CB Estudiantes
Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D.,[1] known simply as Estu and as Movistar Estudiantes for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in the city of Madrid, Spain. It is a member of the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (ACB). Founded in 1948, it is one of the most recognized basketball teams in Spain.
| Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D. | ||||
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| Nickname | Estu, Los del Ramiro, Dementes | |||
| Leagues | LEB Oro | |||
| Founded | April 1948 | |||
| History | Ramiro de Maeztu (1948) CB Estudiantes (1948–present)  | |||
| Arena | Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid | |||
| Capacity | 17,500 | |||
| Location | Madrid, Spain | |||
| Team colors | Light Blue, Black, White | |||
| President | Ignacio Triana | |||
| Head coach | Pedro Rivero | |||
| Team captain | Adams Sola | |||
| Championships | 3 King's Cup 2 Princess' Cup  | |||
| Website | www | |||
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Some of its achievements include winning three Spanish Cups and reaching the ACB Finals in 2004. The club is also particularly famous for its renowned youth programme that has produced many Spanish talents over the years such as Alberto Herreros, Nacho Azofra, Aíto García Reneses, Alfonso Reyes, Felipe Reyes, Carlos Jiménez, Iñaki de Miguel, Pepu Hernández or Juancho Hernangómez.
Sponsorship naming
    
Along the years CB Estudiantes has had several sponsorship names:
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History
    

The club was founded in 1948 by a group of students (the "Estudiantes") of a public preparatory school (the Instituto Ramiro de Maeztu, IRM) in Madrid.
By the time when the first Spanish-wide season-long championship was organized in 1955, by the Spanish Basketball Association (FEB), it was one of the six clubs participating in that tournament, as the second best team from the Province of Madrid (the first being Real Madrid. Until 2021, it had always participated in the premier Spanish basketball league along with Real Madrid and Joventut. It was also one of two only Spanish basketball clubs with teams both at the top male and female Spanish championships.
In May 2012, Estudiantes was relegated for the first time in its history from the top tier of Spanish basketball, but remained in the league because LEB Oro champion CB 1939 Canarias didn't present the required documentation and money.[2]
Home arenas
    

- La Nevera (The IRM Arena): (1948–71)
 - Polideportivo Antonio Magariños: (1971–87)
 - Palacio Vistalegre: (2001–2005)
 - Madrid Arena: (2005–2010)
 - Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid: (1987–2001, 2010–present)[3]
 
Rivalries
    
Estudiantes has a rivalry with Real Madrid. Both teams meet in the Madrid basketball derby.
Players
    


Basketball Hall of Famers
    
- Antonio Díaz-Miguel, F, 1950–1952, 1953–1958, Inducted 1997
 
Current roster
    
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Depth chart
    
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Kevin Larsen | Yannick Nzosa | |
| PF | Michael Carrera | Alex Murphy | Hugo López | 
| SF | Sergio Rodríguez | Carlos Suárez | Adams Sola | 
| SG | Francis Alonso | Johnny Dee | |
| PG | Alec Wintering | Toms Leimanis | 
Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non–FIBA Europe player
Notable players
    
 José Miguel Antúnez
 Víctor Arteaga
 Nacho Azofra
 Javier Beirán
 Darío Brizuela
 Jesús Codina
 Quino Colom
 Rodrigo de la Fuente
 Iñaki de Miguel
 Antonio Díaz-Miguel
 Miguel Estrada
 Jaime Fernández
 Germán Gabriel
 Aíto García Reneses
 Fran Guerra
 Juancho Hernangómez
 Alberto Herreros
 Iker Iturbe
 Carlos Jiménez
 Oriol Junyent
 Antonio Martín
 Fernando Martín
 Nacho Martín
 Juan Antonio Martínez
 Javier Mendiburu
 Albert Oliver
 Juan Antonio Orenga
 Xavi Rabaseda
 Vicente Ramos
 Xavi Rey
 Alfonso Reyes
 Felipe Reyes
 Sergio Rodríguez
 Gonzalo Sagi-Vela
 José Sagi-Vela
 Javi Salgado
 Carlos Suárez
 Rafael Vecina
 Édgar Vicedo
 Pancho Jasen
 Nicolás Laprovíttola
 Federico Van Lacke

 Sylven Landesberg
 Nik Caner-Medley
 Yannick Driesen
John Roberson
 Lucas Nogueira
 Caio Torres
 Dejan Ivanov
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 Philip Scrubb
 Nacho Arroyo
 Hansel Atencia
 Juan Palacios- Junior Etou
 
