Real Valladolid Baloncesto

Real Valladolid
Real Valladolid logo
NicknameLas Ardillas (The squirrels)
Pucela / Pucelanos (Pucelle)
Blanquivioletas / Albivioletas (White and Violets)
LeaguesLEB Oro
Founded18 June 2015; 9 years ago (2015-06-18)[1]
ArenaPolideportivo Pisuerga
Capacity6,800
LocationValladolid
Castile and León, Spain
Team colorsPurple and white
   
PresidentAlejandro García Pellitero
Head coachPaco García
WebsiteOfficial website
Logo of CBC Valladolid used until 2020
Alternative logo of CBC Valladolid used until 2020

Real Valladolid Baloncesto is a Spanish professional basketball team based in Valladolid, Castile and León. The team currently plays in league LEB Oro.

History

CB Ciudad de Valladolid was founded in June 2015 by the former American-Spanish retired player Mike Hansen with the aim to replace CB Valladolid, the main club of the city, which was dissolved at the end of the 2014–15 season.[2]

In its first season, in LEB Plata, Ciudad de Valladolid was relegated after finishing the league with only nine wins in 26 games.[3] However, the club remained the league due to the existence of vacant spots.[4]

As other teams in previous seasons, Ciudad de Valladolid took advantage and promoted to LEB Oro in the next season by defeating Fundación Lucentum, Morón and Zornotza in the promotion playoffs.[5]

In 2020, when the team was leading the LEB Oro, the season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the club was awarded with the promotion to Liga ACB but did not fulfill the requirements for joining the league.

On 28 July 2020, Ciudad de Valladolid agreed collaboration terms with local association football club Real Valladolid and started to use their name, colors and crest.[6][7]

Sponsorship naming

  • Brico Dépôt Ciudad de Valladolid 2015–2016
  • Comercial Ulsa Ciudad de Valladolid 2016–2017
  • Carramimbre CBC Valladolid 2017–2020
  • Real Valladolid Baloncesto 2020–present

Players

Current roster

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

Real Valladolid roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
SG 0 United States Schmidt, Devin 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – (1994-11-24)24 November 1994
PG 3 Dominican Republic Torres, Mike 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 30 – (1994-11-21)21 November 1994
PG 4 Lithuania Zigmantavičius, Martynas 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 28 – (1996-06-04)4 June 1996
SF 5 Spain García-Abril, Juan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 21 – (2003-01-04)4 January 2003
G 6 Estonia Puidet, Jaan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 32 – (1992-01-04)4 January 1992
F 8 Spain Royo, Iñigo 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – (2000-05-03)3 May 2000
C 10 Netherlands N'Guessan, Lucas 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 27 – (1997-11-06)6 November 1997
F/C 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kabasele, Herve 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 28 – (1996-10-24)24 October 1996
G/F 20 Slovenia Kovačevič, Maj 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 34 – (1990-03-30)30 March 1990
PF 22 Spain de la Fuente, Sergio 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 35 – (1989-10-01)1 October 1989
F/C 23 Spain Fernández, Jaime 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (2000-07-15)15 July 2000
C 24 Nigeria Nwogbo, Lotanna 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1993-05-30)30 May 1993
F 35 Democratic Republic of the Congo Belemene, Romaric 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1997-02-19)19 February 1997
Head coach
  • Spain Paco García
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: May 20, 2024

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Kavion Pippen Justin Raffington Fernando Revilla
PF Sergio de la Fuente Jordy Kuiper
SF Davis Geks Sylvester Berg
SG Jaan Puidet Juan Garcia-Abril
PG Alec Wintering Melwin Pantzar

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

Notable players

Head coaches

  • Iñaki Martín 2015–2016
  • Paco García 2016–2019
  • Hugo López 2019–2021
  • Roberto González 2021-2022
  • Paco García 2022-present

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Cup competitions
2015–16 3 LEB Plata 13th[a] 9–17
2016–17 3 LEB Plata 2nd 26–18
2017–18 2 LEB Oro 9th 15–22
2018–19 2 LEB Oro 7th 22–17
2019–20 2 LEB Oro 1st[b] 18–6 Copa Princesa RU
2020–21 2 LEB Oro 9th 13–13
2021–22 2 LEB Oro 9th 19–19
2022–23 2 LEB Oro 4th 25–14
2023–24 2 LEB Oro 8th 18–19

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Individual awards

LEB Plata MVP

  • Sergio de la Fuente – 2017

Notes

  1. ^ Remained in LEB Plata after achieving a vacant berth in the league.
  2. ^ Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the club was awarded with the promotion to Liga ACB but did not fulfill the requirements for joining the league.
  3. ^ Shared title

References

  1. ^ "Orígenes – CBC Valladolid". CBC Valladolid (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  2. ^ "El CBC Valladolid echa a andar de la mano de Mike Hansen" (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 22 July 2015.
  3. ^ "El Brico Depôt gana, pero desciende" (in Spanish). El Norte de Castilla. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Al final serán dieciséis equipos" (in Spanish). Granada Hoy. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  5. ^ "F-J.4: Comercial ULSA Valladolid salda una deuda histórica" (in Spanish). FEB.es. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Comunicado oficial: Acuerdo de colaboración con el CBC Valladolid | Real Valladolid - Web Oficial" (in European Spanish). Real Valladolid. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. ^ "El Real Valladolid Baloncesto es una realidad | Real Valladolid - Web Oficial" (in European Spanish). Real Valladolid. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.