Leagues 1ª División Team colors Red, White Home Away Championships 2 | Location Zaragoza, Aragón Website cbzaragoza.com Founded 1981 | |
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Club Baloncesto Zaragoza is a basketball team based in Zaragoza, Aragón, who played from 1981 to 1996 in the top Spanish league (Liga ACB since 1983) and nowadays plays in 1ª División, the fifth tier. Most of the years in which the team played in Liga ACB, CB Zaragoza was also known as CAI Zaragoza by sponsorship reasons.
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CB Zaragoza must be not confused with Basket Zaragoza 2002, the team of the same city who plays today in Liga ACB.
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History
The club was founded in 1981 with the purpose to have an elite team in the city of Zaragoza with sufficient resources to play in 1ª División.
In 1984, CAI Zaragoza achieved its first title: the Copa del Rey, after beating FC Barcelona Bàsquet by 81–78 in Zaragoza. The second Copa del Rey arrived in 1990, when CAI Zaragoza won Ram Joventut by 76–69 in the Centro Insular de Deportes at Las Palmas.
In 1991, the team played the Cup Winners' Cup and finished runner-up. CAI lost the final against PAOK BC by 76–72. From 1992 to 1994, the team was sponsored by Banco NatWest España. Later, in 1996, due to financial problems, CAI Zaragoza sold their Liga ACB berth and the Korać Cup spot to CB Granada and the senior team was folded.
In 2001 the senior team returned to Liga EBA but only played two years. Since 2004, CB Zaragoza started to play regional competitions. It promoted several times to Liga EBA, but always remained in Primera División.
Sponsorship naming
Trophies
Individual awards
Spanish Cup MVP