Real Valladolid Baloncesto

Real Valladolid Baloncesto is a Spanish professional basketball team based in Valladolid, Castile and León. The team currently plays in league LEB Oro.

Real Valladolid
Nickname	Las Ardillas (The squirrels) Pucela / Pucelanos (Pucelle) Blanquivioletas / Albivioletas (White and Violets)
Leagues	LEB Oro
Founded	18 June 2015; 9 years ago (2015-06-18)[1]
History	CB Ciudad de Valladolid (2015–2020) Real Valladolid Baloncesto (2020–present)
Arena	Polideportivo Pisuerga
Capacity	6,800
Location	Valladolid Castile and León, Spain
Team colors	Purple and white
President	Alejandro García Pellitero
Head coach	Paco García
Website	Official website
Home Away

Logo of CBC Valladolid used until 2020

Alternative logo of CBC Valladolid used until 2020

History

CB Ciudad de Valladolid was founded in June 2015 by the former American-Spanish retired player Mike Hansen with the aim to replace CB Valladolid, the main club of the city, which was dissolved at the end of the 2014–15 season.^[2]

In its first season, in LEB Plata, Ciudad de Valladolid was relegated after finishing the league with only nine wins in 26 games.^[3] However, the club remained the league due to the existence of vacant spots.^[4]

As other teams in previous seasons, Ciudad de Valladolid took advantage and promoted to LEB Oro in the next season by defeating Fundación Lucentum, Morón and Zornotza in the promotion playoffs.^[5]

In 2020, when the team was leading the LEB Oro, the season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the club was awarded with the promotion to Liga ACB but did not fulfill the requirements for joining the league.

On 28 July 2020, Ciudad de Valladolid agreed collaboration terms with local association football club Real Valladolid and started to use their name, colors and crest.^[6][7]

Sponsorship naming

• Brico Dépôt Ciudad de Valladolid 2015–2016
• Comercial Ulsa Ciudad de Valladolid 2016–2017
• Carramimbre CBC Valladolid 2017–2020
• Real Valladolid Baloncesto 2020–present

Players

Current roster

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

Real Valladolid roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 0 Schmidt, Devin 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – (1994-11-24)24 November 1994 PG 3 Torres, Mike 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 30 – (1994-11-21)21 November 1994 PG 4 Zigmantavičius, Martynas 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 28 – (1996-06-04)4 June 1996 SF 5 García-Abril, Juan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 22 – (2003-01-04)4 January 2003 G 6 Puidet, Jaan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 33 – (1992-01-04)4 January 1992 F 8 Royo, Iñigo 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 24 – (2000-05-03)3 May 2000 C 10 N'Guessan, Lucas 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 27 – (1997-11-06)6 November 1997 F/C 14 Kabasele, Herve 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 28 – (1996-10-24)24 October 1996 G/F 20 Kovačevič, Maj 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 34 – (1990-03-30)30 March 1990 PF 22 de la Fuente, Sergio 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 35 – (1989-10-01)1 October 1989 F/C 23 Fernández, Jaime 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 24 – (2000-07-15)15 July 2000 C 24 Nwogbo, Lotanna 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1993-05-30)30 May 1993 F 35 Belemene, Romaric 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 28 – (1997-02-19)19 February 1997	Head coach Paco García Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: May 20, 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Kavion Pippen	Justin Raffington	Fernando Revilla
PF	Sergio de la Fuente	Jordy Kuiper
SF	Davis Geks	Sylvester Berg
SG	Jaan Puidet	Juan Garcia-Abril
PG	Alec Wintering	Melwin Pantzar

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

Notable players

• Frank Bartley (born 1994), basketball player for Ironi Ness Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Head coaches

• Iñaki Martín 2015–2016
• Paco García 2016–2019
• Hugo López 2019–2021
• Roberto González 2021-2022
• Paco García 2022-present

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Cup competitions
2015–16	3	LEB Plata	13th[a]	9–17
2016–17	3	LEB Plata	2nd	26–18
2017–18	2	LEB Oro	9th	15–22
2018–19	2	LEB Oro	7th	22–17
2019–20	2	LEB Oro	1st[b]	18–6	Copa Princesa	RU
2020–21	2	LEB Oro	9th	13–13
2021–22	2	LEB Oro	9th	19–19
2022–23	2	LEB Oro	4th	25–14
2023–24	2	LEB Oro	8th	18–19
2024–25	2	Primera FEB			Spain Cup	QF

Trophies and awards

Trophies

• LEB Oro: (1)
  • 2020^[c]

Individual awards

LEB Plata MVP

• Sergio de la Fuente – 2017

Notes

1. Remained in LEB Plata after achieving a vacant berth in the league.
2. Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the club was awarded with the promotion to Liga ACB but did not fulfill the requirements for joining the league.
3. Shared title