Club Bàsquet Sant Josep was a professional basketball team based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

History The club was founded in 1962 by Ramon Sitjà as CB Sant Josep. In 1989 it became the Anonymous 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 the Granollers EB to stay in the ACB as they were going to be relegated to the second division.

In 2007, Girona won the FIBA EuroCup championship, which was hosted at Palau Girona-Fontajau arena. They beat Azovmash Mariupol in the final after having beaten Adecco 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 the 2008–09 season of either the Spanish ACB League or the Eurocup.CB Girona withdraws from Eurocup, Spanish League.

The SAD was dissolved original CB Sant Josep Girona was kept for beginning playing in Adecco Bronce, the fourth level Spanish division.

In the 2009–10 season, Sant Josep bought a LEB Oro place from CB 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 seasons spent at LEB Oro, the club resigned to its spot in the league and decided to continue playing in Liga EBA, Spanish fourth division.

In April 2013, CB Sant Josep announced it would be dissolved at the end of the 2012–13 season.Sant Josep closes the doors.

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Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.Copa del ReyEuropean competitions1983–84 32ª División 1st 1984–85 32ª División 10th 1985–86 32ª División5th 1986–87 21ª División B 12th 16–18 1987–88 21ª División B7th 28–16 1988–89 1Liga ACB23rd 17–27Round of 161989–90 1Liga ACB 18th 18–21Quarterfinalist3 Korać Cup 3–11990–91 1Liga ACB 9th 20–20 1991–92 1Liga ACB 13th 19–22Quarterfinalist1992–93 1Liga ACB 16th 12–21First round1993–94 1Liga ACB 17th 12–20Second round1994–95 1Liga ACB 17th 18–25 1995–96 1Liga ACB 11th 19–19 1996–97 1Liga ACB 14th 14–20 1997–98 1Liga ACB 12th 14–20 1998–99 1Liga ACB 8th 18–19 1999–00 1Liga ACB 10th 16–18 3 Korać Cup SF 11–1–22000–01 1Liga ACB 9th 15–19 3 Korać Cup 0–22001–02 1Liga ACB 11th 17–17 2002–03 1Liga ACB 15th 12–22 2003–04 1Liga ACB 13th 15–19 2004–05 1Liga ACB 16th 11–23 2005–06 1Liga ACB 7th 19–19Quarterfinalist2006–07 1Liga ACB 5th 22–16Quarterfinalist3 FIBA EuroCup C 16–12007–08 1Liga ACB 8th 22–15Quarterfinalist2 ULEB Cup RU 12–52008–09 4LEB Bronce 12th 13–17 2009–10 2LEB Oro 9th 19–20 2010–11 2LEB Oro 4th 23–19 2011–12 2LEB Oro 12th 16–18 2012–13 4Liga EBA 15–15

Participations in European competitions 1989-90 Korać Cup: Eliminated in the second round 1999-00 Korać Cup: Eliminated in the semifinals 2000-01 Korać Cup: Eliminated in the second round 2006-07 FIBA EuroCup: CHAMPIONS 2007-08 ULEB Cup: runners up

Trophies and awards Trophies FIBA EuroCup: (1) 2007 Catalan League: (2) 1996, 2006 LEB Catalan league: (2) 2009, 2010

Individual awards ACB Most Valuable Player Darryl Middleton – 1992, 1993, 2000 Marc Gasol – 2008 All-ACB Team Marc Gasol – 2008 All LEB Oro First Team Levi Rost – 2011

Sponsors 1987–1998: Valvi Supermercats, the club was renamed Valvi Girona 1998–1999: No sponsor, the club was renamed Girona Gavis 1999–2005: Casademont, the club was renamed Casademont Girona 2005–2008: Akasvayu, the club was renamed Akasvayu Girona 2008–2010: No sponsor, the club was renamed CB Sant Josep Girona 2010–2012: Girona FC, the club was renamed the name of the football team 2012–2013: No sponsor, the club was renamed CB Sant Josep Girona

Notable players Joaquim Costa Puig Jordi Pardo Josep Cargol Duško Ivanović Francesc Solana Darryl Middleton Terrell Myers Xavi Fernàndez Rafael Jofresa Marc Gasol Dainius Šalenga Gregor Fučka Anthony Goldwire Marko Marinović Marko Kešelj Branko Jorović Xavi Vallmajó Pekka Markkanen Antti Nikkilä

Notable coaches Svetislav Pešić

Arena CB Girona plays in Palau Girona-Fontajau, which has a capacity of 5,049 spectators. The arena was inaugurated in 1993 by NBA player Moses Malone, at a match between the local team Valvi Girona and PAOK Salonica. Palau Girona-Fontajau

Supporter groups Dalinians Engaviats Penya Polska

"Girona a l'ACB" platform

"Girona a l'ACB" platform (translated from Catalan: Girona in ACB) 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 , 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 the city hall and a sit-down protest, amongst other actions. 300 T-shirts were also sold.

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