Club Melilla Baloncesto

Melilla Baloncesto
Leagues	LEB Oro
Founded	1991;35 years ago (1991)
History	Club Melilla Baloncesto (1991–present)
Arena	Javier Imbroda Ortiz
Capacity	3,800
Location	Melilla, Spain
Team colors	Navy, Blue, White
President	Jaime Auday
Vice-president	Mustafa Mohand
Head coach	Alejandro Alcoba
Championships	3 Copa Príncipe
Website	clubmelillabaloncesto.es
Home Away

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

See also: Category:Club Melilla Baloncesto players

Current roster

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

Club Melilla Baloncesto roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G/F Caicedo, Michael 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 22 – (2003-06-21)21 June 2003 G Hoover, Nathan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1997-05-24)24 May 1997 PF 0 Godspower, Jeffrey 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (2002-06-12)12 June 2002 PG 3 Ezquerra, Javier 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 24 – (2002-01-03)3 January 2002 SG 7 Córdoba, Pablo 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 28 – (1997-10-24)24 October 1997 PF 9 Cruz-Uceda, Iván 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 34 – (1991-10-24)24 October 1991 SF 12 Krutous, Pavlo 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 33 – (1992-04-09)9 April 1992 SF 13 Rodríguez, Sergio 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1993-10-18)18 October 1993 C 21 Debaut, Ludgy 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 27 – (1998-08-08)8 August 1998 PG 22 Díaz, Christian 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 33 – (1992-03-23)23 March 1992 C 33 Stilma, Morgan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (2000-06-19)19 June 2000 PG 44 García, Javier 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 24 – (2001-04-06)6 April 2001 C 50 Zohore, Jonas 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 34 – (1991-07-06)6 July 1991	Head coach Rafa Sanz Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Ludgy Debaut	Jonas Zohore
PF	Iván Cruz-Uceda	Jeffrey Godspower	Morgan Stilma
SF	Sergio Rodríguez	Pavlo Krutous	Michael Caicedo
SG	Pablo Córdoba	Nathan Hoover
PG	Javier García	Javier Ezquerra	Christian Díaz

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

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Cup competitions
1991–92	2	1ª División	14th [a]	11–29
1992–93	2	1ª División	25th	17–19
1993–94	2	1ª División	23rd	17–13
1994–95	2	Liga EBA	6th	15–11
1995–96	2	Liga EBA	4th
1996–97	2	LEB	7th	20–13
1997–98	2	LEB	10th	11–17	Copa Príncipe	QF
1998–99	2	LEB	3rd	22–12	Copa Príncipe	C
1999–00	2	LEB	5th	20–13	Copa Príncipe	SF
2000–01	2	LEB	12th	11–19	Copa Príncipe	C
2001–02	2	LEB	7th	17–18
2002–03	2	LEB	11th	13–17
2003–04	2	LEB	10th	16–18
2004–05	2	LEB	12th	14–20
2005–06	2	LEB	15th	14–20
2006–07	2	LEB	13th	15–19	Copa Príncipe	SF
2007–08	2	LEB	10th	15–19
2008–09	2	LEB Oro	3rd	26–12	Copa Príncipe	RU
2009–10	2	LEB Oro	4th	29–14	Copa Príncipe	C
2010–11	2	LEB Oro	11th	14–20
2011–12	2	LEB Oro	3rd	27–21
2012–13	2	LEB Oro	14th [b]	6–20
2013–14	2	LEB Oro	11th	10–16
2014–15	2	LEB Oro	9th	13–17
2015–16	2	LEB Oro	2nd [c]	31–10	Copa Princesa	RU
2016–17	2	LEB Oro	7th	19–18
2017–18	2	LEB Oro	3rd	29–19
2018–19	2	LEB Oro	4th	24–16
2019–20	2	LEB Oro	6th [d]	15–9
2020–21	2	LEB Oro	15th	11-15
2021–22	2	LEB Oro	13th	14–20
2022–23	2	LEB Oro	16th [e]	8–26
2023–24	2	LEB Oro	16th	10–24

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.
5. Remained in LEB Oro due to vacant berths.

Trophies and awards

Trophies

• Copa Príncipe de Asturias: (3)
  • 1999, 2001, 2010

Individual awards

All-LEB Oro Team

• Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca – 2016

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.

External links

• Federación Española de Baloncesto
• Melilla Baloncesto Official Site Archived 2022-02-06 at the Wayback Machine