Palencia Baloncesto

Palencia Baloncesto
Palencia Baloncesto
Leagues	LEB Oro
Founded	1979
Arena	Marta Domínguez
Capacity	3,500
Location	Palencia, Spain
Team colors	Purple and Grey;
President	Gonzalo Ibáñez
Head coach	Sergio García
Championships	1 LEB Oro Championship; 2 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 Maristas Palencia and also known as Quesos Cerrato Palencia by sponsorship reasons, is a professional Basketball team based in Palencia, Castile and León. The team currently plays in league LEB Oro.

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.

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–present

Head coaches

Natxo Lezkano 2008–2015
Porfirio Fisac 2015
Sergio García 2015–

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	RS	PO	Cup Competitions
2000–01	4	Liga EBA	13	–	10–20	–	–	–
2001–02	4	Liga EBA	10	–	16–18	–	–	–
2002–03	4	Liga EBA	1	Round of 16	26–4	0–2	–	–
2003–04	4	Liga EBA	4	–	21–9	–	–	–
2004–05	4	Liga EBA	3	Semifinalist^4th^[1]	25–5	2–2	–	–
2005–06	3	LEB 2	10	–	13–17	–	–	–
2006–07	3	LEB 2	7	Quarterfinalist	18–16	0–3	–	–
2007–08	3	LEB Plata	13	–	12–22	–	Copa LEB Plata	SF
2008–09	3	LEB Plata	1	Promoted	20–10	–	Copa LEB Plata	C
2009–10	2	LEB Oro	13	–	14–20	–	–	–
2010–11	2	LEB Oro	16	Relegation playoffs	12–22	3–0	–	–
2011–12	2	LEB Oro	11	–	18–16	–	–	–
2012–13	2	LEB Oro	4	Semifinalist	15–11	3–5	–	–
2013–14	2	LEB Oro	3	Finalist	20–6	6–4	Copa Príncipe	RU
2014–15	2	LEB Oro	8	Quarterfinalist	14–14	1–2	Copa Príncipe	C
2015–16	2	LEB Oro	1	Promoted	23–7	–	Copa Princesa	C