Círculo Gijón

TeslaCard Círculo Gijón
2018–19 Círculo Gijón season
Nickname Los Geométricos
(The Geometrics)
League LEB Plata
Founded 2017
Arena Palacio de Deportes
Capacity 5,197
Location Gijón, Spain
Team colors Black, red and white
              
President Iván Menéndez
Head coach Nacho Galán
Website circulogijon.es
Uniforms

Círculo Gijón Baloncesto y Conocimiento (English: Gijón Basketball and Knowledge Circle), also known as TeslaCard Círculo Gijón for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Gijón, Asturias that currently plays in LEB Plata, the third tier of Spanish basketball.

History

Círculo Gijón Baloncesto y Conocimiento was founded in 2017, by a group of entrepreneurs that acquired the rights of local club CD Barrio La Arena, with the aim of giving to the city of Gijón a completely professional basketball team with possibilities to promote to the top leagues,[1] as did the former main team Gijón Baloncesto, that played in Liga ACB during four seasons.

The club started in the Primera División, fifth tier, and played its first official game on 19 October 2017 in Avilés, beating Colegio San Fernando by 65–72. On 12 February 2018, Círculo Gijón signed former NBA player Robert Swift for two seasons.[2]

However, Círculo Gijón did not achieve promotion to Liga EBA after being defeated in the league semifinals by the reserve team of Oviedo CB. Despite this failure, the club required and finally achieved one of the eight places that would be created after the expansion of the LEB Plata, third division, to 24 teams.[3]

On 6 October 2018, the club made its debut in professional leagues with a 73–65 home win against Óbila CB.[4]

Sponsorship naming

  • TeslaCard Círculo Gijón 2018–present

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsors
2017–2018SpaldingNone
2018–presentPentexTeslaCard

Head coaches

  • Nacho Galán 2017–present

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. W–L
2017–18 51ª División 3rd[lower-alpha 1]20–4
2018–19 3LEB Plata
  1. ↑ Achieved one of the vacant places after the expansion of the LEB Plata.

Players

Current roster

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

TeslaCard Círculo Gijón roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
SF 21 Spain Blanco, Saúl (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 33 – (1985-05-16)16 May 1985
C 11 Serbia Đorđević, Nemanja 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 23 – (1995-05-10)10 May 1995
PG 6 United States Johnson, Junior 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
SG 14 United States Kimbrough, Martyce 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 22 – (1996-01-08)8 January 1996
PF 12 Spain Menéndez, Javier 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 21 – (1997-08-05)5 August 1997
PG 3 Spain Moro, Ángel 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 25 – (1993-10-11)11 October 1993
PF 22 Canada Osayande, Shane 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (1993-01-20)20 January 1993
C South Africa Prinsloo, Pieter 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 26 – (1992-01-07)7 January 1992
SG 7 Spain Rubiera, Alejandro 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 20 – (1998-04-17)17 April 1998
C 31 United States Swift, Robert 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 32 – (1985-12-03)3 December 1985
SF 23 Cameroon Yengué, Nelson 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 26 – (1992-03-01)1 March 1992
Head coach
  • Spain Nacho Galán
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: October 7, 2018

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Robert Swift Pieter Prinsloo
PF Shane Osayande Javier Menéndez Nemanja Đorđević
SF Saúl Blanco Nelson Yengué
SG Martyce Kimbrough Alejandro Rubiera
PG Ángel Moro Junior Johnson

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

Notable players

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

References

  1. ↑ "Nace el Círculo Gijón Baloncesto y Conocimiento" [Gijón Basketball and Knowledge Circle borns] (in Spanish). Asturbasket. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "El Círculo Gijón Baloncesto incorpora al ex NBA Robert Swift" [Círculo Gijón Baloncesto adds former NBA player Robert Swift] (in Spanish). Círculo Gijón Baloncesto y Conocimiento. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "El Círculo Gijón jugará la próxima temporada en LEB Plata" [Círculo Gijón will play the next season in LEB Plata] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "El Círculo debuta a lo grande" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
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