Palencia Baloncesto, officially named as CD Zunder Palencia, is a professional

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team based in

Palencia Palencia () is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Palencia. Located in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, in the northern half o ...

Castile and León Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of the ...

. The team currently plays in league

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History

The club was founded in 1979 at Colegio Marista of Palencia, with the aim to support farm teams competing at provincial and regional tournaments. The professional basketball team was created on 1997 and played during five years at

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before being invited to join the

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. On the 2008–09, Palencia Baloncesto won the

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and was champion of this league, promoting for the first time in their history to

, the Spanish second division. In 2014 Palencia Baloncesto was defeated by

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in the promotion playoffs finals to

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by 1–3. Two years later, the club achieved the promotion by finishing as champion of the

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and the

Copa Princesa de Asturias The Copa Princesa de Asturias de Baloncesto (English: ''Princess of Asturias' Cup of Basketball'') is an annual 2nd-tier level national cup competition for Spanish professional basketball teams, that is organized by Spain's 2nd-tier level professi ...

, but resigned to promote due to the impossibility to fulfill the requirements.

Naming

CD Maristas Palencia had several denominations through the years: *Maristas Palencia: 1979–2002 *Hormigones Saldaña Palencia: 2002–2005 * Provincia de Palencia: 2005–2006 *Alimentos de Palencia: 2006–2008 *Faymasa Palencia: 2008–2009 *Palencia Baloncesto: 2009–2013 *Quesos Cerrato Palencia: 2013–2017 *Chocolates Trapa Palencia: 2017–present

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Head coaches

*Natxo Lezkano 2008–2015 *

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2015 *Sergio García 2015–2017 *Joaquín Pardo 2017–2018 *Alejandro Martínez 2018–2019 * Carles Marco 2019–2022 *Pedro Rivero 2022–

Season by season

Trophies and awards

Trophies

: (1) **

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: (3) **

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: (1) **

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: (1) **

* Copa Castilla y León: (2) **2012, 2015

Individual awards

All-LEB Oro Team *Urko Otegui – 2013 *Marc Blanch – 2016

Notable players

* Charles Abouo * Mike Hansen *

Nikola Mirotić Nikola Mirotić ( sr-cyrl, Никола Миротић; born 11 February 1991) is a Montenegrin-Spanish professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. The power forward is a four-time All-EuroLeague Team memb ...

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Jeff Xavier Jeffrey G. Xavier (born 7 September 1985) is a Cape Verdean basketball player who plays for UJAP Quimper 29 in LNB Pro B. He is a 2009 graduate of Providence College. Xavier transferred to Providence after two years at Manhattan College. Xavier ...

* Gabrielius Maldūnas *

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Simas Jasaitis Simas Jasaitis (born 26 March 1982) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for BC Dzūkija of the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, Lithuania Basketball League (LKL). He also represented the Lithuania men's national basketball team, Lithuanian nat ...

References

External links

Official websiteNon official website
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