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Básquet Coruña

Club Básquet Coruña, more commonly referred by its sponsorship name of Leyma Básquet Coruña, is a professional basketball team based in A Coruña, Galicia. The team currently plays in league LEB Oro.

Leyma Básquet Coruña
Leyma Básquet Coruña logo
LeaguesLEB Oro
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
ArenaPazo dos Deportes de Riazor
Capacity4,425
LocationA Coruña, Spain
Team colorsOrange and blue
   
PresidentRoberto Cibeira
Head coachSergio García
Championships1 Copa Galicia
Websitebasquetcoruna.com

History edit

 
Original Básquet Coruña logo, used until 2018.

CB Coruña was founded in 1996 as a merger of clubs CB Ventorrillo and CB Arteixo. This club would substitute former Baloncesto Coruña CAB, that played its last season in Liga EBA before being dissolved.

After playing some seasons at Liga EBA, the club joined LEB League, where it remained four years, known as Sondeos del Norte due to sponsorship reasons. In 2002, CB Coruña sold its LEB spot to a new club Basket Zaragoza. After that, the club could continue playing in Liga EBA, thanks to the promotion of its reserve team.

In 2004, Básquet Coruña did not participate in any competition due to financial reasons, but the club comes back in 2005 to Liga EBA. In 2007, the club was invited to the newly created fourth tier LEB Bronce as one of the participants of the Final Stage of the 2006–07 Liga EBA. In their debut season, the club clinched the promotion to LEB Plata where it finished in the relegation positions in their first season. However, the club was repechaged due to the existence of vacant berths.

Básquet Coruña consolidated in LEB Plata until 2012, when it achieved a vacant berth in LEB Oro, coming back to the Spanish second division ten years later.

Players edit

Current roster edit

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

Leyma Coruña roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G 3   Isern, Pau 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 22 – (2001-11-13)13 November 2001
G 7   Jakovičs, Ingus 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 31 – (1993-04-18)18 April 1993
G 8   Filipović, Goran 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 27 – (1996-11-26)26 November 1996
G/F 9   Lundqvist, Karl Olle 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (1999-11-21)21 November 1999
C 10   Vega, Javier 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 36 – (1988-01-05)5 January 1988
C 12   Diagne, Atoumane 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 25 – (1998-12-31)31 December 1998
G/F 18   Martínez, Santiago 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 20 – (2004-03-24)24 March 2004
G/F 22   Font, Aleix 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – (1998-03-11)11 March 1998
G/F 23   Barrueta, Yunio 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 31 – (1993-04-15)15 April 1993
PF 24   Nwogbo, Lotanna 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 30 – (1993-05-30)30 May 1993
G 30   Hernández, Alejandro 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 34 – (1990-02-12)12 February 1990
F 33   Simeunović, Đorđe 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 28 – (1995-04-26)26 April 1995
F/C 57   Galán, Alejandro 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (1999-09-12)12 September 1999
Head coach
  •   Diego Epifanio
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Roman Gomez
  •   Sergio García Martin
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

Depth chart edit

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Atoumane Diagne Javier Vega
PF Lotanna Nwogbo Alejandro Galan
SF Yunio Barrueta Djordje Simeunovic Santiago Martinez
SG Aleix Font Karl Olle Lundqvist Alejandro Hernandez
PG Goran Filipovic Ingus Jakovics Pau Isern

Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non-FIBA Europe player

Season by season edit

Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Cup competitions
1996–97 3 Liga EBA 1st Copa EBA RU
1997–98 3 Liga EBA 1st[a] 23–3 Copa EBA SF
1998–99 2 LEB 13th 10–20
1999–00 2 LEB 13th 12–18
2000–01 2 LEB 14th 13–20
2001–02 2 LEB 14th[b] 12–22
2002–03 4 Liga EBA 4th 22–8
2003–04 4 Liga EBA 3rd 27–8
2004–05 Did not enter any competition
2005–06 4 Liga EBA 8th 15–15
2006–07 4 Liga EBA 2nd 21–9
2007–08 4 LEB Bronce 3rd 21–15
2008–09 3 LEB Plata 15th[c] 9–21
2009–10 3 LEB Plata 10th 17–15
2010–11 3 LEB Plata 11th 9–19
2011–12 3 LEB Plata 7th[d] 13–13
2012–13 2 LEB Oro 9th 13–18
2013–14 2 LEB Oro 6th 14–14
2014–15 2 LEB Oro 10th 12–16
2015–16 2 LEB Oro 5th 22–18
2016–17 2 LEB Oro 6th 22–17
2017–18 2 LEB Oro 8th 18–21
2018–19 2 LEB Oro 12th 14–20
2019–20 2 LEB Oro 3rd[e] 16–8
2020–21 2 LEB Oro 3rd 21–10
2021–22 2 LEB Oro 7th 19–18
2022–23 2 LEB Oro 6th 24–12
2022–23 2 LEB Oro Copa Princesa RU
  1. ^ Achieved a vacant berth in LEB.
  2. ^ Sold the berth in LEB to CAI Zaragoza.
  3. ^ Remained in the league by achieving a vacant berth after the dissolution of the LEB Bronce league.
  4. ^ Achieved a vacant berth in LEB Oro.
  5. ^ Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trophies and awards edit

Trophies edit

Individual awards edit

LEB Plata MVP

  • Robert Joseph – 2009

References edit

External links edit

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