Club Esportiu Lleida Llista Blava, also known as ICG Software Lleida for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish

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club based in

Lleida Lleida (, ; ; '' see below'') is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest town in Segrià county, the Ponent region and the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It ...

, in the autonomous community of

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. Founded in 1951, the club currently plays in the

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, holding its home games at the Pavelló Onze de Setembre, with capacity of 2,000 seats.

History

Founded on 6 April 1951 with the name Lérida Lista Azul by a group of friends, the club promoted for the first time to the honour division in 1956. In its first season in it, Lleida ended the league in the fourth position, and would continue playing in the top tier until its relegation in 1960. In 1993 the team translates its name to Catalan and changes it to the current ''Lleida Llista Blava''. In 2000, it comes back to the

, in that time called ''División de Honor'' and in 2003 makes its debut in European competition. In its first experience, the club reaches the final of the

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. In 2005, Lleida repeated participation, but this time was eliminated by Hockey Breganze in the round of 16. That season was a disaster as the club relegated to Primera División, but immediately comes back to OK Liga. Four years later, in 2010, Lleida Llista Blava would be relegated again, but after spending two seasons in the second tier, promoted again and consolidates as an OK Liga team. In 2013 took place the third participation of the club in the CERS Cup, eliminated again in the round of 16, this time by Italian

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. On 29 April 2018, Lleida conquered their first European title by winning after a penalty shootout the 2017–18 CERS Cup, played at home, against Portuguese team Óquei Clube de Barcelos. They repeated achievement in the following season, again at home and this time defeating Italian squad

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by 6–3.

Season to season

Titles

* World Skate Europe Cup: (3) **

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Squad

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References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lleida Llista Blava Roller hockey clubs in Catalonia Sports clubs and teams established in 1951 1951 establishments in Spain Sport in Lleida