Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D., known simply as Estu and as Movistar Estudiantes for sponsorship reasons, is a

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team based in the city of

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, 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. 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 Alejandro 'Aíto' García Reneses (born 20 December 1946 in Madrid, Spain), usually known as just Aíto, is a Spanish former professional basketball coach and former player. As a head coach, as well as leading Spain's national team to Olympic si ...

, Alfonso Reyes, Felipe Reyes,

Carlos Jiménez Carlos Jiménez Sánchez (born 10 February 1976) is a Spanish former professional basketball player and current sporting director of Unicaja. He is 2.05 m (6' 8 ") tall. His nickname is "suma y sigue Jiménez", which translated into English is, ...

, Iñaki de Miguel,

Pepu Hernández José Vicente "Pepu" Hernández Fernández (born 11 February 1958) is a Spanish former professional basketball coach. Coaching career Club coaching career During his club career, Hernández won the Spanish Cup in 2000, and the AEEB Spanish Co ...

or Juancho Hernangómez.

Sponsorship naming

Along the years CB Estudiantes has had several sponsorship names:

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

. 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. Since then, it has always participated in the premier Spanish basketball league. It is one of only three of such clubs, together with Real Madrid and Joventut. It is 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

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champion

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didn't present the required documentation and money.

Home arenas

Polideportivo Antonio Magariños recortada

*La Nevera (The IRM Arena): (1948–71) *Polideportivo Antonio Magariños: (1971–87) *

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: (2001–2005) * Madrid Arena: (2005–2010) *

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: (1987–2001, 2010–present)

Rivalries

Estudiantes has a rivalry with Real Madrid. Both teams meet in the Madrid basketball derby.

Players

Basketball Hall of Famers

Antonio Díaz-Miguel Antonio Díaz-Miguel Sanz (July 6, 1933 – February 21, 2000) was a Spanish professional basketball player and coach. He studied in Madrid, and graduated from the University of Bilbao. A pioneer in the worldwide promotion of basketball, he w ...

, F, 1950–1952, 1953–1958, Inducted 1997

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

José Miguel Antúnez José Miguel Antúnez Melero (born February 21, 1967 in Madrid, Spain) is a retired Spanish professional basketball player. Professional career Antúnez was a member of the FIBA European Selection team, in 1995. Spain national team Antúnez p ...

* Víctor Arteaga * Nacho Azofra *

Javier Beirán Javier Beirán Amigo (born 22 May 1987) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Movistar Estudiantes of the Spanish LEB Oro . Beirán usually plays as small forward. Professional career On 30 April 2017 Beirán won the Basketball Champi ...

Darío Brizuela Darío Brizuela Arrieta (born 8 November 1994) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Unicaja of the Liga ACB. He also represents the Spain national team. Career Dario Brizuela was trained in the young teams of Easo. In 2011, he was si ...

* Jesús Codina *

Quino Colom Joaquim "Quino" Colom Barrufet (born November 1, 1988) is a Spanish-Andorran professional basketball player for Bàsquet Girona of the Spain Liga ACB. Professional career Colom played in the youth age categories with BC Andorra. He then played ...

Rodrigo de la Fuente Rodrigo de la Fuente Morgado (born 26 November 1976) is a retired Spanish professional basketball player and the current general manager of the basketball section of FC Barcelona. Professional career A 6 ft in (2.00 m) 220 l ...

* Iñaki de Miguel *

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* Jaime Fernández *

Germán Gabriel Germán Antonio Gabriel Benaches (born November 16, 1980) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player. He played as a power forward and as a center. Professional career Gabriel signed with the Liga ACB club Estudiantes in 2009. After s ...

* Fran Guerra * Juancho Hernangómez * Alberto Herreros *

Iker Iturbe Iker Iturbe (born 10 July 1976) is a Clemson Alumni men’s basketball player and is a retired Spanish professional basketball player. He has a wife and three kids. He has played in Spain and Italy at club level and for the Spain national team. He ...

