Oviedo CB

Oviedo CB
Leagues	LEB Oro
Founded	2004
Arena	Polideportivo de Pumarín (Capacity: 1,138)
Location	Oviedo, Spain
Team colors	Navy, white and orange
President	Fernando Villabella
Head coach	Javi Rodriguez
Championships	1 Copa Princesa de Asturias 1 LEB Plata championship 1 Liga EBA championship
Website	oviedobaloncesto.com
Home Away

Oviedo Club Baloncesto, also known as Alimerka Oviedo Baloncesto for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Oviedo, Asturias, that plays in the Spanish LEB Oro league.

History

First years

First Oviedo CB logo

Oviedo CB was founded in 2004 to substitute old CB Vetusta, today dissolved. In their first season, 2004–05, the club started playing at Liga EBA, but was relegated to Primera División after winning only six games of 30. The club returned to Liga EBA the next season, after achieving a 27–0 record.

At the 2006–07 season, was champion of the Group A of Liga EBA, but was eliminated in the Round of 16 of the promotion playoffs to LEB Plata by Ciudad Torrealta Molina. At the next season, Oviedo finished again as champion of the group A and promoted to the new league created: LEB Bronce.

In their first season in a professional league (2008–09), Oviedo finished in the 14th position and avoided the relegation to Liga EBA, but after the elimination of the LEB Bronce, the club board decided not to promote to LEB Plata and continue playing at EBA due to insufficient funds to compete in a higher division. ^[1]

Match against Ferrol CB in the 2009–10 Liga EBA season.

2009–10 was a new season at Liga EBA for Oviedo CB and clinched the third title of the Group A. At this time, finally the club promoted to LEB Plata after beating in the promotion playoffs Atarfe, CB Vic and Real Canoe NC. After this season, the club was considered the best one of the Liga EBA with only two defeats at the regular season and a 3–3 balance in the playoffs. ^[2]

Playing in LEB Plata

After promoting, the club needed to search money to play the 2010–2011 LEB Plata season, and finally did it. ^[3] FEVE Oviedo qualified for the promotion playoffs after finishing in the eight position of the regular season. Promobys Tíjola defeated Oviedo in the quarterfinals by 3–1.

On February 1, 2013, the team played the Copa LEB Plata, but was defeated 71–78 by CEBA Guadalajara. After this loss, the team continued brilliantly the season and promoted to LEB Oro after being claimed as champion of the 2012–13 LEB Plata with a win at Gran Canaria B by 59–89 on March 9, 2013.

2013–present: growing in LEB Oro

After the brilliant promotion to LEB Oro, Oviedo CB started playing in the second division of Spanish basketball. The team was the main surprise of league and consolidated in the first positions of the league table, thanks to a great performance at Pumarín, where it remained unbeaten during 15 months, until Ford Burgos won at Pumarín by 17 points. ^[4]

In its first season in LEB Oro, Unión Financiera Oviedo Baloncesto (its sponsorship naming) qualified for the promotion playoffs to Liga ACB and defeated Leyma Natura Básquet Coruña in the quarterfinals by 2–0. ^[5] Finally, OCB was eliminated by Quesos Cerrato Palencia in the semifinals by 1–3.

On 20 December 2016, Oviedo CB headed the league table of the LEB Oro for the first time in its history, after beating away Araberri by 86–75. ^[6] Just ten days later, the club qualified for the first time to the Copa Princesa de Asturias, by finishing in the top of the table after the first half of the 2016–17 league. Oviedo conquered the Cup on 27 January 2017, after beating San Pablo Inmobiliaria Burgos in the final by 80–77.

