Basket Azuqueca, also known as Isover Basket Azuqueca for sponsorship reasons, is a professional

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club based in

Azuqueca de Henares Azuqueca de Henares is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2013 census ( INE), the municipality had a population of 34,685 inhabitants. The mayor of Azuqueca is José Luis Blanco. His ...

, Castile-La Mancha, that currently plays in

LEB Plata The Segunda FEB, formerly known as LEB 2 and LEB Plata, is the third basketball division of the Spanish basketball league system and the second basketball division organized by the Spanish Basketball Federation. Since 2019, three teams are promote ...

, the third tier of Spanish basketball.

History

Basket Azuqueca was founded on 11 December 1997 after the dissolution of former CB Azuqueca, that played in the second tier during the 1991–92 season, and as a merge of the two local clubs: Baloncesto Azuqueca and Construcciones Diego Velásquez. In 2004, the club achieved promotion to Primera División after only losing two games in all the season. Three years later, Azuqueca was close to promote to

Liga EBA The Tercera FEB, formerly known as Liga EBA (''Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado''), is a Spanish basketball championship that is the fourth tier level in the Spanish basketball league system, after the Liga ACB, Primera FEB and Segunda FEB ...

after finishing the season in the fifth place. After several seasons being close to promote, they finally achieved that goal in 2011 in a promotion stage played in

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. Basket Azuqueca remained narrowly during their first seasons in the league and in 2014 was close to be folded, but finally people of the club took the helm to avoid a new dissolution. In 2018, after failing in the promotion playoffs, Azuqueca achieved a vacant place in

, third division, due to its expansion to 24 teams.

Players

Current roster

Depth chart

Season by season

Notable players

:To appear in this section a player must have either: - Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time. * Gullit Mukendi * Phil Henry

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Azuqueca Basketball teams in Castilla–La Mancha Basketball teams established in 1997 1997 establishments in Spain Former Liga EBA teams LEB Plata teams Province of Guadalajara