Obradoiro CAB

Obradoiro Clube de Amigos do Baloncesto, S.A.D. (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.