FC Barcelona Bàsquet B (English: FC Barcelona Basketball B), commonly referred to as FC Barcelona B (Catalan pronunciation: [fubˈbɔl ˈklub bəɾsəˈlonə] ^ⓘ) and colloquially known as Barça B ([ˈbaɾsə]), is the reserve team of the FC Barcelona. The team currently plays in the Spanish 4th-tier level Tercera FEB.

FC Barcelona B
Leagues	Tercera FEB
Founded	1997
Arena	Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper
Capacity	472
Location	Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, Spain
Team colors	Blue, Maroon, Yellow
President	Joan Laporta
Head coach	Carlos Marín
Championships	2 Liga EBA
Website	fcbarcelona.com
Home Away

History

In 2003, Barcelona B won the amateur Spanish 4th-tier level Liga EBA, and thus got promoted to the LEB 2 division, but afterwards, they renounced their spot. After an agreement between FC Barcelona and CB Cornellà, for Cornellà to collaborate again as a reserve team of FC Barcelona; the 'B' team was folded by Barcelona, between 2005 and 2010. In 2010, FC Barcelona B was re-opened, and played in the LEB Plata division.

The team then played in the Spanish 2nd-tier level LEB Oro division, from 2012, when the team gained a vacant berth in the league, to 2014, when they were relegated down again to the LEB Plata division. In August 2015, the club gained a vacant berth back to the second division LEB Oro.

The team would move between the second and third tiers of Spanish basketball until the 2020-21 season. Despite achieving the 2nd place in the 2020-21 LEB Plata season and thus promotion to LEB Oro, Barcelona reached a deal with Força Lleida CE and CB Cornellà, switching licenses with these two clubs to be demoted to the 4th tier of Spanish basketball, Liga EBA.^[1] The club cited sporting and financial reasons to demote the team and has since focused on developing young players, consistently ranking in the top places of the Tercera FEB category. Since then, the team has renounced promotion to the former LEB Plata.^[2][3] Several young Barcelona B players have been called up to play for the first team since, such as Rafa Villar, Dame Sarr and Kasparas Jakučionis.^[4]

Players

See also: Category:FC Barcelona Bàsquet B players

Current roster

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

Barça B roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age C 1 Kone, Abdrahamane 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 16 – (2009-01-02)2 January 2009 SG 2 Prekevičius, Emilis 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 17 – (2008-02-16)16 February 2008 PG 4 Villar, Raúl 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 17 – (2007-10-13)13 October 2007 PG 5 Peña, Pol 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 18 – (2007-03-11)11 March 2007 PF/C 6 Gueye, Ma Samba 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 18 – (2007-01-01)1 January 2007 F 7 Keita, Mohamed Namakan 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 17 – (2008-06-22)22 June 2008 SG 8 Pluvinet, Lluc 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 17 – (2007-10-13)13 October 2007 SG 9 Grujicic, Mathieu 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 18 – (2007-06-02)2 June 2007 F 10 González de Ubieta, Miquel 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 18 – (2007-03-15)15 March 2007 C 11 Butajevas, Artūras 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 18 – (2007-03-27)27 March 2007 SG 16 González, Daniel 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 18 – (2007-02-28)28 February 2007 F 24 Omorauna, Joan 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 18 – (2007-06-24)24 June 2007 C 21 Keita, Sayon 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 17 – (2008-03-01)1 March 2008 F 50 García, Alan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 17 – (2007-10-24)24 October 2007	Head coach Carlos Marín Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C	Sayon Keita
PF	Artūras Butajevas
SF	Mathieu Grujicic
SG	Daniel González
PG	Raúl Villar

Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non-FIBA Europe player

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Cup competitions
1997–98	3	Liga EBA	1st	20–6	Copa EBA	RU
1998–99	3	Liga EBA	4th	19–11
1999–00	3	Liga EBA	6th	14–12
2000–01	4	Liga EBA	4th	23–7
2001–02	4	Liga EBA	5th	20–12
2002–03	4	Liga EBA	3rd[a]	24–11
2003–04	4	Liga EBA	4th	21–9
2004–05	4	Liga EBA	9th	15–15
2005–10	Did not enter any competition
2010–11	3	LEB Plata	10th	11–17
2011–12	3	LEB Plata	5th[b]	15–15
2012–13	2	LEB Oro	10th	11–15
2013–14	2	LEB Oro	13th	5–21
2014–15	3	LEB Plata	13th[b]	9–19
2015–16	2	LEB Oro	12th	13–17
2016–17	2	LEB Oro	14th	13–21
2017–18	2	LEB Oro	12th	13–21
2018–19	2	LEB Oro	17th	9–25
2019–20	3	LEB Plata	7th[c]	14–11
2020–21	3	LEB Plata	2nd[d]	21–5	Copa LEB Plata	RU
2021–22	4	Liga EBA	1st[e]	21–1
2022–23	4	Liga EBA	2nd[e]	20–6
2023–24	4	Liga EBA	1st[e]	22–4
2024–25	4	Tercera FEB	4th	18–8

1. Resigned to promote to LEB 2.
2. Achieved a vacant berth in LEB Oro.
3. Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
4. Renounced playing the promotion playoff and achieved a deal to be demoted to Liga EBA.
5. Renounced playing the promotion playoff.

Trophies and awards

Trophies

• Liga EBA: (2)
  • 2003^[5]
  • 2022^[6]

Individual awards

LEB Oro Rising star

• Mario Hezonja – 2013
• Marc García – 2016