Palencia Baloncesto
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| Leagues | LEB Oro | ||
| Founded | 1979 | ||
| Arena | Marta Domínguez | ||
| Capacity | 3,500 | ||
| Location | Palencia, Spain | ||
| Team colors | Purple and Grey |
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| President | Gonzalo Ibáñez | ||
| Head coach | Sergio García | ||
| Championships |
1 LEB Oro Championship 2 Copa Princesa de Asturias 1 LEB Plata Championship 1 Copa LEB Plata 2 Copa Castilla y León |
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| Website | palenciabasket.com | ||
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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.
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.
CD Maristas Palencia had several denominations through the years:
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