Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto

Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto, also named as Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. It plays in the LEB Oro, the second in importance in Spain after ACB League.

Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad
Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad logo
LeaguesLEB Oro
Founded2007; 17 years ago (2007)
ArenaCiudad de Cáceres
Capacity6,550
LocationCáceres, Extremadura
Team colorsBlack and Green
   
PresidentJosé Manuel Sánchez
Head coachRoberto Blanco
Championships1 LEB Plata
Websitewww.caceresbasket.com

The club is distinct from Cáceres Club Baloncesto, the former elite team in the city, which was dissolved in 2005.

History edit

Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto was founded in 2007 as a merger of two teams from Cáceres city:

  • San Antonio
  • Ciudad de Cáceres

Cáceres played the first season in its history (2007–08) in LEB Plata after buying the berth to CEB Llíria. In this first year, playing as Cáceres 2016, the team achieved the promotion semifinals but, after beating CajaRioja in the quarterfinalist series, lost against CB Illescas in the semifinal played at Cáceres.

After this season, the team joined the second tier, the LEB Oro, after achieving the vacant of Palma Aqua Màgica. Cáceres continues playing in LEB Oro until nowadays, where reached two times in a row the promotion playoffs but failed in the quarterfinals: in 2010 versus Ford Burgos and in 2011 versus Blu:sens Monbús, both times by 3–1.

In 2012 the club won for the first time a LEB Oro quarterfinal serie, 3–2 to Ford Burgos, but failed in the semifinal against Club Melilla Baloncesto after five games. Same happened in 2013, when the club advanced to semifinals after defeating CB Breogán by 2–3 in the quarterfinals and failing 3–1 against River Andorra.

In 2013 the club opted by joining the LEB Plata again due to economic issues. On April 25, 2015, two years after its resign to play in LEB Oro, Cáceres came back to the league after winning the 2014–15 LEB Plata, by defeating CEBA Guadalajara 67–63 in the last game of the regular season.[1]

The 2019–20 season is its fifth straight season in LEB Oro and tenth overall.

Sponsorship naming edit

  • Cáceres 2016: 2007–11
  • Cáceres Creativa: 2011
  • Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad: 2011–

Head coaches edit

  • Fede Pozuelo: 2007
  • Piti Hurtado: 2007–2009
  • Gustavo Aranzana: 2009–2012
  • Carlos Frade: 2012–2013
  • Ñete Bohígas: 2013–2019
  • Roberto Blanco: 2019–present

Players edit

Current roster edit

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

Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G 11   Rodriguez, Manu 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1991-08-17)17 August 1991
F 0   Mbala, Ben 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 28 – (1995-07-13)13 July 1995
F 35   Belemene, Romaric 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1997-02-19)19 February 1997
G 13   Lobo, Jaume 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 26 – (1997-07-31)31 July 1997
G 6   Sanz, Jorge 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 31 – (1993-01-24)24 January 1993
C 14   Olaizola, Julen 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1993-03-04)4 March 1993
F 37   Toledo, Carlos 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1994-12-11)11 December 1994
G 0   Schmidt, Devin 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 29 – (1994-11-24)24 November 1994
G 7   Diaz, Mateo 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 22 – (2002-03-06)6 March 2002
F 26   Dukan, Duje 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 32 – (1991-12-04)4 December 1991
F 4   Trapote, Alex 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 20 – (2003-08-03)3 August 2003
G   Vasallo, Javier 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (2001-04-21)21 April 2001
F   Raitanen, Remu 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1997-08-21)21 August 1997
Head coach
  •   Roberto Blanco

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

Depth chart edit

Pos. Starting 5 Bench
C Romaric Belemene Julen Olaizola
PF Carlos Toledo
SF Devin Schmidt
SG Jorge Sanz
PG Jaume Lobo Manu Rodriguez

Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Black = FIBA Europe or Cotonou player; Red = Foreign player.

Season by season edit

 
Multiusos Ciudad de Cáceres, home court of the team
Season Tier Division Pos. W–L
2007–08 3 LEB Plata 5th[a] 22–15
2008–09 2 LEB Oro 11th 15–19
2009–10 2 LEB Oro 6th 21–17
2010–11 2 LEB Oro 9th 19–19
2011–12 2 LEB Oro 5th 23–21
2012–13 2 LEB Oro 5th[b] 16–19
2013–14 3 LEB Plata 4th 18–14
2014–15 3 LEB Plata 1st 23–5
2015–16 2 LEB Oro 9th 14–17
2016–17 2 LEB Oro 11th 14–20
2017–18 2 LEB Oro 10th 15–19
2018–19 2 LEB Oro 14th 11–23
2019–20 2 LEB Oro 9th[c] 14–10
2020–21 2 LEB Oro 12th 11–15
2021–22 2 LEB Oro 8th 21–18
2022–23 2 LEB Oro 15th 10–24
  1. ^ Achieved the vacant berth at LEB Oro of Palma Aqua Màgica.
  2. ^ Resigned to its berth at LEB Oro.
  3. ^ Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Notable players edit

Trophies and awards edit

Trophies edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "J.30: Cáceres vence para culminar su regreso a la Adecco Oro" (in Spanish). LEB Plata. 25 April 2015. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015.

External links edit