Círculo Gijón Baloncesto y Conocimiento () is a professional

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club based in

Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality by population in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coa ...

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that currently plays in

LEB Plata The Segunda FEB, formerly known as LEB 2 and LEB Plata, is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system and the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Since 2019, three teams are promote ...

, the third tier of Spanish basketball.

History

Círculo Gijón Baloncesto y Conocimiento was founded in 2017, by a group of entrepreneurs that acquired the rights of local club ''CD Barrio La Arena'', with the aim of giving to the city of Gijón a completely professional basketball team with possibilities to promote to the top leagues, as did the former main team Gijón Baloncesto, that played in

Liga ACB The Liga ACB, known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system. Administered by the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), Liga ACB is contested by 18 teams, w ...

during four seasons. The club started in the Primera División, fifth tier, and played its first official game on 19 October 2017 in

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, beating Colegio San Fernando by 65–72. On 12 February 2018, Círculo Gijón signed former NBA player

Robert Swift Robert Christen Swift (born December 3, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Spanish club Círculo Gijón Baloncesto y Conocimiento of the LEB Plata league. He played in the National Basketball Associ ...

for two seasons. However, Círculo Gijón did not achieve promotion to

Liga EBA The Tercera FEB, formerly known as Liga EBA (''Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado''), is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth tier level in the Spanish basketball league system, after the Liga ACB, Primera FEB and Segunda FEB ...

after being defeated in the league semifinals by the reserve team of Oviedo CB. Despite this failure, the club required and finally achieved one of the eight places that would be created after the expansion of the

, third division, to 24 teams. On 6 October 2018, the club made its debut in professional leagues with a 73–65 home win against

Óbila CB Óbila Club de Basket, also known as Ávila Auténtica Carrefour "El Bulevar" is a Spanish professional basketball team based in Ávila, Spain, Ávila, Castilla y León and plays in the Multiusos Carlos Sastre, in Liga Española de Baloncesto, LEB ...

. However, Círculo Gijón could not avoid relegation to

at the end of the season, after an irregular performance. Círculo Gijón remained in the league as a result of a swap of places with Baskonia B, that finished one position over the ''geometrics''.

Sponsorship naming

*TeslaCard Círculo Gijón 2018–2019

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Head coaches

*Nacho Galán 2017–present

Season by season

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Trophies and awards

Trophies

;Friendly tournaments *Trofeo Virgen de Valencia: 2018 *Trofeo Concello de Chantada: 2018 *Trofeo Principado de Asturias: 2018

Individual awards

All LEB Plata team *

Saúl Blanco Saúl Blanco González (born May 15, 1985 in Oviedo, Spain) is a professional basketball player who plays for Spanish club Oviedo CB, Liberbank Oviedo Baloncesto of the LEB Oro league. Pro career Blanco started his career in 2003 at Liga Españo ...

–

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

Notable players

* Pieter Prinsloo *

References

External links

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Profile at Asturcesto
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