Real Grupo de Cultura Covadonga (basketball)

Real Grupo de Cultura Covadonga
Leagues	Liga EBA
Arena	Pabellón Braulio García
Capacity	Capacity: 1,331
Location	Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Team colors	Red, navy
President	Enrique Tamargo
Head coach	Emilio Pérez
Uniforms
Home Away

Real Grupo de Cultura Covadonga is a Spanish basketball team based in Gijón, Asturias. It currently plays in Liga EBA.

History

In its first years, the club was quarterfinalist of the Copa del Rey (1949, 1950 and 1951). During the 1960s and the 1970s the team played in tiers 2 and 3, until 1982 when due to financial problems it sold its spot to recently founded Gijón Baloncesto.^[1]

It came back to the national divisions in 1997, when it promoted to Liga EBA. Nowadays, Grupo Covadonga alternates seasons between this league and Primera División de Baloncesto.

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.	Postseason	RS	PO
1968–69	2	2ª División	4	Relegation playoffs	5–7	2–1
1969–70	2	2ª División	10	Relegated	4–16	–
1970–71	3	3ª División	7	–	9–11	–
1971–72	3	3ª División	10	–	9–1–14	–
1972–73	3	3ª División	7	–	8–2–12	–
1973–74	3	3ª División	–	–
1974–75	3	3ª División	9	–	7–1–12	–
1975–76	3	3ª División	4	–	15–1–8	–
1976–77	3	3ª División	2	–	16–1–7	–
1977–78	3	3ª División	4	–	15–2–9	–
1978–79	3	2ª División	1	Promoted	18–1–3	–
1979–80	2	1ª División B	9	–	13–17	–
1980–81	2	1ª División B	14	Relegated	6–20	–
1981–82	3	2ª División		Promotion playoffs
1982–96	Lower divisions
1996–97	3	Liga EBA	9	–
1997–98	3	Liga EBA	13	Relegation playoffs	5–21
1998–99	3	Liga EBA	11	–	11–17	–
1999–00	3	Liga EBA	13	Relegated	7–19	–
2000–01	4	Liga EBA	11	–	13–17	–
2001–02	4	Liga EBA	18	Relegated	4–30	–
2002–03	5	1ª División	1	Promotion playoffs	11–3	3–7
2003–04	5	1ª División	1	Promotion playoffs		5–1
2004–05	5	1ª División		–
2005–06	5	1ª División	2	Promotion playoffs	13–3	3–3
2006–07	5	1ª División	1	Promotion playoffs	13–1	9–2
2007–08	5	Liga EBA	10	–	12–18	–
2008–09	5	Liga EBA	12	–	11–17	–
2009–10	5	1ª División	2	Promotion playoffs	16–0	6–2
2010–11	5	1ª División	1	Promotion playoffs	18–2	2–3
2011–12	5	1ª División	2	–	14–8	1–1
2012–13	5	1ª División	2	–	15–5	1–1
2013–14	5	1ª División	2	–	13–3	3–1
2014–15	5	1ª División	1	Promoted	16–4	3–0

References

1. "De la miseria a la nada" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 2009-07-26.

External links

• Basketball section at RGCC website