Círculo Gijón
2019–20 Círculo Gijón season
Círculo Gijón logo
NicknameLos Geométricos
(The Geometrics)
LeagueLEB Plata
Founded2017
ArenaPalacio de Deportes
Capacity5,197
LocationGijón, Spain
Team colorsBlack, red and white
     
PresidentCarlos Rodellar
Head coachNacho Galán
Websitecirculogijon.es

Círculo Gijón Baloncesto y Conocimiento (transl. Gijón Basketball and Knowledge Circle) is a professional basketball club based in Gijón, Asturias that currently plays in LEB Plata, the third tier of Spanish basketball.

History

Match against Iraurgi SB in the 2018–19 LEB Plata season.

Círculo Gijón Baloncesto y Conocimiento was founded in 2017, by a group of entrepreneurs that acquired the rights of local club CD Barrio La Arena, with the aim of giving to the city of Gijón a completely professional basketball team with possibilities to promote to the top leagues,[1] as did the former main team Gijón Baloncesto, that played in Liga ACB during four seasons.

The club started in the Primera División, fifth tier, and played its first official game on 19 October 2017 in Avilés, beating Colegio San Fernando by 65–72. On 12 February 2018, Círculo Gijón signed former NBA player Robert Swift for two seasons.[2]

However, Círculo Gijón did not achieve promotion to Liga EBA after being defeated in the league semifinals by the reserve team of Oviedo CB. Despite this failure, the club required and finally achieved one of the eight places that would be created after the expansion of the LEB Plata, third division, to 24 teams.[3]

On 6 October 2018, the club made its debut in professional leagues with a 73–65 home win against Óbila CB.[4] However, Círculo Gijón could not avoid relegation to Liga EBA at the end of the season, after an irregular performance.

Círculo Gijón remained in the league as a result of a swap of places with Baskonia B, that finished one position over the geometrics.[5]

Sponsorship naming

  • TeslaCard Círculo Gijón 2018–2019

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsors
2017–2018SpaldingNone
2018–2019PentexTeslaCard
2019–presentLegeaNone

Head coaches

  • Nacho Galán 2017–present

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. W–L Roster
2017–18 51ª División 3rd[lower-alpha 1]20–4
0
  • Antonio Austin, Cristian de los Santos, Junior Johnson, Mike Kuethe, Adriano Pérez, Stevan Radojković, Rubén Suárez, Robert Swift, Jovan Vukašinović. Coach: Nacho Galán.
2018–19 3LEB Plata 19th[lower-alpha 2]14–20
0
  • Davy Baltus, Saúl Blanco, Nemanja Đorđević, Junior Johnson, Martyce Kimbrough, Javier Menéndez, Ángel Moro, Shane Osayande, Pieter Prinsloo, Alejandro Rubiera, Rubén Suárez, Robert Swift, Nelson Yengue. Coach: Nacho Galán.
2019–20 3LEB Plata 23rd[lower-alpha 3]8–17
0
  • Gregorio Adón, Mike Amius, Nolan Ebel, Henrik Jädersten, Edu Lada, Jaime Llano, Javi Menéndez, Ángel Moro, Joaquín Portugués, Carlos Poyatos, Jamal Reynolds, Robert Swift, Rob Ukawuba. Coach: Nacho Galán.
  1. ↑ Achieved one of the vacant places after the expansion of the LEB Plata.
  2. ↑ Remained in the league after swapping its place with Baskonia B.
  3. ↑ Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Players

Current roster

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

Círculo Gijón roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
PG Spain Fernández, Tury 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 32 – (1991-08-15)15 August 1991
SF 20 Spain Llano, Jaime 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 27 – (1996-03-08)8 March 1996
PG 3 Spain Moro, Ángel (C) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 30 – (1993-10-11)11 October 1993
SG Canada Newby, Jabs 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 33 – (1990-08-01)1 August 1990
C 34 United States Swift, Robert 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 38 – (1985-12-03)3 December 1985
Head coach
  • Spain Nacho Galán
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: July 28, 2020

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Robert Swift
PF
SF Jaime Llano
SG Jabs Newby
PG Tury Fernández Ángel Moro

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

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Friendly tournaments
  • Trofeo Virgen de Valencia: 2018
  • Trofeo Concello de Chantada: 2018
  • Trofeo Principado de Asturias: 2018

Individual awards

All LEB Plata team

Notable players

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

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

References

  1. ↑ "Nace el Círculo Gijón Baloncesto y Conocimiento" [Gijón Basketball and Knowledge Circle borns] (in Spanish). Asturbasket. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "El Círculo Gijón Baloncesto incorpora al ex NBA Robert Swift" [Círculo Gijón Baloncesto adds former NBA player Robert Swift] (in Spanish). Círculo Gijón Baloncesto y Conocimiento. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "El Círculo Gijón jugará la próxima temporada en LEB Plata" [Círculo Gijón will play the next season in LEB Plata] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "El Círculo debuta a lo grande" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Saski Baskonia contará con un equipo en Liga EBA" (in Spanish). Saski Baskonia. 5 July 2019.
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