Obradoiro Clube de Amigos do Baloncesto, S.A.D.Historia do Obradoiro Clube de Amigos do Baloncesto (lit, Obradoiro Friends of Basketball Club), also known as Monbus Obradoiro for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. The team currently competes in the Liga ACB. The club was founded in 1970. The team played for the first time in the Spanish top league in 1982. The name of the club is a reference to the historical Praza do Obradoiro. It is the most popular basketball and sports club in Galicia, with thousands of fans across the region. Because of that, sports fans nickname the team as "O equipo de Galicia" and "O orgullo de Galicia" (in English: Galicia's team and Galicia's pride).

Obradoiro's home arena is Fontes do Sar, an arena with a seating capacity of 6,666 people. Sar 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 club is Raúl López López. Well-known former players are : Maxi Kleber, Mike Muscala, Dragan Bender, Salah Mejri, Matt Thomas, Kostas Vasileiadis, Robbie Hummel, Kyle Singler, Marc Jackson, Stephane Lasme, Shayne Whittington, Milt Palacio, Paul Davis, Maceo Baston, Michael Ruffin, Alberto Corbacho, Levon Kendall, Laurynas Birutis, Andreas Obst, Devon Dotson, Henry Ellenson and Mike Higgins.

History

Obradoiro CAB was founded in 1970 and started playing in the third division after acquiring the spot of the basketball section of SD Compostela. They were promoted for the first time to the Liga Nacional after finishing in the third position of the 1981–82 Primera División B.

Obradoiro played only the 1982–83 season in the top flight, where it achieved two wins in 26 games.

2009–10 was its returning season to the Spanish top division, Liga ACB, after the Supreme Court conceded that the Júver Murcia committed improper alignment in a matchup in the 1990 promotion playoff. A horrible second half of the league, with one win in 17 matches, caused the relegation to LEB Oro, the second division of Spanish basketball.

In the next season, Obradoiro came back to Liga ACB as runner-up of the 2010–11 LEB Oro season and also won its first national title: the Copa Príncipe de Asturias.

The 2012–13 ACB season was the best one in the history of the club. Obradoiro CAB finished the regular season in the eight position and joined the playoffs, where it was eliminated in the quarterfinals by the champion Real Madrid.

The 2023–24 ACB season was Obradoiro´s thirteenth season in a row in the Spanish top flight. On May 12th, 2024 Obradoiro got relegated to the 2nd tier (Primera FEB).

On May 8th, 2026 Obradoiro got promoted again to the 1st tier (Liga ACB), after being crowned champions of the Primera FEB.

Sponsorship naming 1970-1982: Obradoiro

1982-1988: Obradoiro Feiraco

1988-1996: Obradoiro

1996-1997: Yago Portela Obradoiro

1997-2000: Palmeiro Obradoiro

2000-2002: Obradoiro

2002-2009: Óptica Val Obradoiro

2009-2010: Xacobeo Blu:sens Obradoiro

2010-2013: Blu:sens Monbus Obradoiro

2013-2017: Río Natura Monbus Obradoiro

2017-present: Monbus Obradoiro

Rivalries Obradoiro's biggest rival is CB Breogán, both clubs contest the Galician derby. Obradoiro also has rivalries with Básquet Coruña and Club Ourense Baloncesto. Obradoiro had a rivalry with CB OAR Ferrol, which disappeared in 1996.

Players

Retired numbers 4 Bernard Hopkins, F, 2010–2012Number 4 will be retired at the end of the season. Robbie Hummel por Bernard Hopkins: el `4´de Baltimore deja paso al `4´de Indianápolis Obradoiro CAB website. 6 November 2012 14 Tonecho Lorenzo, F, 1971–1976, 1977-1978 15 Oriol Junyent, C, 2009, 2010–2014Oriol Junyent tendrá que pasar por el quirófano ; ACB.com, 2 June 2014

Current roster

Depth chart

Head coaches Head coaches since joining the ACB : Curro Segura : 2009–2010 Moncho Fernández : 2010–2024 Gonzalo Rodríguez : 2024 Fran Hernández : 2024 Félix Alonso : 2024–2025 Diego Epifanio : 2025–present

Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.Copa del ReyOther cupsEuropean competitions1970–71 3 3ª División 14–1–51971–72 3 3ª División 22–1–81972–73 3 3ª División 27–1–71973–74 2 2ª División 15–131974–75 2 2ª División 18–101975–76 2 2ª División 3rd 14–2–81976–77 2 2ª División 8th 13–151977–78 2 2ª División14th 8–2–201978–79 3 2ª División 9th 8–2–121979–80 3 2ª División1st 22–21980–81 2 1ª División B 8th 12–1–131981–82 2 1ª División B1st 18–81982–83 1 1ª División14th 2–24Round of 161983–84 2 1ª División B12th 9–171984–85 3 2ª División1st 24–01985–86 2 1ª División B 7th 17–111986–87 2 1ª División B 6th 20–141987–88 2 1ª División B 16th 18–261988–89 2 1ª División 12th 13–191989–90 2 1ª División 3rd 21–151990–91Lower divisions1991–92 2 1ª División 13th 13–231992–03Lower divisions2003–04 6 1ª Autonómica1st 28–22004–05 5 1ª División 7th 15–132005–06 5 1ª División 12th 9–192006–07 5 1ª División 3rd 16–122007–08 6 1ª División 3rd 23–102008–09 6 1ª División1st 23–102009–10 1 Liga ACB17th 8–262010–11 2 LEB Oro2nd 37–8Copa Príncipe C2011–12 1 Liga ACB 13th 13–212012–13 1 Liga ACB 8th 18–182013–14 1 Liga ACB 12th 13–212014–15 1Liga ACB 12th 15–192015–16 1 Liga ACB 15th 10–24Quarterfinalist2016–17 1Liga ACB 13th 11–212017–18 1Liga ACB 12th 14–202018–19 1Liga ACB 15th 11–23Supercopa SF2019–20 1Liga ACB 14th 9–142020–21 1Liga ACB 14th 12–242021–22 1Liga ACB 15th 12–222022–23 1Liga ACB 11th 14–202023–24 1Liga ACB17th 11–233 Champions League 2–12024–25 2Primera FEB 6th 24–14Spain Cup RU2025–26 2Primera FEB1st 28–4Spain Cup QF

Home arenas

University Gymnasium (1970–76). Pabellón Brañas do Sar (1976–1990). Polideportivo Lorenzo da Torre (1990–2009). Pabellón Multiusos Fontes do Sar (2009–present).

Notable players

Jake Cohen Nihad Đedović Kostas Vasileiadis Salah Mejri Rosco Allen Alec Brown Paul Davis Robbie Hummel Marc Jackson Mike Muscala Maxi Kleber Laurynas Beliauskas Eimantas Bendžius Laurynas Birutis Deividas Dulkys Marek Blaževič Tryggvi Hlinason

Trophies and awards

Trophies Primera FEB: (1) 2026 Copa Príncipe: (1) 2011 LEB Oro Playoffs: (1) 2011 Copa Galicia: (10) 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023

Records 16 seasons in the top division 1 in Primera División 15 in Liga ACB 1 season in the Basketball Champions League

Individual awards ACB Top Scorer Kassius Robertson – 2022/2023 (17,4 points per game) ACB Rising Star Award Salah Mejri – 2012/2013 All-ACB Best Young Players Team Santiago Yusta – 2015/2016 ACB Three Point Shootout Runner-Up Alberto Corbacho – 2016/2017

Notes

References

External links

Eurobasket.com Team Profile