Club Deportivo CREF is a women's

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team based in

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that currently plays in the Spanish

Liga Femenina de Baloncesto The Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, also known as Liga Femenina Endesa for sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of league competition for women's basketball in Spain. It is the women's equivalent of the men's Liga ACB and is run by the Spanish Ba ...

History

1960–1980: CREFF

Colegios Reunidos de Educación Física Femenina de Madrid was founded in 1960 by the

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of the

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, during the

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. Its women's basketball team dominated the early stages of the Spanish League, winning seven titles between 1964 and 1971, and representing Spain in the FIBA European Cup with few success. Back then the team was considered the Real Madrid of women's basketball, and it shared arena with Real Madrid's male basketball team. Raimundo Saporta tried to convince Santiago Bernabéu to turn CREFF into the women's basketball section of Real Madrid, but failed in his attempt. After the Movimiento Nacional was disbanded in 1977 the team couldn't find a sponsor and disappeared three years later.

1990–present: re-foundation

In 1990 it was refounded as Deportivo CREF, also known as CREF ¡Hola! by sponsorship reasons. The club had also a men's basketball section that played in Liga EBA, but its senior team was disbanded in 2007. On 26 April 2015, the club achieved the promotion to the top tier after beating Fundal Alcobendas by 77–68 in the final game of the promotion playoffs. CREF remained two seasons in the top league before being relegated to Liga Femenina 2. However, due to the lack of support and sponsorships, the club decided to dissolve the senior team and to continue playing only in youth competitions.

Season by season

Titles

* LFB (7) ** 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971 * Copa de la Reina (4) ** 1962, 1963, 1972, 1974

Current roster

Notable players

* Elīna Dikaioulaku

References

External links

*
Profile at FEB.es
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