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 Alberto Herreros Ros (born 20 April 1969) is a retired Spanish professional basketball player. He is considered to be one of the best Spanish basketball players and shooters of all-time. At a height of 2.00 m (6'6 ") tall, he played at the small ...

, 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 ...

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Felipe Reyes Felipe Reyes Cabanás (born March 16, 1980) is a Spanish former professional basketball player. He represented the senior Spain national team. Standing at a height of 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) tall, and weighing 104 kg (229 lbs.), he pla ...

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 Ignacio de Miguel Villa (born 24 October 1973) is a Spanish people, Spanish former professional basketball player, sought-after lecture, lecturer, keynote speaker, and philanthropist. Youth career De Miguel played with the youth team of the Spa ...

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Juancho Hernangómez Juan Alberto "Juancho" Hernangómez Geuer (born September 28, 1995) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously played for Estudiantes of the Liga ACB, and ha ...

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

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

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

CB 1939 Canarias Club Cantera Base 1939 Canarias S.A.D., also known as Lenovo Tenerife for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. Domestically, the team plays in the top level league i ...

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) *

Palacio Vistalegre The Palacio Vistalegre is a multipurpose arena located in Madrid, Spain. It was built on the site of the former bullring, "Plaza de toros de Vista Alegre", built in 1906 and demolished in 1995. The venue is composed of three main spaces: The Ar ...

: (2001–2005) *

Madrid Arena Madrid Arena is an indoor arena located in the city of Madrid, in the fairgrounds in the Casa de Campo, just minutes from the city centre. Built from the old Rocódromo, the pavilion was designed by Spanish architects Estudio Cano Lasso who desi ...

: (2005–2010) *

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid (English: ''Sports Palace of the Regional Community of Madrid''), officially WiZink Center since November 2016 for sponsorship reasons, is an indoor sporting arena located in Madrid, Spain. The forme ...

: (1987–2001, 2010–present)

Rivalries

Estudiantes has a rivalry with

. Both teams meet in the

Madrid basketball derby The Madrid basketball derby ( es, Derbi madrileño), is the name given to the basketball matches between Estudiantes and Real Madrid, both from the city of Madrid. Both teams currently share their home arena, the Palacio de Deportes de la Comuni ...

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 wo ...

, 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 *

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 s ...

Jesús Codina Jesús Codina Burgon (18 December 1938 – 19 July 1999) was a Spanish basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Ve ...

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 play ...

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 ...

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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 Francisco Javier Guerra Trujillo (born December 23, 1992) is a Spanish professional basketball player for Iberostar Tenerife of the Liga ACB. Career Guerra made his debut in the Liga ACB with Estudiantes in the first matchday of the 2012– ...

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 * Fernando Martín * Nacho Martín *

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Javier Mendiburu Francisco Javier Mendiburu Urgell (born December 1, 1980) is a Spanish basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary obje ...

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 Juan Antonio Orenga Forcada (born July 29, 1966 in Castellón de la Plana) is a retired Spanish professional basketball player, and a current professional basketball coach. He is the current head coach of the Guangzhou Loong Lions of the Chines ...

* Xavi Rabaseda * Vicente Ramos * Xavi Rey *

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 th ...

* 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 Rafael Vecina Aceijas (born April 26, 1964 in Badalona, Spain) is a retired basketball player. He played 24 games for the Spain national team. Clubs *1984-86: Joventut Badalona *1986-92: CB Málaga *1992-94: CB Estudiantes *1994-96: CB Sal ...

* 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 polit ...

* Federico Van Lacke * Sylven Landesberg *

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 Hi ...

Yannick Driesen Yannick Driesen (born November 2, 1988) is a Belgian basketball player. Driesen usually plays as center. Driesen played with the Belgium national basketball team at EuroBasket 2013 EuroBasket 2013 was the 38th edition of the EuroBasket champio ...

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 Levon Maxwell Simon Kendall (born July 4, 1984) is a Canadian-Irish professional basketball player who currently plays for Movistar Estudiantes of the Liga ACB. He plays at both power forward and center. He is 2.09 m (6 ft 10 ¼ in) in he ...

