Básquet Coruña

Basketball team in A Coruña, Spain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 LEB Oro, after being relegated in their 2024–25 ACB season. Their home arena is the Coliseum da Coruña.

LeagueLEB Oro
FoundedJune 1996; 29 years ago (1996-06)
ArenaColiseum da Coruña
Capacity9,300[1]
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Leyma Coruña
Leyma Coruña logo
LeagueLEB Oro
FoundedJune 1996; 29 years ago (1996-06)
ArenaColiseum da Coruña
Capacity9,300[1]
LocationA Coruña, Spain
Team colorsOrange and blue
   
PresidentRoberto Cibeira
Head coachCarles Marco
Championships1 LEB Oro
1 Copa Galicia
Websitebasquetcoruna.com
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History

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

See also: Category:Básquet Coruña players

Current roster

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

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Leyma Coruña roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG 0 Spain Cuevas, Dídac 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 25 – (2000-06-20)20 June 2000
SG 4 United States Italy Jorgensen, Paul 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1996-07-21)21 July 1996
SG 5 Spain Jou, Guillem 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1997-07-15)15 July 1997
PF/C 6 Angola Macachi, Braz 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (2001-09-05)5 September 2001
F 8 Montenegro Radončić, Dino 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1999-01-08)8 January 1999
PG 9 Brazil Portugal Pacheco, Caio 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 27 – (1999-02-22)22 February 1999
SF 13 Montenegro Brnović, Danilo 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (2000-08-10)10 August 2000
C 21 Senegal Diop, Ilimane 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 30 – (1995-04-04)4 April 1995
SG 24 United States Cremo, Joe 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 29 – (1996-11-05)5 November 1996
C 34 Senegal Barro, Moustapha 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – (1995-11-17)17 November 1995
C 44 Senegal Thiam, Abdou 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 27 – (1998-08-13)13 August 1998
PF 50 Spain Díaz, Jacobo 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 – (1996-07-23)23 July 1996
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Spain Román Gómez
  • Spain Carlos Penedo
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
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Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Moustapha Barro Ilimane Diop † Abdou Thiam
PF Jacobo Díaz † Braz Macachi
SF Dino Radončić Danilo Brnović
SG Joe Cremo * Paul Jorgensen Guillem Jou †
PG Dídac Cuevas † Caio Pacheco
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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 3Liga EBA 1st Copa EBARU
1997–98 3Liga EBA 1st[d] 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[e] 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[f] 9–21
2009–10 3LEB Plata 10th 17–15
2010–11 3LEB Plata 11th 9–19
2011–12 3LEB Plata 7th[g] 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[h] 16–8
2020–21 2LEB Oro 3rd 21–10
2021–22 2LEB Oro 7th 19–18
2022–23 2LEB Oro 6th 24–12
2023–24 2LEB Oro 1st 27–7 Copa PrincesaRU
2024–25 1Liga ACB 18th 7–27
2025–26 2Primera FEB Spain CupR16
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Trophies and awards

Trophies

Individual awards

LEB Plata MVP

  • Robert Joseph – 2009

Notes

  1. [a]
    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. [b]
    An 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. [c]
    In Liga ACB, the team may register under-22 players linked to the youth system.
  4. [d]
    Achieved a vacant berth in LEB.
  5. [e]
    Sold the berth in LEB to CAI Zaragoza.
  6. [f]
    Remained in the league by achieving a vacant berth after the dissolution of the LEB Bronce league.
  7. [g]
    Achieved a vacant berth in LEB Oro.
  8. [h]
    Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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