Gijón Basket

Club Gijón Basket 2015 Corpi, better known as Gijón Basket or Huniko GB2015 for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball club based in Gijón, Asturias that currently plays in Liga EBA, the fourth tier of Spanish basketball.

Gijón Basket
LeagueEBA
Founded2015
ArenaPalacio de Deportes
Capacity5,058
LocationGijón, Spain
Team colorsWhite and red
         
PresidentIván Petrovich
Head coachFran Sánchez
Websitegijonbasket2015.com
For the former Liga ACB club, see Gijón Baloncesto.

History
Match against Ciudad de Ponferrada in the 2017–18 Liga EBA season.

Gijón Basket was founded in 2015 as a merge of men's basketball club CB Corpi and women's basketball Formabasket.[1] It has the aim to replace Gijón Baloncesto, that was dissolved in 2009, as the main club of the city.

On 8 May 2016, Gijón Basket completed its first competitive season promoting to Liga EBA, fourth tier, after finishing the 2015–16 season as champion of the Asturian group of Primera División. It defeated CB Castrillón in the final by 77–50.[2]

On 9 October 2016, Gijón Basket made its debut in Liga EBA in Vigo, earning a 43–68 win against Seis do Nadal, but finally could not avoid the relegation to Primera División. However, they remained in the league due to the existence of vacant spots.[3]

In their second season in the fourth tier, Gijón Basket performed successfully and qualified to the second stage of the league, where they were eliminated in the semifinals.

Head coaches
  • Chus Poves 2015–2017
  • Fran Sánchez 2017–

Season by season
Season Tier Division Pos. W–L
2015–16 51ª División 1st22–2
2016–17 4Liga EBA 12th[lower-alpha 1]9–17
2017–18 4Liga EBA 2nd22–9
2018–19 4 Liga EBA 4th 17–9
2019–20 4 Liga EBA 5th[lower-alpha 2] 11–9
  1. Remained in the league by achieving one of the vacant spots.
  2. Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Current squad

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

Gijón Basket roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PF 4 Fernández Noval, Fernando 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – (1989-11-28)28 November 1989
SG 7 Rubiera, Alejandro 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 22 – (1998-04-17)17 April 1998
PG 8 Bretón, Pablo 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 27 – (1993-04-11)11 April 1993
SF 9 Pérez-Campoamor, Antonio 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (1995-09-11)11 September 1995
SG 10 Suárez, Carlos 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 21 – (1999-02-19)19 February 1999
SF 11 Rodríguez, Alejandro 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 22 – (1998-06-16)16 June 1998
SG 14 Sampedro, Alberto 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 28 – (1991-08-16)16 August 1991
C 15 Lemke, Sven 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 21 – (1999-05-27)27 May 1999
C 27 Parada, Manu 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 30 – (1989-09-12)12 September 1989
C 29 Escapa, Jorge 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 28 – (1992-06-05)5 June 1992
PG 41 Fernández, Iago 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 19 – (2001-05-28)28 May 2001
Head coach
  • Fran Sánchez
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 21 November 2019

Individual records

Top performers of Gijón Basket, as of the end of the 2019–20 season.

Presidents
  • Carmen Puente 2015–2019
  • Iván Petrovich 2019–present

References
  1. "Nace el Gijón Basket 2015" (in Spanish). MVP - Revista del basket. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  2. "El Gijón Basket ya está en Liga EBA" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  3. "El Gijón saldrá en Liga EBA" [Gijón will join Liga EBA] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
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