CB Almansa

Club Baloncesto Almansa, also known as Afanion CB Almansa for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Almansa, Castilla-La Mancha, that currently plays in LEB Oro, the second tier of Spanish basketball.

CB Almansa
LeagueLEB Oro
ArenaPolideportivo Municipal de Almansa
Capacity1,500
LocationAlmansa, Spain
Team colorsBlue and white
   
PresidentMatilde Cuenca
Head coachTino Ugidos

History

In 2017, CB Almansa promotes to Liga EBA[1] and one year later, just in their debut season, the club reaches the LEB Plata by winning the three games of the promotion stage played at home.[2]

The success of the club would continue with a third consecutive promotion, thus reaching the LEB Oro, second tier, on 25 May 2019.

Players

Current roster

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

Afanion CB Almansa roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G 0 United States Harris, Bobby 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 32 – (1991-02-08)8 February 1991
PF 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mutic, Lazar 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (1999-06-01)1 June 1999
G 3 Spain Costa, Sergi 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 27 – (1996-09-04)4 September 1996
PG 5 Spain Bivia, Carles 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 38 – (1985-06-23)23 June 1985
G 7 Argentina Diaz, Mateo 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 21 – (2002-03-06)6 March 2002
G/F 9 Denmark Bonde, Mads 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1997-05-24)24 May 1997
F/C 10 Spain Fernandez, Jaime 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 23 – (2000-07-15)15 July 2000
F 11 Spain Idehen, Robinson 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 25 – (1997-11-17)17 November 1997
PF 12 Spain Menendez, Javier 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1997-08-05)5 August 1997
F 15 Spain Martinez, Eduardo 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 33 – (1990-05-05)5 May 1990
G/F 22 United States Morgan, Lamar 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1997-04-30)30 April 1997
PF 26 Austria Ogunsipe, Marvin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1996-02-26)26 February 1996
Head coach
  • Spain Tino Ugidos
Assistant coach(es)
  • Spain Luis Fernando Ortiz
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 2022 October 15

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Jaime Fernandez Javier Menendez
PF Marvin Ogunsipe Eduardo Martinez Lazar Mutic
SF Robinson Idehen Lamar Morgan Mads Bonde
SG Sergi Costa Bobby Harris
PG Mateo Diaz Carles Bivia

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

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. W–L
2004–05 61ª Autonómica 5th14–12
2005–06 61ª Autonómica 2nd18–10
2006–07 61ª Autonómica 4th17–10
2007–08 71ª Autonómica 8th14–12
2008–09 71ª Autonómica 6th13–11
2009–10 61ª Autonómica 1st16–4
2010–11 51ª División 8th12–14
2011–12 51ª División 12th9–17
2012–13 51ª División 6th15–11
2013–14 51ª División 6th12–14
2014–15 51ª División 8th11–15
2015–16 51ª División 3rd19–6
2016–17 51ª División 1st23–1
2017–18 4Liga EBA 1st28–5
2018–19 3LEB Plata 2nd25–11
2019–20 2LEB Oro 12th[lower-alpha 1] 10–14
2020–21 2LEB Oro 11th12–16
2021–22 2LEB Oro 14th13–21
  1. Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References
  1. "El CB Almansa asciende a la Liga EBA ante el PCE Instruments Tobarra (66-57)" [CB Almansa promotes to Liga EBA against PCE Instruments Tobarra (66-57)] (in Spanish). condospelotas.es. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  2. "El Afanion CB Almansa asciende a la Liga LEB Plata ante su afición (85-78)" [Afanion CB Almansa promotes to LEB Plata league in front of their supporters (85-78)] (in Spanish). condospelotas.es. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
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