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 championsh ...

* 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 ...

* Danko Cvjetičanin *

Željko Šakić Željko Šakić (born April 14, 1988) is a Croatian professional basketball player currently playing for UNICS of the VTB United League. Standing at , he plays the forward positions. Playing history Šakić started playing basketball in the Ci ...

* Goran Suton *

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 Jiří Welsch () (born 27 January 1980) is a Czech former professional basketball player for BK Pardubice of the Czech Republic National Basketball League. He has also represented the senior Czech Republic national basketball team. Welsch has ...

Kevin Larsen Kevin Larsen (born 10 May 1986) is a Norwegian footballer who plays left back for Sandefjord. He also has matches for the Norway national under-21 football team. He previously played for Store Bergan and Runar in his home town Sandefjord, bef ...

Josh Asselin Josh Asselin (born December 24, 1978) is a former basketball player who primarily played in Spain during the 2000s to 2010s. Before playing in Spain, Asselin was on the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team from 1997 to 2001. As part of his 879 ...

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 Do ...

* Luis Flores *

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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 *

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Florent Piétrus Florent Marius Piétrus (born 19 January 1981) is a French professional basketball player, who lastly played for Orléans Loiret Basket of the LNB Pro A. His younger brother, Mickaël Piétrus, played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). ...

* Ali Traoré *

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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. E ...

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 Alessandro Gentile (born November 12, 1992) is an Italian professional basketball player who plays for Udine of the Serie A2. Standing at 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in), he plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He was selected by the Minne ...

* Mārtiņš Laksa *

Shayne Whittington Shayne Mitchell Whittington (born March 27, 1991) is a former American-Macedonian professional basketball player who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents ...

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 ...

* Nemanja Đurišić *

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 Torgeir Bryn (pronounced ; born 19 August 1964) is a Norwegian former professional basketball player. A 6'9" (2.06 m) and 250 lb (113 kg) center born in Oslo, Bryn is notable for being the only Norwegian who has played in the NBA thus ...

Rubén Garcés Rubén Santiago Garcés Riquelme (born October 17, 1973) is a Panamanian professional basketball player. He last played for the Mets de Guaynabo of Puerto Rico. A 6'9" power forward/ center, he played US college basketball with Navarro Junio ...

J. J. Barea José Juan Barea Mora (born June 26, 1984) is a Puerto Rican former professional basketball player and coach. He played college basketball for Northeastern University before joining the Mavericks in 2006 and becoming only the seventh Puerto Ric ...

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 i ...

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 Nemanja Dangubić ( sr, Немања Дангубић, born 13 April 1993) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League and the EuroCup. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 54th ove ...

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 profe ...

* 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 Serbia ...

* Domen Lorbek *

Uroš Slokar Uroš Slokar (; born May 14, 1983) is a Slovenian former professional basketball player who last played for Pallacanestro Cantù of the Lega Basket Serie A. Professional career After playing two seasons in the Slovenian basketball league, Slok ...

Samo Udrih Samo Udrih (born August 2, 1979) is a Slovenian former professional basketball player and basketball coach. Professional career Udrih played with the Dallas Mavericks NBA Summer League team in 2005. In November 2010, he signed with Panellinios o ...

Martin Rančík Martin Rančík (born June 5, 1978) is a Slovak former professional basketball player. College career Rančík played college basketball with the Iowa State Cyclones, from 1997–2001. Professional career During his pro career, Rančík was na ...

Ludvig Håkanson Ludvig "Ludde" Erik Håkanson (born 22 March 1996) is a Swedish professional basketball player for UCAM Murcia of the Spanish Liga ACB. Standing at 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) he plays at the point guard and shooting guard positions. Professional care ...

* Daniel Clark *

Vitaly Potapenko Vitaly Nikolaevich Potapenko ( uk, Віталій Миколайович Потапенко, pronounced ''vee-TAH-lee poe-TAH-pen-koe'', born March 21, 1975) is a Ukrainian former professional basketball player who is currently an assistant coac ...

Jayson Granger Jayson Antonie Granger Amodio (born September 15, 1989) is a Uruguayan professional baske