CB Gran Canaria

Herbalife Gran Canaria

Nickname

Granca

Leagues

Liga ACB
EuroCup

Founded

1963

History

Colegio Claret
(1963–1985)
Claret Las Palmas
(1985–1988)
C.B. Gran Canaria
(1988–present)

Arena

Gran Canaria Arena

Capacity

11,500

Location

Las Palmas, Spain

Team colors

Yellow, Blue

Main sponsor

Head coach

Team captain

Championships

Retired numbers

1 (20)

Website

Official website

Uniforms

Home

Away

Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria – Claret, S.A.D., also known as Herbalife Gran Canaria by sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Las Palmas, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup. Their home arena is the Gran Canaria Arena.

History

CB Gran Canaria was founded inside Claret School and for many years played under that denomination. Following a successful period in school competitions, a senior team was created and integrated on the Spanish Second Division. The team played in that division until 1984, when the team adopted the decision of having a statute of its own, therefore becoming an independent institution. The new statute was approved on May 22, 1985 and the team became Claret Club de Baloncesto.

The following years, the team moved many times between Liga ACB and 1st Division B. On the 1987–88 season the club changed its name to CB Gran Canaria, paying homage to the place where its social mass came from. On 30 June 1992 the team became a sports public limited company (Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, SAD in Spanish) in order to fulfil with the requirements of the then-new Spanish sports legislation.

After three seasons in the Spanish silver division the team won the first Liga EBA in the 1994–95 season and was promoted to Liga ACB. From that season on, CB Gran Canaria has stayed in the top level of the Spanish basketball. The 2012–13 represents the team's eighteenth consecutive season in Liga ACB.

In April 2015, Gran Canaria played the Eurocup Finals. The team was defeated by BC Khimki in the two legs. Ten months later, the club qualified for the first time to a final of a national trophy. In the 2016 Copa del Rey defeated Valencia Basket in the quarterfinals and Dominion Bilbao Basket in the semifinals, but could not beat Real Madrid in the final, where it lost by 81–85.

On 24 September 2016, Gran Canaria won its first national title after beating FC Barcelona 79–59 in the Final of the 2016 Supercopa played in Vitoria-Gasteiz.^[1]

Sponsorship naming

Through the years CB Gran Canaria has had several denominations due to its sponsorship:

Canarias Telecom: 1999–2002
Auna Gran Canaria: 2002–04
Gran Canaria Grupo Dunas: 2006–07
Kalise Gran Canaria: 2007–09
Gran Canaria 2014: 2009–12
Herbalife Gran Canaria: 2012–present

Logos

Kalise Gran Canaria logo
(2007–2009)
CB Gran Canaria non-commercial logo
(until 2014)
CB Gran Canaria logo
(2014–present)

Home arenas

Centro Insular de Deportes (until 2014)
Gran Canaria Arena (2014–present)

Players

Retired numbers

Herbalife Gran Canaria retired numbers
No.	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
20		Jim Moran	F	2001–2011

Current roster

Herbalife Gran Canaria roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
4.0 !PF	7001340000000000000♠34	ESP !	Aguilar, Pablo	7000204999999999999♠2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	7002107000000000000♠107 kg (236 lb)	1989-9-2 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-09-02)2 September 1989
5.0 !C	7001120000000000000♠12	CZE !	Balvín, Ondřej	7000217000000000000♠2.17 m (7 ft 1 in)	7002110000000000000♠110 kg (243 lb)	1992-9-20 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1992-09-20)20 September 1992
3.5 !F	7001130000000000000♠13	DOM !	Báez, Eulis (C)	7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	7001950000000000000♠95 kg (209 lb)	1982-3-18 7001350000000000000♠35 – (1982-03-18)18 March 1982
2.5 !G/F	7000800000000000000♠8	SWE !	Eriksson, Marcus	7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	7001940000000000000♠94 kg (207 lb)	1993-12-5 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1993-12-05)5 December 1993
5.0 !C	7001400000000000000♠40	USA !	Fischer, Luke	7000211000000000000♠2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	7002113000000000000♠113 kg (249 lb)	1994-10-29 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1994-10-29)29 October 1994
3.0 !SF	7001270000000000000♠27	USA !	McKissic, Shaquielle	7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	7001910000000000000♠91 kg (201 lb)	1990-8-17 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1990-08-17)17 August 1990
1.0 !PG	7000900000000000000♠9	ISR !	Mekel, Gal	7000191000000000000♠1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	7001870000000000000♠87 kg (192 lb)	1988-3-4 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1988-03-04)4 March 1988
1.0 !PG	7000400000000000000♠4	ESP !	Oliver, Albert	7000187000000000000♠1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	7001840000000000000♠84 kg (185 lb)	1978-6-4 7001390000000000000♠39 – (1978-06-04)4 June 1978
4.5 !F/C	7001140000000000000♠14	LAT !	Pasečņiks, Anžejs	7000215000000000000♠2.15 m (7 ft 1 in)	7002100000000000000♠100 kg (220 lb)	1995-12-20 7001210000000000000♠21 – (1995-12-20)20 December 1995
3.0 !SF	7001210000000000000♠21	ESP !	Paulí, Oriol	7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	7001840000000000000♠84 kg (185 lb)	1994-5-20 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1994-05-20)20 May 1994
2.5 !G/F	7001220000000000000♠22	ESP !	Rabaseda, Xavi	7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	7001930000000000000♠93 kg (205 lb)	1989-2-24 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1989-02-24)24 February 1989
1.5 !G	7001110000000000000♠11	USA !	Seeley, D. J.	7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	7001880000000000000♠88 kg (194 lb)	1989-11-28 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1989-11-28)28 November 1989