* Oriol Junyent *

Antonio Martín Antonio Martín Velasco (24 May 1970 – 11 February 1994) was a Spanish professional road bicycle racer from 1992 until his death in 1994. Martín began his career in 1983 at Torrelaguna's cycling school. He remained there until 1985, att ...

* Fernando Martín * Nacho Martín * Juan Antonio Martínez *

Javier Mendiburu Francisco Javier Mendiburu Urgell (born December 1, 1980) is a Spanish basketball player, playing the point guard or the shooting guard The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two, two guard or off guard,Shooting guards are 6'3"–6'7"BBC Sp ...

Albert Oliver Albert Oliver Campos (born June 4, 1978) is a Spanish professional basketball player who last played for Obradoiro of the Liga ACB. Standing at , he plays at the point guard position. Professional career On July 26, 2013, Oliver signed a two-y ...

* Juan Antonio Orenga * Xavi Rabaseda * Vicente Ramos * Xavi Rey * Alfonso Reyes * Felipe Reyes *

Sergio Rodríguez Sergio Rodríguez Gómez (; born 12 June 1986) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at , he plays at the point guard position. Rodriguez, nicknamed "El Chacho", won ...

* Gonzalo Sagi-Vela * José Sagi-Vela *

Javi Salgado Javier Salgado Martín, more commonly known as Javi Salgado, is a retired Spanish professional basketball player. Early career After being formed at Maristas school in Bilbao, Salgado started his career at SD Patronato in 1998. The next year, he ...

* Carlos Suárez * Rafael Vecina * Édgar Vicedo * Pancho Jasen *

Nicolás Laprovíttola Nicolás "Nico" Laprovíttola (born January 31, 1990) is an Argentine professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He is also a member of the Argentina national basketball team. His mother is politi ...

* Federico Van Lacke *

Sylven Landesberg Sylven Joshua Landesberg (born April 10, 1990) is an American-Israeli-Austrian professional basketball player for the Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Standing at , he plays at the shooting guard and small for ...

Nik Caner-Medley Nik Caner-Medley (born October 20, 1983) is an Azerbaijani-American former professional basketball player. Caner-Medley played four seasons of college basketball at the University of Maryland. High school career Nik graduated from Deering High S ...

* Yannick Driesen *

John Roberson John Roberson IV (born October 28, 1988) is an American-born naturalized Bosnian professional basketball player for Manisa BB of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi. Standing at , he plays at the point guard position. Professional career In June 2 ...

Lucas Nogueira Lucas Riva Amarante "Bebê" Nogueira (born July 26, 1992) is a Brazilian professional basketball player who plays for the Guelph Nighthawks of the Canadian Elite Basketball League. He was selected with the 16th overall pick in the 2013 NBA dra ...

* Caio Torres * Dejan Ivanov *

Carl English Carl Jerome English (born February 2, 1981) is a Canadian former professional basketball player and general manager for the St. John's Edge of the National Basketball League of Canada. A shooting guard, he has also played for the Canadian nation ...

* Levon Kendall *

Philip Scrubb Philip Alexander Scrubb (born November 27, 1992) is a Canadian–British professional basketball player for Monbus Obradoiro of the Liga ACB. He is a 6'4½" (1.94 m) tall guard. During his college basketball career, he won five CIS championshi ...

* Nacho Arroyo * Juan Palacios *

Marko Banić Marko Banić (born August 31, 1984) is a Croatian professional basketball player. He is tall, and he plays at the center and power forward positions. Professional career Banić has played with Zadar and Bilbao Berri. He was chosen as the EuroC ...

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* Željko Šakić *

Goran Suton Goran Suton (born 11 August 1985) is a Bosnian-Croat former professional basketball player who last played for Movistar Estudiantes of the Liga ACB. He played college basketball with the Michigan State Spartans. Early years Suton was born ...

Ondřej Balvín Ondřej Balvín (born September 20, 1992) is a Czech professional basketball player for Prometey of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League and EuroCup. Standing at , he plays at the center position. As well as Latvia, Balvin has played club bask ...

