Picadero Jockey Club

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Picadero Jockey Club was a Spanish sports club based in Barcelona , Catalonia . The various departments of the club acquired a total of 16 championship wins and 10 Cup wins and two wins of a baseball - European Cup .

history

The association was founded in 1951. He soon became known mainly through his basketball team, which was three times Spanish runner-up and twice won the national cup . In 1964 they beat Aismalíbar Montcada in the final with 63:51. In 1968 the team prevailed against Joventut de Badalona with 58:55. The team was also active on the European level three times. In the 1968/69 season in the European Cup Winners' Cup , where it was eliminated in round 2 and twice in the Korać Cup , where Picadero came once to the quarter-finals and once to the semi-finals.

After these respectable successes, Picadero lost a lot of influence. In particular, local rivals FC Barcelona , against whom thrilling derbies were initially held, were far removed from the smaller Jockey Club in terms of performance.

The club disbanded in 1989.

successes

basketball

Men's
Ladies
  • 6 × Spanish champion (1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983)
  • 6 × Spanish cup winners (1973, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983)

baseball

Picadero Damm called itself the club's baseball team and achieved the following successes:

Handball

The Picadero women's handball team has won the national championship five times:

  • 5 × Spanish ladies champion (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970)

volleyball

The volleyball men were twice champions and cup winners:

  • 2 × Spanish champion (1965, 1966)
  • 2 × Spanish cup winners (1963, 1965)

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