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Saski Baskonia
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| Caja Laboral | |||
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| Leagues | ACB Euroleague | ||
| Founded | 1959 | ||
| History | C.D. Basconia (1959–1983) Caja Alava (1983–1986) Taugres Baskonia/Tau Ceramica Baskonia (1986–2009) Caja Laboral Baskonia (2009–Present) | ||
| Arena | Fernando Buesa Arena (capacity: 15,504) | ||
| Location | Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country | ||
| Team colors | White, Red, Dark Blue | ||
| President | Jose Antonio Querejeta | ||
| Head coach | Žan Tabak | ||
| Championships | 3 Spanish Championships 6 Spanish Cups 4 Spanish Supercups 1 Saporta Cup | ||
| Website | baskonia.com | ||
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Saski Baskonia, S.A.D., known as Caja Laboral for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional basketball club from the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The club's name sponsor is the Basque bank Caja Laboral.
Well-known players who have played with the club have included Velimir Perasović, Carlos Arroyo, José Calderón, Jorge Garbajosa, Wálter Herrmann, Andrés Nocioni, Fabricio Oberto, Igor Rakočević, Luis Scola, Goran Dragić, Tiago Splitter, Roko Ukić and Mirza Teletović.
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[edit]Sponsorship naming
Logo from the TAU era (1986–2009)
Outside of Spain, the club was often referred to for years as TAU Cerámica Baskonia, a Spanish brand name of ceramics manufacturer TAULELL, which name sponsored the club from 1986–2009. Originally, TAULELL used another of its brand names, Taugres, as the name of the team, before changing the name to TAU Cerámica Baskonia in 1997.[1] TAU, Baskonia and TAU Baskonia were also frequently used to refer to the team.Baskonia, Saski Baskonia, and Saski Baskonia, S.A.D. refer to the name of the actual sports club itself. In 2009, the Spanish bank Caja Laboral became the new name sponsor of the club[2][3] and increased the amount of money that the name sponsor contributes to the sports club's budget.
[edit]History
The club was founded in 1959[4] as the basketball section of Club Deportivo Vasconia. It first played at Spain's highest level in 1971, and emerged as a major force in Spanish basketball in the 1990s. Most recently, Baskonia advanced to the Euroleague Final Four in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, losing to Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 2005 fin
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