Óbila CB

Óbila Club de Basket, also known as Ávila Auténtica Carrefour "El Bulevar" is a Spanish professional basketball team based in Ávila, Castilla y León and plays in the Multiusos Carlos Sastre, in LEB Plata. Óbila is the only basketball team in the city of Ávila.

Óbila CB
LeaguesLEB Plata
Founded2001
ArenaMultiusos Carlos Sastre
LocationÁvila, Castile and León
Team colorsGreen and yellow
   
PresidentRodrigo Martín
Head coachArmando Gómez
Websiteobila.com

From 2011 to 2013, Óbila collaborated with Baloncesto Fuenlabrada as its farm team.

History

Óbila Club de Basket was born in Ávila in 2001. It was founded by a group of amateur players willing to enjoy basket in this city. In 2003 the club started playing at Liga EBA for the first time and finished in the 12th position.

At the 2005–06 season the team finished in the third position and qualyfied for the promotion playoffs to the LEB 2 League but it was eliminated, as well as in the 2006–07 season, when it finished the regular season in the second position.

In 2007 the Spanish Basketball Federation decided to create a third LEB with 18 teams named LEB Bronce and Óbila CB got a spot in this new division. In its first season LEB Bronce the club avoided the relegation to Liga EBA. After finishing the regular season as runner-up in their second season, the club promoted to LEB Plata by defeating the CB Tíjola in the playoffs. Dreike Bouldin won the MVP award and Paul Williams was named the third best player of the season.

Two years after promoting to LEB Plata, the club played its first promotion playoffs to LEB Oro, reaching the quarterfinals in 2010–11 and 2011–12.

Due to economic issues, in July 2012, the club decided not to take part in the 2012–13 LEB Plata season.[1] One week after this decision the club reached a sponsorship agreement with Grupo Eulen solving its economic problems and signed up for the 2012–13 LEB Plata season.[2]

In the 2015–16 season, Óbila ended as runner-up of the Copa LEB Plata and was defeated by Sáenz Horeca Araberri in the finals of the promotion playoffs to LEB Oro. Three years later, in 2019, the club was relegated to Liga EBA after ten consecutive seasons in the third tier.

Current squad

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

Óbila CB roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameAge
SG 31 Castro, Juan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 22 – (1998-06-21)21 June 1998
F 11 Diagne, Ibrahima 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 25 – (1995-09-11)11 September 1995
PG 8 Lobo, Jaume 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 23 – (1997-07-31)31 July 1997
C 22 Perez, Ander 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) 25 – (1996-02-01)1 February 1996
PG 19 Radoslajević, Stefan 27 – (1993-07-21)21 July 1993
SG 10 Sanchez, Javier 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
F 7 Smith, Martin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1993-05-14)14 May 1993
G/F 9 Tebar, Alvaro 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 21 – (1999-05-01)1 May 1999
Head coach

Jose Antonio Sanchez

Assistant coach(es)

Mauricio Velayos

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 1 September 2019

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Cup competitions
2003–04 4 Liga EBA 12th 11–19
2004–05 4 Liga EBA 9th 14–16
2005–06 4 Liga EBA 3rd 21–11
2006–07 4 Liga EBA 2nd[lower-alpha 1] 21–7
2007–08 4 LEB Bronce 12th 14–18
2008–09 4 LEB Bronce 2nd 23–13
2009–10 3 LEB Plata 18th 13–15
2010–11 3 LEB Plata 9th 13–19
2011–12 3 LEB Plata 8th 12–14
2012–13 3 LEB Plata 9th 8–14
2013–14 3 LEB Plata 7th 14–13
2014–15 3LEB Plata 9th 15–15
2015–16 3LEB Plata 3rd 20–16 Copa LEB PlataRU
2016–17 3LEB Plata 8th 18–16
2017–18 3LEB Plata 4th 21–15
2018–19 3 LEB Plata 21st 15–19
2019–20 4 Liga EBA 2nd 16–4
  1. The club was invited to join the newly created LEB Bronce.

Notable players
To appear in this section a player must have either:

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

References
  1. Inscripción Adecco Plata obila.com. July 6, 2012
  2. El Club se inscribe en la Adecco Plata obila.com. July 13, 2012
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