CB Almansa

CB Almansa
CB Almansa
League	LEB Oro
Arena	Polideportivo Municipal de Almansa
Capacity	1,500
Location	Almansa, Spain
Team colors	Blue and white;
President	Matilde Cuenca
Head coach	Rubén Perelló
Home	Away

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.

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

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PF	21	Adekoya, Jubril	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	26 – (1994-12-30)30 December 1994
SG	5	Bivià, Carles	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	35 – (1985-06-23)23 June 1985
C	7	Bubalo, Domagoj	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	29 – (1991-08-02)2 August 1991
PF	13	Cvetinović, Nikola	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	32 – (1988-12-19)19 December 1988
SF	3	Đuran, Filip	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	29 – (1991-07-04)4 July 1991
SG	30	González, Chuso	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	26 – (1994-08-20)20 August 1994
PG	0	Harris, Bobby	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	30 – (1991-02-08)8 February 1991
C	16	Mendiola, Sergio	2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)	24 – (1996-10-06)6 October 1996
C	1	Koné, Moussa	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	27 – (1993-04-18)18 April 1993
PG	19	Noguerol, Carlos	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	27 – (1993-07-21)21 July 1993
PF	17	Nogués, José	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	25 – (1995-07-24)24 July 1995
PG	10	Pérez, Josep	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	26 – (1994-05-11)11 May 1994

Head coach

Rubén Perelló

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Inactive
C	Moussa Koné	Domagoj Bubalo	Sergio Mendiola
PF	Nikola Cvetinović	Jubril Adekoya
SF	Filip Đuran	José Nogués
SG	Carles Bivià	Chuso González
PG	Bobby Harris	Carlos Noguerol		Josep Pérez

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

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L
2004–05	6	1ª Autonómica	5th	14–12
2005–06	6	1ª Autonómica	2nd	18–10
2006–07	6	1ª Autonómica	4th	17–10
2007–08	7	1ª Autonómica	8th	14–12
2008–09	7	1ª Autonómica	6th	13–11
2009–10	6	1ª Autonómica	1st	16–4
2010–11	5	1ª División	8th	12–14
2011–12	5	1ª División	12th	9–17
2012–13	5	1ª División	6th	15–11
2013–14	5	1ª División	6th	12–14
2014–15	5	1ª División	8th	11–15
2015–16	5	1ª División	3rd	19–6
2016–17	5	1ª División	1st	23–1
2017–18	4	Liga EBA	1st	28–5
2018–19	3	LEB Plata	2nd	25–11
2019–20	2	LEB Oro	12th[lower-alpha 1]	10–14

Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

"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.
"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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[3] Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[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.