CB Breogán


Club Baloncesto Breogán, S.A.D., also known as Leche Río Breogán for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Lugo, Spain. The team plays in the LEB Oro. The club was founded in 1966 by the Varela-Portas brothers. The team played for the first time in the Spanish top professional league in 1970. Breogán is one of the most historic teams in the ACB, it ranks in the ninth position in the all-time spanish basketball table. The name of the club is a reference to legendary Galician King Breogán.
The Breogán jerseys have always been sky blue with details in details in white or dark blue. The shorts have been also traditionally sky blue, with the exception of some years that have been white too. Their home arena is the Pazo dos Deportes, an arena with a seating capacity of 6.500 people. The Pazo has been one of the Top-10 European arenas in attendance and one of the first in relation to the city population. The current president of the team is Jesús Lázare. Well-known players have included: Charlie Bell, Pete Mickeal, Velimir Perasović, José Miguel Antúnez, Alfonso Reyes, Tanoka Beard, Anthony Bonner, Claude Riley, James Donaldson or Greg Foster.

History

Founded in 1966, CB Breogán only needed five years to promote for the first time in its history to the Liga Nacional. It played in it from 1971 to 1977, except in the 1974–75 season, before dropping down again to lower divisions.
Breogán came back to the top tier, now named Liga ACB in 1984, and it qualified for playing the Korać Cup after finishing in the sixth position. It became a classic team in the league until 1995, when it lost to against Valvi Girona and became relegated to Liga EBA.
Its third era in Liga ACB started in 1999 and lasted seven years. In 2006, Breogán was the last qualified in the table and was relegated to LEB Oro, where it continued playing until 2018, when it promoted again to the top tier by winning the LEB Oro.

Sponsorship naming

CB Breogán has several denominations through the years due to its sponsorship:

Current roster

Depth chart

Season by season

Trophies and awards

Trophies

All-ACB Team
ACB Top Scorer
ACB Three Point Shootout Champion
All-LEB Oro Team