Sponsorship naming

Oviedo CB has received diverse sponsorship names along the years:

• Domo Residencial Oviedo: 2004–2005, 2006–2008
• Basemat OCB: 2005–2006
• FEVE Oviedo Baloncesto: 2008–2011
• Unión Financiera Asturiana Oviedo Baloncesto: 2012–2013
• Unión Financiera Baloncesto Oviedo: 2013–2018
• Liberbank Oviedo Baloncesto: 2018–2022
• Alimerka Oviedo Baloncesto: 2022–present

Players

See also: Category:Oviedo CB players

Current roster

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

Liberbank Oviedo Baloncesto roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PF 0 López Barrantes, Hugo 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 20 – (2003-07-05)5 July 2003 PG 4 Amarante, Francisco 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (2000-03-24)24 March 2000 PG 7 Duščak, Dan 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 21 – (2002-07-02)2 July 2002 PG 8 Chapela, Adrián 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 30 – (1994-04-16)16 April 1994 PG 10 Pérez Tomàs, Josep 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 29 – (1994-05-11)11 May 1994 G/F 13 Horton, Demetric 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 24 – (2000-02-12)12 February 2000 F 14 Sanz, Mikel 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (1999-02-01)1 February 1999 C 15 Rozītis, Dāvis 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 34 – (1990-03-16)16 March 1990 F 17 Martí, Marc 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1997-06-19)19 June 1997 PF 24 Stuckman, Tanner 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1997-01-01)1 January 1997 PF 34 Elisias, Hall 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1998-01-20)20 January 1998 PF 41 Cosialls, Robert 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1996-12-20)20 December 1996 SG 55 Lobaco, Raúl 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 23 – (2000-11-29)29 November 2000	Head coach Javi Rodríguez Pérez Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C	Herve Kabasele	Óliver Arteaga
PF	Alexis Bautista	Marc Marti
SF	Sean McDonnell	Raul Lobaco
SG	Mathieu Kamba	Andrew Kostecka
PG	Harald Frey	Alonso Meana

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

Head coaches

• Miguel Moreno 2004
• Emilio García 2004–2005
• Iván Martín 2005–2008
• Mariano Arasa 2008–2009
• Alfredo Riera 2009–2012
• Guillermo Arenas 2012–2015
• Carles Marco 2015–2018
• Javi Rodríguez 2018–2020
• Natxo Lezkano 2020–present

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Cup competitions		Roster [7]
2004–05	4	Liga EBA	15th	3–27
2005–06	5	1ª División	1st	25–0
2006–07	4	Liga EBA	1st	21–7			0 Álvarez, Arenas, Champi, A. Fernández, V. Fernández, García, García Cartón, Llorente, A. Macía, Héctor Macía, Martins, Moreta. Coach: Martín.
2007–08	5	Liga EBA	1st	27–6			0 Arenas, Candás, Champi, Díez, Fernández, García Cartón, Lazo, Machado, A. Macía, H. Macía, Parada, Prieto. Coach: Martín.
2008–09	4	LEB Bronce	14th [lower-alpha 1]	12–18			0 Candás, Champi, Diéguez, DiGennaro, Fernández, Ferro, Frutos, Kaunisto, Kraus, Macía, Neumann, Prieto, Robinson, Tate, Woodfork. Coach: Arasa.
2009–10	4	Liga EBA	1st	29–5			0 Camín, Candás, Champi, Fernández, González, A. Macía, H. Macía, Mathis, Menéndez, Parada, Prieto, Suárez, Tate. Coach: Riera.
2010–11	3	LEB Plata	8th	14–18			0 Fernández, González, James, A. Macía, H. Macía, O'Leary, Parada, Prieto, Ratzsch, Román, Suárez, Tate. Coach: Riera.
2011–12	3	LEB Plata	10th	8–16			0 Brown, Dagostino, Diarra, González, LeDuc, Lesmes, Lewis, A. Macía, H. Macía, Matemalas, Ortega, Peltier, Pérez, Prieto, Rodríguez, Suárez. Coach: Riera.
2012–13	3	LEB Plata	1st	15–5	Copa LEB Plata	RU	0 Atoyebi, Cárdenas, Conde, Galick, Hanley, Kinter, A. Macía, H. Macía, Marzo, Muñoz, Orán, Pámpano, Pérez, Prieto, Sánchez, Suárez. Coach: Arenas.
2013–14	2	LEB Oro	5th	17–15			0 Bassas, Cárdenas, Fitzgerald, García, Garrett, A. Macía, H. Macía, Muñoz, Pérez, Prieto, Sánchez, Spasojević, van Wijk. Coach: Arenas.
2014–15	2	LEB Oro	11th	11–17			0 Bassas, Carissimo, Creus, Cvetinović, García, Lasa, Levesque, Muñoz, Neighbour, Pérez, Prieto, Sánchez, Schreiber, Tresnak. Coach: Arenas.
2015–16	2	LEB Oro	6th	19–15			0 Bassas, Cabanas, Crosgile, Fernández, Hearst, Marín, Miso, Pérez, Prieto, Sánchez, Swing, Trist, van Wijk, Windler. Coach: Marco.
2016–17	2	LEB Oro	5th	26–16	Copa Princesa	C	0 Barro, dos Anjos, Hernández-Sonseca, Jesperson, Löfberg, Martínez, D. Pérez, V. Pérez, Rodríguez, Salvó, Sans, Santana, Windler. Coach: Marco.
2017–18	2	LEB Oro	6th	24–15			0 Arteaga, Barro, Belemene, Cárdenas, Carlson, Fernández, Geks, González, Karahodžić, Maynard, Meana, Novak, Pérez, Rinkūnas, Santana, Vrkić. Coach: Marco.
2018–19	2	LEB Oro	6th	22–15			0 Ahonen, Arteaga, Cárdenas, Douvier, Geks, Jakstas, Llorente, Meana, Nuutinen, Pérez, Puerto, Rosa, Spieth, van Zegeren. Coach: Rodríguez.
2019–20	2	LEB Oro	16th [lower-alpha 2]	8–16
2020–21	2	LEB Oro	6th	16–12
2021–22	2	LEB Oro	6th	19–18
2022–23	2	LEB Oro	14th	11–23
2023–24	2	LEB Oro	13th	13–21

