Básquet Coruña Explained

Leyma Coruña
League:Liga ACB
Arena:Coliseum da Coruña
Capacity:9,300[1]
Location:A Coruña, Spain
Colors:Orange and blue
President:Roberto Cibeira
Coach:Diego Epifanio
Championships:1 LEB Oro
1 Copa Galicia
H Pattern B:_3whitestripes
H Body:FF8000
H Shorts:FF8000
A Body:000099
A Pattern S:_orangesides
A Shorts:000099

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 the 2023–24 season. It home arena is Coliseum da Coruña.

History

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

Depth chart

Season by season

SeasonTierDivisionPos.Cup competitions
1996–973 Liga EBARU
1997–983 Liga EBA23–3SF
1998–992 LEB13th10–20
1999–002 LEB13th12–18
2000–012 LEB14th13–20
2001–022 LEB14th12–22
2002–034 Liga EBA22–8
2003–044 Liga EBA27–8
2004–05Did not enter any competition
2005–064 Liga EBA15–15
2006–074 Liga EBA21–9
2007–084 LEB Bronce3rd21–15
2008–093 LEB Plata15th9–21
2009–103 LEB Plata10th17–15
2010–113 LEB Plata11th9–19
2011–123 LEB Plata7th13–13
2012–132 LEB Oro9th13–18
2013–142 LEB Oro6th14–14
2014–152 LEB Oro10th12–16
2015–162 LEB Oro5th22–18
2016–172 LEB Oro6th22–17
2017–182 LEB Oro8th18–21
2018–192 LEB Oro12th14–20
2019–202 LEB Oro3rd16–8
2020–212 LEB Oro3rd21–10
2021–222 LEB Oro7th19–18
2022–232 LEB Oro6th24–12
2023–242 LEB Oro1st27–7RU

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Individual awards

LEB Plata MVP

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ACB.COM . www.acb.com . 17 August 2024 . es . AFORO: 9.300 espectadores.
  2. Web site: 2024-05-11 . El Leyma Coruña asciende a la ACB por primera vez en su historia . 2024-08-02 . Diario ABC . es.