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
LeaguesLEB Oro
Founded1996 (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
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
C 2 Blackwell, Perris 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 28 – (1991-08-07)7 August 1991
PG 1 DiNunno, Mike  1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 30 – (1990-01-29)29 January 1990
SF 5 Đuran, Filip 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1991-07-04)4 July 1991
PG 0 Ferreiro, Pablo 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 22 – (1998-06-24)24 June 1998
C 30 Green, Anthony 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 23 – (1996-08-15)15 August 1996
PF 24 Hamilton, Ashley 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 31 – (1988-09-28)28 September 1988
SG 10 Kamba, Matthieu 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 24 – (1995-10-05)5 October 1995
PG 11 Maiza, Gaizka 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 24 – (1996-06-14)14 June 1996
SF 8 Martínez, Carlos 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – (1996-01-19)19 January 1996
PG 12 Pečiukevičius, Augustas 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1991-12-02)2 December 1991
PF 15 Smith, Sean 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1995-01-01)1 January 1995
C 44 Thiam, Abdou 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 21 – (1998-08-13)13 August 1998
SG 23 Xavier, Jeff 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 34 – (1985-09-07)7 September 1985
Head coach
  • Sergio García
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Inactive
C Perris Blackwell Anthony Green Abdou Thiam
PF Sean Smith Ashley Hamilton
SF Filip Đuran Carlos Martínez
SG Jeff Xavier Matthieu Kamba
PG Augustas Pečiukevičius Gaizka Maiza Pablo Ferreiro Mike DiNunno

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
2018–19 2LEB Oro 12th 14–20
2019–20 2LEB Oro 3rd[lower-alpha 5] 16–8
  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

Trophies

Individual awards

LEB Plata MVP

  • Robert Joseph – 2009

References
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