Club Baloncesto Axarquía, more known by its sponsorship name of Clinicas Rincón Axarquía, was a

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team based in Málaga,

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The ...

History

Until the 2000s, Axarquía played in Regional leagues and in

Liga EBA Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado (EBA), commonly known as Liga EBA, is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth tier level in the Spanish basketball league system, after the Liga ACB, LEB Oro, and LEB Plata. It is administer ...

. In 2005 the team achieved a vacant berth in

LEB 2 The LEB Plata is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system and the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Since 2019, three teams are promoted to LEB Oro and six teams are relegate ...

and started its collaboration as the

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of Unicaja. Since 2011, the club started playing its games out of the ''comarca'' of

Axarquía Axarquía () is a ''comarca'' of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is the wedge-shaped area east of Málaga. Its name is traced back to Arabic (''aš-Šarqiyya'', meaning "the eastern egion). It extends along the coast and inland. Its coastal town ...

. In July 2013, when Unicaja was going to resign to continue with its reserve team in

LEB Plata The LEB Plata is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system and the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Since 2019, three teams are promoted to LEB Oro and six teams are relegated to ...

, a local entrepreneur rescued CB Axarquía and achieved a vacant berth in

LEB Oro LEB or Leb may refer to: * Lausanne–Echallens–Bercher railway, Switzerland * Lebanon, UNDP country code * Lebanon Municipal Airport (New Hampshire) (FAA identifier) * Lexham English Bible * Life expectancy at birth * Liga Española de Balonc ...

. Axarquía agreed also new collaboration terms with Unicaja and now is playing again as farm team. In March 2015 it was announced CB Axarquía would leave the professional leagues at the end of the season and would restart its project at

, but finally the club accepted to play in

. One year later, CB Axarquía would be dissolved due to the lack of support. Manolo Rincón, president and sponsor of the club, accepted the proposal of

Unicaja Málaga Unicaja is a Savings bank (Spain), Spanish savings bank based in Málaga and chartered as a caja de ahorros providing retail banking services. The banks full name is ''Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Ronda, Cádiz, Almería, Málaga y An ...

to sponsor all the youth teams of the club.

Season by season

Notable players

Álex Abrines Alejandro "Álex" Abrines Redondo (born August 1, 1993) is a Spanish professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), he plays the shooting guard and small forward ...

Ricardo Guillén Ricardo Guillén Mendoza (born 17 June 1976, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain) is a Spanish basketball player. He currently plays as a power forward at CB Marbella La Cañada in Liga EBA. After seven seasons in LEB Oro, he is th ...

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* Vítor Faverani *

Augusto Lima Augusto César Lima Brito (born September 17, 1991) is a Brazilian-Spanish professional basketball player for Unicaja of the Liga ACB. He is 6'10" (2.08m) tall and he can play as either a power forward or a center. He is left handed, but at th ...

Paulão Prestes Paulo Sérgio "Paulão" Prestes (born February 15, 1988 in Monte Aprazível, São Paulo) is a Brazilian-Spanish former professional basketball player. Professional career Prestes was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves, in the second round of ...

Rafa Luz Rafael Freire Luz (born February 11, 1992), commonly known as Rafa Luz, is a Brazilian-Spanish professional basketball player for MoraBanc Andorra of the LEB Oro. He is a point guard. Early years Rafa Luz, the brother of several internationa ...

Domantas Sabonis Domantas Sabonis (; born May 3, 1996) is a Lithuanian-American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a two-time NBA All-Star. Sabonis started his career in Spain with U ...

* Tautvydas Sabonis * Vilmantas Dilys * Andrej Magdevski *

Ognjen Kuzmić Ognjen Kuzmić ( sr-cyrl, Огњен Кузмић, ; born May 16, 1990) is a Serbian professional basketball player for KK Crvena zvezda, Crvena zvezda of the ABA League, Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. He also represented the senior Serbia n ...

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Axarquia Defunct basketball teams in Spain Basketball teams in Andalusia Former LEB Oro teams Former LEB Plata teams Former Liga EBA teams Basketball teams disestablished in 2016 Basketball teams established in 1988 Sport in Málaga