Fundación CB Granada

Fundación Club Baloncesto Granada, also known as Covirán Granada by sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in Granada, Andalusia, Spain that currently plays in LEB Oro.

Covirán Granada
LeaguesLEB Oro
Founded2006
ArenaPalacio de Deportes
Capacity9,000
LocationGranada, Spain
Team colorsDark red and black
         
PresidentÓscar Fernández-Arenas
Head coachPablo Pin
Championships1 LEB Plata
2 Copa LEB Plata
Websitefundacioncbgranada.es

History
A game of Fundación CBG, in its first season, at Pabellón Veleta

The Fundación CBG was founded in 2006 as an entity associated to basketball club CB Granada, with the aim to promote basketball and other nonprofit activities in the province of Granada.

In 2012, after the dissolution of CB Granada, the entity decides to create a senior basketball team that could replaced the defunct club in the city. In its first season, the club promoted to Liga EBA after finishing as runner-up of the Andalusian group of Primera División de Baloncesto.[1]

Two years later, in 2015, Covirán Granada qualifies to the final stage of Liga EBA and finishes winning its group in Albacete, achieving the promotion to LEB Plata, the third tier in Spanish basketball.[2]

On 21 January 2017, Covirán Granada won its first title after defeating HLA Lucentum by 80–74 in the Copa LEB Plata,[3] but failed in the attempt to promote to LEB Oro after being defeated in the semifinals by Sammic ISB.

Granada retained the Copa LEB Plata on 28 January 2018 by winning Fundación Globalcaja La Roda 71–63 after an overtime and promoted to LEB Oro on 14 April 2018 in Pamplona after conquering the title of the 2017–18 LEB Plata.[4]

Sponsorship naming
  • Tourapp Fundación CBG 2012–2013
  • Covirán Granada 2013–

Players

Current roster

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

Covirán Granada roster
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Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PF 7 Bortolussi, Alejandro 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1989-07-28)28 July 1989
PG 26 Cobos, Carlos 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1988-05-11)11 May 1988
PG 5 Corts, Carlos 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 23 – (1997-04-03)3 April 1997
PF 21 Iriarte, David 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (1996-04-01)1 April 1996
SF 55 Kapelan, Diego 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 33 – (1987-07-08)8 July 1987
SG 13 Marín, Alo 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1988-10-11)11 October 1988
C 41 Olmos, Sergio 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 33 – (1986-09-21)21 September 1986
SF 17 Pardina, Joan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1993-11-18)18 November 1993
PG 10 Pérez, Josep 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 26 – (1994-05-11)11 May 1994
SG 11 Rodríguez, Manu 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 28 – (1991-08-17)17 August 1991
C 15 Rubio, Guille 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 37 – (1982-10-14)14 October 1982
Head coach
  • Pablo Pin
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Guille Rubio Sergio Olmos
PF Alejandro Bortolussi David Iriarte
SF Diego Kapelan Joan Pardina
SG Manu Rodríguez Alo Marín
PG Josep Pérez Carlos Cobos Carlos Corts

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

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Cup competitions
2012–13 5 1ª División 2nd 12–7
2013–14 4 Liga EBA 4th 16–6
2014–15 4 Liga EBA 3rd 22–7
2015–16 3 LEB Plata 8th 15–13
2016–17 3 LEB Plata 4th 25–13 Copa LEB PlataC
2017–18 3 LEB Plata 1st 23–7 Copa LEB PlataC
2018–19 2LEB Oro 8th 22–17
2019–20 2LEB Oro 13th[lower-alpha 1] 9–15
  1. Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trophies

Notable players
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References
  1. "Tourapp Fundación CBG asciende a Liga EBA" (in Spanish). Granada Deporte. 28 April 2013.
  2. "El Covirán Granada sube a la LEB Plata" (in Spanish). El Ideal. 25 May 2015.
  3. "El Covirán Granada, campeón de la Copa LEB Plata" (in Spanish). LEB Plata. 21 January 2017.
  4. "El Fundación Covirán Granada asciende a la Liga LEB Oro" [Fundación Covirán Granada promotes to LEB Oro League] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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