Joventut Badalona
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| Club Name | Joventut Badalona | |
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| Founded | 1930 | |
| Arena | Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain. |
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| Capacity | 12.500 | |
| Chairman |  Jordi Villacampa |
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| Manager | Aito Garcia |
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| League | ACB | |
| Position 2005-06 | 4th | |
| Website | www.joventutbadalona.com | |
Club Joventut Badalona is a Spanish basketball team based in the city of Badalona in Catalonia. Known to their fans as La Penya (The Club), it is one of the only three teams never relegated from the top division of the Spanish League. The other two are Real Madrid and CB Estudiantes. In 1994 they were champions of Europe.
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[edit] History
Founded on March 30th 1930 as Penya Spirit of Badalona. Apart from basketball, the club initially had teams involved in several sports including cycling, table tennis and football. In 1932 the club changed its name to Centre Esportiu Badaloní. In 1939 it became Club Joventut Badalona. By 1940 basketball was established as the main sport and green and black were adopted as the club colours. The club has regularly included the name of a sponsor in its name. Today, the club's sponsored name is DKV Joventut, after the Spanish insurance company DKV Seguros.
Is one of the only three teams, along with CB Estudiantes and Real Madrid to have played every year in the top Spanish league.
Joventut is considered to have one of the best youth teams in Europe. Players like Raúl Lopez, Jordi Villacampa, Rudy Fernández and Ricky Rubio were developed in Joventut's youth teams.
[edit] Current squad 2006/07
The numbers are established according to the official websites of the club and the Spanish league.
As of November 1, 2006
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[edit] Squad changes during 2006/07 season
In:
- Ferran Laviña - Signed From Bàsquet Manresa
Charles Gaines - Signed From ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne
Andrew Sullivan - Signed From Newcastle Eagles- Roberto Dueñas - Signed From Akasvayu Girona
Out:
- Alex Mumbrú - Transferred To Real Madrid Baloncesto
Anagonye - Transferred To Los Angeles D-Fenders- Randy Holcomb - Transferred To Toshiba Brave Thunders
[edit] Trophies
- Euroleague :1993/94: 1
- Korac Cup: 1980/81 1989/90: 2
- Spanish League: 1966/67 1977/78 1990/91 1991/92: 4
- Copa del Rey de Baloncesto: 1947/48 1952/53 1954/55 1957/58 1968/69 1975/76 1996/97: 7
- FIBA EuroCup: 2005/06: 1
- Copa Príncipe de Asturias de Baloncesto: 1986/87 1988/89 1990/91: 3
- Lliga Catalana de Basquet: 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1998 2005: 9
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| Akasvayu Girona | Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada | Bruesa GBC | CB Granada | Caja San Fernando | DKV Joventut | Etosa Alicante | Grupo Capitol Valladolid | Gran Canaria Dunas | Lagun Aro Bilbao | MMT Estudiantes | Pamesa Valencia | Polaris World Murcia | Real Madrid | TAU Cerámica | Unicaja Málaga | Vive! Menorca | Winterthur FCB | | |
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Sport in the Catalan-speaking world
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