BC Andorra

Basketball team in Andorra la Vella, Andorra

MoraBanc Andorra

Leagues| Liga ACB
Founded| 12 June 1970; 55 years ago (1970-06-12)
History| CB Les Escaldes
1970–1971
BC Andorra
1971–present
Arena| Poliesportiu d'Andorra
Capacity| 5,000
Location| Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Team colors| Blue, white, yellow, red

President| Gorka Aixàs
Vice-president(s)| Xavi Mujal
Pere Aixàs
Head coach| Joan Plaza
Championships| 1 LEB Oro
1 LEB Plata
1 Copa Príncipe
2 Lliga Catalana
Website| bca.ad

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Bàsquet Club Andorra SAOE, also known as MoraBanc Andorra for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in Andorra la Vella, Andorra. Though based in Andorra, the club plays in the Spanish basketball league system. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the Champions League with home games played at the Poliesportiu d'Andorra.

From 1992 to 1996, BC Andorra played in the top league, the Liga ACB and also the Korać Cup during the 1995–96 season. After being relegated and playing one season in LEB league, the club resigned to its berth and came back to regional competitions. The club returned to Liga ACB in 2014, 18 years after its last appearance.

## History

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On 12 June 1970 the club was founded as Club de Basket Les Escaldes, and changed its name to Bàsquet Club Andorra on 12 April 1971.[1]

BC Andorra began playing in the regional competitions of Lleida, being promoted in the 1975–76 season to Primera Catalana. The following season the club resigned the category due to financial problems, but achieved a promotion again during the 1980–81 season. The club was promoted to the Spanish Third Division at the end of 1981–82 season and the Spanish Second Division during the 1983–84 season. In the 1985–86 season, Andorra reached the Primera Division B after 6 seasons and won the promotion to the Liga ACB, where BC Andorra remained four seasons. During the 1995–96 season the Andorran club participated in the Korać Cup. In 1996, the club was relegated to LEB and in the following seasons, competed at the low levels of Catalonia and Spain until 2009–10, when BC Andorra participated in the LEB Plata.[2]

In the 2012–13 season, BC Andorra participated in the LEB Oro, the second division of the Spanish basketball, reaching the play-off final promotion to the Liga ACB and being finalist of the Copa Príncipe.

The following season the Andorran club achieved the Copa Príncipe and the promotion to the top league of Spain after becoming winners of the 2013–14 LEB Oro.[3]

In 2017, Andorra qualified for the first time since 22 years to the ACB playoffs, where they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Real Madrid. This allowed the Andorrans to come back to the European competitions in the 2017–18 season, as the club registered in the EuroCup. After a first experience where the club was eliminated in the first round, Andorra reached the semifinals in their second participation.

## Support

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BC Andorra is one of the most followed club of Andorra with approximately 1,200 associates[4] and a reference of the Andorran basketball. In 2014 was founded the first official fan-club supporter Penya Tricolor.[5] Some notable club supporters include Albert Llovera, Joaquim Rodríguez, José Luis Llorente, Roberto Dueñas or Cédric Gracia.[6][7]

## Presidents

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* Joan Alay: Honorary president (Founder)
* Magí Maestre: 1970–71 (Founder)
* Eduard Molné: 1971–90 (Founder)
* Carles Fiñana: 1990–94
* Manel Arajol: 1994–2007
* Gorka Aixàs: 2007–present

## Sponsorship naming

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BC Andorra has had several sponsorship names over the years:

* Festina Andorra: 1991–96
* Quick Andorra: 2000–02
* River Andorra: 2002–13
* River Andorra MoraBanc: 2013–14
* MoraBanc Andorra: 2014–present

## Uniforms

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Traditional "tricolor"

Festina Andorra away

2002–2006 River Andorra

2002–2013 away uniform

Alternative "tricolor"

2016 Alternative[8]

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## Players

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See also: Category:BC Andorra players

