Fundación CB Granada
Fundación Club Baloncesto Granada, also known as Covirán Granada by sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in Granada, Andalusia, Spain that currently plays in Liga ACB.
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| Leagues | Liga ACB | ||
| Founded | 2006 | ||
| Arena | Palacio de Deportes | ||
| Capacity | 9,000 | ||
| Location | Granada, Spain | ||
| Team colors | Dark red and black | ||
| President | Óscar Fernández-Arenas | ||
| Head coach | Pablo Pin | ||
| Championships | 1 LEB Oro 1 LEB Plata 2 Copa LEB Plata | ||
| Website | fundacioncbgranada.es | ||
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History
The Fundación CBG was founded in 2006 as an entity associated to basketball club CB Granada, with the aim to promote basketball and other nonprofit activities in the province of Granada.
In 2012, after the dissolution of CB Granada, the entity decided to create a senior basketball team that could replace the defunct club in the city. In its first season, the club promoted to Liga EBA after finishing as runner-up of the Andalusian group of Primera División de Baloncesto.[1]
Two years later, in 2015, Covirán Granada qualifies to the final stage of Liga EBA and finishes winning its group in Albacete, achieving the promotion to LEB Plata, the third tier in Spanish basketball.[2]
On 21 January 2017, Covirán Granada won its first title after defeating HLA Lucentum by 80–74 in the Copa LEB Plata,[3] but failed in the attempt to promote to LEB Oro after being defeated in the semifinals by Sammic ISB.
Granada retained the Copa LEB Plata on 28 January 2018 by winning Fundación Globalcaja La Roda 71–63 after an overtime and promoted to LEB Oro on 14 April 2018 in Pamplona after conquering the title of the 2017–18 LEB Plata.[4]
Sponsorship naming
- Tourapp Fundación CBG 2012–2013
- Covirán Granada 2013–
Players
Current roster
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
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| C | Cristiano Felício | Youssou Ndoye | Mamadou Niang | Ramon Vilà |
| PF | Luke Maye | Jacobo Diaz | David Iriarte | |
| SF | Dejan Todorović | Tomas Bropleh | Pere Tomàs | |
| SG | Joe Thomasson | Michael Caicedo | ||
| PG | Alex Renfroe | Lluís Costa | Christian Díaz |
Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non–FIBA Europe player
Season by season
| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Cup competitions | |
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| 2012–13 | 5 | 1ª División | 2nd | 12–7 | ||
| 2013–14 | 4 | Liga EBA | 4th | 16–6 | ||
| 2014–15 | 4 | Liga EBA | 3rd | 22–7 | ||
| 2015–16 | 3 | LEB Plata | 8th | 15–13 | ||
| 2016–17 | 3 | LEB Plata | 4th | 25–13 | Copa LEB Plata | C |
| 2017–18 | 3 | LEB Plata | 1st | 23–7 | Copa LEB Plata | C |
| 2018–19 | 2 | LEB Oro | 8th | 22–17 | ||
| 2019–20 | 2 | LEB Oro | 13th[lower-alpha 1] | 9–15 | ||
- Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trophies
Notable players
Jesús Fernández- Nacho Ordín
References
- "Tourapp Fundación CBG asciende a Liga EBA" (in Spanish). Granada Deporte. 28 April 2013.
- "El Covirán Granada sube a la LEB Plata" (in Spanish). El Ideal. 25 May 2015.
- "El Covirán Granada, campeón de la Copa LEB Plata" (in Spanish). LEB Plata. 21 January 2017.
- "El Fundación Covirán Granada asciende a la Liga LEB Oro" [Fundación Covirán Granada promotes to LEB Oro League] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.