Club Ourense Baloncesto

Club Ourense Baloncesto, S.A.D., more commonly referred to today by its sponsorship name of Río Ourense Termal, is a professional basketball team based in Ourense, Spain. The team currently plays in league LEB Oro.

Río Ourense Termal
Nickname	COB
Leagues	LEB Oro
Founded	1979
Arena	Pazo dos Deportes Paco Paz
Capacity	6,000
Location	Ourense, Spain
Team colors	Blue, Navy, Yellow
President	Jorge Bermello
Head coach	Felix Alonso
Championships	1 Copa Príncipe 1 Copa LEB Plata
Website	clubourensebaloncesto.com
Home Away

History

Founded in 1978 as Club Bosco-Salesianos, the club achieved its first success promoting to Segunda División in 1984.

Two years later, Ourense advances to Primera División B, the second tier, where it plays three seasons before promoting to Liga ACB in 1989 as champion of the league.

In the top league, COB plays during nine seasons alternating title and relegation playoffs in its first years. Finally, it is relegated to LEB Oro in the 1998 playoffs, the third series the club played in three consecutive seasons.

Ourense only played ACB again in the 2000–01 season before falling to LEB Plata, the third category in 2005. COB came back to LEB Oro in 2009 after buying the vacant spot of Cantabria Lobos.

On 2 June 2015 Ourense was promoted again to Liga ACB, fourteen years since its relegation, but could not play in the league because the assembly of the league rejected its entry.^[1] However, on 17 September 2015, the assembly of the league ratified the promotion to the 2016–17 season, independently of the position at the 2015–16 LEB Oro.^[2] However, despite this agreement, Ourense could not finally promote the next season.^[3]

Players

See also: Category:Club Ourense Baloncesto players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Club Ourense Baloncesto roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 1 Urtasun, José 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 24 – (2000-12-21)21 December 2000 PF 2 Manjgafić, Fahrudin 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 28 – (1997-01-21)21 January 1997 G 5 Cera, Josep 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 22 – (2003-01-15)15 January 2003 G/F 8 Pilepić, Fran 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 35 – (1989-05-05)5 May 1989 PG 9 Williams, Chaz 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 33 – (1991-04-06)6 April 1991 F 12 Del Aguila, Paco 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1999-02-17)17 February 1999 F 13 Nogues, José 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1995-07-24)24 July 1995 G 14 Ventura, Ferran 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 29 – (1995-12-04)4 December 1995 C 18 Aboubacar, Seydou 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – (1994-05-09)9 May 1994 G 27 Pečiukevičius, Augustas 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 33 – (1991-12-02)2 December 1991 F/C 35 Kuath, Kur 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 27 – (1998-01-01)1 January 1998	Head coach Félix Alonso Assistant coach(es) Armando Gomez Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Darko Balaban	Víctor Serrano
PF	Kevin van Wijk	Thomas Tshikaya
SF	Edu Martínez	Manu Vázquez
SG	Alfredo Ott	Connor Wood
PG	Óscar Alvarado	Pol Figueras	Andrzej Pluta

Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non-FIBA Europe player

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Copa del Rey	Other cups		European competitions
1979–80	4	3ª División
1980–81	4	3ª División	6th
1981–82	4	3ª División	6th
1982–83	4	3ª División	6th
1983–84	4	3ª División	1st
1984–85	3	2ª División	4th
1985–86	3	2ª División	2nd
1986–87	2	1ª División B	17th	16–18
1987–88	2	1ª División B	18th	17–27
1988–89	2	1ª División B	1st	24–14
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	21st	16–28	First round
1990–91	1	Liga ACB	11th	18–22	First round
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	21st	13–27	First round
1992–93	1	Liga ACB	8th	17–18	Second round
1993–94	1	Liga ACB	8th	15–19	Quarterfinalist
1994–95	1	Liga ACB	15th	17–21	Second round
1995–96	1	Liga ACB	17th	16–26
1996–97	1	Liga ACB	16th	13–25
1997–98	1	Liga ACB	18th	9–29
1998–99	2	LEB	7th	18–17		Copa Príncipe	QF
1999–00	2	LEB	2nd	26–13		Copa Príncipe	C
2000–01	1	Liga ACB	18th	9–25
2001–02	2	LEB	3rd	28–10		Copa Príncipe	SF
2002–03	2	LEB	9th	14–16				3 FIBA Champions' Cup	GS	8–8
2003–04	2	LEB	16th	17–22
2004–05	2	LEB	17th	12–26
2005–06	3	LEB 2	4th	22–16
2006–07	3	LEB 2	3rd	25–16		Copa LEB 2	C
2007–08	3	LEB Plata	14th	12–22
2008–09	3	LEB Plata	10th[a]	15–15
2009–10	2	LEB Oro	15th	13–21
2010–11	2	LEB Oro	18th	9–25
2011–12	3	LEB Plata	2nd	25–11
2012–13	2	LEB Oro	13th[b]	11–20
2013–14	2	LEB Oro	12th	8–18
2014–15	2	LEB Oro	2nd[c]	28–10
2015–16	2	LEB Oro	8th	17–18
2016–17	2	LEB Oro	9th	19–19
2017–18	2	LEB Oro	14th	13–21
2018–19	2	LEB Oro	5th	23–15
2019–20	2	LEB Oro	10th[d]	10–14
2020–21	2	LEB Oro	16th	11–15
2021–22	3	LEB Plata	3rd	23–9
2022–23	2	LEB Oro	13th	12–22
2023–24	2	LEB Oro	11th	14–20
2024–25	2	Primera FEB				Spain Cup	GS

1. Bought the LEB Oro berth of Cantabria Lobos.
2. Remained in LEB Oro due to the existence of vacant berths.
3. They could not promote in the league because the assembly of the Liga ACB rejected its entry.
4. Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Notable players

See also: Category:Club Ourense Baloncesto players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• Santiago Aldama
• Andrés Guibert
• Zarko Jukic
• Roope Ahonen
• Charles Smith

Trophies and awards

• 2nd division championships: (1)
  • 1ª División B: (1) 1989
• Copa Príncipe de Asturias: (1)
  • 2000
• Copa LEB Plata: (1)
  • 2007
• Copa Galicia: (7)
  • 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2006

References

1. "Comunicado oficial de la asamblea de la ACB" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 3 June 2015. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
2. "La Asamblea ratifica el acuerdo con el Ourense para la temporada 16-17" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 15 September 2015. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
3. "El Ourense Baloncesto no solicita su inscripción en la ACB" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 16 June 2016. Archived from the original on June 20, 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

External links

• Official website