Araski AES

RPK Araski
RPK Araski
Leagues	Liga Femenina
Founded	2010
Arena	Polideportivo Mendizorrotza
Capacity	2,603
Location	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Team colors	Green and pink;
President	Livia López
Head coach	Madelén Urieta
Championships	1 Liga Femenina 2
Website	araski.com
Home	Away

Araski AES, also known as Kutxabank Araski for sponsorship reasons, is a women's basketball team based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain. The team currently plays in league Liga Femenina de Baloncesto.

History

Portion of the first logo of the club, used until August 2017.

In September 2010, Abaroa and UPV Álava merged for founding the Araski Association with the aim to develop the women's basketball.^[2] In May 2016, the team promoted to Liga Femenina.^[3]

In its first season in the top tier, Araski qualified for the Copa de la Reina, where it eliminated host team Star Center–Uni Ferrol in the quarterfinals,^[4] but did not advance more stages as they were eliminated by Spar CityLift Girona in the semifinals.^[5]

Araski ended in the fourth position after reaching the semifinals of the competition. This was the best performance ever for a newcomer in the league.^[6]

Sponsorship naming

Araski AES has had several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

Caja Vital Kutxa: 2010–2011
Caja Vital Kutxa UPV: 2011–2013
UPV/EHU Araba Araski: 2013–2014
Lacturale Araski: 2015–2018
RPK Araski: 2018–2020
Kutxabank Araski: 2020 - present

Home arenas

Polideportivo Mendizorrotza (2013–present)

Coaches

Madelén Urieta 2010–2014
Aitor Uriondo 2014–2015
Madelén Urieta 2015–present

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Copa de la Reina
2010–11	3	1ª División	4th	20–10
2011–12	3	1ª División	2nd	24–5
2012–13	3	1ª División	1st	25–1
2013–14	2	Liga Femenina 2	9th	7–15
2014–15	2	Liga Femenina 2	7th	12–10
2015–16	2	Liga Femenina 2	2nd	24–6
2016–17	1	Liga Femenina	4th	15–15	Semifinalist
2017–18	1	Liga Femenina	10th	10–16
2018–19	1	Liga Femenina	7th	10–18	Quarterfinalist
2019–20	1	Liga Femenina	5th	12–10	Semifinalist
2020–21	1	Liga Femenina	11th	12–18
2021–22	1	Liga Femenina	12th	11–19
2022–23	1	Liga Femenina			Quarterfinalist

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Liga Femenina 2: (1)
- 2015–16

References

^ "memoria Plaza Amadeo García de Salazar nº1, VITORIA-GASTEIZ - PDF". docplayer.es (in European Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2019. Total Asientos Gradas = 2.603 personas.
^ "Abaroa y UPV Álava abren un nuevo ciclo en Primera femenina" (in Spanish). elcorreo.com. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
^ "El Araski logra el ascenso" (in Spanish). elcorreo.com. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
^ "El Lacturale Araski sufre pero se mete en semifinales" (in Spanish). El Correo. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
^ "Araski planta cara a Girona pero cae en semifinales de la Copa (71-78)" (in Spanish). SER Vitoria. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
^ "Cuando la derrota es lo que menos importa en una semifinal. El equipo revelación del basket español…". kiaenzona.com. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.

External links

Official website
Araski AES at FEB.es (in Spanish)

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[1] "memoria Plaza Amadeo García de Salazar nº1, VITORIA-GASTEIZ - PDF". docplayer.es (in European Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2019. Total Asientos Gradas = 2.603 personas.

[2] "Abaroa y UPV Álava abren un nuevo ciclo en Primera femenina" (in Spanish). elcorreo.com. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

[3] "El Araski logra el ascenso" (in Spanish). elcorreo.com. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.

[4] "El Lacturale Araski sufre pero se mete en semifinales" (in Spanish). El Correo. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.

[5] "Araski planta cara a Girona pero cae en semifinales de la Copa (71-78)" (in Spanish). SER Vitoria. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.

[6] "Cuando la derrota es lo que menos importa en una semifinal. El equipo revelación del basket español…". kiaenzona.com. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.

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