Palencia Baloncesto

Palencia Baloncesto, officially named as CD Zunder Palencia, is a professional basketball team based in Palencia, Castile and León. The team currently plays in league Liga ACB.

Palencia Baloncesto
Leagues	Liga ACB
Founded	1979; 44 years ago (1979)
History	Palencia Baloncesto (1979–present)
Arena	Pabellón Municipal
Capacity	5,000
Location	Palencia, Spain
Team colors	Purple and Grey
President	Gonzalo Ibáñez
Head coach	Marco Justo
Championships	1 LEB Oro Championship 3 Copa Princesa de Asturias 1 LEB Plata Championship 1 Copa LEB Plata 2 Copa Castilla y León
Website	palenciabasket.com
Home Away

History

The club was founded in 1979 at Colegio Marista of Palencia, with the aim to support farm teams competing at provincial and regional tournaments.

The professional basketball team was created on 1997 and played during five years at Liga EBA before being invited to join the LEB Plata. On the 2008–09, Palencia Baloncesto won the Copa LEB Plata and was champion of this league, promoting for the first time in their history to LEB Oro, the Spanish second division.

In 2014 Palencia Baloncesto was defeated by CB Tizona in the promotion playoffs finals to Liga ACB by 1–3. Two years later, the club achieved the promotion by finishing as champion of the 2015–16 LEB Oro season and the Copa Princesa de Asturias,^[1] but resigned to promote due to the impossibility to fulfill the requirements.^[2]

Naming

CD Maristas Palencia had several denominations through the years:

• Maristas Palencia: 1979–2002
• Hormigones Saldaña Palencia: 2002–2005
• Provincia de Palencia: 2005–2006
• Alimentos de Palencia: 2006–2008
• Faymasa Palencia: 2008–2009
• Palencia Baloncesto: 2009–2013
• Quesos Cerrato Palencia: 2013–2017
• Chocolates Trapa Palencia: 2017–present

Players

See also: Category:Palencia Baloncesto players

Current roster

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

Palencia Baloncesto roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 8   Benite, Vítor 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 33 – (1990-02-20)20 February 1990 G 7   Brown, Brandon 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 34 – (1989-08-14)14 August 1989 C 15   Gonzalez, Chema 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 32 – (1991-08-15)15 August 1991 C 3   Haarms, Matt 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) 26 – (1997-04-22)22 April 1997 SF 9   Kamba, Mathieu 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1995-10-05)5 October 1995 C 18   Pasečņiks, Anžejs 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 27 – (1995-12-20)20 December 1995 SG 11   Rodríguez, Manu 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1991-08-17)17 August 1991 PG 6   van der Vuurst de Vries, Keye 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 21 – (2001-12-29)29 December 2001	Head coach   Marco Justo Legend (C) Team captain   Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C
PF
SF
SG		"Chumi" Ortega
PG

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

Head coaches

• Natxo Lezkano 2008–2015
• Porfirio Fisac 2015
• Sergio García 2015–2017
• Joaquín Pardo 2017–2018
• Alejandro Martínez 2018–2019
• Carles Marco 2019–2022
• Pedro Rivero 2022–2023
• Marco Justo 2023-

Season by season

 

Pabellón Municipal, formerly known as Pabellón Marta Domínguez, before its expansion.

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Cup Competitions
2000–01	4	Liga EBA	13th	10–20
2001–02	4	Liga EBA	10th	16–18
2002–03	4	Liga EBA	1st	26–6
2003–04	4	Liga EBA	4th	21–9
2004–05	4	Liga EBA	3rd^[a]	27–7
2005–06	3	LEB 2	10th	13–17
2006–07	3	LEB 2	7th	18–19
2007–08	3	LEB Plata	13th	12–22	Copa LEB Plata	SF
2008–09	3	LEB Plata	1st	20–10	Copa LEB Plata	C
2009–10	2	LEB Oro	13th	14–20
2010–11	2	LEB Oro	16th	15–22
2011–12	2	LEB Oro	11th	18–16
2012–13	2	LEB Oro	4th	18–16
2013–14	2	LEB Oro	3rd	26–10	Copa Príncipe	RU
2014–15	2	LEB Oro	8th	15–16	Copa Príncipe	C
2015–16	2	LEB Oro	1st^[b]	23–7	Copa Princesa	C
2016–17	2	LEB Oro	3rd	28–18
2017–18	2	LEB Oro	5th	21–21
2018–19	2	LEB Oro	9th	21–18
2019–20	2	LEB Oro	5th^[c]	15–9
2020–21	2	LEB Oro	10th	10–16
2021–22	2	LEB Oro	5th	23–15
2022–23	2	LEB Oro	2nd	32–7	Copa Princesa	C

1. Achieved one of the vacant berths in LEB 2.
2. Did not promote to Liga ACB as the club did not meet the requirements.
3. Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trophies and awards

Trophies

• LEB Oro: (1)
  • 2016
• Copa Princesa de Asturias: (3)
  • 2015, 2016, 2023
• LEB Plata: (1)
  • 2009
• Copa LEB Plata: (1)
  • 2009
• Copa Castilla y León: (2)
  • 2012, 2015

Individual awards

All-LEB Oro Team

• Urko Otegui – 2013
• Marc Blanch – 2016

Notable players

•   Charles Abouo
•     Mike Hansen
•     Nikola Mirotić
•   Michael Dickerson
•     Jeff Xavier
•   Gabrielius Maldūnas
•   Mindaugas Kačinas
•   Simas Jasaitis

References

1. "Quesos Cerrato Palencia, campeón de LEB Oro, asegura plaza de ascenso" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
2. "Comunicado oficial: Inscripción de Quesos Cerrato Palencia y Melilla" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Non official website