UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia Club de Baloncesto, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as UCAM Murcia, is a professional

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team based in

Murcia Murcia (, , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country. It has a population of 460,349 inhabitants in 2021 (about one ...

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. It plays their home games at Palacio de Deportes.

History

Founded in 1985 under the name Agrupación Deportiva Júver, Murcia agreed with a Madrid-based club, Logos de Madrid, to buy out its rights to play in the Spanish second division. Murcia would play at that level for four consecutive seasons and its first superstar was do-it-all big man

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. In 1990, Murcia, led by veteran center Mike Phillips, beat Obradoiro in a playoffs series to gain promotion to the Spanish League. The club would stay in the Spanish elite for the next seven seasons, with stars likes Ralph McPherson, Clarence Kea, Michael Anderson and

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and head coaches like Felipe Coello, José María Oleart and

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. In December 1991, Kea pulled down 29 rebounds, which remains a Spanish League record, in a win against Breogán Lugo. PlantillaCBMurcia2008-09

The club became CB Murcia in 1993 and moved to its current arena, Palacio de Deportes, the following season. Murcia organized the

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tournament in the 1995–96 season and made it to the

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. Murcia went down to the Spanish second division at the end of the 1996–97 season, but reached the Spanish elite a couple of times, including in 2006, when it downed

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in overtime in a do-or-die game to advance. Led by Jimmie Hunter and Juanjo Triguero, Murcia ranked 12th in the 2007–08 season, but went back to the

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two years later. Murcia bounced back to score promotion directly with a 30–4 record, and has been in the Spanish elite even since. In 2013, the club switched hands and UCAM Murcia took control. That moved helped Murcia shine in the last couple of seasons for its best results ever. With Diego Ocampo as head coach and Scott Bamforth, Raulzinho Neto and Carlos Cabezas as its top newcomers, Murcia finished the Spanish regular season with a 17–17 record, which was just one win from the playoffs. Last season Murcia found a new coach in Fotios Katsikaris and added more experienced players like Facundo Campazzo, Serhiy Lishchuk and Vítor Faverani. That led to a seventh-place finish with an 18–16 record and a ticket to the quarterfinals for the first time in the club's history, where it lost 2–1 to

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in the

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, but earned the right to make its debut in European competitions in the 2016–17 EuroCup. In its European debut, UCAM Murcia reached the Top 16 round. In the next season, the club joined the

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, reaching the Final Four in its first participation. Murcia lost to

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in the semifinals and won the third place game over MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg.

Sponsorship naming

CB Murcia has received diverse sponsorship names along the years: *Juver Murcia: 1985–1992 *CB Murcia Artel: 1997–1998 *Recreativos Orenes CB Murcia: 1998–1999 *CB Etosa/Etosa Murcia: 2000–2003 *

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CB Murcia: 2003–2008 * UCAM Murcia: 2011–present

Logos

Home arenas

*Pabellón Príncipe Felipe: (1985–94) * Palacio de Deportes: (1994–present)

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Head coaches

*Felipe Coello: 1985–1991, 1991–1992, 1992, 1998, 2002–2004 *

: 1991, 1993 * Clifford Luyk: 1991 *Fernando Sánchez Luengo: 1991 *Iñaki Iriarte: 1992 *José María Oleart: 1993–1996, 2002 *Ricardo Hevia: 1996 *Alberto Sanz: 1996–1997 *Manolo Flores: 1998–2000 *Pepe Rodríguez: 2000–2002 *Miguel Ángel Martín: 2004 *Iván Déniz: 2004–2005 *Chete Pazo: 2005 *Manel Comas: 2005–2006 *Manolo Hussein: 2006–2009 * Moncho Fernández: 2009 *

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: 2009–2010 *Luis Guil: 2010–2012 *Óscar Quintana: 2012–2014, 2016–2017 * Marcelo Nicola: 2014 *Diego Ocampo: 2014–2015 * Fotios Katsikaris: 2015–2016, 2017 *

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: 2017–2018 *Javier Juárez: 2018–2019 * Sito Alonso: 2019–present

Season by season

Trophies and awards

Domestic competitions

*2nd division championships: (4) **1ª División B: (1) 1990 ** LEB Oro: (3)

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: (1) **2006

European competitions

**Third place (1): 2017–18

Other competitions

*Yecla, Spain Invitational Game: (1) **2014

Individual awards

ACB Three Point Shootout Champion *Pedro Robles – 2009 All-ACB Second Team * Facundo Campazzo – 2017 LEB Oro MVP *Tony Smith – 1998 All LEB Oro First Team *Pedro Rivero – 2011

Notable players

* José Ángel Antelo * Carlos Cabezas * Rodrigo San Miguel * Yanick Moreira * Facundo Campazzo * Federico Kammerichs *

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* David Barlow *

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* Vítor Faverani * Augusto Lima * Raulzinho Neto *

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* Blagota Sekulić * Ime Udoka *

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* Anton Gavel * Goran Dragić * James Augustine *

* Michael Anderson (basketball) *

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* Matt Nover *

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* Donatas Slanina *

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References

External links

Official website

UCAM Murcia
at ACB.com {{DEFAULTSORT:UCAM Murcia Basketball teams in the Region of Murcia Liga ACB teams Basketball teams established in 1985 Former LEB Oro teams 1985 establishments in Spain