# Club Melilla Baloncesto

Club Melilla Baloncesto is a professional basketball team based in Melilla that plays in the LEB league. This is the only team in Spain that played all LEB seasons.
The team's home arena is the Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz (formerly known as Ciudad de Melilla), with a capacity of up to 3,800 spectators.

## History

Club Melilla Baloncesto was founded in 1991 as a merge of Baloncesto Melilla and CB Gran Tercio. In its first season, played in the second division with the name of Unicaja Melilla as an affiliated team of Liga ACB club Unicaja. Despite being relegated, remained in the league after its expansion to 31 teams, that allowed the club to continue playing in the second division, indeed when the Liga EBA was created.
In 1996, Melilla became one of the founding clubs of the Liga LEB. In 1999, the club achieved their first title by winning the Copa Príncipe de Asturias after defeating Menorca Bàsquet in the final, and is close to promote to the Liga ACB, but was eliminated in the last round of the playoffs by Breogán Universidade.
In 2001, Melilla clinched their segund Copa Príncipe de Asturias, this time beating Bàsquet Manresa in the Final Four played at home. After several years of consolidation in the league, in 2008 the club reached again the last round of the promotion playoffs but lost to Lucentum Alicante in the last round. One year later, despite winning their third Cup and despite being the top seeded team, was eliminated in the semifinals of the promotion playoffs to Ford Burgos.
In 2013 the club suffered their first relegation ever from the LEB Oro, but remained in the league after achieving a vacant place. Three years later, in 2016, the club clinched the promotion to Liga ACB, but resigned to join the league resigned to promote due to the impossibility to fulfill the requirements.

## Players
### Current roster

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

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench |
| C | Amaury Gorgemans | Sergio Mendiola |
| PF | Thomas De Thaey | Alejandro Mazaira |
| SF | Jean-Victor Mukama | Nedim Djedovic |
| SG | Adrian Chapela | Bobby Harris |
| PG | Nikola Rakocevic | Gaizka Maiza |
Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non–FIBA Europe player

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Cup competitions | Cup competitions |
| 1991–92 | 2 | 1ª División | 14th | 11–29 | | |
| 1992–93 | 2 | 1ª División | 25th | 17–19 | | |
| 1993–94 | 2 | 1ª División | 23rd | 17–13 | | |
| 1994–95 | 2 | Liga EBA | 6th | 15–11 | | |
| 1995–96 | 2 | Liga EBA | 4th | | | |
| 1996–97 | 2 | LEB | 7th | 20–13 | | |
| 1997–98 | 2 | LEB | 10th | 11–17 | Copa Príncipe | QF |
| 1998–99 | 2 | LEB | 3rd | 22–12 | Copa Príncipe | C |
| 1999–00 | 2 | LEB | 5th | 20–13 | Copa Príncipe | SF |
| 2000–01 | 2 | LEB | 12th | 11–19 | Copa Príncipe | C |
| 2001–02 | 2 | LEB | 7th | 17–18 | | |
| 2002–03 | 2 | LEB | 11th | 13–17 | | |
| 2003–04 | 2 | LEB | 10th | 16–18 | | |
| 2004–05 | 2 | LEB | 12th | 14–20 | | |
| 2005–06 | 2 | LEB | 15th | 14–20 | | |
| 2006–07 | 2 | LEB | 13th | 15–19 | Copa Príncipe | SF |
| 2007–08 | 2 | LEB | 10th | 15–19 | | |
| 2008–09 | 2 | LEB Oro | 3rd | 26–12 | Copa Príncipe | RU |
| 2009–10 | 2 | LEB Oro | 4th | 29–14 | Copa Príncipe | C |
| 2010–11 | 2 | LEB Oro | 11th | 14–20 | | |
| 2011–12 | 2 | LEB Oro | 3rd | 27–21 | | |
| 2012–13 | 2 | LEB Oro | 14th | 6–20 | | |
| 2013–14 | 2 | LEB Oro | 11th | 10–16 | | |
| 2014–15 | 2 | LEB Oro | 9th | 13–17 | | |
| 2015–16 | 2 | LEB Oro | 2nd | 31–10 | Copa Princesa | RU |
| 2016–17 | 2 | LEB Oro | 7th | 19–18 | | |
| 2017–18 | 2 | LEB Oro | 3rd | 29–19 | | |
| 2018–19 | 2 | LEB Oro | 4th | 24–16 | | |
| 2019–20 | 2 | LEB Oro | 6th | 15–9 | | |
| 2020–21 | 2 | LEB Oro | 15th | 11-15 | | |
| 2021–22 | 2 | LEB Oro | 13th | 14–20 | | |
| 2022–23 | 2 | LEB Oro | 16th | 8–26 | | |
| 2023–24 | 2 | LEB Oro | 16th | 10–24 | | |
* ↑ Remained in the league as a result of an expansion.
* ↑ Remained in LEB Oro due to vacant berths.
* ↑ Did not promote as the club did not fulfill the requirements to play in Liga ACB.
* ↑ Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
* ↑ Remained in LEB Oro due to vacant berths.

## Trophies and awards
### Trophies

* Copa Príncipe de Asturias: (3)
** 1999, 2001, 2010

### Individual awards

All-LEB Oro Team
* Eduardo Hernández-Sonseca – 2016