Básquet Coruña

Leyma Básquet Coruña
Leagues LEB Oro
Founded 1996 (1996)
Arena Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor
Capacity 4,425
Location A Coruña, Spain
Team colors Orange and blue
         
President Roberto Cibeira
Head coach Gustavo Aranzana
Championships 1 Copa Galicia
Website basquetcoruna.com
Uniforms

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.

History

Original Básquet Coruña logo, used until 2018.

CB Coruña is 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 sells its LEB spot to the new-creation club Basket Zaragoza. After that, the club could continue playing in Liga EBA thank to the promotion of its reserve team.

In 2004 Básquet Coruña resigns to play in any competition due to financial problems 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

Current roster

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

Leyma Coruña roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
SF 24 Spain Abia, Larry 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – (1993-08-08)8 August 1993
C 22 Dominican Republic Araujo, Jonathan 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 22 – (1996-08-19)19 August 1996
PF 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulić, Mirza 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1992-06-27)27 June 1992
PG 0 Spain Ferreiro, Pablo 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 20 – (1998-06-24)24 June 1998
SG 3 Switzerland Louissaint, Axel 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 22 – (1996-01-03)3 January 1996
SF 18 Spain Martínez, Carlos 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 22 – (1996-01-19)19 January 1996
PG 6 United States Monaghan, Zach 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (1992-12-01)1 December 1992
SG 23 United States Ogbueze, Braxton 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 24 – (1993-11-23)23 November 1993
SF 9 Spain Pino, Sergi 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 31 – (1987-07-03)3 July 1987
SG 12 United States Sabin, Ty 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 24 – (1994-10-15)15 October 1994
C 13 Brazil Uchendu, Michael 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 20 – (1998-04-11)11 April 1998
Head coach
  • Spain Gustavo Aranzana
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Jonathan Araujo Michael Uchendu
PF Mirza Bulić
SF Larry Abia Carlos Martínez Sergi Pino
SG Axel Louissaint Ty Sabin Braxton Ogbueze
PG Zach Monaghan Pablo Ferreiro

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

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Cup competitions
1996–97 3Liga EBA 1st Copa EBARU
1997–98 3Liga EBA 1st[lower-alpha 1] 23–3 Copa EBASF
1998–99 2LEB 13th 10–20
1999–00 2LEB 13th 12–18
2000–01 2LEB 14th 13–20
2001–02 2LEB 14th[lower-alpha 2] 12–22
2002–03 4Liga EBA 4th 22–8
2003–04 4Liga EBA 3rd 27–8
2004–05 Did not enter any competition
2005–06 4Liga EBA 8th 15–15
2006–07 4Liga EBA 2nd 21–9
2007–08 4LEB Bronce 3rd 21–15
2008–09 3LEB Plata 15th[lower-alpha 3] 9–21
2009–10 3LEB Plata 10th 17–15
2010–11 3LEB Plata 11th 9–19
2011–12 3LEB Plata 7th[lower-alpha 4] 13–13
2012–13 2LEB Oro 9th 13–18
2013–14 2LEB Oro 6th 14–14
2014–15 2LEB Oro 10th 12–16
2015–16 2LEB Oro 5th 22–18
2016–17 2LEB Oro 6th 22–17
2017–18 2LEB Oro 8th 18–21
  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.

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Individual awards

LEB Plata MVP

  • Robert Joseph – 2009

References

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