* Jiří Welsch * Kevin Larsen * Josh Asselin *

Ángel Delgado Ángel Luis Delgado Astacio (born November 20, 1994) is a Dominican professional basketball player for Beşiktaş of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He played college basketball for the Seton Hall Pirates. Delgado has also played on the Domin ...

* Luis Flores * Jamar Wilson *

Tariq Kirksay Tariq Kinte Kirksay (born September 7, 1979) is a French American professional basketball player for Fos Provence Basket of the French LNB Pro A. He was born in the Bronx, New York, where he grew up. High school Kirksay played basketball at Ric ...

* Edwin Jackson * Michel Morandais * Florent Piétrus *

Ali Traoré Ali Traoré (born February 28, 1985) is an Ivorian-born French former professional basketball player. He also represented the France national basketball team internationally. Standing at , he played at the center position. Professional career ...

* Tyrone Ellis *

Viktor Sanikidze Viktor Sanikidze (alternate spelling: Victor) (born April 1, 1986) is a Georgian politician, former professional basketball executive and former player. He played at both the small forward and power forward positions in his entire career. Early ...

Pietro Aradori Pietro Aradori (born 9 December 1988) is an Italian professional basketball player for Fortitudo Bologna of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). Standing at , he plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions. Professional career The Brescia n ...

* Alessandro Gentile * Mārtiņš Laksa * Shayne Whittington *

Omar Cook Omar-Sharif Cook ( sr, Omar-Šarif Kuk / Омар-Шариф Кук; born January 28, 1982) is an American-Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Cleveland Charge of the NBA G League. He rep ...

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Goran Nikolić Goran Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Николић; born on July 1, 1976) is a Montenegrin former professional basketball player. He is 2.07 m (6 ft 9 ½ in) in height and 111 kg (245 lbs) in weight. Born in Nikšić, Mont ...

* Nicolas de Jong * Torgeir Bryn * Rubén Garcés * J. J. Barea *

Gian Clavell Gian Louis Clavell López (born November 26, 1993) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for Prometey of the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. He also represents the Puerto Rican national team. He was named Mountain West Confere ...

* Mikhail Mikhailov * Sitapha Savané *

Aleksa Avramović Aleksa Avramović ( sr-cyr, Алекса Аврамовић; born October 25, 1994) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Partizan Belgrade of the Serbian KLS, the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. Youth career Avramović played in ...

Stefan Birčević Stefan Birčević ( sr, Стефан Бирчевић, born December 13, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Cluj of the Romanian Liga Națională. He also represents the Serbian national basketball team. Standing at , he plays ...

* Nemanja Dangubić *

Nikola Lončar Nikola Lončar (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Лончар; born May 31, 1972) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He also holds Spanish citizenship. Professional career Lončar started his career at Partizan, making his professi ...

* Petar Popović *

Vladimir Štimac Vladimir Štimac ( sr, Владимир Штимац, born August 25, 1987) is a Serbian professional basketball player who most recently played for the Ningbo Rockets of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He also represented the Serbian ...

* Domen Lorbek * Uroš Slokar * Samo Udrih * Martin Rančík * Ludvig Håkanson * Daniel Clark (basketball), Daniel Clark * Vitaly Potapenko * Jayson Granger * Gary Alexander (basketball), Gary Alexander * Corey Brewer (basketball, born 1975), Corey Brewer * Alec Brown * Louis Bullock * Vonteego Cummings * Toney Douglas * Marlon Garnett * Keith Jennings (basketball), Keith Jennings * Kyle Kuric * Chris Lofton * Will McDonald * Tony Mitchell (basketball, born 1989), Tony Mitchell * Andrae Patterson * John Pinone * Phil Pressey * David Russell (basketball), David Russell * Walker Russell Jr., Walker Russell * Cedric Simmons * Terry Stotts * Tiny Ron Taylor, Ron Taylor * Shaun Vandiver * Glen Whisby * Eric White (basketball), Eric White * Harper Williams * Rickie Winslow * Antoine Wright (basketball), Antoine Wright

