# Palencia Baloncesto

Palencia Baloncesto, officially named as Super Agropal Palencia, is a Spanish professional basketball team based in Palencia, Castile and León. The team currently plays in league Primera FEB.

## 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, but resigned to promote due to the impossibility to fulfill the requirements.

## Naming

CD Maristas Palencia had several denominations through the years:
* Maristas Palencia: 1979–2002
* Hormigones Saldaña Palencia: 2002–2005
* Provincia de Palencia: 2005–2006
* Alimentos de Palencia: 2006–2008
* Faymasa Palencia: 2008–2009
* Palencia Baloncesto: 2009–2013
* Quesos Cerrato Palencia: 2013–2017
* Chocolates Trapa Palencia: 2017–present

## 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. | Bench |
| C | |
| PF | |
| SF | |
| SG | "Chumi" Ortega |
| PG | |
Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non-FIBA Europe player

## Head coaches

* Natxo Lezkano 2008–2015
* Porfirio Fisac 2015
* Sergio García 2015–2017
* Joaquín Pardo 2017–2018
* Alejandro Martínez 2018–2019
* Carles Marco 2019–2022
* Pedro Rivero 2022–2023
* Marco Justo 2023
* Alberto Padilla (int.) 2023
* Luis Guil 2023–present

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Cup Competitions | Cup Competitions |
| 2000–01 | 4 | Liga EBA | 13th | 10–20 | | |
| 2001–02 | 4 | Liga EBA | 10th | 16–18 | | |
| 2002–03 | 4 | Liga EBA | 1st | 26–6 | | |
| 2003–04 | 4 | Liga EBA | 4th | 21–9 | | |
| 2004–05 | 4 | Liga EBA | 3rd | 27–7 | | |
| 2005–06 | 3 | LEB 2 | 10th | 13–17 | | |
| 2006–07 | 3 | LEB 2 | 7th | 18–19 | | |
| 2007–08 | 3 | LEB Plata | 13th | 12–22 | Copa LEB Plata | SF |
| 2008–09 | 3 | LEB Plata | 1st | 20–10 | Copa LEB Plata | C |
| 2009–10 | 2 | LEB Oro | 13th | 14–20 | | |
| 2010–11 | 2 | LEB Oro | 16th | 15–22 | | |
| 2011–12 | 2 | LEB Oro | 11th | 18–16 | | |
| 2012–13 | 2 | LEB Oro | 4th | 18–16 | | |
| 2013–14 | 2 | LEB Oro | 3rd | 26–10 | Copa Príncipe | RU |
| 2014–15 | 2 | LEB Oro | 8th | 15–16 | Copa Príncipe | C |
| 2015–16 | 2 | LEB Oro | 1st | 23–7 | Copa Princesa | C |
| 2016–17 | 2 | LEB Oro | 3rd | 28–18 | | |
| 2017–18 | 2 | LEB Oro | 5th | 21–21 | | |
| 2018–19 | 2 | LEB Oro | 9th | 21–18 | | |
| 2019–20 | 2 | LEB Oro | 5th | 15–9 | | |
| 2020–21 | 2 | LEB Oro | 10th | 10–16 | | |
| 2021–22 | 2 | LEB Oro | 5th | 23–15 | | |
| 2022–23 | 2 | LEB Oro | 2nd | 32–7 | Copa Princesa | C |
| 2023–24 | 1 | Liga ACB | 18th | 6–28 | | |
| 2024–25 | 2 | Primera FEB | | | Spain Cup | GS |
* ↑ Achieved one of the vacant berths in LEB 2.
* ↑ Did not promote to Liga ACB as the club did not meet the requirements.
* ↑ Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Trophies and awards
### Trophies

* LEB Oro: (1)
** 2016
* Copa Princesa de Asturias: (3)
** 2015, 2016, 2023
* LEB Plata: (1)
** 2009
* Copa LEB Plata: (1)
** 2009
* Copa Castilla y León: (2)
** 2012, 2015

### Individual awards

All-LEB Oro Team
* Urko Otegui – 2013
* Marc Blanch – 2016

## Notable players

* Vítor Benite
* Charles Abouo
* Mike Hansen
* Nikola Mirotić
* Michael Dickerson
* Jeff Xavier
* Gabrielius Maldūnas
* Mindaugas Kačinas
* Simas Jasaitis
* Samuel Haanpää
* Ville Kaunisto