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
TAU Castelló logo
LeaguesLEB Oro
Founded1994; 30 years ago (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 edit

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 edit

Current roster edit

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

TAU Castelló roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
F 13   Hernández, Pablo 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1997-02-17)17 February 1997
G 7   Alvarado, Oscar 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 32 – (1991-06-06)6 June 1991
F 44   Höök, David 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1999-04-07)7 April 1999
G 6   Durán, Eduardo 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 33 – (1991-05-01)1 May 1991
C 25   Edwards, Kai 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1997-08-10)10 August 1997
G 8   Faner, Joan 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 33 – (1990-11-17)17 November 1990
F 9   Bilbao, Jorge 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1995-06-27)27 June 1995
C 5   Rotizis, Davis 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 34 – (1990-03-16)16 March 1990
G 15   Sabaté, Joel 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1999-02-04)4 February 1999
F 42   Stutz, Eric 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 31 – (1992-09-09)9 September 1992
F   Campos, Jaime 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1998-09-18)18 September 1998
Head coach
  •   Toni Ten

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

Updated: December 27, 2021

Depth chart edit

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Davis Rotizis Kai Edwards
PF Eric Stutz Pablo Hernandez Jorge Bilbao
SF David Hook Calvin Hermanson Jaime Campos
SG Eduardo Durán Joel Sabaté
PG Óscar Alvarado Joan Faner

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

Season by season edit

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[a] 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[b] 18–6
2012–13 3 LEB Plata 5th 11–15
2013–14 3 LEB Plata 4th 16–14
2014–15 3 LEB Plata 2nd 30–10 Copa LEB Plata C
2015–16 2 LEB Oro 11th 13–17
2016–17 2 LEB Oro 15th 12–22
2017–18 2 LEB Oro 7th 20–18
2018–19 2 LEB Oro 13th 13–21
2019–20 2 LEB Oro 11th[c] 10–14
2020–21 2 LEB Oro 5th 21–10
2021–22 2 LEB Oro 10th 17–17
2022–23 2 LEB Oro 10th 17–17
  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 edit

Trophies edit

Individual awards edit

LEB Plata MVP

  • Ola Atoyebi – 2014
  • Nick Washburn – 2015

Copa LEB Plata MVP

  • Nick Washburn – 2015

External links edit