1. After the dissolution of the LEB Bronce, the club resigned to play in LEB Plata.
2. Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trophies and awards

Trophies

• Copa Princesa de Asturias: (1)
  • 2017
• LEB Plata: (1)
  • 2013
• Liga EBA: (1)
  • 2010

Individual awards

All LEB Oro Team

• Fran Cárdenas – 2014

Copa Princesa de Asturias MVP

• Miquel Salvó – 2017

LEB Plata MVP

• Ian O'Leary – 2011
• Will Hanley – 2013

Individual records

Top performers of Oviedo CB, as of the end of the 2018–19 season. Not including games of the 2005–06 season, when Oviedo CB played in Primera División.

Most capped players # Player Club career Matches Points 1 Agustín Prieto 2006–2016 258 1150 2 Víctor Pérez 2012–0000 216 1922 3 Héctor Macía 2006–2014 188 1933 Adrián Macía 2005–2014 188 1430 5 Albano Fernández 2004–2011 148 987 6 Javi Candás 2006–2010 115 707 7 Javi Rodríguez 2005–2010 110 1605 8 Diego Sánchez 2012–2016 103 565 9 Ferran Bassas 2013–2016 93 798 10 Rubén Suárez 2009–2013 92 503

Top scorers # Player Club career Points Matches Average 1 Héctor Macía 2006–2014 1933 188 10.3 2 Víctor Pérez 2012–0000 1922 216 8.9 3 Javi Rodríguez 2005–2010 1605 110 14.6 4 Adrián Macía 2005–2014 1430 188 7.6 5 Agustín Prieto 2006–2016 1150 258 4.5 6 Albano Fernández 2004–2011 987 148 6.7 7 Tony Tate 2008–2011 980 77 12.7 8 Óliver Arteaga 2017–0000 868 67 13.0 9 Ferran Bassas 2013–2016 798 93 8.6 10 Javi Candás 2006–2010 707 115 6.1

References

1. El Oviedo decide no salir en LEB Plata La Nueva España. July 9, 2009
2. FEVE Oviedo, el mejor de la Liga EBA FEB.es June 9, 2010
3. El FEVE Oviedo confirma su inscripción en LEB Plata La Nueva España. July 10, 2010
4. Adiós al efecto Pumarín; Diario de Burgos; 16 March 2014
5. El Unión Financiera no tiene límites; RTPA, 21 April 2014
6. "¿Qué está pasando en la LEB Oro? La clasificación estrena líder en solitario" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
7. Web for the 15 years of the club (in Spanish)

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Profile at Asturcesto (in Spanish)