To ruin Girona's home-court debut

There are only four unbeaten teams left in Euroleague, one of which is ours. It's not going to be easy to keep it up, but on Thursday in Girona we will look to be able to say that about ourselves after the game, too.

The Spanish champions knocked solid participants Salamanca out of the saddle in Euroleague because they only got one spot. That caused a lot of trouble in Salamanca as well, where they thought they would have deserved a spot in the qualification round. However, based on the Spanish clubs' performances in recent years they didn't get that option. For a long time Girona were also crunching the numbers, but eventually they took the opportunity to compete in the most prestigious European competition in which they have played before, but didn't make much of an impact.

There was also a lot of player movement at the club. Practically half of the team has moved to a different place. Looking at the list of names on the arrival side, however, we cannot state that they got weaker, even though they signed Sonja Petrovic knowing that she was about to have a surgery done. They trusted her anyway, and we can be sure that her return will be a great addition to the team. Until that time, however, they have to get on without her. Let's see who they have to do that!

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From last year's core we have to highlight Laia Palau and Nuria Martinez. Both are world class players with a lot of experience, but the latter is currently on the injured list. On the other hand, 25-year-old American Brittney Sykes is of great value for them, because she still has a great potential to improve. Sticking with the international players let's continue with Naignouma Coulibaly, who proved to be a tough opponent when laying for DVTK here in Hungary. Serbian Tijana Ajdukovic has played for our club before. Experienced players are Adaora Elonu from Nigeria and French talent Magali Mendy. The latter has brought some real outstanding stat numbers in recent weeks. In order to strengthen the Spanish core they lured Maria Araujo back home from Poland.

For now the absence of the injured is not visible on their game. They collected the Super Cup, and kicked off Euroleague on the positive side. We can say that even though they have left Fenerbahce and Lyon's court on the losing side.They could especially build on the 4-point loss from Turkey.

They have their home court debut on Thursday which will for sure give them extra energy. The fans in Girona will also help them, but if we can deliver the performance that has characterized our team so far then we will be able to leave the court with smiles on our faces on Thursday as well!

Before the game we asked Briann January about her expectations.



The game can be followed from 8.15 pm via live online statistics on the Euroleague website, and via live video streaming at the FIBA YouTube channel.

- 2019-10-29

We got into this season with a new head coach and a roster that was even younger than before, and the beginning of it was above all expectations

Who would have thought back in 2018 that a year later we would be able to host the Euroleague FINAL4 again? Well, the world set their eyes on Sopron again, because the decision-makers at FIBA thought that only the experience staff of our club would be able to organize the event on a high level within three weeks

Ki gondolta volna 2018-ban, hogy egy év múlva ismét mi rendezhetjük az Euroliga négyes döntőjét? Már pedig ismét Sopronra szegezte tekintetét a nagyvilág, miután a FIBA döntnökei úgy gondolták, egyesül a mi klubunk tapasztalt stábja tudja három hét alatt megszervezni magas színvonalon az eseményt

It is generally thought that it is always easier to get to the top than to stay there

Általános vélekedés, hogy a csúcsra mindig könnyebb felérni, mint ott maradni

Regarding the 2018 Euroleague Final every basketball enthusiast was preparing for celebration

A 2018-as FINAL4 döntője kapcsán ünnepre készült minden magyar kosárlabda barát! Először léphetett pályára magyar csapat az Euroliga elsőségért! A túloldalon egy kisebb világválogatott sorakozott fel, mely érvényre is juttatta nagyobb erejét a remekül küzdő csapatunkkal szemben

Our center Betti Határ has been suffering from pain in her ankle, and has finally decided to undergo operation

Centerünk, Határ Betti a szezon utolsó másfél hónapjában sokszor kínlódott a bokájával, és végül úgy döntött, hogy aláveti magát az operációnak

Our club has completed the creation of the roster for the 2020/2021 season

Klubunk befejezte a 2020/21-es kosárlabda szezon csapatának kialakítását

Even making it to the FINAL4 in 2018 was an incredible performance, not to mention that for the first time in club history we were able to host the top clubs of Euroleague and many important personalities of the basketball world

Már az is elképesztő teljesítmény volt, hogy 2018-ban ott lehettünk a FINAL4-ban, arról nem is beszélve, hogy fennállásunk során először láthattuk vendégül rendezőként az Euroliga top csapatait és a kosárlabda világ számos neves személyiségét

Két éve, március idusán felfoghatatlan siker kapujába érkeztünk

Two years ago at the ides of March we have come to the gates of an incomprehensible success

Gáspár Dávidot kértük fel, hogy értékelje első soproni szezonját

The league finals brought a county rivals’ series, in which we had control over three games that we had won we put the golden star representing the 10th championship title in our crest

2016-ban megyei párharcot hozott a bajnoki döntő, melyet végig uralva, három magabiztos győzelemmel helyeztük el címerünkben a történelmi, 10

One of the most important milestones of Sopron1s women’s basketball

A soproni női kosárlabdázás történetének egyik legfontosabb mérföldköve