Gijón Basket

Gijón Basket
League EBA
Founded 2015
Arena Palacio de Deportes
Capacity 5,058
Location Gijón, Spain
Team colors White and red
         
Head coach Fran Sánchez
Website gijonbasket2015.com
Uniforms

Club Gijón Basket 2015 Corpi, better known as Gijón Basket or Huniko GB2015 for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball club based in Gijón, Asturias that currently plays in Liga EBA, the fourth tier of Spanish basketball.

History

Match against Ciudad de Ponferrada in the 2017–18 Liga EBA season.

Gijón Basket was founded in 2015 as a merge of men's basketball club CB Corpi and women's basketball Formabasket.[1] It has the aim to replace Gijón Baloncesto, that was dissolved in 2009, as the main club of the city.

On 8 May 2016, Gijón Basket completed its first competitive season promoting to Liga EBA, fourth tier, after finishing the 2015–16 season as champion of the Asturian group of Primera División. It defeated CB Castrillón in the final by 77–50.[2]

On 9 October 2016, Gijón Basket made its debut in Liga EBA in Vigo, earning a 43–68 win against Seis do Nadal, but finally could not avoid the relegation to Primera División. However, they remained in the league due to the existence of vacant spots.[3]

In their second season in the fourth tier, Gijón Basket performed successfully and qualified to the second stage of the league, where they were eliminated in the semifinals.

Head coaches

  • Chus Poves 2015–2017
  • Fran Sánchez 2017–

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. W–L
2015–16 51ª División 1st22–2
2016–17 4Liga EBA 12th[lower-alpha 1]9–17
2017–18 4Liga EBA 2nd22–9
  1. ↑ Remained in the league by achieving one of the vacant spots.

Current squad

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

Gijón Basket roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
SG Spain Alonso, Eduardo
PG Spain Bretón, Pablo
SF Dominican Republic De los Santos, Cristian
SF Ukraine Dyachenko, Yevgeny
PG 44 United States Hatch, Kenny 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 24 – (1994-08-16)16 August 1994
C Canada Ejim, Ryan
PG Spain Llano, Jaime
SF 5 Spain Sánchez, Diego 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 42 – (1975-12-26)26 December 1975
PG 13 Dominican Republic Soto, José 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 25 – (1993-08-11)11 August 1993
SG 14 Spain Suárez, Carlos 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 19 – (1999-02-19)19 February 1999
C Spain González, Diego 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
PF 17 United States Wineglass, Malik 203 m (666 ft 0 in) 25 – (1993-03-07)7 March 1993
Head coach
  • Spain Fran Sánchez
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 14 August 2018

References

  1. ↑ "Nace el Gijón Basket 2015" (in Spanish). MVP - Revista del basket. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "El Gijón Basket ya está en Liga EBA" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "El Gijón saldrá en Liga EBA" [Gijón will join Liga EBA] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
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