Fundación CB Granada

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Covirán Granada
Covirán Granada logo
LeaguesLEB Oro
Founded2006
ArenaPalacio de Deportes
Capacity9,000
LocationGranada, Spain
Team colorsDark red and black
   
PresidentÓscar Fernández-Arenas
Head coachPablo Pin
Championships1 LEB Plata
2 Copa LEB Plata
Websitefundacioncbgranada.es

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 LEB Oro.

History[]

A game of Fundación CBG, in its first season, at Pabellón Veleta

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[]

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

Covirán Granada roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
SF United States Ellisor, James 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1990-03-09)9 March 1990
SG 3 Liberia 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 30 – (1991-08-17)17 August 1991
PG 15 Spain 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1993-02-27)27 February 1993
PG 14 Spain 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 30 – (1992-03-23)23 March 1992
C Senegal Niang, Mamadou 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 28 – (1994-01-01)1 January 1994
C 21 Spain 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1996-04-01)1 April 1996
PG 10 Spain 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (1998-06-29)29 June 1998
SF Spain Tomàs, Pere 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 32 – (1989-09-05)5 September 1989
SF 17 Spain 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 28 – (1993-11-18)18 November 1993
F/C Spain 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 33 – (1989-03-17)17 March 1989
PF Spain 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – (1996-07-23)23 July 1996
Head coach
  • Spain Pablo Pin
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Depth chart[]

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Mamadou Niang David Iriarte Eduard Gatell
PF Pere Tomás Jacobo Diaz
SF James Ellisor Joan Pardina
SG Tomas Bropleh German Martinez
PG Lluís Costa Christian Díaz

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

Season by season[]

Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Cup competitions
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[a] 9–15
  1. ^ Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trophies[]

Notable players[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tourapp Fundación CBG asciende a Liga EBA" (in Spanish). Granada Deporte. 28 April 2013.
  2. ^ "El Covirán Granada sube a la LEB Plata" (in Spanish). El Ideal. 25 May 2015.
  3. ^ "El Covirán Granada, campeón de la Copa LEB Plata" (in Spanish). LEB Plata. 21 January 2017.
  4. ^ "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.

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