Leagues LEB Oro Arena Capacity 3,500 President Gonzalo Ibáñez Location Palencia, Spain | Arena Marta Domínguez Team colors Purple and Grey Head coach Sergio García Date founded 1979 | |
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League Liga Española de Baloncesto | ||
Palencia Baloncesto, officially named as CD Maristas Palencia and also known as Quesos Cerrato Palencia by sponsorship reasons, is a professional Basketball team based in Palencia, Castile and León. The team currently plays in league LEB Oro.
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History
The club was founded in 1979 at Colegio Marista of Palencia, with the aim to support farm teams competing at provincial and regional tournaments.
The professional basketball team was created on 1997 and played during five years at Liga EBA before being invited to join the LEB Plata. On the 2008–09, Palencia Baloncesto won the Copa LEB Plata and was champion of this league, promoting for the first time in their history to LEB Oro, the Spanish second division.
In 2014 Palencia Baloncesto was defeated by CB Tizona in the promotion playoffs finals to Liga ACB by 1–3. Two years later, the club achieved the promotion by finishing as champion of the 2015–16 LEB Oro season and the Copa Princesa de Asturias.
Naming
CD Maristas Palencia had several denominations through the years:
Head coaches
Trophies
Individual awards
All-LEB Oro Team