Head coach

* Rafael Laborde: 1948–1949, 1953-1955, 1956 * Miguel Parrilla: 1949-1951 * Leopoldo Bermúdez: 1951-1953 * Víctor Díaz (spanish basketball), Víctor Díaz: 1955-1956 * Héctor Rodríguez (spanish basketball), Héctor Rodríguez: 1956 (int.) * José Antonio Garrido (basketball), José Antonio Garrido: 1956-1957 * Roberto Bermúdez (basketball), 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 (basketball), 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 (basketball), Miguel Ángel Martín: 1988-1994 *

: 1994-2001, 2001-2005, 2011-2012 * Charly Sáinz de Aja: 2001 * Juan Antonio Orenga: 2005-2006 * Pedro Martínez (basketball), 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.) * Sergio Valdeolmillos: 2016 * Salva Maldonado: 2016-2018 * Josep Maria Berrocal: 2018-2019 * Aleksandar Džikić: 2019-2020 * Javier Zamora (basketball), Javier Zamora: 2020-2021 * Jota Cuspinera: 2021-2022 * Diego Epifanio: 2022 * Javi Rodríguez Pérez, Javi Rodríguez: 2022-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

Honours

Domestic competitions

*Liga ACB : ''Runners-up (4)'': 1962–63 Liga Española de Baloncesto, 1962–63, 1967–68 Liga Española de Baloncesto, 1967–68, 1980–81 Liga Española de Baloncesto, 1980–81, 2003–04 ACB season, 2003–04 *Copa del Rey de Baloncesto (Spanish King's Cup) : Winners (3): 1963, 1992 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto, 1992, 2000 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto, 2000 : ''Runners-up (4)'': 1962, 1973, 1975, 1991 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto, 1991 * Copa Princesa de Asturias (Spanish Princess' Cup) : Winners (2): 1986, 2022

European competitions

*EuroLeague : ''4th place (1)'': 1991–92 FIBA European League, 1991–92 : Final Four (1): 1992 FIBA European League Final Four, 1992 *FIBA Saporta Cup (defunct) : ''Semifinalists (2)'': 1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, 1973–74, 1975–76 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, 1975–76 *FIBA Korać Cup (defunct) : ''Runners-up (1)'': 1998–99 FIBA Korać Cup, 1998–99 *EuroCup Basketball : ''Semifinalists (2)'': 2002–03 ULEB Cup, 2002–03, 2003–04 ULEB Cup, 2003–04 *FIBA EuroChallenge (defunct) : ''4th place (1)'': 2006–07 FIBA EuroCup, 2006–07 : Final Four (1): 2007 FIBA EuroCup Final Four, 2007

Other competitions

* FIBA International Christmas Tournament (defunct) : Winners (1):1992 XXVIII FIBA International Christmas Tournament, 1992 : ''4th place (4)'': 1972 VIII FIBA International Christmas Tournament, 1972, 1974 X FIBA International Christmas Tournament, 1974, 1975 XI FIBA International Christmas Tournament, 1975, 1993 XXIX FIBA International Christmas Tournament, 1993 * 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

Copa del Rey de Baloncesto#Final Eight, Spanish Cup MVP * Juan Antonio Orenga – 1991 * John Pinone – 1992 * Alfonso Reyes – 2000 ACB Rising Star Award, ACB Rising Star *

– 2005 * Carlos Suárez – 2006 *Juan Hernangómez – 2016 ACB contests, ACB Slam Dunk Champion *David Russell – 1986, 1987 *Ricky Winslow – 1990 *Chandler Thompson – 1996, 1998 ACB contests, ACB Three Point Shootout Champion *

– 1993 *Keith Jennings (basketball), Keith Jennings – 1996 All-ACB Team, All-ACB First Team *

– 2006 * Carlos Suárez – 2010 *

– 2011 * Edwin Jackson – 2017 *

– 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 de Baloncesto, Liga Femenina, the Spanish women's basketball top tier. It currently plays in Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, Liga Femenina.

Season by season

References

External links

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