Círculo Gijón

Círculo Gijón Baloncesto y Conocimiento (transl. Gijón Basketball and Knowledge Circle) is a professional basketball club based in Gijón, Asturias that currently plays in LEB Plata, the third tier of Spanish basketball.

Círculo Gijón
2019–20 Círculo Gijón season
NicknameLos Geométricos
(The Geometrics)
LeagueLEB Plata
Founded2017
ArenaPalacio de Deportes
Capacity5,197
LocationGijón, Spain
Team colorsBlack, red and white
              
PresidentCarlos Rodellar
Head coachNacho Galán
Websitecirculogijon.es

History
Match against Iraurgi SB in the 2018–19 LEB Plata season.

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] However, Círculo Gijón could not avoid relegation to Liga EBA at the end of the season, after an irregular performance.

Círculo Gijón remained in the league as a result of a swap of places with Baskonia B, that finished one position over the geometrics.[5]

Sponsorship naming
  • TeslaCard Círculo Gijón 2018–2019

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsors
2017–2018SpaldingNone
2018–2019PentexTeslaCard
2019–presentLegeaNone

Head coaches
  • Nacho Galán 2017–present

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Roster
2017–18 51ª División 3rd[lower-alpha 1]20–4
2018–19 3LEB Plata 19th[lower-alpha 2]14–20
2019–20 3LEB Plata 23rd[lower-alpha 3]8–17
  1. Achieved one of the vacant places after the expansion of the LEB Plata.
  2. Remained in the league after swapping its place with Baskonia B.
  3. Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Players

Current roster

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

Círculo Gijón roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
SF 13 Adón, Gregorio 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1991-04-12)12 April 1991
PF Amius, Mike 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (1996-09-22)22 September 1996
SG Ebel, Nolan 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) −1995 – (1996-01-00)January 1996
PG 7 Lada, Edu 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1988-03-24)24 March 1988
SF 20 Llano, Jaime 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – (1996-03-08)8 March 1996
PF 12 Menéndez, Javi 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 22 – (1997-08-05)5 August 1997
PG 3 Moro, Ángel (C) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 26 – (1993-10-11)11 October 1993
PG 21 Portugués, Joaquín 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 24 – (1995-09-21)21 September 1995
C 17 Poyatos, Carlos 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1994-10-17)17 October 1994
SF 9 Reynolds, Jamal 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1994-02-27)27 February 1994
C Swift, Robert 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 34 – (1985-12-03)3 December 1985
SG 25 Ukawuba, Rob 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1994-12-02)2 December 1994
Head coach
  • Nacho Galán
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: December 29, 2019

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Robert Swift Mike Amius
PF Javier Menéndez Carlos Poyatos
SF Jamal Reynolds Gregorio Adón Jaime Llano
SG Robert Ukawuba Nolan Ebel
PG Joaquín Portugués Ángel Moro Eduardo Lada

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

Trophies and awards

Trophies
Friendly tournaments
  • Trofeo Virgen de Valencia: 2018
  • Trofeo Concello de Chantada: 2018
  • Trofeo Principado de Asturias: 2018

Individual awards

All LEB Plata team

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.
  5. "Saski Baskonia contará con un equipo en Liga EBA" (in Spanish). Saski Baskonia. 5 July 2019.
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