Básquet Coruña

Leyma Coruña
Leyma Coruña logo
LeagueLiga ACB
FoundedJune 1996; 28 years ago (1996-06)
ArenaColiseum da Coruña
Capacity9,300[1]
LocationA Coruña, Spain
Team colorsOrange and blue
   
PresidentRoberto Cibeira
Head coachDiego Epifanio
Championships1 LEB Oro
1 Copa Galicia
Websitebasquetcoruna.com

Club Básquet Coruña, SAD, also known as Leyma Coruña for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in A Coruña, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB, after being promoted in their 2023–24 LEB Oro season. Their home arena is the Coliseum da Coruña.

History

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Original Básquet Coruña logo, used until 2018.

CB Coruña was 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 sold its LEB spot to a new club Basket Zaragoza. After that, the club could continue playing in Liga EBA, thanks to the promotion of its reserve team.

In 2004, Básquet Coruña did not participate in any competition due to financial reasons, 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.

Coruña won the LEB Oro championship in the 2023–24 season, being promoted to the Liga ACB for the first time in club history. They defeated Melilla on the final game day to earn direct promotion.[2]

Players

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See also: Category:Básquet Coruña players

Current roster

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

Leyma Coruña roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
SG 6 Canada Scrubb, Philip 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1992-11-27)27 November 1992
PG 7 Latvia Jakovičs, Ingus 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 31 – (1993-04-18)18 April 1993
C 8 Serbia Huskić, Goran 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 32 – (1992-03-26)26 March 1992
SG 9 Sweden Lundqvist, Olle 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – (1999-11-21)21 November 1999
PG 11 United States Taylor, Brandon 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 30 – (1994-01-08)8 January 1994
C 12 Senegal Diagne, Atoumane 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 25 – (1998-12-31)31 December 1998
SG 22 Spain Font, Aleix 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – (1998-03-11)11 March 1998
SF 23 Cuba Barrueta, Yunio 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 31 – (1993-04-15)15 April 1993
SF 24 Dominican Republic Figueroa, L. J. 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1998-03-28)28 March 1998
PG 30 Spain Hernández, Álex (C) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 34 – (1990-02-12)12 February 1990
C 31 Brazil Lima, Augusto 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 33 – (1991-09-17)17 September 1991
PF 33 United States Thompkins, Trey 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 34 – (1990-05-29)29 May 1990
PF 77 Georgia (country) Burjanadze, Beka 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – (1994-01-03)3 January 1994
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Spain Román Gómez
  • Spain Carlos Penedo
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: August 22, 2024

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Augusto Lima † Goran Huskić Atoumane Diagne †
PF Trey Thompkins * Beka Burjanadze †
SF L. J. Figueroa Yunio Barrueta
SG Philip Scrubb Olle Lundqvist Aleix Font †
PG Brandon Taylor * Ingus Jakovičs Álex Hernández †

Notes: Blue † – homegrown player[a]; Red * – overseas player[b]; Green ‡ – youth player[c]

Season by season

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Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Cup competitions
1996–97 3 Liga EBA 1st Copa EBA RU
1997–98 3 Liga EBA 1st[d] 23–3 Copa EBA SF
1998–99 2 LEB 13th 10–20
1999–00 2 LEB 13th 12–18
2000–01 2 LEB 14th 13–20
2001–02 2 LEB 14th[e] 12–22
2002–03 4 Liga EBA 4th 22–8
2003–04 4 Liga EBA 3rd 27–8
2004–05 Did not enter any competition
2005–06 4 Liga EBA 8th 15–15
2006–07 4 Liga EBA 2nd 21–9
2007–08 4 LEB Bronce 3rd 21–15
2008–09 3 LEB Plata 15th[f] 9–21
2009–10 3 LEB Plata 10th 17–15
2010–11 3 LEB Plata 11th 9–19
2011–12 3 LEB Plata 7th[g] 13–13
2012–13 2 LEB Oro 9th 13–18
2013–14 2 LEB Oro 6th 14–14
2014–15 2 LEB Oro 10th 12–16
2015–16 2 LEB Oro 5th 22–18
2016–17 2 LEB Oro 6th 22–17
2017–18 2 LEB Oro 8th 18–21
2018–19 2 LEB Oro 12th 14–20
2019–20 2 LEB Oro 3rd[h] 16–8
2020–21 2 LEB Oro 3rd 21–10
2021–22 2 LEB Oro 7th 19–18
2022–23 2 LEB Oro 6th 24–12
2023–24 2 LEB Oro 1st 27–7 Copa Princesa RU

Trophies and awards

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Trophies

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Individual awards

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LEB Plata MVP

  • Robert Joseph – 2009

Notes

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  1. ^ A homegrown player is a player that played for at least three years before the age of 20 on a Spanish team. In Liga ACB, the team must register at least four homegrown players in rosters of 10–12 players or at least three homegrown players in rosters of 8–9 players.
  2. ^ A overseas player is a player from outside EEA, FIBA Europe or ACP states. In Liga ACB, the team may register at most two overseas players.
  3. ^ In Liga ACB, the team may register under-22 players linked to the youth system.
  4. ^ Achieved a vacant berth in LEB.
  5. ^ Sold the berth in LEB to CAI Zaragoza.
  6. ^ Remained in the league by achieving a vacant berth after the dissolution of the LEB Bronce league.
  7. ^ Achieved a vacant berth in LEB Oro.
  8. ^ Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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  1. ^ "ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2024. AFORO: 9.300 espectadores
  2. ^ "El Leyma Coruña asciende a la ACB por primera vez en su historia". Diario ABC (in Spanish). 2024-05-11. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
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