Obradoiro Clube de Amigos do Baloncesto (lit, Obradoiro Friends of Basketball Club), also known as Monbus Obradoiro for sponsorship reasons, is a professional
basketball
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team based in
Santiago de Compostela
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,
Galicia. They currently compete in the
ACB League.
History
![Obradoiro 2012](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Obradoiro_2012.jpg)
Obradoiro CAB was founded in 1970 and started playing in the third division after acquiring the spot of the basketball section of
SD Compostela
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. They were promoted for the first time to the
Liga Nacional after finishing in the third position of the
1981–82 Primera División B.
Obradoiro played only the
1982–83 season in the top flight, where it only achieved two wins in 26 games.
2009–10 was its returning season to the Spanish top division,
Liga ACB
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, after the
Supreme Court
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conceded that the
Júver Murcia committed improper alignment in a matchup in the 1990 promotion playoff. A horrible second half of the league, with only one win in 17 matches, caused the relegation to
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* Lebanon, UNDP country code
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* Liga Española de Balonces ...
, the second division of Spanish basketball.
In the next season, Obradoiro came back to Liga ACB as runner-up of the
2010–11 LEB Oro season and also won its first national title: the
Copa Príncipe de Asturias
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.
The
2012–13 ACB season
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was the best one in the history of the club. Obradoiro CAB finished the regular season in the eight position and joined the playoffs, where it was eliminated in the quarterfinals by the champion
Real Madrid
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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
.
Sponsorship naming
![Multiusos Fontes do Sar (interior)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Multiusos_Fontes_do_Sar_%28interior%29.JPG)
*Feiraco Obradoiro: During '70s and '80s
*Óptica Val Obradoiro: until 2009
*Xacobeo Blu:sens: 2009–2010
*Blu:sens Monbus: 2010–2013
*Rio Natura Monbus: 2013–2014
*Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro: 2014–2017
*Monbus Obradoiro: 2017–present
Players
Retired numbers
*4
Bernard Hopkins
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, F, 2010–2012
*15
Oriol Junyent, C, 2009, 2010–2014
Oriol Junyent tendrá que pasar por el quirófano
ACB.com, 2 June 2014
Current roster
Depth chart
Head coaches
Managers since joining the ACB:
*Curro Segura 2009–2010
* Moncho Fernández 2010–present
Season by season
Home arenas
* University Gymnasium (1970–76).
* Pabellón Brañas do Sar (1976–1990).
* Polideportivo Lorenzo da Torre (1990–2009).
* Pabellón Multiusos Fontes do Sar
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(2009–''present'').
Notable former players
* Jake Cohen
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* Nihad Đedović
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Professional career
Đedović started his c ...
* Kostas Vasileiadis
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* Salah Mejri
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* Rosco Allen
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* Marc Jackson Marc or MARC may refer to:
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* Paul Davis
* Robbie Hummel
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* Alec Brown
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* Mike Muscala
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Muscala was born on July 1, 1991, in St. Louis Park, Minnes ...
* Maxi Kleber
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Kleber playe ...
* Deividas Dulkys
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College career
Dulkys moved to the U.S. in 2 ...
* Eimantas Bendžius
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* Laurynas Beliauskas
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Beliauskas made his debut with Neptunas Klaipeda during the 2014-15 se ...
* Laurynas Birutis
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Birutis start ...
* Tryggvi Hlinason
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Trophies and awards
Trophies
*Copa Príncipe de Asturias
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: (1)
**2011
*Copa Galicia The Copa Galicia (Galicia Cup) is a basketball competition between the best teams of Galicia, Spain, organized by the Galician Basketball Federation, since 1986. CB Breogán is the last winner, in 2018.
History
Titles by team
Latest editions
...
: (9)
**2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Individual awards
ACB Rising Star Award
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*Salah Mejri
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– 2013
References
External links
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Eurobasket.com Team Profile
{{ACB Seasons
Basketball teams in Galicia (Spain)
Basketball teams established in 1970
Liga ACB teams
Former LEB Oro teams
Sport in Santiago de Compostela