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Cocodrilos de Caracas

Cocodrilos de Caracas (transl. Caracas Crocodiles) is a Venezuelan professional basketball club based in Caracas. Established in 1990, the club competes in the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto (SPB), and has won the national championship six times. The Cocodrilos' home games are played at the Parque Naciones Unidas.

History

The city of Caracas had known various teams that had played in the national premier basketball leagues. In the end of 1990, Dr. Guillermo Valentiner acquired the capital's basketball team and named it Cocodrilos de Caracas. In the first season of the team, it finished in fifth place.[1] The team won its first national league after only one year, in 1992.

Trophies

1974[nb 1] 1992, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2013

Season by season

Notable alumni

Players

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

Coaches

To appear in this section a player must have either:

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional coach.
- Coached at least one official international match for a senior national team at any time.

Notes

  1. ^ As "Ahorristas de Caracas"

References

  1. ^ "Nuestra Historia". Cocodrilos de Caracas (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  2. ^ Garly Sojo: la nueva cara del baloncesto es de Caricuao El Nacional, 23 January 2020. Accessed 18 October 2021.(in Spanish)
  3. ^ Garly Sojo: «El grupo está con hambre de lograr el título» Líder en deportes, 29 February 2020. Accessed 19 October 2021.(in Spanish)