Obradoiro Clube de Amigos do Baloncesto (lit, Obradoiro Friends of Basketball Club), also known as Monbus Obradoiro for sponsorship reasons, is a professional

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team based in

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. They currently compete in the ACB League.

History

Obradoiro CAB was founded in 1970 and started playing in the third division after acquiring the spot of the basketball section of

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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,

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, after the

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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 LEB Oro, 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

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. The

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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

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Sponsorship naming

*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

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Retired numbers

*4 Bernard Hopkins, F, 2010–2012 *15 Oriol Junyent, C, 2009, 2010–2014Oriol 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 (2009–''present'').

Notable former players

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* Jake Cohen * Nihad Đedović * Kostas Vasileiadis * Salah Mejri *

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* Paul Davis * Robbie Hummel *

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* Laurynas Beliauskas *

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Trophies and awards

Trophies

: (1) **2011 * Copa Galicia: (9) **2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019

Individual awards

ACB Rising Star Award * Salah Mejri – 2013

References

External links

*
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