 Marko Banić
 Danko Cvjetičanin
 Željko Šakić
 Goran Suton
 Ondřej Balvín
 Jiří Welsch
 Kevin Larsen
 Josh Asselin
 Ángel Delgado
 Luis Flores
 Jamar Wilson
 Tariq Kirksay
 Edwin Jackson
 Michel Morandais
 Florent Piétrus
 Ali Traoré
 Tyrone Ellis
 Viktor Sanikidze
 Pietro Aradori
 Alessandro Gentile
 Mārtiņš Laksa
 Toms Leimanis
 Shayne Whittington
 Omar Cook
 Nemanja Đurišić
 Goran Nikolić
 Nicolas de Jong
 Torgeir Bryn
 Karamo Jawara
 Rubén Garcés
 J. J. Barea
 Gian Clavell
 Mikhail Mikhailov
 Sitapha Savané
 Aleksa Avramović
 Stefan Birčević
 Nemanja Dangubić
 Nikola Lončar
 Petar Popović
 Vladimir Štimac
 Domen Lorbek
 Uroš Slokar
 Samo Udrih
 Martin Rančík
 Ludvig Håkanson
 Daniel Clark
 Vitaly Potapenko
 Jayson Granger
 Gary Alexander
 Corey Brewer
 Alec Brown
 Louis Bullock
 Vonteego Cummings
 Toney Douglas
 Marlon Garnett
 Keith Jennings
 Kyle Kuric
 Chris Lofton
 Will McDonald
 Tony Mitchell
 Andrae Patterson
 John Pinone
 Phil Pressey
 David Russell
 Walker Russell
 Cedric Simmons
 Terry Stotts
 Ron Taylor
 Shaun Vandiver
 Glen Whisby
 Eric White
 Harper Williams
 Rickie Winslow
 Antoine Wright
Head coach
    
 Rafael Laborde: 1948–1949, 1953–1955, 1956
 Miguel Parrilla: 1949-1951
 Leopoldo Bermúdez: 1951-1953
 Víctor Díaz: 1955-1956
 Héctor Rodríguez: 1956 (int.)
 José Antonio Garrido: 1956-1957
 Roberto Bermúdez: 1957, 1959–1960, 1974-1975
 Emilio Tejada: 1957-1958
 Ramón Uturbi: 1958-1959
 Jaime Bolea: 1960-1963
 Jesús Codina: 1963–1964, 1973–1974, 1979-1981
 Francisco Hernández: 1964-1965
 Ignacio Pinedo: 1965-1973
 Fernando Bermúdez: 1975-1976
 José Ramón Ramos: 1976-1979
 Fernando Martínez Arroyo: 1979
 Antonio Gómez Carra: 1981-1983
 Paco Garrido: 1983-1988
 Miguel Ángel Martín: 1988-1994
 Pepu Hernández: 1994–2001, 2001–2005, 2011–2012
 Charly Sáinz de Aja: 2001
 Juan Antonio Orenga: 2005-2006
 Pedro Martínez: 2006-2007
 Mariano de Pablos: 2007
 
 Javier Carlos González: 2007 (int.)
 Velimir Perasović: 2007-2008
 Luis Casimiro: 2008-2011
 Trifón Poch: 2012
 Txus Vidorreta: 2012-2015
 Diego Ocampo: 2015-2016
 Alberto Lorenzo: 2016 (int.), 2023
 Sergio Valdeolmillos: 2016
 Salva Maldonado: 2016-2018
 Josep Maria Berrocal: 2018-2019
 Aleksandar Džikić: 2019-2020
 Javier Zamora: 2020-2021
 Jota Cuspinera: 2021-2022
 Diego Epifanio: 2022
 Javi Rodríguez: 2022–2023
 Pedro Rivero: 2023-present
Presidents
    
- Antonio Magariños: 1948-1964
 - Anselmo López: 1964 (int.)
 - José Hermida: 1964-1971
 - Pedro Dellmans: 1971-1983
 - Juan Francisco Moneo: 1983-1999
 - Alejandro González Varona: 1999-2004
 - Juan Francisco García: 2004-2005
 - Fernando Bermúdez: 2005-2008
 - Javier Tejedor: 2008
 - Juan Francisco García: 2008-2014
 - Fernando Galindo: 2014-2022
 - Ignacio Triana: 2022–present
 
