CB Atapuerca

Club Baloncesto Atapuerca (abbreviated CB Atapuerca, operates as Autocid Ford Burgos ) is a Spanish basketball club from Burgos.

History

The club was founded in 1997 as Club Deportivo Marists de Burgos. He started in the fifth Spanish basketball league and entered in the first two seasons twice. The 1999/00 season the club played Therefore, in the third highest league, the Liga EBA. From this, however, you went straight off again. After an unsuccessful start in 2002 succeeded, the renewed rise in League 3 At the beginning of the ascent season, the club changed their name into CB Atapuerca. Normally the club would once again relegated to the fourth division, since he was only 14 and the Play - Downs against AB Castelló lost. Due to the omission of the start of the League of EBA CB Montcada and the reserve of FC Barcelona, but it was allowed to stay in the league.

From the season 2003/ 04 the car manufacturers Ford began to support the club financially. At that time and even today, the club is known as Autocid Ford Burgas. The new financial opportunities were reflected in significantly better performance. Atapuerca was in the main round of third parties, failed only in the semi-finals of the play-offs for promotion to the second division. The following year, it was the first in the regular season, but failed again in the semifinals. The 2005/06 season the club again finished first. This time we managed to climb to the second division, Liga Española de Baloncesto the. In the final Gandía BA was beaten with 89:82.

In the first second division season they escaped relegation as a table Fifteenth just barely. The following year the team was in eleventh and missed the play-offs to two victories. In the 2008 /09 season Atapuerca was ninth, reaching the play-offs for promotion to the first basketball league of Spain, the ACB league. In the quarterfinals, they lost the three-game series against CB Lucentum Alicante 1-2. The season after the rise was missed narrowly. After fifth place in the main round Burgas thrust forward to the final, where one already led 2-1 against Menorca Bàsquet. The match point in game four could not be utilized and also the decider lost the club. 2011, the final was reached again. Again, the team was beaten. Xacobeo Blu: Sens won the series 3-1. In the 2011/12 season the club took the third attempt in the first division ascend. The first round was finished as runner-up, in the quarterfinals, the team retired but already out.

In the 2012/13 season, the club is taking the fourth ascent attempt. The first round is completed first, so that you could order the Copa Príncipe de Asturias, the Spanish Cup for second division play. By 73:67 the team won the final against River Andorra, thus securing the first major trophy of the club 's history.

Hall

The club plays its home games at full 2,500 places Poli Deportivo Municipal El Plantío.

Achievements

• Winner of the Copa Príncipe de Asturias (2013 )

Well-known former players

• United States Micah Downs ( 2010-11 )
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Nedžad Sinanović ( 2008-09 )