### Current roster

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

MoraBanc Andorra roster

Players | Coaches
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PG | 0 |  | Evans, Shannon | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)  |  |  31 – (1994-07-19)19 July 1994  |
PG | 5 |  | Luz, Rafa | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)  |  |  33 – (1992-02-11)11 February 1992  |
PG | 8 |  | Ganal, Aaron (Y) | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)  |  |  21 – (2004-03-25)25 March 2004  |
PF | 9 |  | Llovet, Nacho | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)  |  |  34 – (1991-05-09)9 May 1991  |
SF | 11 |  | Okoye, Stan | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)  |  |  34 – (1991-04-10)10 April 1991  |
SG | 13 |  | Ortega, Chumi | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)  |  |  27 – (1997-08-13)13 August 1997  |
PG | 20 |  | Bassas, Ferrán | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)  |  |  33 – (1992-04-29)29 April 1992  |
C | 23 |  | dos Anjos, Felipe | 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)  |  |  27 – (1998-04-30)30 April 1998  |
SG | 24 |  | Kuric, Kyle | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)  |  |  35 – (1989-08-25)25 August 1989  |
G/F |  |  | Best, Aaron | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)  |  |  32 – (1992-09-01)1 September 1992  |
SF |  |  | McKoy, Justin | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)  |  |  24 – (2001-01-07)7 January 2001  |
C |  |  | Pustovyi, Artem | 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)  |  |  33 – (1992-06-25)25 June 1992  |

Head coach

* Joan Plaza

Assistant coach(es)

* Paco Vázquez
* Alejandro González

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (Y) Youth player
* Injured

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* Roster
* Transactions

Updated: July 27, 2025

### Depth chart

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Pos.  | Starting 5  | Bench 1  | Bench 2  | Bench 3  |

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C | Ben Lammers * | Felipe dos Anjos † |  |  |
PF | Nikos Chougkaz  | Nacho Llovet † |  |  |
SF | Stan Okoye  |  |  |  |
SG | Kyle Kuric  |  | Chumi Ortega † |  |
PG | Shannon Evans  | Rafa Luz † | Ferrán Bassas † | Aaron Ganal ‡ |

Notes: Blue † – homegrown player[a]; Red * – overseas player[b]; Green ‡ – youth player[c]

## Season by season

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Season  | Tier | Division  | Pos.  | W–L | Copa del Rey | Other cups  | European competitions

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1980–81  | 5 | 1ª Catalana  | 6th  |  |  |  |
1981–82  | 5 | 1ª Catalana  |  |  |  |  |
1982–83  | 4 | 3ª División  | 5th  |  |  |  |
1983–84  | 4 | 3ª División  | 1st  |  |  |  |
1984–85  | 3 | 2ª División  | 6th  |  |  |  |
1985–86  | 3 | 2ª División  | 1st  |  |  |  |
1986–87 | 2 | 1ª División B  | 22nd  | 12–22  |  |  |
1987–88 | 2 | 1ª División B  | 20th  | 22–20  |  |  |
1988–89 | 2 | 1ª División  | 10th  | 15–15  |  |  |
1989–90 | 2 | 1ª División  | 5th  | 19–14  |  |  |
1990–91 | 2 | 1ª División  | 4th  | 23–18  |  |  |
1991–92 | 2 | 1ª División  | 1st  | 29–12  |  |  |
1992–93 | 1 | Liga ACB | 12th  | 15–18  | First round |  |
1993–94 | 1 | Liga ACB | 9th  | 20–12  | First round |  |
1994–95 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th  | 20–20  | Quarterfinalist |  |
1995–96 | 1 | Liga ACB | 19th  | 11–31  |  |  | 3 Korać Cup | GS | 3–7
1996–97 | 2 | LEB | 4th[d] | 21–19  |  |  |
1997–98  | 7 | 3ª Catalana  | 1st  |  |  |  |
1998–99  | 6 | 2ª Catalana  | 1st  |  |  |  |
1999–00  | 5 | 1ª Catalana  | 1st  |  |  |  |
2000–01  | 5 | Copa Catalunya | 7th | 18–12  |  |  |
2001–02  | 5 | Copa Catalunya | 2nd | 21–11  |  |  |
2002–03  | 5 | Copa Catalunya | 6th | 17–13  |  |  |
2003–04  | 5 | Copa Catalunya | 4th | 21–9  |  |  |
2004–05  | 5 | Copa Catalunya | 1st | 26–6  |  |  |
2005–06  | 4 | Liga EBA | 7th | 16–14  |  |  |
2006–07  | 4 | Liga EBA | 9th | 13–13  |  |  |
2007–08  | 4 | Liga EBA | 5th | 20–10  |  |  |
2008–09  | 4 | Liga EBA | 2nd | 23–10  |  |  |
2009–10 | 3 | LEB Plata | 6th  | 21–15  |  |  |
2010–11 | 3 | LEB Plata | 3rd  | 27–14  |  | Copa LEB Plata | RU  |
2011–12 | 3 | LEB Plata | 1st  | 19–5  |  | Copa LEB Plata | RU  |
2012–13 | 2 | LEB Oro | 3rd  | 30–10  |  | Copa Príncipe | RU  |
2013–14 | 2 | LEB Oro | 1st  | 21–5  |  | Copa Príncipe | C  |
2014–15 | 1  | Liga ACB | 14th  | 12–22  |  |  |
2015–16 | 1  | Liga ACB | 14th  | 12–22  |  |  |
2016–17 | 1  | Liga ACB | 8th  | 17–18  | Quarterfinalist |  |
2017–18 | 1  | Liga ACB | 6th  | 20–17  |  |  | 2 EuroCup | RS | 3–7
2018–19 | 1  | Liga ACB | 10th  | 16–18  |  |  | 2 EuroCup | SF | 13–8
2019–20 | 1  | Liga ACB | 9th  | 15–13  | Semifinalist |  | 2 EuroCup | T16 | 8–8
2020–21 | 1  | Liga ACB | 9th  | 17–19  |  |  | 2 EuroCup | T16 | 6–10
2021–22 | 1  | Liga ACB | 17th  | 11–23  |  |  | 2 EuroCup | SF | 12–7
2022–23 | 2 | LEB Oro | 1st  | 30–4  |  | Copa Príncipe | RU  |
2023–24 | 1  | Liga ACB | 11th  | 13–21  |  |  |
2024–25 | 1  | Liga ACB | 11th  | 14–20  |  |  | 3 Champions League | QR2 | 1–1

