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Club Baloncesto Clavijo is a professional Basketball team based in Logroño, La Rioja. The team currently plays in league LEB Oro.


History

Founded in 1967, CB Clavijo started their first years playing in the provincial league and after achieving several promotions, reaches the Segunda División, third tier, in 1977. It played nine seasons, qualifying twice for the promotion playoffs to the second league, but after 1986 starts declining until 1998, when a group of former players and directors planned to take the helm of the club and to take it to the top divisions. In 2001, Clavijo clinched the promotion to
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, where it played two seasons with former FC Barcelona player
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as part of the roster of the club. In 2003, the club achieved a vacant berth in LEB 2, third tier, and in its debut season it clinched the Copa LEB 2 by defeating Rosalía de Castro 77–75 in the final played in Logroño. Clavijo continued playing in LEB 2, later renamed as LEB Plata, until it clinched promotion to LEB Oro after winning their second Copa LEB Plata and winning the league with a record of 25 wins and only three losses. In 2014, the club played for the first time ever the promotion playoffs to the
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, first division, but it was eliminated in the quarterfinals by CB Tizona. Three years later, the club relegated to LEB Plata but remained in the league after achieving a vacant place.


Sponsorship naming

Due to sponsorship reasons, the club has been known as:


Current roster


Season by season


Trophies and awards


Trophies

* LEB Plata: (1) **
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* Copa LEB Plata: (2) **2004, 2011


Individual awards

All-LEB Oro Team *Mikel Uriz – 2013 *Borja Arévalo – 2016 LEB Plata MVP *Stevie Johnson – 2008


Logos

CB Clavijo.jpg, Former primary logo CB Clavijo logo.png, Primary logo CB Clavijo 50 years logo.png, Logo of the 50 years anniversary of the club


External links


Official website
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