AB Castelló

Amics del Bàsquet Castelló, also known as TAU Castelló for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in Castellón de la Plana, Spain. It was founded in 1994 and currently plays in LEB Oro.

TAU Castelló
LeaguesLEB Oro
Founded1994 (1994)
ArenaPabellón Ciutat de Castelló
Capacity3,000
LocationCastellón de la Plana, Spain
PresidentLuis García Sainz
Head coachAntonio Ten
Championships1 Copa LEB Plata
Websiteamicscastello.com

Real Madrid's coach Pablo Laso started his coach career in this team, in the 2003–2004 LEB 2 season.

History

Founded in 1994, Amics Castelló played for the first time the Liga EBA in the 1999–2000 season, achieving in 2002 a vacant berth to play the LEB 2 league, Spanish third division. After four seasons always in the low part of the standings, Amics Castelló was relegated to the Liga EBA, where it played during the six next seasons, only qualifying for the promotion playoffs in the last one.

However, the club achieved again a vacant place in LEB Plata, playing there until the 2014–15 season, when the club won the Copa LEB Plata by defeating CEBA Guadalajara and promoted to LEB Oro, also defeating the team from Castile-La Mancha.

Players

Current roster

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

TAU Castelló roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 17 Alvarado, Óscar 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 29 – (1991-06-06)6 June 1991
SG 7 Bas, Romà 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 37 – (1983-04-18)18 April 1983
PG 0 Cleary, Harrison 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 23 – (1997-12-08)8 December 1997
PF 13 Dukan, Duje 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 29 – (1991-12-04)4 December 1991
SG 6 Durán, Edu 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 29 – (1991-05-01)1 May 1991
C 25 Edwards, Kai 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 23 – (1997-08-10)10 August 1997
PG 8 Faner, Joan 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 30 – (1990-11-17)17 November 1990
PF 11 García, Juanjo 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1989-04-22)22 April 1989
SF 4 Moto, Adala 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 27 – (1993-06-24)24 June 1993
PG 15 Sabaté, Joel 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 22 – (1999-02-04)4 February 1999
C 40 Stainbrook, Matt 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 28 – (1992-03-05)5 March 1992
Head coach
  • Toni Ten
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Kai Edwards Matt Stainbrook
PF Duje Dukan Juanjo García
SF Adala Moto
SG Edu Durán Romà Bas Joel Sabaté
PG Óscar Alvarado Joan Faner Harrison Cleary

Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non-FIBA Europe player

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Cup competitions
1999–00 3 Liga EBA 7th 13–13
2000–01 4 Liga EBA 4th 13–13
2001–02 4 Liga EBA 6th[lower-alpha 1] 18–12
2002–03 3 LEB 2 14th 13–21
2003–04 3 LEB 2 12th 10–16
2004–05 3 LEB 2 12th 12–18
2005–06 3 LEB 2 15th 12–22
2006–07 4 Liga EBA 7th 13–13
2007–08 5 Liga EBA 12th 12–16
2008–09 5 Liga EBA 5th 20–10
2009–10 4 Liga EBA 6th 18–1–11
2010–11 4 Liga EBA 9th 11–15
2011–12 4 Liga EBA 2nd[lower-alpha 2] 18–6
2012–13 3 LEB Plata 5th 11–15
2013–14 3 LEB Plata 4th 16–14
2014–15 3LEB Plata 2nd 30–10 Copa LEB PlataC
2015–16 2LEB Oro 11th 13–17
2016–17 2LEB Oro 15th 12–22
2017–18 2LEB Oro 7th 20–18
2018–19 2LEB Oro 13th 13–21
2019–20 2LEB Oro 11th[lower-alpha 3] 10–14
  1. Achieved a vacant berth in LEB 2.
  2. Achieved a vacant berth in LEB Plata.
  3. Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Individual awards

LEB Plata MVP

  • Ola Atoyebi – 2014
  • Nick Washburn – 2015

Copa LEB Plata MVP

  • Nick Washburn – 2015
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