Club Melilla Baloncesto Explained

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Melilla Baloncesto
Leagues:LEB Oro
History:Club Melilla Baloncesto
(1991–present)
Arena:Javier Imbroda Ortiz
Capacity:3,800
Location:Melilla, Spain
Colors:Navy, Blue, White
President:Jaime Auday
Vice-Presidents:Mustafa Mohand
Coach:Alejandro Alcoba
Championships:3 Copa Príncipe
Website:clubmelillabaloncesto.es
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Club Melilla Baloncesto is a professional basketball team based in Melilla that plays in the LEB league. This is the only team in Spain that played all LEB seasons.

The team's home arena is the Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz (formerly known as Ciudad de Melilla), with a capacity of up to 3,800 spectators.

History

Club Melilla Baloncesto was founded in 1991 as a merge of Baloncesto Melilla and CB Gran Tercio. In its first season, played in the second division with the name of Unicaja Melilla as an affiliated team of Liga ACB club Unicaja. Despite being relegated, remained in the league after its expansion to 31 teams, that allowed the club to continue playing in the second division, indeed when the Liga EBA was created.

In 1996, Melilla became one of the founding clubs of the Liga LEB. In 1999, the club achieved their first title by winning the Copa Príncipe de Asturias after defeating Menorca Bàsquet in the final, and is close to promote to the Liga ACB, but was eliminated in the last round of the playoffs by Breogán Universidade.

In 2001, Melilla clinched their segund Copa Príncipe de Asturias, this time beating Bàsquet Manresa in the Final Four played at home. After several years of consolidation in the league, in 2008 the club reached again the last round of the promotion playoffs but lost to Lucentum Alicante in the last round. One year later, despite winning their third Cup and despite being the top seeded team, was eliminated in the semifinals of the promotion playoffs to Ford Burgos.

In 2013 the club suffered their first relegation ever from the LEB Oro, but remained in the league after achieving a vacant place. Three years later, in 2016, the club clinched the promotion to Liga ACB,[1] but resigned to join the league resigned to promote due to the impossibility to fulfill the requirements.[2]

Players

Depth chart

Season by season

SeasonTierDivisionPos.Cup competitions
1991–922 1ª División14th11–29
1992–932 1ª División25th17–19
1993–942 1ª División23rd17–13
1994–952 Liga EBA15–11
1995–962 Liga EBA
1996–972 LEB7th20–13
1997–982 LEB10th11–17QF
1998–992 LEB3rd22–12bgcolor=goldC
1999–002 LEB5th20–13SF
2000–012 LEB12th11–19bgcolor=goldC
2001–022 LEB7th17–18
2002–032 LEB11th13–17
2003–042 LEB10th16–18
2004–052 LEB12th14–20
2005–062 LEB15th14–20
2006–072 LEB13th15–19SF
2007–082 LEB10th15–19
2008–092 LEB Oro3rd26–12bgcolor=silverRU
2009–102 LEB Oro4th29–14bgcolor=goldC
2010–112 LEB Oro11th14–20
2011–122 LEB Oro3rd27–21
2012–132 LEB Oro14th6–20
2013–142 LEB Oro11th10–16
2014–152 LEB Oro9th13–17
2015–162 LEB Oro2nd31–10bgcolor=silverRU
2016–172 LEB Oro7th19–18
2017–182 LEB Oro3rd29–19
2018–192 LEB Oro4th24–16
2019–202 LEB Oro6th15–9
2020–212 LEB Oro15th11-15
2021–222 LEB Oro13th14–20
2022–232 LEB Oro16th8–26
2023–242 LEB Oro16th10–24

Trophies and awards

Trophies

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Individual awards

All-LEB Oro Team

References

  1. Web site: Melilla logra la segunda plaza de ascenso tras superar la prórroga oscense. https://web.archive.org/web/20160529211809/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=123065. dead. May 29, 2016. es. ACB.com. 27 May 2016. 27 May 2016.
  2. Web site: Comunicado oficial: Inscripción de Quesos Cerrato Palencia y Melilla. https://web.archive.org/web/20160617142946/http://www.acb.com/redaccion.php?id=123493. dead. June 17, 2016. ACB.com. es. 14 June 2016. 16 June 2016.

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