title: Cocodrilos de Caracas
text: # 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. The team won its first national league after only one year, in 1992.
  
  ## Trophies
  
  * Venezuelan LPB / Superliga: 6
  
      1974 1992, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2013
  
  ## Season by season
  
  | Season | Tier | League | Pos. | Postseason |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2010 | 1 | LPB | 1 | Champion |
  | 2011 | 1 | LPB | 1 | Finalist |
  | 2012 | 1 | LPB | 2 | Semifinalist |
  | 2013 | 1 | LPB | 2 | Champion |
  | 2014 | 1 | LPB | 2 | Semifinalist |
  
  ## Notable alumni
  
  ### Players
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
  
  * Criteria
  * To appear in this section a player must have either:
  * Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  * Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  * Played at least one official NBA match at any time.
  * Carl Herrera (2003–2004)
  * Garly Sojo
  * Luis David Montero
  * Rowan Barrett
  * Leandro Garcia Morales
  * Cedric Ball
  * Chris Childs
  * Ramel Curry (2005)
  * Kris Lang (2005)
  * Tony Dawson
  * Roy Hairston
  * Anthony Mason
  * Lee Nailon
  * Carl Elliott
  * Kevin Freeman
  * Ray Jackson
  
  ### 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.
  
  * Nelson Solórzano
  