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
Liga EBA
Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado (EBA), commonly known as Liga EBA, is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth tier level in the Spanish basketball league system, after the Liga ACB, LEB Oro, and LEB Plata. It is administered ...
, where it played two seasons with former
FC Barcelona player
Salva Díez
Salvador Díez Zapata (born April 21, 1963 in Albelda de Iregua, Spain) is a retired Spanish professional basketball player.
Clubs
*1982–83: Saski Baskonia
*1983–84: Tizona Burgos
*1985–89: CB 1939 Canarias
*1989–93: Valencia BC
*1993 ...
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
Liga ACB
The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administrated by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, wi ...
, 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)
**
2011
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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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Basketball teams in Spain
Sport in Logroño
LEB Oro teams
Sports teams in La Rioja (Spain)