1. ^ A homegrown player is a player that played for at least three years before the age of 20 on a Spanish team. In Liga ACB, the team must register at least four homegrown players in rosters of 10–12 players or at least three homegrown players in rosters of 8–9 players. In Champions League, the team must register at least five homegrown players in rosters of 11–12 players or at least four homegrown players in rosters of 10 players.
2. ^ A overseas player is a player from outside EEA, FIBA Europe or ACP states. In Liga ACB, the team may register at most two overseas players. In Champions League, the team did not have any limitations regarding the number of overseas players.
3. ^ In Liga ACB, the team may register under-22 players linked to the youth system.
4. ^ Resigned to the berth in the league due to financial problems.

## Trophies and awards

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### Trophies

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* 2nd division championships: (2)
* 1ª División B: (1) 1992
* LEB Oro: (1) 2014
* 3rd division championships: (1)
* LEB Plata: (1) 2012
* Lliga Catalana: (2)
* 2018, 2020
* Lliga Catalana LEB Oro: (1)
* 2013
* Lliga Catalana LEB Plata: (1)
* 2010
* Lliga Catalana EBA: (3)
* 1989, 1990, 1992
* Copa Príncipe: (1)
* 2014
* Trofeo Ciutat de Valencia: (1)
* 2017

### Individual awards

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LEB Oro MVP

* Jordi Trias – 2014

All-ACB First Team

* Giorgi Shermadini – 2017

All LEB Oro First Team

* Marc Blanch – 2013, 2014
* Jordi Trias – 2014

## Notable players

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For a list of past and present players, see Category:BC Andorra players.

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

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

* Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
* Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
* Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

* David Navarro
* Thomas Schreiner
* Quino Colom (youth teams)
* José Luis Llorente
* Josep Maria Margall
* Víctor Sada
* Jordi Trias
* Enrique Villalobos
* Alexander Madsen
* Amine Noua
* Giorgi Shermadini
* Beka Burjanadze
* Georgios Bogris
* Thanasis Antetokounmpo
* Vojdan Stojanovski
* José "Piculín" Ortiz
* T. J. Cline
* Eric Anderson
* Rickey Brown
* Dan Godfread
* Conner Henry
* Jerrod Mustaf
* Andy Toolson
* David Jelinek
* Andrew Albicy

## References

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1. ^ "Reconocimiento de MoraBanc Andorra a los pioneros en Escaldes-Engordany" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 6 September 2018. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
2. ^ "ACB.com" (in Spanish). ACB.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
3. ^ "El River Andorra regresa a la ACB 18 años después | Baloncesto | EL MUNDO" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
4. ^ "Els recursos propis del River MoraBanc s'apropen a la meitat del pressupost | BonDia Diari digital d'Andorra" (in Spanish). BonDia.ad. 22 February 1999. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
5. ^ "Las aficiones, como la liga, al rojo vivo – Baloncesto" (in Spanish). FEB.es. 19 January 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
6. ^ "El Bàsquet Club Andorra | BC Morabanc Andorra | Web Oficial" (in Catalan). bca.ad. 20 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
7. ^ "Joaquím Rodríguez, nombrado socio de honor del BC River Andorra" (in Spanish). europapress.es. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
8. ^ "La jove de 15 anys Clàudia Justes és la dissenyadora de la tercera equipació" (in Catalan). BC Andorra. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.

