CB Almansa

Club Baloncesto Almansa, also known as Afanion CB Almansa for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Almansa, Castilla-La Mancha, that currently plays in LEB Oro, the second tier of Spanish basketball.

CB Almansa
LeagueLEB Oro
ArenaPolideportivo Municipal de Almansa
Capacity1,500
LocationAlmansa, Spain
Team colorsBlue and white
         
PresidentMatilde Cuenca
Head coachRubén Perelló

History

In 2017, CB Almansa promotes to Liga EBA[1] and one year later, just in their debut season, the club reaches the LEB Plata by winning the three games of the promotion stage played at home.[2]

The success of the club would continue with a third consecutive promotion, thus reaching the LEB Oro, second tier, on 25 May 2019.

Players

Current roster

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

Afanion CB Almansa roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
SG 4 Blat, Gerard 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 23 – (1997-04-14)14 April 1997
PG 1 Cardoso, Miguel 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 27 – (1993-01-15)15 January 1993
PF 13 Cvetinović, Nikola 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1988-12-19)19 December 1988
SF 31 Gilling, Jonathan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1991-06-29)29 June 1991
SG 30 González, Chuso 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (1994-08-20)20 August 1994
SF 21 Graham, Rowell 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1994-08-08)8 August 1994
PG 0 Harris, Bobby 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 29 – (1991-02-08)8 February 1991
SG 5 Huertas, Rafael 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 35 – (1984-08-02)2 August 1984
C 3 Maxwell, Stephen 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1993-04-29)29 April 1993
C 8 Rowley, Kyle 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 30 – (1990-06-21)21 June 1990
PF 6 Santoja, José 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1992-05-08)8 May 1992
Head coach
  • Rubén Perelló
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Kyle Rowley Stephen Maxwell
PF Nikola Cvetinović José Santoja
SF Rowell Graham Jonathan Gilling
SG Rafa Huertas Chuso González Gerard Blat
PG Bobby Harris Miguel Cardoso

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

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. W–L
2004–05 61ª Autonómica 5th14–12
2005–06 61ª Autonómica 2nd18–10
2006–07 61ª Autonómica 4th17–10
2007–08 71ª Autonómica 8th14–12
2008–09 71ª Autonómica 6th13–11
2009–10 61ª Autonómica 1st16–4
2010–11 51ª División 8th12–14
2011–12 51ª División 12th9–17
2012–13 51ª División 6th15–11
2013–14 51ª División 6th12–14
2014–15 51ª División 8th11–15
2015–16 51ª División 3rd19–6
2016–17 51ª División 1st23–1
2017–18 4Liga EBA 1st28–5
2018–19 3LEB Plata 2nd25–11
2019–20 2LEB Oro 12th[lower-alpha 1] 10–14
  1. Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References
  1. "El CB Almansa asciende a la Liga EBA ante el PCE Instruments Tobarra (66-57)" [CB Almansa promotes to Liga EBA against PCE Instruments Tobarra (66-57)] (in Spanish). condospelotas.es. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  2. "El Afanion CB Almansa asciende a la Liga LEB Plata ante su afición (85-78)" [Afanion CB Almansa promotes to LEB Plata league in front of their supporters (85-78)] (in Spanish). condospelotas.es. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
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