Head coach

Luis Casimiro

Assistant coach(es)

Salva Camps
Víctor García

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Updated: August 10, 2017

On loan

Nat.	Player	Position	Team	On loan until
Herbalife Gran Canaria players out on loan
	Luke Nelson	PG	Real Betis Energía Plus	June 2018

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Anžejs Pasečņiks	Ondřej Balvín	Luke Fischer
PF	Eulis Báez	Pablo Aguilar
SF	Shaquielle McKissic	Xavi Rabaseda	Oriol Paulí
SG	D. J. Seeley	Marcus Eriksson
PG	Gal Mekel	Albert Oliver

Coaches

Joaquín Costa 1985–90
Manolo Hussein 1990–92, 1995–2002
Trifón Poch 1992–94
Roberto Orellana 1994-95
Salva Maldonado 2005–09
Pedro Martínez 2002–05, 2009–2014
Aíto García Reneses 2014–2016
Luis Casimiro 2016–present

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	W–L	Copa del Rey	Other cups		European competitions
1962–63	3	2ª División	7th	–
1963–64	3	2ª División	9th	–
1964–65	3	2ª División	7th	–
1965–66	3	2ª División	8th	–
1966–67	3	2ª División	10th	–
1967–68	3	2ª División	7th	–
1968–69	3	2ª División	8th	–
1969–70	3	2ª División	5th	–
1970–71	3	2ª División	10th	–
1971–72	3	2ª División	3rd	–
1972–73	3	2ª División	3rd	–
1973–74	3	2ª División	5th	–
1974–75	3	2ª División	7th	–
1975–76	3	2ª División	7th	–
1976–77	3	2ª División	7th	–
1977–78	3	2ª División	8th	–
1978–79	3	2ª División	8th	–
1979–80	3	2ª División	6th	–
1980–81	3	2ª División	10th	–
1981–82	3	2ª División	10th	–
1982–83	3	2ª División	7th	–
1983–84	3	2ª División	2nd
1984–85	2	1ª División B	2nd	19–7
1985–86	1	Liga ACB	15th	8–23
1986–87	2	1ª División B	4th	22–12
1987–88	2	1ª División B	3rd	22–12
1988–89	1	Liga ACB	18th	20–19	Round of 16
1989–90	1	Liga ACB	23rd	15–29	First round
1990–91	2	1ª División	1st	32–10
1991–92	1	Liga ACB	23rd	14–30	First round
1992–93	2	1ª División	9th	20–18
1993–94	2	1ª División	5th	21–14
1994–95	2	Liga EBA	2nd	29–10
1995–96	1	Liga ACB	14th	16–22
1996–97	1	Liga ACB	12th	17–17
1997–98	1	Liga ACB	10th	15–19
1998–99	1	Liga ACB	14th	13–21
1999–00	1	Liga ACB	7th	19–18	Quarterfinalist
2000–01	1	Liga ACB	13th	12–22				3 Korać Cup	R32	1–1
2001–02	1	Liga ACB	16th	10–24
2002–03	1	Liga ACB	5th	21–16	Quarterfinalist
2003–04	1	Liga ACB	7th	18–20				2 ULEB Cup	R16	8–4
2004–05	1	Liga ACB	8th	20–18	Quarterfinalist			2 ULEB Cup	RS	6–4
2005–06	1	Liga ACB	5th	20–17	Quarterfinalist			3 FIBA Eurocup	GS	3–3
2006–07	1	Liga ACB	6th	22–16	Quarterfinalist			2 ULEB Cup	R16	5–7
2007–08	1	Liga ACB	9th	16–18				2 ULEB Cup	L16	10–4
2008–09	1	Liga ACB	6th	21–14	Quarterfinalist			2 Eurocup	RS	4–4
2009–10	1	Liga ACB	8th	17–19		Supercopa	SF	2 Eurocup	QF	9–5
2010–11	1	Liga ACB	6th	21–15	Quarterfinalist			2 Eurocup	L16	8–6
2011–12	1	Liga ACB	14th	13–21				2 Eurocup	RS	4–2
2012–13	1	Liga ACB	4th	21–19	Semifinalist
2013–14	1	Liga ACB	5th	23–14	Quarterfinalist
2014–15	1	Liga ACB	8th	18–18	Quarterfinalist			2 Eurocup	RU	21–3
2015–16	1	Liga ACB	5th	22–15	Runner-up	Supercopa	SF	2 Eurocup	SF	16–6
2016–17	1	Liga ACB	7th	22–13	Quarterfinalist	Supercopa	C	2 EuroCup	QF	11–5
2017–18	1	Liga ACB				Supercopa		2 EuroCup

