CB Lucentum Alicante
| Lucentum Alicante | |||
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| Leagues | LEB Oro | ||
| Founded | 1994 | ||
| History | CB Lucentum Alicante  (1994–Present)  | ||
| Arena | Pabellón Pedro Ferrándiz | ||
| Location | Alicante, Valencian Community | ||
| Team colors | White, Blue, Navy Blue | ||
| President | Luis Castillo | ||
| Head coach | Rubén Perelló | ||
| Championships | 2 LEB Oro championships | ||
| Website | cblucentum.com | ||
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Club Baloncesto Lucentum Alicante is a professional basketball team based in Alicante, Valencian Community. Lucentum Alicante played in Liga ACB for the last time in 2012, after selling its place in the league to CB Canarias.[1]
In August 2015, due to its financial problems, it gave its place in LEB Plata to the Fundación Lucentum Baloncesto, created two months before to save the basketball of the city.[2]
Sponsorship naming
Lucentum Alicante has had several sponsorship names during its history:
- Ernesto Electrodomésticos 1994–1996
 - Proaguas Costablanca 2000–2001
 - Etosa Alicante 2002–2007
 - Alicante Costablanca 2007–2008
 - Meridiano Alicante 2009–2011
 
Team logos
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Non commercial logo -  			
2009–2011 
Players
Season by season
| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | W–L | Copa del Rey | Other cups | European competitions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–95 | 2 | Liga EBA | 4th | 24–14 | ||||||
| 1995–96 | 2 | Liga EBA | 11th | 15–20 | ||||||
| 1996–97 | 2 | LEB | 8th | 19–16 | ||||||
| 1997–98 | 2 | LEB | 7th | 15–17 | ||||||
| 1998–99 | 2 | LEB | 11th | 12–19 | Copa Príncipe | QF | ||||
| 1999–00 | 2 | LEB | 1st | 30–12 | Copa Príncipe | QF | ||||
| 2000–01 | 1 | Liga ACB | 17th | 9–25 | ||||||
| 2001–02 | 2 | LEB | 1st | 27–1–12 | Copa Príncipe | C | ||||
| 2002–03 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th | 19–19 | ||||||
| 2003–04 | 1 | Liga ACB | 14th | 14–20 | 2 ULEB Cup | RS | 3–7 | |||
| 2004–05 | 1 | Liga ACB | 6th | 25–14 | Quarterfinalist | |||||
| 2005–06 | 1 | Liga ACB | 12th | 14–20 | 2 ULEB Cup | R16 | 6–6 | |||
| 2006–07 | 1 | Liga ACB | 17th | 12–22 | ||||||
| 2007–08 | 2 | LEB Oro | 4th | 26–12 | Copa Príncipe | RU | ||||
| 2008–09 | 2 | LEB Oro | 2nd | 29–10 | Copa Príncipe | C | ||||
| 2009–10 | 1 | Liga ACB | 15th | 13–21 | ||||||
| 2010–11 | 1 | Liga ACB | 16th | 9–25 | ||||||
| 2011–12 | 1 | Liga ACB | 8th[a] | 18–18 | Quarterfinalist | |||||
| 2012–13 | 2 | LEB Oro | 2nd[b] | 27–11 | ||||||
| 2013–14 | 5 | 1ª División | 1st[c] | 27–1 | ||||||
| 2014–15 | 3 | LEB Plata | 5th | 22–14 | ||||||
- ^ Sold its berth in ACB to the League. It was finally occupied by Iberostar Canarias.
 - ^ Resigned to any place in professional basketball and decided to join Primera División, the fifth tier.
 - ^ Achieved a vacant berth in LEB Plata.
 
Trophies and awards
Trophies
- LEB Oro: (2)
 - Copa Príncipe: (2) 
- 2002, 2009
 
 - Lliga Valenciana: (3) 
- 2004, 2006, 2011
 
 
Individual awards
- Lou Roe – 2004
 
Notable former players
Numerous NBA players played at CB Lucentum before or after their NBA career.[3] In 2020, local newspaper Diario Información listed some of the best ever CB Lucentum players.[4]
 Lucio Angulo
 José Manuel Calderón
 Iñaki de Miguel
 Oriol Junyent
 Pedro Llompart
 Nacho Rodríguez
 Txemi Urtasun
 Carlos Cazorla
 Guillermo Rejón
 Pepe Sánchez
 Pablo Prigioni
 Andy Rautins
 Rowan Barrett
 Bruno Šundov
 Velimir Perasović
 Mario Stojić
 Thomas Heurtel
 Alain Digbeu
 Martin Keane
 Justin Doellman
 Mindaugas Katelynas
 Martynas Andriuškevičius
 Vule Avdalović
 Lou Roe
 Larry Lewis
 Kyle Singler
 Mario Austin
 DeMarco Johnson
 Marlon Maxey
 Amal McCaskill
 Quincy Lewis
 John Williams
 Darryl Middleton
 Serkan Erdoğan
 Kaloyan Ivanov
References
- ^ Luis Castillo: “Ahora no vale mirar atrás porque lo importante es que sigue habiendo baloncesto en Alicante” CB Lucentum website. 20 July 2012
 - ^ "La Fundación Lucentum toma el relevo del CB Lucentum" (in Spanish). Dario Información. 5 August 2015.
 - ^ J., Ramón. "INFORME | Todos los jugadores del Lucentum que han militado en la NBA". Lucentum Blogging. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
 - ^ Moscat, Enrique. "El quinteto histórico del Lucentum". Diario Información. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
 
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