## External links

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* Official website (in Catalan and Spanish)
* BC Andorra at ACB.com (in Spanish)

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MoraBanc Andorra current roster

* 0 Evans
* 5 Luz
* 8 Ganal
* 9 Llovet
* 10 Harding
* 11 Okoye
* 13 Ortega
* 20 Bassas
* 23 dos Anjos
* 24 Kuric
* 33 Chougkaz
* 44 Lammers
* Best

* Head coach: Plaza
* Assistant coaches: Vázquez
* González

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Liga ACB

Seasons|

* 1983–84
* 1984–85
* 1985–86
* 1986–87
* 1987–88
* 1988–89
* 1989–90
* 1990–91
* 1991–92
* 1992–93
* 1993–94
* 1994–95
* 1995–96
* 1996–97
* 1997–98
* 1998–99
* 1999–2000
* 2000–01
* 2001–02
* 2002–03
* 2003–04
* 2004–05
* 2005–06
* 2006–07
* 2007–08
* 2008–09
* 2009–10
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25
* 2025–26

Playoffs|

* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* Finals
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026

Clubs|

| 2025–26|

* Barça
* Baskonia
* Bàsquet Girona
* Baxi Manresa
* Casademont Zaragoza
* Coviran Granada
* Dreamland Gran Canaria
* Hiopos Lleida
* Joventut Badalona
* La Laguna Tenerife
* MoraBanc Andorra
* Real Madrid
* Río Breogán
* Silbö San Pablo Burgos
* Surne Bilbao Basket
* UCAM Murcia
* Unicaja
* Valencia Basket

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Former|

* Askatuak
* Cáceres (defunct)
* Cajabilbao (defunct)
* Cajamadrid (defunct)
* Cantabria Lobos (defunct)
* CB Zaragoza
* Círcol Catòlic
* Ciudad de Huelva (defunct)
* Collado Villalba (defunct)
* Coruña
* Espanyol (defunct)
* Estudiantes
* Fuenlabrada
* Gijón (defunct)
* Gipuzkoa
* Girona (defunct)
* Granada (defunct)
* Granollers
* L'Hospitalet
* León (defunct)
* Lleida
* Llíria (defunct)
* Lucentum Alicante (defunct)
* Maristas (defunct)
* Menorca (defunct)
* OAR Ferrol (defunct)
* Obradoiro
* Ourense
* Oximesa (defunct)
* Palencia
* Peñas Huesca
* Real Betis
* Salamanca (defunct)
* Tenerife AB (defunct)
* Tenerife CB (defunct)
* Valladolid (defunct)

Competition|

* ACB
* Clubs
* Owners
* In international competitions
* Seasons & winners
* Pyramid

Statistics and awards|

* ACB statistical leaders
* ACB three-point field goals percentage
* ACB free throw percentage
* ACB MVP
* ACB Finals MVP
* All-ACB Team
* ACB Most Spectacular Player
* ACB Best Young Player
* ACB Player of the Month
* Best Coach
* AEEB Coach of the Year
* ACB contests

Associated competitions|

* Copa del Rey
* Supercopa
* Liga U
* Copa Príncipe de Asturias (defunct)

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Parish of Andorra la Vella

Villages|

* Andorra la Vella
* La Margineda
* Santa Coloma d'Andorra

Buildings|

* Andorra Monument
* Andorra National Library
* Antiga Vegueria Francesa
* Casa Felipó
* Casa dels Russos
* Casa Massip-Dolsa
* Casa de la Vall
* Castle and church of Sant Vicenç d'Enclar
* Church of Santa Coloma
* Església de Sant Esteve
* Hotel Bellavista
* Hotel Pyrénées
* Hotel Roc Blanc
* Pont de la Margineda
* Pont de la Paris

Parks and open spaces|

* Andorra Park
* Parc Central
* Parc Infantil
* Parc de Mola
* Plaça del Poble

Streets|

* Avinguda de Meritxell
* Avinguda de Salou

Sports|

* FC Andorra
* CE Principat
* Constel·lació Esportiva
* Estadi Nacional d'Andorra
* Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella
* FC Lusitanos
* FC Rànger's
* FC Santa Coloma
* Poliesportiu d'Andorra
* UE Santa Coloma
* BC Andorra

Mayors|

* Lluís Viu Torres (1992–1999)
* Concepció Mora Jordana (1999–2003)
* Francesc Xavier Mora Baron (2003–2007)
* Maria Rosa Ferrer Obiols (2007–)

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