Kataja Basket Club
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Joensuun Kataja | |||
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Joensuun Kataja logo | |||
Leagues | Korisliiga, FIBA Europe Cup |
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Founded | 1949 | ||
Arena | Joensuu Areena | ||
Capacity | 2,500 | ||
Location | Joensuu, Finland | ||
Team colors | Blue and White |
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Head coach | Jukka Toijala | ||
Championships | 1 Finish League 3 Finnish Cups |
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Retired numbers | 11 | ||
Website | katajabasket.fi | ||
Uniforms | |||
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Kataja Basket Club is a professional basketball club of sports club Kataja from Joensuu, Finland. The team plays in the Korisliiga, the highest tier of Finnish basketball. In 2015, Kataja won its first national championship, after it beat Bisons Loimaa 3–2 in the Finnish Finals.
Achievements
- Champions (1): 2015
- Runners-up (6): 2003, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014
- Third place (4): 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013
- Champions (3): 2002, 2011, 2012
Current roster
Kataja Basket Club roster
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Roster |
Season by season
Season | Domestic competitions | Finnish Cup | European competitions | |||||
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2010–11 | 1 | Korisliiga | 3 | Runner-up | Champion | N/A | ||
2011–12 | 1 | Korisliiga | 1 | Runner–up | Champion | N/A | ||
2012–13 | 1 | Korisliiga | 2 | Third–place |
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EuroChallenge |
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2013–14 | 1 | Korisliiga | 3 | Runner–up | – |
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EuroChallenge |
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2014–15 | 1 | Korisliiga | 3 | Champions | – |
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EuroChallenge |
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2015–16 | 1 | Korisliiga | 1 | Quarterfinalists | – |
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FIBA Europe Cup |
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Notable players
Andre Foreman
Martti Kuisma
Sami Laaksonen
Jyri Lehtonen
Pekka Markkanen
Jukka Toijala
Eero Oksava
Sami Lehtoranta
Petri Virtanen
Teemu Rannikko
External links
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