Club Baloncesto Breogán, S.A.D., also known as Río Breogán for sponsorship reasons, is a professional

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club based in

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. The team plays in the

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. The club was founded in 1966 by the Varela-Portas brothers. The team played for the first time in the Spanish top league in 1970. The name of the club is a reference to legendary Galician King Breogán. The Breogán jerseys have always been sky blue with details in details in white or dark blue. The shorts have been also traditionally sky blue, with the exception of some years that have been white too. Their home arena is the

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, an arena with a

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of 6.500 people. The Pazo has been one of the Top-10 European arenas in attendance and one of the first in relation to the city population. The current president of the team is José Antonio Caneda. Well-known players have included: Charlie Bell,

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, James Donaldson, Greg Foster or, most recently,

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History

Founded in 1966, CB Breogán only needed five years to promote for the first time in its history to the Liga Nacional. It played in it from 1971 to 1977, except in the 1974–75 season, before dropping down again to lower divisions. Breogán came back to the top tier, now named

in 1984, and it qualified for playing the

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after finishing in the sixth position. It became a classic team in the league until 1995, when it lost to against Valvi Girona and became relegated to

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. Its third era in Liga ACB started in 1999 and lasted seven years. In 2006, Breogán was the last qualified in the table and was relegated to

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, where it continued playing until 2018, when it promoted again to the top tier by winning the

. Breogán were relegated the following year only managing to win 9 games out of 34. In 2021, Breogán were promoted to the top tier of Spanish basketball after beating Granada in the final. Breogán lost away from home in the first game but managed to win the second one at home and the final one in the Andalusian city. Breogán made a brilliant start to the 2021/22 season. After winning the Galician Cup against rivals

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, they won their first two

games and visited

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as leaders. Although a defeat there would mean they were no longer at the top of the table, they completed a tremendous first half of the league, qualifying for the

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for the first time in over 30 years, in which they suffered a narrow defeat against finalists

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. In January, head coach

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decided to leave the club following an offer from relegation-bound

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and was substituted by

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. Breogán's push to make it to the play-offs was hampered by star-man

's injury against

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got injured one week later as well, which resulted in Breogán being out of Play-off contention, although they were always far from being involved in a relegation battle.

became one of Breogán's most legendary players in the 2021/22 season.

Sponsorship naming

CB Breogán has several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship: *Breogán Fontecelta 1971–73 *Breogán

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1973–77 *Breogán Caixa Galicia 1985–86 *Leite Río Breogán 1987, 2001–11, 2019–21 * DYC Breogán 1989–93 * DYC Lugo 1994 *Breogán Universidade 2000–01 *Ribeira Sacra Breogán Lugo 2014–2015 *Cafés Candelas Breogán 2015–2019 *Río Breogán 2021–present

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Season by season

Trophies and awards

Trophies

*2nd division championships: (3) ** 2ª División: (1) 1975 **

: (3)

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* Copa Princesa: (3) **2008, 2018, 2021 *

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: (14) **1986, 1987, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2018, 2021, 2022

Records

*23 seasons in the top division **6 in Primera División **17 in

*1 participation in

**1985–86 season: eliminated in quarterfinals group stage

Individual awards

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– 2021–22

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* Charlie Bell – 2004–05 *

– 2021–22 ACB Top Scorer * Alfredo Pérez – 1971 (27,1) * Alfredo Pérez – 1973 (23,2) *

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– 1976 (30,3) *

– 1993 (24,5) * Charlie Bell – 2005 (27,0) *

– 2022 (20,1) ACB Three Point Shootout Champion *

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– 2002 *

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– 2005 All-LEB Oro Team *Anthony Winchester – 2013 * Álex Llorca – 2015 *

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– 2016

Notable players

* Santi Abad *

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* Manuel Bosch * Óscar Cervantes *

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* Alfonso Martínez * Alfredo Pérez *

* Manel Sánchez *

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* Josep Maria Soler *

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* Joseph Gomis *

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* Andrea Pecile *

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Roeland Schaftenaar Roeland Pieter Schaftenaar (born 29 July 1988) is a Dutch professional basketball player for ZZ Leiden of the BNXT League. He is also a member of the Netherlands national basketball team. Standing at , he plays as power forward. His brother Olaf ...

* Torgeir Bryn *

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Nikola Lončar Nikola Lončar (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Лончар; born May 31, 1972) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He also holds Spanish citizenship. Professional career Lončar started his career at Partizan, making his professi ...

Volodymyr Gerun Volodymyr Gerun (born 25 March 1994) is a Ukrainian professional basketball player for Real Betis of the Liga ACB. Playing career Gerun started out with his home town club BC Dnipro for the 2011–12 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague season.

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* Charlie Bell *

* Devin Davis * James Donaldson * Greg Foster *

Claude Gregory Claude Andre Gregory (born December 26, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player from Washington, D.C.. He was a 6'8" (203 cm) 205 lb (93 kg) power forward. College career Gregory played college basketball for t ...

Tharon Mayes Tharon Rex Mayes (born September 9, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, he was listed at 6'3" tall and weighed 175 lbs. Career Mayes played collegiate ball with the Florida Stat ...

* Sam Pellom *

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* Jimmy Wright

References

External links

Official websiteEurobasket.com presentation
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