Palencia Baloncesto

Palencia Baloncesto
Palencia Baloncesto
Leagues	Liga ACB
Founded	1979; 45 years ago
History	Palencia Baloncesto; (1979–present)
Arena	Pabellón Municipal
Capacity	5,000
Location	Palencia, Spain
Team colors	Purple and Grey;
President	Gonzalo Ibáñez
Head coach	Marco Justo
Championships	1 LEB Oro Championship; 3 Copa Princesa de Asturias; 1 LEB Plata Championship; 1 Copa LEB Plata; 2 Copa Castilla y León
Website	palenciabasket.com
Home	Away

Palencia Baloncesto, officially named as CD Zunder Palencia, is a professional basketball team based in Palencia, Castile and León. The team currently plays in league Liga ACB.

History

The club was founded in 1979 at Colegio Marista of Palencia, with the aim to support farm teams competing at provincial and regional tournaments.

The professional basketball team was created on 1997 and played during five years at Liga EBA before being invited to join the LEB Plata. On the 2008–09, Palencia Baloncesto won the Copa LEB Plata and was champion of this league, promoting for the first time in their history to LEB Oro, the Spanish second division.

In 2014 Palencia Baloncesto was defeated by CB Tizona in the promotion playoffs finals to Liga ACB by 1–3. Two years later, the club achieved the promotion by finishing as champion of the 2015–16 LEB Oro season and the Copa Princesa de Asturias,^[1] but resigned to promote due to the impossibility to fulfill the requirements.^[2]

Naming

CD Maristas Palencia had several denominations through the years:

Maristas Palencia: 1979–2002
Hormigones Saldaña Palencia: 2002–2005
Provincia de Palencia: 2005–2006
Alimentos de Palencia: 2006–2008
Faymasa Palencia: 2008–2009
Palencia Baloncesto: 2009–2013
Quesos Cerrato Palencia: 2013–2017
Chocolates Trapa Palencia: 2017–present

Players

Current roster

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

Palencia Baloncesto roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
SG	8	Benite, Vítor	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	34 – (1990-02-20)20 February 1990
G	7	Brown, Brandon	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	35 – (1989-08-14)14 August 1989
C	15	Gonzalez, Chema	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	33 – (1991-08-15)15 August 1991
C	3	Haarms, Matt	2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)	27 – (1997-04-22)22 April 1997
SF	9	Kamba, Mathieu	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	29 – (1995-10-05)5 October 1995
C	18	Pasečņiks, Anžejs	2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)	28 – (1995-12-20)20 December 1995
SG	11	Rodríguez, Manu	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	33 – (1991-08-17)17 August 1991
PG	6	van der Vuurst de Vries, Keye	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	22 – (2001-12-29)29 December 2001

Head coach

Marco Justo

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C
PF
SF
SG		"Chumi" Ortega
PG

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

Head coaches

Natxo Lezkano 2008–2015
Porfirio Fisac 2015
Sergio García 2015–2017
Joaquín Pardo 2017–2018
Alejandro Martínez 2018–2019
Carles Marco 2019–2022
Pedro Rivero 2022–2023
Marco Justo 2023-

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Cup Competitions
2000–01	4	Liga EBA	13th	10–20
2001–02	4	Liga EBA	10th	16–18
2002–03	4	Liga EBA	1st	26–6
2003–04	4	Liga EBA	4th	21–9
2004–05	4	Liga EBA	3rd^[a]	27–7
2005–06	3	LEB 2	10th	13–17
2006–07	3	LEB 2	7th	18–19
2007–08	3	LEB Plata	13th	12–22	Copa LEB Plata	SF
2008–09	3	LEB Plata	1st	20–10	Copa LEB Plata	C
2009–10	2	LEB Oro	13th	14–20
2010–11	2	LEB Oro	16th	15–22
2011–12	2	LEB Oro	11th	18–16
2012–13	2	LEB Oro	4th	18–16
2013–14	2	LEB Oro	3rd	26–10	Copa Príncipe	RU
2014–15	2	LEB Oro	8th	15–16	Copa Príncipe	C
2015–16	2	LEB Oro	1st^[b]	23–7	Copa Princesa	C
2016–17	2	LEB Oro	3rd	28–18
2017–18	2	LEB Oro	5th	21–21
2018–19	2	LEB Oro	9th	21–18
2019–20	2	LEB Oro	5th^[c]	15–9
2020–21	2	LEB Oro	10th	10–16
2021–22	2	LEB Oro	5th	23–15
2022–23	2	LEB Oro	2nd	32–7	Copa Princesa	C