Club Melilla Baloncesto

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Melilla Baloncesto
Mellila Baloncesto logo.png
Leagues LEB Oro
Founded1991;31 years ago (1991)
HistoryClub Melilla Baloncesto
(1991–present)
Arena Javier Imbroda Ortiz
Capacity3,800
Location Melilla, Spain
Team colorsNavy, Blue, White
   
PresidentJaime Auday
Vice-president(s)Mustafa Mohand
Head coachAlejandro Alcoba
Championships3 Copa Príncipe
Website clubmelillabaloncesto.es

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.

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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

Current roster

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

Club Melilla Baloncesto roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
F Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mukama, Jean-Victor 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)28 – (1994-08-24)24 August 1994
G 22 Flag of Montenegro.svg Rakočevic, Nikola 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)31 – (1991-01-22)22 January 1991
F 13 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg De Thaey, Thomas 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)31 – (1991-03-15)15 March 1991
C 41 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gorgemans, Amaury 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)30 – (1992-09-03)3 September 1992
G 0 Flag of the United States.svg Harris, Bobby 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)31 – (1991-02-08)8 February 1991
F 16 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Djedovic, Nedim 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)25 – (1997-02-16)16 February 1997
G 88 Flag of Spain.svg Chapela, Adrian 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)28 – (1994-04-16)16 April 1994
C 5 Flag of Spain.svg Mendiola, Sergio 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)26 – (1996-10-06)6 October 1996
F 34 Flag of Spain.svg Mazaira, Alejandro 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)25 – (1997-04-23)23 April 1997
G 11 Flag of Spain.svg Maiza, Gaizka 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)26 – (1996-06-14)14 June 1996
G 2 Flag of Spain.svg Llorca, Álex 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)33 – (1989-01-26)26 January 1989
F 24 Flag of Senegal.svg Barro, Mouhamed 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)27 – (1995-05-10)10 May 1995
Head coach
  • Flag of Spain.svg Arturo Alvarez
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Depth chart

Pos.Starting 5Bench
C Amaury GorgemansSergio Mendiola
PF Thomas De ThaeyAlejandro Mazaira
SF Jean-Victor MukamaNedim Djedovic
SG Adrian ChapelaBobby Harris
PG Nikola RakocevicGaizka Maiza

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

Season by season

SeasonTierDivisionPos.W–LCup competitions
1991–92 21ª División14th [lower-alpha 1] 11–29
1992–93 21ª División25th17–19
1993–94 21ª División23rd17–13
1994–95 2 Liga EBA 6th15–11
1995–96 2 Liga EBA 4th
1996–97 2 LEB 7th20–13
1997–98 2 LEB 10th11–17 Copa Príncipe QF
1998–99 2 LEB 3rd22–12 Copa Príncipe C
1999–00 2 LEB 5th20–13 Copa Príncipe SF
2000–01 2 LEB 12th11–19 Copa Príncipe C
2001–02 2 LEB 7th17–18
2002–03 2 LEB 11th13–17
2003–04 2 LEB 10th16–18
2004–05 2 LEB 12th14–20
2005–06 2 LEB 15th14–20
2006–07 2 LEB 13th15–19 Copa Príncipe SF
2007–08 2 LEB 10th15–19
2008–09 2 LEB Oro 3rd26–12 Copa Príncipe RU
2009–10 2 LEB Oro 4th29–14 Copa Príncipe C
2010–11 2 LEB Oro 11th14–20
2011–12 2 LEB Oro 3rd27–21
2012–13 2 LEB Oro 14th [lower-alpha 2] 6–20
2013–14 2 LEB Oro 11th10–16
2014–15 2 LEB Oro 9th13–17
2015–16 2 LEB Oro 2nd [lower-alpha 3] 31–10 Copa Princesa RU
2016–17 2 LEB Oro 7th19–18
2017–18 2 LEB Oro 3rd29–19
2018–19 2 LEB Oro 4th24–16
2019–20 2 LEB Oro 6th [lower-alpha 4] 15–9
  1. ↑ Remained in the league as a result of an expansion.
  2. ↑ Remained in LEB Oro due to vacant berths.
  3. ↑ Did not promote as the club did not fulfill the requirements to play in Liga ACB.
  4. ↑ Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Individual awards

All-LEB Oro Team

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References

  1. ↑ "Melilla logra la segunda plaza de ascenso tras superar la prórroga oscense" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 27 May 2016. Archived from the original on May 29, 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Comunicado oficial: Inscripción de Quesos Cerrato Palencia y Melilla" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 14 June 2016. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
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