Season by season
    
- Remained in ACB due to the resign of CB Canarias to promote.
 - Remained in ACB due to the resign of Palencia Baloncesto to promote.
 - Season curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
 
Honours
    
    Domestic competitions
    
- Copa del Rey de Baloncesto (Spanish King's Cup)
 
- Copa Princesa de Asturias (Spanish Princess' Cup)
 
- Winners (2): 1986, 2022
 
European competitions
    
- FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct)
 
- FIBA Korać Cup (defunct)
 
- Runners-up (1): 1998–99
 
- FIBA EuroChallenge (defunct)
 
Other competitions
    
- FIBA International Christmas Tournament (defunct)
 
- Torneo Comunidad de Madrid (defunct)
 
- Winnners (8): 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003
 
- Albacete, Spain Invitational Game
 
- Winners (1): 2014
 
- Torneo Ciudad de Getafe
 
- Winners (1): 2019
 
Individual awards
    
- Juan Antonio Orenga – 1991
 - John Pinone – 1992
 - Alfonso Reyes – 2000
 
- Sergio Rodríguez – 2005
 - Carlos Suárez – 2006
 - Juan Hernangómez – 2016
 
- David Russell – 1986, 1987
 - Rickie Winslow – 1990
 - Chandler Thompson – 1996, 1998
 
ACB Three Point Shootout Champion
- Danko Cvjetičanin – 1993
 - Keith Jennings – 1996
 
- Carlos Jiménez – 2006
 - Carlos Suárez – 2010
 - Nik Caner-Medley – 2011
 - Edwin Jackson – 2017
 - Sylven Landesberg – 2018
 
Women's team
    
CB Estudiantes has also a women's team which was founded in 1989 and played during several seasons in Liga Femenina, the Spanish women's basketball top tier.[4] It currently plays in Liga Femenina.
Season by season
    
| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | Copa de la Reina | European competitions | ||
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| 2000–01 | 2 | 1ª División | 2nd[lower-alpha 1] | ||||
| 2001–02 | 2 | Liga Femenina 2 | 2nd | ||||
| 2002–03 | 1 | Liga Femenina | 10th | ||||
| 2003–04 | 1 | Liga Femenina | 7th | ||||
| 2004–05 | 1 | Liga Femenina | 7th | Quarterfinalist | |||
| 2005–06 | 1 | Liga Femenina | 8th | ||||
| 2006–07 | 1 | Liga Femenina | 13th | ||||
| 2007–08 | 2 | Liga Femenina 2 | 3rd | ||||
| 2008–09 | 1 | Liga Femenina | 12th | ||||
| 2009–10 | 1 | Liga Femenina | 13th | ||||
| 2010–11 | 2 | Liga Femenina 2 | 4th | ||||
| 2011–12 | 2 | Liga Femenina 2 | 9th | ||||
| 2012–13 | 2 | Liga Femenina 2 | 7th | ||||
| 2013–14 | 2 | Liga Femenina 2 | 6th | ||||
| 2014–15 | 2 | Liga Femenina 2 | 8th | ||||
| 2015–16 | 2 | Liga Femenina 2 | 8th | ||||
| 2016–17 | 2 | Liga Femenina 2 | 2nd | ||||
| 2017–18 | 1 | Liga Femenina | 14th | ||||
| 2018–19 | 2 | Liga Femenina 2 | 10th | ||||
| 2019–20 | 2 | Liga Femenina 2 | 1st [lower-alpha 2] | ||||
| 2020–21 | 1 | Liga Femenina | 5th | ||||
| 2021–22 | 1 | Liga Femenina | 7th | Quarterfinalist | 2 EuroCup Women | PR1 | 4–4 | 
| 2022–23 | 1 | Liga Femenina | 8th | Quarterfinalist | 2 EuroCup Women | PR1 | 3–5 | 
| 2023–24 | 1 | Liga Femenina | 2 EuroCup Women | ||||
- Invited to join the newly created Liga Femenina 2.
 - Liga Femenina 2 season 19/20 curtailed due to coronavirus
 
References
    
- "SADs at CSD website". Archived from the original on 2017-04-02. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
 - Comunicado oficial Asefa Estudiantes ACB.com, 15 June 2012
 - "Asefa Estudiantes will play the next season in the Palacio de Deportes" (in Spanish). 24 August 2010. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
 - History of the women's basketball team at Estudiantes website (in Spanish)
 - "Competiciones FEB".
 
External links
    
- Official website (in Spanish)
 
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