Trophies and awards

Trophies

Supercopa de España: (1)
- 2016
EuroCup Basketball:
- Runners-up (1): 2015
Copa del Rey:
- Runners-up (1): 2016
2nd division championships: (2)
- 1ª División B: (1) 1991
- Liga EBA: (1) 1995
Copa Toyota: (7)
- 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013
Trofeo Gobierno de Canarias: (4)
- 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
- Runners-up (4): 2002, 2005, 2009, 2011

Individual awards

All-ACB Team

Jaycee Carroll – 2011

Supercup MVP

Kyle Kuric – 2016

All-EuroCup First Team

Walter Tavares – 2015
Alen Omić – 2016

All-EuroCup Second Team

James Augustine – 2010
Kyle Kuric – 2015
Kevin Pangos – 2016

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: Played at least one season for the club. 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. To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

Berdi Pérez
Joan Pera
Roberto Íñiguez
Berni Hernández
Pepón Artiles
David Brabender
Xavi Fernàndez
Gonzalo Martínez
Fran Vázquez
Mario Fernández
Jorge Racca
- Victor Baldo
Jean Marc Jaumin
Carl English
Walter Tavares
Michael Bramos
Joel Freeland
Kornél Dávid
Vincenzo Esposito
- Brian Clifford
- Jim Moran
- Jay Larrañaga
- Pat Burke
- Bo McCalebb
Kirk Penney
- Sitapha Savané
Willie 'Hutch' Jones
Greg Stewart
Tom Scheffler
Shaun Vandiver
Albert Burditt
John Morton
Bernard Hopkins
Kenny Miller
- Jason Klein
Rex Walters
Bud Eley
Larry Lewis
Marcus Goree
Ime Udoka
Will McDonald
Billy Keys
Kennedy Winston
Harper Williams
- Marcus Norris
Jimmie Hunter
- Jackson Vroman
- Nik Caner-Medley
James Augustine
- CJ Wallace
- Jaycee Carroll

References

↑ "Herbalife Gran Canaria is the Spanish Supercup champion!". EuroCup Basketball. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.

External links

Herbalife Gran Canaria – current roster
4 Oliver 8 Eriksson 9 Mekel 11 Seeley 12 Balvín 13 Báez 14 Pasečņiks 21 Paulí 22 Rabaseda 27 McKissic 34 Aguilar 40 Fischer
Head coach: Casimiro Assistant coaches: Camps García

Liga ACB
ACB Pyramid ACB MVP ACB Finals MVP All-ACB Team ACB Most Spectacular Player ACB Best Young Player ACB Player of the Month Best Coach AEEB Coach of the Year ACB statistical leaders ACB contests ACB clubs in international competitions
2017–18 Liga ACB teams	Baskonia Divina Seguros Joventut FC Barcelona Lassa Gipuzkoa Basket Herbalife Gran Canaria Iberostar Tenerife Monbus Obradoiro Montakit Fuenlabrada MoraBanc Andorra Movistar Estudiantes Real Madrid RETAbet Bilbao Basket San Pablo Burgos Tecnyconta Zaragoza UCAM Murcia Unicaja Valencia Basket
Liga ACB seasons	1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Liga ACB playoffs	1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Finals 2016 2017 2018
Other competitions	Copa del Rey Supercopa

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