Club Baloncesto Clavijo is a professional

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team based in

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. The team currently plays in league

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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 Liga EBA, where it played two seasons with former

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player Salva Díez as part of the roster of the club. In 2003, the club achieved a vacant berth in

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, third tier, and in its debut season it clinched the Copa LEB 2 by defeating

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77–75 in the final played in

. Clavijo continued playing in LEB 2, later renamed as LEB Plata, until it clinched promotion to

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 Liga ACB, 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

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: (1) ** 2011 *

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: (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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